Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28
BY H. C. BYRD.

the Blue and Gray coaches can develop d
capable running mate for Bold, tue NJ"
man from the Everitt High schooi' theS
will have gone a long way toward SOWING
the problem of having successiui
eleven. II seems there are capable men
for every place except one OF the tach.eS'
which must he filed before the team can
face the hard season in front OF IT. ana
!, is reported that there is not d great
deal OF material for the position
while nothing definite has been gwen
ON, il is not a difficult matter u zen
rr,tty nearly who will start the season
m the regular lineup. Ut is the eNioeh.
intention Of the coaches 10 use felfltA d
center and it would be hard TO ma
more aggressive payer. II ne can heep
from netng injured there IS nor I'"o''
doubt about his ability L. MI the Pi'1'
,,.,,c,or,v Iher, ~ no ques ION ABOUT
TN, two guaros, mat is, uh'ess - = ="
rfued 10 smut Aoriarty OUT 10 one u 80
tackles IL wound pc nara " i' =
more capaDic men IN TINS .ori
t,ank the center tnan Barron ahu Mo-
wy or course. Noriarts - SO assi.o
sty, that ne. may 10 snlited 70 pl"-
yositlon made vacant by th' ~ !,
:, hitr lie wouIu make Sood liici
Is heheveu. mere Il eei '''i'
xhy ne should not. ;, -, yar
~ - ta.r,y cvrlaln that Martin anu 20
Gin VIII start the season as tne ..r
ends. AAfun WdS No. "a .,n>. -
Lat fail tue Two men WHO h'i'
rn,. p,,ces uIu not nave inuSh oti -
and ne WAS ABOUT rs cleNer - - Ia,
,,,.n.,ve auilly MarItn IS Nhoie -
h.,,v,.r 100. man one W""'" 5Ne
creuII Tor De.nE. ttr "ciS'9 - ,,,,,c,
n,,Iuus in ms CLONES, WIN = -,
Yer tuan ne mas senertliy peeh i"'e
t.,,rs.t,rp ror three years ana HuoNi
MOI IAN asain TO mona u MS eh" - -
work. - -, ~ tbe
tacnI-s re.uIariy, II the repoiis 80 -,
...,,,v. are true vi course, ne
- ON, Il yyansster ana prooaoiS hee
l,,s % experience, put ne HAS ii
advantage ar good coacn.nS previous -
entering Georgetown, which should stano
him in good stead Who Will pay ln9
other tackle is the problem 10 De soNeu'
Heiskeu is about the best man LOT the
nIace now ont with the squad. but he Is
in moor condition. He has n BAD leg anu
mas not seemed to be able 10 get IN
shape II is said that Rich. last year :
center. will return this week. II ne uoes
lie may be used at the other tacAle.
is q big rangy fellow ana mas pients
of weight TO make good there. he mas
also had experience. which l. hish's
big factor in playing tackle
Costello will play quarterback. 1here
does not seem to he any man on the
biIIton who can be COMPARED to I'm
for that position. OF course. II sooo
quarter were to come in, ne couia "
shifted to one of the hal1nacK Fiaces'
az he is just familiar WIN that pc
sition as with quarter. The chances are
that the men in charge will keep los
tallo at quarter. though. because ne i'iis
a suappy way of running the team, "hicn
keeps life In it all the time ~ Is on Tue
offense. ,,>,o
AS the season develops il is probable
that direrent men will be used as half
backs and fullbacks. Foley MURRAY,
cassidy and Dunn. because II Is tnousht
that he will be out in a day or SO TOT
sire. will do the bulk of the work
Van Dyne will not be out for the team
this season, as he IS TO ieaVe to"h
shortly.
Of the candidates at Georgetown vary
widely 1T is said by some that the
prospects of the Blue and Gray are very
brilliant. and the eleven shouia ni fo
others are of the opinion that IL VIII
be a desperate struggle for the team can,
to get by in some Of its contests. me
Navy game will give the hrst real
definite idea as to the power of the
team. That meeting will be a real test.
and If the men come through IL WIN a
good showing nothing more could De
asked. and the chances in the following
contests will be much brighter.
Catholic University Will start practice
tomorrow. Even until yesterday there
had been some talk Of not having
foot bail team this fall. one or two
" the men In authority ut the univef-
sity are against the idea OF having the
school represented on the gridiron, and
propose to- develop class teams and nave
them play one another. Happily that
idea has been abandoned. and IL Is now
certain that the team will play through
sible exception-it is not probable that
the Villanova contest Will take place.
that eleven being regarded as much TOO
heavy for the Inexperienced men VINO
will make up the squad.
IL is not known what kind Of material
will be out for the team. Ii has been
reported that several men who played
a Mount ST Mary's In 1912 will enter
'atlolic university. That is not definite,
though. and there may be nothing 10 the
report However. il is thought that a
squad of at least twenty-five. will APP
pear for the first workout which Coach
Greer viii have tomorrow.
Tn- foot ball season started in reality
yesterday. There were few teams Of
prominence which d!d not play. OF the
zig eastern universities, Harvard and
PENNSYLVANIA showed the strongest The
Quakers gave evidence that their new
coaching policy Is going 10 be successful
hy the manner in which they rolled UP
4 Dig score on Getty SbuFE. II Is NllSntS
.,cldom-in fact. in recent years, the
Penn team has not peen known 10 begin
- auspiciously. Harvard played its first
came with powerful offense and de-
fensc that as nearly perfect rs pos
S5ie at this time OF year. The Crimson
undoubtedly is much stronger right now
than any Of the other big eleyens with
tho possible exception of Penn.
Yale and Princeton did not have an
easy time getting away with their games
Holy Cross held Yale 10 10 points, while
fsutg IS allowed Princeton 10 score only
- Rutgers made :; points against
tay Tigers on Il goal from the field Yale
probably has not Vet developed its Of
Tense a. much il has done at times in
the past paying more attention to the
building up of superb defense. II
would appear that Princeton has been
doing just the opposite, although it is
hard to form an absolute opinion on the
reports Of the work OF the squads.
Cornell failed 70 measure mp to what
might have been expected Of il yester
against Colgate. While Colgate has been
having strong teams of late years. IL
was never thought that il would be able
to do more than make a creditable show
ing against the lthacanS. not after the
decisive defeat given IrsnuS 10y them
Wednesday. Either Ursinus was much
weaker than ordinarily else Colgate
il above its general standard. After
Cornell had won from Irsinus as de-
cisiyely aS il did the general predictions
were To the effect that IL might be- ex-
pected 10 play on an equal basis with
the other big eleVens Unless the
tthacans are able 10 develop considerably
between now and the time they meet
Harvard IL IL probable that they will
not do as well as they and their fol-