Evening star., 1912-11-16
COACHES HAVE
LITTLE TO SAY
Virginia Leaders Make No
Predictions Regarding Out
come of Game.
SAY TEAM IS HERE
TO PLAY ITS BEST
And That Is as Far as Their
Statements Go-Both
EIevens Are Ready.
BY n. C. BYRD.

of the eleven which arrived here last
night had little to say regarding the
| outcome of the annual struggle scheduled
| with Georgetown today. The men at the
| head of foot ball with the Charlottesville
| eleven would make no comments other
| than to say that the team would go on
| the field to do it's best, and to give the
best there was in it.
| While the coaches would make no
| statements, it seemed to be the consensus
!! of opinion that the Virginia team would
| go on the field ready to play better foot
| ball than has been generally expected.
! Whether or not it would accomplish
! that did not seem to be a surety in the
| minds of it's adherents but that was the
| general trend of opinion.
| There were few of the Virginia alumni
| in town who figured that their team had
| much of chance to win. There was one
feature to the general run of the conver-
sation which probably has not been noted
! in regard to Virginia Georgetown game
| in many a year. 1t was this: Instead of
| figuring as to whether or not their team
| would win, it seemed to be the gist of the
| talk among the following of the Orange
and Blue to figure as to how many points
would be scored by Georgetown. and
whether or not they would be able to
| cross Georgetown's goal line.
| When the talk among Virginia people
I Is SuCH DIS 10 TtSdTu the pTODdDlc size OI
! the score, rather than the winning or
| losing of the contest, then it looks very
much if Georgetown stands little
chance of being defeated.
1t would certainly be queer turn for
affairs TO take though, if, by any chance,
Georgetown should lose. Such q thing
is not beyond the realm of possibility.
If, for instance, some Virginia man
should get away for a touchdown in
the early part of the game, his team
| @l,nv, %srl,% 49, 11,< r~f
the contest to retain the unlooked-for
advantage.
1t has often been the case that an
eleven would be expected to win, and yet
it would be scored on by fiuke in the
early part of the game, and be unable
to pull itself together sufficiently to get
| back the advantage lost. That is not
| likely to happen on Georgetown field to-
| day. but there is the possibility that is
| always present in every case.
Catholic University did not put up
| much of a defense yesterday against the
| Western Maryland eleven. The Brook
| lanGers, did not look much like a college
foot ball team. so completely We're they
snothered by the fast Maryland aggre-
CATION
The Catholic University eleven was
weakened by the absence of several of
its star players. Some of the men who
were out of the game We're it's bulWark
on the offense and defense. and it's sorry
showing was due in a great measure to
that factor.
Western Maryland had little opportuni-
ty to show the worth of its defense at
any time. There were periods when
Catholic University had the ball. but 1t
failed to gain ground and had to punt
before the Maryland team had really
begun To play defensive foot ball. On
the offense the Marylanders got away
and did some brilliant work. Their backs,
though not large, We're stocky and fast,
ard the Catholic University team seem
ed unable to keep them from picking
their way in A broken field well enough
to gain ground almost at will.
The Western Maryland eleven appeared
to be lighter than the usual Western
Maryland team, but it was also faster.
There was hardly time when its speed
did not show to great advantage over
the slower men in front Of it, The line,
while much lighter than the average
line which the school has had in the past.
was very capable and had little trouble
opening up holes for the backs.
The backs did not look to be very large.
but We're fast and capable runners In the
open. The men themselves, though, were
stockily built and probably We're much
heavier than they looked.
Central High did not have even the
amount of trouble anticipated in winning
from Business High yesterday. The Blue
and White won by Il larger margin than
1t expected itself. The heavy Business
eleven was not near as capable either on
the Offense or defense was the Central
aggregation, and the one time when it
had the chance to score could not muster
the reserve force necessary to accom-
plish the tally.
1t was thought that Business would
prove stronger than it did. 1t was not
figured that the Stenographers would be
defeated so decisively. There were hardly
many persons who held the opinion that
Business would win. but that it would
make stronger fight was the prediction
in most cases.
King has undoubtedly been the big man
at Central 1t has been his excellent
, work which has done more than any
thing else to keep the Blue and White in
front in foot ball in the past two years.
and he will surely be missed as much as
has any other man who has left the
school in long time.
1t might be mentioned that King will
be missed in base ball as well as foot
ball He is a very capable performer on
the diamond as well as in foot ball.
Harris. the Business halfback, is un-
questionably the best man on the Bust
ness team. His work has stood out dur
ing the entire year above that of any
| the majority of ground covered, and has
done some creditable work in the back
| field
There appears but one real candidate
for all-high center this year. He is
Stokes of Central. That youngster has so
| far outclassed the centers on the other
| elevens that there is little comparison
Stokes passing has been accurate and
| fast and his work in general has been of
a high caliber for a man playing a pivot
position i'm one of the local high schools
Defensively and extensively he is far
above the other school centers this year
| If any coach has ever had hard luck
Time after time this fall he has made
some of his regulars put out Of business
either on account of injuries or because
| of objections from some quarter
The general opinion of everybody who
| has seen McDevitt work Is that he lis a
mighty capable man. and that he has
been unable to muster a winning eleven
! has been due more to force of circum-
| stances than anything else. 1t Is to be
regretted that his first season in this
position here has been rendered a failure
because of things over which he had lit
| tie or no control
A dry, hard field will have much to do
with the work of the foot ball teams on
Georgetown Field this afternoon. If the
ground is wet and soggy 1t will undoubt-
edly affectsthe playing of the George
town backs 50 the extent that they will be
] unable to gain the ground they otherwise