Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
BY n. C. BYRD.

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When the foot ball season is started
next fall, the University of Virginia
will have a new man out for its team
who is almost sure Of making posi-
ton. The player referred to is Blanchard,
who played tackle on the Colgate eleven
last fall. -
Blanchard left Colgate some time ago
and entered the Charlottesville school.
Playing one Of the tackle positions on
the northern eleven last fall, he estab-
lished quite record for himself as a
foot ball player The former Colgate
man weighs more than 200 pounds. and
stands six feet two inches. almost an
ideal build for a. tackle. Blanchard will
try for the Virginia team next fall, and
there is every reason to believe that he
will add much strength to the positions,
which were the weakest on the Virginia
eleven last fall. The fact that one OF
care of will also. allow one OF last
years tackles to be shifted to an end
position. thus making stronger the
thanking positions.
Besides being a good foot ball player.
Blanchard is also somewhat of per-
former in the field sports He is a shot
putter of no mean ability. and will prob.
ably be one of Virginia's entries in that
event in the Georgetown meet
The GEORGETOWN basket ball, team
played a better game last night than 1t
has in any Of the contests In which It
has participated this season. The Blue;
and Gray five not only put up a stubborn
offensive work that has been accom-
plished by It, in its previous games
There were few who thought that the
Hilltoppers had any chance to win from
the New York team, but they did the
unexpected and more than doubled the
score.
The defensive game that Jim Colliiower
has taught the Blue and Gray five is al
most perfect. No .quint that has APP
peared at the Arcade this year has shown
the effective manner of covering UP and
general defensive play that did George
town last night. Covering and playing
safe at all times, the Blue and Gray ag-
gregation broke away whenever the OPP
in the way it 'shot goals that it ran up
twenty points on a team that defeated
Princeton. To Collif1ower should go much
of the credit for the success that has
year, as the style of play that he has
taught the team has been a success, and
he has always prevented and smoothed
over little troubles that threatened in
such a way that there was never the
friction evident that often disrupts an
Which is the better training diet, cigar
cites or ice cream? For the answer APP
ply to Foley of the Georgetown track
and basket bali teams.
Here. Is what Foley says was showed
over on him a day or SO ago. Foley had
been out training for the track team at
Georgetown, and was eating some ice
cream. for. dessert safter dinner at the
training table when he was told to stop
and put it away. 1t happened that an
other member of the squad had been
smoking cigarettes and nothing had been
said to him. Foley wanted to know why
he was called down for eating ice cream
and another man was allowed to smoke
cigarettes without question and the
youngster also asserted that If reputation
would cause such distinction then he
wanted to know the reason why. Foley
was Immediately fired from the squad.
runner by. any means. having been a
member of school team which made
better time than the majority Of the
smaller colleges in this section.
Waldron made one goal in the game
last night against New York University
that was more or less pure luck, and
there was nothing more unexpected by
both spectators and players. He had
had the ball on the floor, facing away
from the goal. when he broke away, and.
throwing the ball sidewise without CLAM
cling at the basket, dropped 1t in without
ever touching the rim.
Jim Collihower. coach of the George
town basket ball team, will go to Char
lottesville tonight to referee the game
that Is scheduled to take place between
Virginia and Washington and Lee
Washington and Lee won from Virginia
In the first game between the two schools
by a wide margin. and the Orange and
the Blue five is hoping to get back at
the Lexingtonians for the defeat.
Just what was the matter with George
town the other night when Virginia de-
feated 1t by such a one-sided score is
hard to tell. The team must have had
an off night in reality, because had 1t
put up the game that it did yesterday
evening, there is no question that it
would have won.
In regard to the article which ap-
peared In these columns few days ago
relative to the Catholic University
Georgetown tangle in base ball. it was
stated that, it was almost a surety that
the Brooklanders would accede to the
demands Of Georgetown and play both
games on the Hilltop. Word has come
from Manager Woods, though, that it is
probable that such a step will not be
taken and that unless Georgetown agrees
to play one of the two games at Catholic
University there will be no contests be-
tween the two schools this year.
Two Of the local relay teams came very
near not getting races in the Johns Hop