The Washington herald., 1913-11-27
&. j. PICKED
TO Win TODAY
Head Coach Gargan Says the
HiIltoppers Should Beat
Holy Cross Eleven.
BOTH TEAMS ARE PRIMED
Cornell Meets Pennsy at Philadelphia
and Battle Royal Is Expected.
Quakers Fayorites.
by WILLIAM PEET.

Georgetown plays the Holy Cross Col
iron this afternoon, and an excellent
chance is offered the dopesters to COM
pare the brand of football on tap down
here with that of New Englaud's rock
bound shores.
Not in years has a Northern team. or
10 be more correct. a new England team,
played football in this neck of the woods.
and the advent Of Holy Cross has created
no little fiutter
Advance press notices from Worcester,
Mass, where Holy Cross College is To-
Gated, tell us that on account Of an un-
usually hard schedule the New England
ers are very much shot to pieces and
may not be able to put up their best
game today.
Georgetown coaches and others come
back with the statement that il any
teams Holy Cross has played can clean
up the Carlisle Indians or the Navy, and
the Hilltoppers haring played both, they
will doff their sky pieces and enter the
same alibi.
No matter how you look at today's
same-and from what angle, the feeling
exists that when these teams clash at
o'clock today considerable fur will fly.
ago has given the wearers of the blue
and gray a certain amount of confidence,
always a good football asset, in addition
plenty Of time has elapsed to permit the
Hilltoppers an opportunity to recover
from the shock of this gruelling battle
and round into some sort of shape for
Holy Cross.
Head Coach Frank Gargan. of George
town. when seen last night said: II look
for hard game tomorrow, but expect
Georgetown to win by at least fwo
touchdowns. We have no line on the
style of attack Holy Cross will use. but
! am confident that our defense, which
has been first class all season, will be
able to stop them. On the other hand
we have an attack that l believe will
be hard for the visitors to check. l only
hope the field is dry and the weather
cold"
At a late hour last night the George
town line up which will start the game
was definitely settled. Cusack and Ber-
gin will be on the ends, Moriarity and
Petritz tackles, Barron and Curry guards.
Kelley center. Costello quarter back. Fury
eft half. Murray right half and Dough-
erty full back.
Jim Dunn and DonneIly will not start,
and the chances are that neither will
get into the game, but Billy Martin and
otherS are sure 10 De uSed DeIore the
final whistle blows
The officials will be Cochems, of Wis
consrn; referee; Dr.. Newton, of Pennsyl-
vania, umpire, and NJ. V. Bergin. of
Princeton. head linesman.
The New Englanders spent yesterday
In Baltimore, where they practiced sig.
nails at the Baltimore Country Club. They
will leave the Monumental City at 1890
O'Clock this morning. arriving here just
4
ming togs for the game.
The last of the big college football
games in the East will be played at
Franklin Field. Philadelphia, today. when
Pennsylvania and Cornell play their an
nual game. There is much less differ
ence in the ability of the teams than il
appeared there would be some weeks ago.
At that time it seemed as if all the Quak-
ers had to do to win was to catch the
Ithcans on the same field.
But Ar Sharpe the head coach Of
the big red team. has improved leach
shining minute" since then. and the Cor
mel eleven enters the tussle with a
mighty good chance of winning.
OF course Penn" is favored in the bet
ting. but the odds are not nearly as
great as they were month ago, when
some wagers were recorded at to /.
hOoNh biiS bCSN OuhS AileAA Cdl Dt Hdu
now are 10 TO S. and the hackers of the
Quskers are not overanxious to lay that
much.
II should be close. hard struggle from
beginning to end. The team that wins
will certaily have to fight for its VIC
tory. Pennsylvania started the season
with a rush. but has not been travelling
at quite as fast a clip since humping
into the harder portion of its schedule.
On the other hand, Cornell has been
Blow in developing. Sharpe has had a
hard job bringing the team around.
Neither institution was favored with an
overabundance of good material.