Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-02
POWER NEEDED
IN c. us LINE
Forwards Do Not Seem to Be
as Strong as Those
of 1912.
MURRAY IS IMPROVED
OVER LAST SEASON
To Offset Weakness at Tackles
| Blue and Gray Has Clever
Set of Backs.
By Il. @. BYRD.

By n. g. BYRD.
There Is no doubt that Georgetown
needs greater strength In fits line The
set OF forwards that will represent the
Blue and Gray this season ia not as
strong rs that OF last year. The absence
OF two such men as Hegarty and White
Is felt and probably will continue to be.
In the practice scrimmage with tho
Maryland Aggies yesterday the Hilltop
pers' line did not show tho power nor
the aggressiveness evident in the play OF
the 1912 bunch.
The whole secret OF the lack OF offensive
strength In the Blue and Gray line is
that the tackles are weak. There In plen-
ty OF defensive strength. but what In
lacking 10 ability to open up holes and
block defensive backs. Bold Is the best
Of the tackle material now In evidence.
and he L. q very good defensive player.
His work. though, on the offense is not
what ought to be seen on an eleven the
cauber OF those which have represented
Georgetown recently.
Tho three center men are all right
Barron Is not as fast as he might be.
but Is a hard worker and consistent
Moria1ty, at the other guard, Is all that
could be desired. He Is a splendid play
er. Petritz at center Is also mighty
capable man. There are also two pairs
OF good ends. neither of which seems to
have much on the other Bergen and
Donnelly, the regulars OF 1912, are
being worked together. but they do not
appear to have anything on Martin and
Cusack. Martin especially Is showing
much better form than a year ago. IL
IL probably because he is not yet I'm
condition, but Bergen is not yet play
ing UP to his standard
One factor Georgetown has in Its
favor 10 a mighty clever set OF backs.
II lacks a really capable plunging full
back, but there is not another school
In the south which has behind its for
wards three as capable men as Murray.
Foley and Costello. There are two or
three others above the general run OF
backs
M. A. c. yesterday undoubtedly did both
teams q lot Of good. It was the first
real practice that M. A e. has had this
year. and 1t was Georgetown's first work
the plays. The Farmers did some fair
work against the more experienced Hiu-
toppers at times, but at others their IN
experience was very much to be noted.
II Bold, the new tackle at Georgetown.
could play tackle extensively as well AZ
on the defensive, he would be the most
valuable acquisition to the Blue and Gray
squad since the advent OF Costello, Heg-
arty and Dunn. Bold is a clever de-
fensive player. there is no denying that.
but he seems to be lacking In his Of
fensive work. The latter Ii undoubtedly
due to the fact that he is inexperienced
In the class Of foot ball In which he 10
playing. 1t Is pretty hard for a young
fellow to come right out OF prep or high
school. jump right into the lineup OF an
eleven the cahber Of Georgetown. and
make good in every. department OF
play. especially when he is taking the
place Of a man who had three years OF
collegiate and two or three OF prep
school experience.
Gallaudet's squad must have shown fine
form against the Central High squad
yesterday, when II ran up and down the
field almost at will. The schoolboys fall
ed to show anything like the form that
did the Kendall Greeners. The fact that
Gallaudet has the majority OF its last
years team back means that the squad
Is much further advanced In its work
than any Of the scholastic aggregations.
It is not often that a foot ball game is
called or by reason of the falling Of rain.
yet that happened. in the case OF the
Western Maryland-Lehtgh game.
Pennsylvania must have run into
much tougher opposition in the Frank
lin and Marshall eleven than was looked
for. The score OF ID to does not show
the Quakers to have shown any special
power against a weaker combination. or
course, the conditions may have had lot
to do with the poor work. the whole field
having been a puddle or water and mud,
according to report.
It would seem under such conditions
that the advantage ought to have been
with the heavier eleven, but without two
regular members of the backfield the
hIu working
well as they might Young and Minds.
who are the best men behind the Pennsyi.
vania line, were both out Of the game.
Ted Murray is showing better form at
halfback for Georgetown this season than
at any time since he has been a member
OF the squad. His work is improved in
every department He is more adept IN
carrying the hau and generally is much
more valuable to the team. He gained
much more consistently against the Mary
land Aggfes yesterday than any OF the
other backs. and once he broke away ana
ran forty yards before being caught.
Murray is going to do better than he has
been counted on.
Georgetown has two games within q
week and a half Of each other which ara
going to be hard to win, IL they are won.
The first is with the Navy Saturday week.
and the other il to take place I'm Raleigh
against the North Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical College ten DAYS after
ward Everybody knows that the Navy
IL going to have q strong eleven. even
though II will not come forward rapidly
enough to be In ANYTHING like its best
shape at that time Frank Gargan coach
at Georgetown, said yesterday that he
had received a letter from Jack Hegarty,
assistant coach at A and NJ. which con-
tanned the information that a heavy fast
eleven would represent that school.
Hegarty said that the team would be one
of the best In the south. and when one
coach informs another in almost as many
words that he had better look out II can
be taken to mean only one thing-that
there Is an aggregation Of exceptional
merit under him.
at the start of the season Georgetown
will have q lot of trouble getting away
with them successfully. II the Blue and
Gray can finish In the lead In these two
contests II need not have as much fear
Of the others on its schedule.
Two more colleges In Maryland will
meet this week In the series OF games
for the state championship. st. Johns
win 70 to Emmitsburg to play Mt Sc.
and the contest viii hold much
interest The first meeting between two
colleges in the state was between Mt
ST. Mary's and Western Maryland. and
resulted I'm a decided victory for Mt. St
Mays, and II will be worthy OF note
whether or not the St. Johns eleven will
meet the Same fate.
CoRNEI.L-rTHACA, N. Y, October 2
THE Cornell foot ball squad. following
,ut the plan of daily scrimmage made