Evening star., 1912-09-29
FIRST FOOT BALL
GAME EASILY WON
Georgetown Has Little Trouble
Disposing of Randolph
Macon, 800.
WORK OF BACK FIELD
FEATURE OF PLAY
Blue and Gray Backs Carry
the Ball for Long Gains
Almost Unhindered.
BY n. C. BYRD.

lhirty-nine TO nothing was the
score by which Georgetown won
the opening game of its foot ball
season yesterday. The eleven de-
feated was from the Randolph
Macon College. There was no
time during the contest when the
southerners had the least chance
to advance the ball against the
aggressive defense put up by the
Blue and Gray men, while George
town experienced little or no
trouble in gaining the necessary
| distance after the first few min
utes OF play.
Even though the Georgetown
eleven was prevented from scor-
ing in the first few minutes of
play, there was never any COM
parlson between the two teams.
The Blue and Gray advanced the
ball far enough to have scored a
touchdown in a little while after
the game had started, but fumbles
at critical moments held the visit.
ors' goal line inviolate.
Georgetown received the kick
Oft and ran the ball back almost
to the middle of the field. On
two successive split plays, the
same as was used last year, the
ball was carried for about fifteen
yards. Then Costello got away
on long run around left end. but
fumbled the ball when tackled.
Had he held the oval a touchdown
would have been sure to result
almost Immediately, as at no time
did the Hilltoppers find it a hard
matter to make the ten yards in
four downs.
RIM. Forced to Kick.
Randolph Macon kicked out of danger.
and the ball was not returned any ap-
preciable distance. When the two elevens
lined up for scrimmage. though. the
Blue and Gray backs began to rip off
gains through the tackles and around
the ends. varying from 3 to IL yards
The ball was carried to within two feet
of the goal line in this manner. from
which point Foley. who played quarter.
dove through center for the score.
After the first touchdown Georgetown
har
in it's march to the goal line whenever it
secured possession of the ball. The con-
tinued grabbing after elusive backs and
the heavy charges of the opposing line
gradually wore down the team from Vir-
ginia.
The Georgetown backs demonstrated
that they form the best broken field rum
ming combination seen here in long
time Time and again they evaded what
looked to be sure tackles. and SO elusive
were they that the opposing player
never knew that he had one of them
until he was on the ground with a couple
of men on top Of him. With Campazzi,
Costello and Fury behind the line the
Hilltoppers have a mighty capable COM
bination, as was proved yesterday. even
though the team they were against was
not of a very high standard.
There were two men in the secondary
defense of the Randolph Macon eleven
ed to get their man, but the others hard
ly ever downed a man in a clean-cue
manner Had it not been for the excel
lent defensive work of these two men,
the score would have BEEN much larger.
There was very little punting in the
game. Practically all that was done was
by the Randolph Macon eleven. Every
time it got the ball 1t was held and COM
pelled to kick On the contrary the Blue
and Gray team had to boot the ball but
twice during the game. The two times
he did punt Costello got the ball away
for a fair distance.
Instead Of punting the Georgetown
eleven would take the kick formation and
Costello would start out around the end.
There We're few times when there was an
end to bother him, and in the majority OF
instances in which the play was tried 1t
was successful enough to gain from lO
to 20 yards.
Make Several Long Gains.
Costello and Fury both got away on
long runs around the ends. but the lat
ter did 3most of his ground-gaining on
plays which hit just off tackle. Fury got
away twice. though. on end runs. which
in touchdowns Campazzi also
made some substantial gains.
During the latter part Of the third
Quarter the Georgetown coaches began
to make substitutions. Man after man
was sent in until almost two whole teams
were in the game.
Some of the substitutes showed form
which presages danger to the jobs Of the
regulars. OF course, when they went in
the opposing linemen We're worn down
but the work Of the sec.
ond string men was above the ordinary.
Especially was Murray q noticeable fig.
ure. He carries the ball well and handles
himself as though he knows the game
One remarkable feature to the pla.- of
the Georgetown team was the fact that IL
seemed to make specially OF forward
passing 1t Is probable that II tried more
Of that kind of game than 1t has In any OF
it's contests in previous years. It was
rather a coincidence, too. that the only
really successful pass made was one