The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
DERBY MAY BE
LOST TO HILLTOP
Star End of Last Seasons
Eleven May Be Set Down
by Eligibility Rule.
TACKLE MATERIAL SHORT
Cablo and Grove, New Candidates,
Are Being Tried in Position.
Gurry's Knee Wrenched.

Georgetown may lose Derby. the star
end Of last season, from its football
squad through ineligibiltty, according to
reports on the Hilltop yesterday. Derby,
who played a stellar game against Car
Isle last year. and was ruled out Of the
Virginia game only by the one year
eligibility rule, is said to have left law
school shortly after Christmas last year
TO travel in Europe. An investigation is
being made by the authorities at George
town TO determine if this will rule him
from the team. 1t Is a question whether
he would violate the one year eligibility
rule adopted by the Athletic Association
last February il he played now
The loss of Derby would be a severe
blow TO the Hilltop eleven, but the
coaches are hoping strongly to develop
several good men for the end positions
Billy Martin is already with the SQUAD
while Tad" Donnelly and Bergen. who
both played in the Virginia game last
year. are expected to return daily Land
reau, of last years freshman team. and
Hanford' new man hailing from New
Haven, were both tried at end yester-
day afternoon.
At the tackles, however. the coaches
are up against hard proposition. Speak
ing of this yesterday. Captain Harry Cos
tello admitted that he was greatly disap-
pointed in the outlook for the line Just
row We are rather short on good new
material" said Costello. but from the
new men out there should be at least
one developed who will come through
with varsity calibre. I'm at least salts
fed with one thing. namely that the
coaching system j. better this year than
ever before. and feel sure that Coaches
GarEan and Hart will get all there is
ont Of the men
CarbO and Grove. new men i'm the col
l"Ee, We're tried at tarKles again yester-
day and did fairly we'll Barron. Curry,
aud McNulty alternsted AT guards while
fetritZ was back at center. CASSIDY. the
new half back. VINO has looked the most
promising Of any 50 far, was tried at
quarter yesterday, and ran the eleven
Though fast signal in good style. Hugh
I'"hcrtN, tackle Oh the 1911 squad. who
did not attend Georgetown last year,
went through the afternoon at full back,
and Gargan seemed well pleased with
him. He is unusually fast for big man
and may he kept in the back field per-
manently. Foley, Murray. Golden. and
Elchenlaub were all played at half back
while Captain Costello relieved Cassidy
at quarter before the end Of practice
TIL" afternoons work consiste ed
largely in elementary rudiments, al
though more attention was given to
nunting and running back than on the
day previous Coach GarEan watched
Cassidy closely all afternoon. and the
Noungster did well. kicking more than
nifty yards, on every attempt Murray
and OC0uuell ran the kicks back well.
The first injuries of the season hit
tue squad yesterday when Curry suf-
fered wTenched knee when Foley hit
him hard in blocking practice. Curry
is much improved by his experience
with the scrubs last year and had been
doing well. lie will probably be out
"C the game for several days at least.
Jim Barron is the other man with a
hard-lUCk story. as he sustained a
badly bruised optic. in addition TO a
lacerated nose
M"riarI'N veteran guard, and Jim
Dunn. the hest line plunger Of last
Years eleven. have not yet arrived in
Washington but will get in before the
end of the week. With the exception
of these two. most of the late arrivals
Will h" new men from the law school.
Despite he drizzlinS rain. the squad
WAS kept at work for two solid hours.
HHvsical Director Joyce put the men
tbr"ugn & strenuous drill in calisthen-
les aC..u erday.