The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
GEORGETOWN MAY
SCRIMMAGE WITH
FARMERS TO-DAY
Maryland Aggies Likely to Give
Blue and Gray Workout
for Virginia.
TEAM IS IN GOOD CONDITION

With but two days left for practice
on the Hilltop field, the Georgetown
University football team has settled
to its fiaal work before the football
classic in this section, when the Blue
and Gray will line up against the Uni
versity of Virginia, on the West End
field Saturday afternoon.
This afternoon will in all proba bility
| be the last hard workout that the local
eleven will have before they meet the
| Orange and Blue this week, as George
town football executives plan to give the
men a good rest before they send them
on the field to battle for the champion
ship OF the South.
There is no step being left unturned by
| the coaches, trainers, rubbers, or any
| OF the other men connected with the
| Hilltop team toward putting the team in
| its best possible condition for the game
| Saturday. When the football warriors
wearing the Blue and Gray are lead on
the field to meet Virginia everything
will depend on the men themselves.
Whether or not they will be able to
carry out the instructions Of the coaches
and prove themselves superior to their
Southern opponents is a matter of spec
ulation. However, there is one point
| certain, and this II: II the local unIver-
| sity's eleven fails TO accomplish the task
that confronts them, no blame should
| rest on those in charge OF the team, as
| ii will be a question of Virginia having
better eleven.
Yesterday afternoon the Georgetown
football squad went through work in
| way that encouraged the Blue and
Gray coaches more than any practice
| since those held before the Carlisle
game. With every man on the SQUAD
! hack in good shape and ready and anx-
ious to pay his part in the struggle with
the University of Virginia next Satur-
day. the Blue and Gray squad went
through a long workout yesterday In
which the looked-for "pepp' was more
than evident in the work of every man
on the field. For over an hour the
Blue and Gray coaches kept their en-
tire squad chasing down the field under
punts. while Costello. and Dunn. who
viii play back in the game Saturday to
receive the kicks. were kept at the re-
ceiving end. However there was no
tacklinG during this practice, as the only
object in this work was to increase the
speed Of the men and to give Dunn and
Costello practice to handle the ball when
they were being covered by men chasing
the ball down the field.
Later in the afternoon tacklIne the
dummy was resOrted to, but this work
was only in order for a short time. as
the first and second squad were soon
set at stiff signal drill which lasted
until we'll after dark II is very possible
that the Georgetown coaches purposely
awaited the coming OF night before at
tempting a signal drill. as there is but
little question that all the plays that are
TO be used against Virginia Saturday aft
ernoon were rehearsed yesterday and the
gridiron executives welcomed the shades
of eve to do away with the slightest pos
sibility Of the nature Of the plays reach
ing the outside.
That Georgetown will be prepared to
give the University OF Virginia one of
the hardest battles of the year is a point
that is conceded from every quarter
With all her men back in the lne-up
and with the spirit of every warrior that
dons togs on the Hill running in the
highest possible channel. the Blue and
Gray is anxiously awaiting Saturday aft
ernoon. 1t is possible but very difficult
to defeat a team that has the spirit and
confidence that the Georgetown team has
going into the Virginia game when the
confidence Of the team does not interfere
with hard playing, as Is the case at
Georgetown.
That both Georgetown and Virginia will
when they meet on the Hilltop Satur-
day afternoon is certain, for despite the
fact that the battle between these two
universities will decide the championship
Of the South Atlantic section, 1t will also
decide the supremacy of two institutions
that are without the slightest doubt the
most keen rivals of any universities in
the country. When the battle has been
fought the Defeated team will be forced
to admit that their opponents are bet
ter aggregation. as both teams will play
their hardest while on the field. but are
at the same time good sports, and men
enough to admit defeat when II is fairly
demonstrated, as it will be on the Hill
top Saturday afternoon.
= With the extra seating capacity that
the Blue and Gray have equipped their
field with this year there should be little
trouble in handling the record-breaking
that is expected to appear at the local
field Saturday. The Georgetown man.
agement is now ready to sell 1000 seats
to the football fans in this section, and
II is freely prophesied in all directions
that every seat on the West End field
will be occupied on the day of the game |
The new gate that has been built at
the local field will also add greatly to the |
comfort of those who attend the game
lilAS "SchS dS IL was SOHSluslNSly pTONSO
at the Carlisle game that the new gate |
was sufficient to entirely do away with |
all congestion at the entrance, which has |
caused so much comment in the past
The Maryland Agricultural team is ex-
pected on the Hilltop to scrimmage |
against the Blue and Gray varsity this
afternoon. While the scrimmage is not
likely to last but for a very short time |
this afternoon, owing to the fact that
the football coaches on the Hilltop are |
afraid to take any chances of injurinR
any of their men. this afternoons scrin1-
mage will be the last that the Blue and
Gray team will be in before the game
Saturday. The entire Blue and Gray
squad will leave for Camp Bengar Thurs
day noon, while tomorrow will be de-
voted entirely to signal practice and a |
thorough drill in the rudImenfs of a.