Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-15
BY II. c. BYRD.

Gallaudet students have gone on
strike because Of suspensions that have
| been given certain members OF the loot
| ball squad. With the exception OF the
co-eds. all the students In the college
have served notice that they are not stu
dents until the faculty has lifted the ban
on the foot ball players.
The trouble arose over the fact that the
faculty suspected some Of the men,
bers Of the foot ball squad Of "fag-
ging." which Is system the old boys
are supposed to have of making the new
boys run errands for them. The faculty
suspended for the remainder Of the year
the boys whom they thought to be In
duiging in the practice 1t happened that
some of these were the best foot bali
players in the school, AS q result. the
student body Is very much incensed and
claims that the faculty was unjust be-
cause it has not been proved that the
men in question were guilty.
1t is very probable that the matter will
be compromised in some manner within
! be as serious an affair as the students
seem to feel just at p esent. though q
member Of the student body stated this
morning that the boys were firm in their
] pended ones.
Three of the local colleges will play
/ loot ball games here Saturday. George
town Is to meet the Virginia Medical
| against e Baltimore City College, while
the Maryland Aggies will play one of the
! games which will have a direct bearing
on the state championship.
| That Georgetown will be up against an
/ eleven that will prove to be much strong
er than was anticipated when the contest
was arranged for seems certain. The Vir-
GINA Meds undoubtedly have one of the
most veteran teams in the south, though
at is not saying they are going to win
from Georgetown. In fact, the chances
| much favor the Blue and Gray to get
the long end of the score by a good mar
gin. Because the hilltoppers lost to the
Navy 1t seems to be the or inion In some
quarters that they are in danger in all
| their games. They may be to a certain
extent, but the odds surely favor them
F., Saturday
The Maryland Aggies will play West
1t is not known just how strong the
upstate team Is, as 1t claims 1t has
failed to show its real class in it's con-
tests so far. The Farmers are not
taking any more chances. though, than
| they can help and are not going into
| the game any more confident than II
they were meeting a much-heralded
! aggregation. A game lost in the race
] for the state title practically puts the
| loser out of the running, and no
| chances can be taken. The Farmers
| will not start the same team they did
| against Hopkins, at least two Of the
| men who were In that contest being
| out because OF bruised muscles. and
win is about all they hope to do.
| Catholic University Is scheduled to
| play. but It's game will take place In
| Emmittsburg, where 1t will meet Noun,
St. Mary's. While the Brookianders
realize they will be against an even
stronger eleven than that which de-
| feated them last Saturday, they are OF
! the opinion that they will be able to
| make a very creditable showing.
| Arrangements have been made whereby
| the Maryland Aggies wilt go to Catho
| lie University today to practice. TIL
| Brooklanders have been In need Of som
| hard work against combination which
| does not know the signals and Is not
| familiar with the plays For that rea-
! son Coach Greer tried with success to
| get the Farmers In to work against his
men. Several Of the Aggies' re ulars
| will be left at school. some Of them hav
| ing been unable to get away from Their
scholastic work, while some Of the others
/ are not able 10 get into q scrlmmage.
The game which the Technical High
| eleven had scheduled with the Plebes at
| Annapolis for today has been called off,
and in its stead the Manual Train
! ers will go to College Park tomor-