The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
Hilltoppers' Total Of 20 Against the
Indians Puts Them in Lead
Of College Elevens.
COSTELLO AND POWELL
STARS OF THE BATTLE
Jim Thorpe Plays Great Game in
Back Field-"Nine Point Harry"
Kicks Two Field Goals.
By H. H. PFAHLER.

Georgetown took down its old ath-
letic log yesterday afternoon, turned
over to a clean page. and then wrote
down Carlisle Indians, "a; George
town, 20
The Blue and Gray from the Hill
top had achieved the extraordinary.
The football team lost, but it scored
more points against the Indians than
any team in the United States has
done for three years. In addition, it
was an epoch in. that Georgetown foot
ball teams, searching and groping
through a past, often dimmed with de-
fests, seems to have at last found it
self The team has arrived.
For sixty long minutes the Indians
and the Hilltoppers struggled on a
field that was as soft as eiderdown
When the sun started to go down just
over the main building Georgetown
had covered itself with mantle of
glory, and the short-end bettors had
so much money that it resembled a
barrel of shamrocks And, filing
through the entrance to the grounds,
was Glen Warner. Napoleonic in ap-
pearance, and as he walked he muttered
TO himself:
On to Toronto"
Plenty Of Cheering.
ize at the game, and one whole section
of the stands wes unoccupied. 1t re-
minded one Of the bleachers at the
Browns park in st. Louis But all the
old alumni OF the school was out. and
the students, banked on the north
stands. cheered and hussed each other
In turn.
Jtus across the fields by actual count.
were five lone members of the dying
race. 1t was the cheer section OF the
Indians. The. five were augmented by
a few persons from the Interior De-
partment. Every little while across the
green the group shouted. as much as
such group could spill, "Rah. rah,
raks"
And then when the game was over
one little boy said to a redskin:
You nearly got beat. didn't your
And the Indian replied:
Nearly
"Dearie, who won!"
Suffering from ennui, which sometimes
steals on the Capital society SET many
Of those in the city whose name is in
the Blue Book of Who's Who went
to the game. and possibly were not
bored. And as the whistle blew for the
end one sweet young thing, nesting
close to her escort. whispered:
'Dearie, who won?''
Standing out like two obelisks In a des-
ert was the Individual performance of
Costello for Georgetown. and-wait min
ute-Mr. Powell for the Indians. As in
the past. Georgetown had an attack. but
little defense. Typical Of the Indians.
they failed to diagnose what seemed like
simple formations for Georgetown. In
the first half it was all Indian. In the
second, Georgetown outplayed the tribe
at every point.
1t took just seven minutes for the first
touchdown and. after twenty minutes OF
play, the score was q to 0. Two more
touchdowns were made by the Indians
in the first half. Then something hap
pened.
wnen the 1IIItoppers went TO IpeIr
dressing rooms between halves the
coaches said something to them that did
not sound like this:
My dear gentlemen. This Is not cro- |
kinole you are playing. Neither is It
auction pitch If We are not encroach-
ing on our rights. We would respectfully |
call to your attention that it is a differ |
ent game. This Is football. 1t In your
duty. gentlemen. to prevent the opposing |
gentlemen from carrying the ball across |
the line which you are defending, and q |
supplementary. duty is to carry Il across |
the line of your worthy opponents We |
hope you don't mum what we are saying, |
although we regret that We must resort |
to baseball slang to convey to you your |
duties. That Is all, gentlemen
This seemed to be enough. for, N the |
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