Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-23
BY H. c. BYRD.

! The foot ball season will begin here
saturday. The only definite contest
| scheduled is that in which the Mary
! land Agricultural College Will meet the
baltimore City College, although George
town is making efforts to secure small
college to take the place of the Seaman
Gunners. who We're originally booked.
The other two schools. Catholic I nj
Versity and Gallaudet, will not start until
two weeks and one week later, respec-
lively. The former will open against Rock
Hill at Brookland October j., While the
latter will play its first game against
Washington and Lee i'll Lexington octp-
Der 4. The Rock Hill contest should
not prove difficult for Catholic Jnirer-
sity, but Gallaudet will go against the
strongest team it will meet during the
entire year when il faces the LeNinS-
tonians.
1t is unfortunate that the game
Georgetown had with the Seaman Cum
ners was Cancelled by the latter. The
action of the service team may mean
that the Blue and Gray will have no con-
test at all on the date when it had eS-
pected to open its season. There has
to a proposed contest with tho Maryland
Agricultural College, which is without
much foundation. Although it has been
stated that the Blue and Gray hoped I"
completes definite arrangements with the
Aggics for a game Saturday, il il 4 fact
that Georgetown has not even broachtd
the subject 10 any body out at the Subuf-
ban school. And even though the Rlue
and Gray management had offered the
Farmers the finest kind OF Inducements
the latter would be unable 10 accept the
date because they have contracts with
the Baltimore City College calling for a
game at College Park.
The Farmers would have to fulhil
that engagement, though they might
really desire the game with George
town. The NJ A. c. eleven Is not IN
any kind of shape az yet. is not as
far advanced as Georgetown. and il
would show a total lack Of common
sense for it's management To bring II
in here to meet a far heavier and more
experienced aggregation. SUCH action
would probably ruin the chances Of
the team for half the season, and
might for the whole Of il.
The Maryland Aggics had their first
lineup yesterday. Two tentative
elevens We're given q set OF signals
and three plays, which were practiced
for about half an hour. The plays
y
some trouble was experienced by the
centers in making one of the passes.
Pads We're given the players tor the
first time and tacklinS practice was
had. At times some really good tack
ling was done and al others the efforts
to stop the backs We're very bungle
some. The work proved u little too
severe for Hindman, one of the regu-
lar tackles of last year, and he had
slightly lame shoulder as result
~ Ral nj WI icr
has back practically the whole of the
eleven which won the prep school cham
pionship OF Baltimore last season, will
hardly bring down as heavy u team rs
tho Farmers will hay. STILL tho
latter are not expecting. nor do they
want, 10 do moro than win. The team
Will not be in very good condition owing
To 4 lack Of time for practice. and no
chances will be taken Of not having il in
good condition during the latter part Of
the year when some of the most impor-
tant contests are scheduled.
The first scrimmage of the year took
place at Georgetown yesterday. The re-
suit OF the work while not especially
gratifying, was about all that could be
looked for. Crudities and lack Of
herence in the play would naturally be
expected the first time the squad was
lined up for actual playing tests. Some
of the men showed exceptional form.
though for so early. and by the work Of
one or two OF the scrubs there may be
some changes before long in the lineup
of what was tentatively selected as the
first eleven.
The first team was lined up Yesterday
in this manner: Donnelly and Martin
ends; McNuity and Heskell, tackles: Bar
ron and Carlo. guards; PetritZ, center:
Murray and Cassidy, halfbacks; Costello,
quarterback, and Foley at fullback
Cassidy showed excellent form i'm run
ming with the ball. His work was above
the average in hitting the line and in
quick. lodging runs around the ends
Costello did the punting and he showed
that he had lost none of his ability along
that line.
There are three new men at Georgetown
who seem to have an excellent chance to
make the team, judging by what they
have done. They are Cassidy Bold and
Breslin. Cassidy, at haifback has shown
that he can punt, can carry the ball
we'll and generally handles himself Ike q
worthy performer. Breslin is a new man
at center and played brilliantly on the
scrubs yesterday. Bold has not been in
the lineup AS yet but, Judging hy what
he accomplished in the high school he
should make regular job at one OF the
tackles.
If these three men develop and show
the form that is looked for. Georgetown
will not feel the loss of White Hcyartv
predictions regarding the probable out
come of the season were being made
Bold, particularly, will mean much TO the