Evening star., 1912-11-15
Georgetown Individually Stronger.

bright spot in Virgnias season Is Van
derbilt, and whether or not that really
means much remains to be SEEM
Georgetown Individually Stronger.
comparison Of the individual strength
OF the two e.evens gives Georgetown the
same advantage 1t has shown in its pre-
vious work. The Blue and Gray appears
to be stronger in every department OF
play than Virginia, the latter not SEEM
-ng to have the edge in a single thing.
vi ginia has just two backs who are
above the mediocre. If the reports which
have come from Charlottesville are to be
accredited. These two men are Todd and
Gooch Gooch is capable of running an
eleven with judgment, while Todd Is an
exceptionally fast man in the open fie d.
The Virginia captain is a man who Is
dangerous at all times, in that If he Is
loose at any time he Is not likely to be
caught GOoch Is also a capable man to
carry the ball. The other two men be-
hind Virginia's line cannot be counted on
to accomplish much. although they may
do so.
Compare Georgetown's backfeld with
these men. Costello is much better
open-fie. runner than Virginia's star,
Todd. and Fury is more capable man
in the open than Gooch. That leaves it
to Dunn and Murray. and the chances
are that they are both much superior
to the other two men Virginia has. Dunn
is probably one of the best ground gain
ers in the country today and the chances
are that the Charlottesville eleven will
not have anybody behind it's Inc who is
anywhere near as capable as he in that
depa tment. Murray Is also very cred
table player, as is attested by the fact
hat he has held down regular place
IN the team a season by virtue of the
act that he has been considered more
va
awarded job on the all-south Atlantic
eleven last faT.
Virginia has a drop kicker in Cook. but
there are two reasons why he will not
nartment. One is that he will not be
,rsed regularly and some other man who
IS better than he In real steady play will
ave to be removed to give him chance
% get in his work Costello, on the othe~
and, will be in the game from the start
and will be ready to use his toe at any
and every moment necessary. Then.
again. even though Cook were in the
came at all times he would not be as
DANGEROUS to GEORGETOWN as Costello is
to Virginia, because he is not near the
performer along that line that is the
after. He is not as accurate nor as
fast in his work.
II 1t comes to punting duel Costello
will outkick Finlay by ten yards to the
unt-tfat is. unless Ffnlay has improved
wonderfully along that line since last fall.
Costello will get his kicks away with
greater facility and for a longer dis
lance than will the Virginia man.
Georgetown Line More Capable.
Virginia's line will probably weigh as
much as Georgetown but the chances
are that il will be outplayed by the Blue
and Gray forwards. The Orange and
Blue forward defense has not shown the
all-round ability in any of its contests
this year that has that of the local uni
versity. 1t has not been developed into
the fast charging and deadly tackling
combination which has swept other sets
Of forwards before it on the Hilltop. at
Raleigh and at Richmond.
Virginia's ends have always been weak
against the attack of the quick-dodging
backs who wear the Blue and Gray. Tn
ess they do better work along that line
tomorrow than they have in either Of the
two past seasons their eleven will go
down to defeat for a surety.
The one vulnerable point in the George
town defense tomorrow is likely to be its
ends. The visiting eleven is not going to
of fast lodging backs it will be able to
make gains around the fianks. The ends
ap, ear to be weaker than last year. and
it is around them that Virginia has It's
only chance to make gains OF any
length.
While the form of the teams may be
reversed when the game actually begins,
1t certainly appears at p. esent that It
will be aged along these lines: Vir-
inia will be fighting a losing game. 1t
will be kept on the defensive much Of the
time and during the majority of play the
ball will be kept down In its territory.
That would seem to be the oniy logical
way to view the game from the stand
point of what has been done.