Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-21
By n. c. BYRD.

A communication from Jack Hegarty
assistant coach at the North Caroline
Agricultural and Mechanical College. Il
one of his friends in this city. makes the
plain statement that everybody in Raleisf
expects Georgetown to be defeated Thurs
day in the first game of the series for the
south Atlantic championship. The op n
ion of Hegarty is that the Blue and Gray
will be outclassed in what will prove tt
be a close, hard contest; anyway, tina
is Hegarty's statement, whether or moi
he really believes what he says.
Here is what Hegarty had to say rela-
tive to the probable outcome Of the game
~ was at Annapolis when Georgetowr
played the Navy, and, from what / saw
there, it has no license to beat u.s. George
town is not nearly as strong now as 1t has
been during the past two or three years
and it will not make the showing against
us that it expects.
I'VE have Georgetown outclassed IN
every department in which it is said to
excel-the backfield- In my opinion theI
are not many backfields in the country
that have much on ours. Riddick and
Sullivan as ha.fbacks are by far the best
men in the section, both being big,
clever men i'll carrying the ball and
above the average on the defensive.
Everybody knows how good Penney. the
former Brown back, is, and Van Brock
lin is showing better form at quarter
than he ever did at end. which is say
ing a great deal. Our line is heavy and
ags ressive. and has ends that are No,
going to be circ,ed. If Georgetown wins
from us / shall be the most surprised
human being in the world"
Hegarty's sentiments exude conf
dence, to say the least II his team is
and Gray will have to go at a faster
gait than it has shown in any game
already played in order to win. There
is no doubt that A. and M. is strong
the veteran material has given to it a
power which is not to be held lightly
undoubtedly be against the strongest
eleven they have faced in South Allan
tic foot ball since 1910.
The game today between Technical
and Business, which will start the
scholastic series, should be one of the
best played of the whole schedule. In
fact, 1t is hard to see wherein the other
eievens have an even chance against
either OF these teams. each having bet
ter ma .erial and generally more en-
couraging prospects.
Ochsenre.ter. captain Of the Tech team.
Is sure to be a star in the high school
series. The leader Of the Manual Train:
ers not very heavy, but he Is fast and
aggressive, two qualities which make an
exceptional player in any class of foot
ball, and particularly is this true of the
scholast c game. A fellow who has the
dash and nerve is the one who gets
games. even though he does not have
the beef that have some of the others
such player the Tech captain. He
is a fairly good runner in the open field,
average high school back. II he does
not prove the mainstay of the Techn cal
backfieid and one of the most capable
backs in the series, there will be some
mistaken judges of foot oall players.
There are two other youngsters in the
Tech backfeld VINO are fairly clever.
Steed is apt to be the best Quarterback
In the series and Hardel Is so fast that
II he ever gets clear field 1t will be a
touchdown sure. Steed calls his signals
on the jump all the time. He also will
use better judgment in directing the pay
of his team than any of the other quar-
tiers are likely to do.
There are three men in the Business
baokfield who are experienced and who
should gain lot of ground. These are
Harris. Kelly and Wise. All PLAYED last
year and with that experience ought to
be developed into the best al-round back
field in the series. All are fairly heavy
and fast. Harris is captain and last fan
was the best ground -gainer In his field.
His work was very good, and gave prom
Use of much better. II he has shown
much Improvement 1t will be evidenced
today In the first big battle.
A decided shift was made in the line
up of the Georgetown team yesterday.
Costello, who has hitherto been play
ing at quarter, was sent to halfback
and Calnan was placed in his position.
The coaches were not satisfied with the
manner In; which Costello ran the
team Saturday, while they feel that
they will be able to utilize his fine
ground-gaining ability to best ad-
vantage from a halfback's position.
Also, there has been some question as
to two or three of the line positions.
and II is likely that shifts will be made
there. Eichenlaub Is mentioned promi-
nently for a regular berth at end.
while two or three of the scrubs are
showing the regulars for places on the
line.
1t would not be surprising to see the
game today between Tech and Bust
ness end in very close score, nor
would it be unexpected IL one of the
teams wins by a good margin. The
aspect of the two elevens before thew
start play, thought. indicates that the