The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

VIRGINIA CANE
BUT DID NOT WIN
ssn.Iaa,a trom Pc one.

but this ssernSd to end the advantage o:
the local team. In almokt every other re-
fpect .Georeetqwn was outpIayed. To the
expert observer. TIE Virginia line out.
Enlarged and outpiayed oepreetown, ex-
cert m the case qf Hegarts who .shone.
despite the fact that he was injured In
short. Virginia, played one man, Costello.
and the MASSACHUSETTS boy won.
Farwards sift Thrssrhs
vlrsinIa's forwards sffted through the
line and broke mp plays that seemed good
ground-gainers against Carlisle The vir-
ginia ends. while not 20 good on covering
points because OF the miserable kicking
bshind them, nevertheless we're wildcats
on offehse, and even Costello had din
Guilty circling them. From end TO end,
with the exception Of Hegsrfy, George
town showed a great reversal OF form,
and Il seemed that Geofgetown had a
horse show hanging on it--lf there Il such
thing In a football game.
In every mans scholastic career in
sports comes a time when one can. put
around ones brow q wreath OF fninor-
tells. Costello did II yesterday when he
won for Georgetown. Carter also did
II for bis team. Although weighing
230 pounds, this big man OF the south
was about the nveliest individual on
his team. He squeezed through all
kinds Of openings. smashed, up plays.
and seemed to be the original child
Harold on the spot, Then. just to water
his wreath OF glory, he kicked goal
from touchdown IN the third period
that tied the score. The game should
have ended then. and Carriers name
would have gone down in Virginia his
tory with the other heroes of the grid
iron. But Costello SPILLED the beans
q few minutes later.
But the best team won. because II
won. That's the answer. It Is the only
one to be given. IFS" are tautology in
sport.
forward pass. because three Of the foul
touchdowns were made IN this way.
The game, was the best OF the season,
and 10000 persons went home last
night TO early dinners filed with the
pure. ozone OF a glorious afternoon, and
the smell OF battle still in the air.
The biggest crowd that ever saw a
football game in the Capital drifted
through an afternoon made to order,
70 the Hilltop Field On the righ-hand
bleachers the Southern cohorts sat.
while Georgetown occupied their usual
places, where their shouts, II they had
any, could noat out over the Virginia
hills. just across the river. Each con-
tingent had a band. and they crashed
out their defiance during the afternoon.
DaeI of Cheers.
OF the 500 students at Virginia more
than 500 came TO Washington. In addi-
ton, every one who ever went to yir-
ginia and Hved near the city breezed
In during the night and early morning
q. ~. sef@ xn-ha
the referees whistle blew there were
about as many Virginia rooters as
Georgetown adherents. The cheer lead
eTs gave classic demonstration of
making noise during the AFTERNOON.
Virginia shouted across the field:
Ray. ny. ray;
Rah. rsh.
virginia.
Tam. team. team. Fa
And then Georgetown. just to show
there was no hard feeling. let loose
something that sounded Ike this:
HoyA. hOy1. sE1a:
RO5s. hoga. GeorEstoEn, hoya-
Sensible things. aren't they?
This is the kind OF noise they made
all afternoon. while twenty-five men
charged and ripped and tore in an eff
fort to get an oval ball across the
others goal line.
The football team. ,battle-scarred. viii
go home to-day. The rooters will 60
-home-when they get home.> And in the
trophy rom at Georgetown will be a
ball marked 'aG.-I6, V.-lS" And dowr
in Virginia the students viii meet and
say:
''If Georgetown didn't have Costello
there would have been nothing to the
game.
And then they will go into the class
room and conjugate the verb oppugna-