Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18
Warmers Assistant at Carlisle
Is Being Sought by Foot
Ball Management.
BASKET BALL TEAM
TO PLAY FOUR GAMES
Blue and Gray Quint Will Be With
out Services of Its Star
Guard. Wetzell.
BY II. C. BYRD.

BY II. C. BYRD.
Georgetown is trying TO get Exeldine.
Warmers assistant at Carlisle fo.. the last
two seasons. to coach its foot ball team
next fall After the Carlisle tame here
November l last Eyendine remained ct
Georgetown and aided in coaching the
eleven for three days HIS WORK during
that period was considered SO valuable
that the authorities decided TO secure his
services as the regular instructor if pos
sibIs.
No announcement has been made at
Georgetown relative to Z change in the
coaching policy next fall. but il became
known some time ago that such 2 move
was contemplated. II was defiaday stat
ed by one in position. 10. ..nD. .taaS
there would be a new general policy of
instruction. and that probably a ne..
man would lie in charge. 1t is believe
That EXendine will be the man To ii! The,
vacancy which will Be lett by Gcrcan
who. II IS reported, VIII so 10 Rutgers
There We're many enthusiastic reLor;s
relative 10 tie work of Eyend.ne durin.
the Few days he was with the squad las.
fall. and it Is thought that if ne co1I6
-
success would be assured. He i ab.o-
luteiy familiar with the system i:r Uxea
Cart sic. having been one of the greatest
players ever developed at that schoo.
ana having cOaChei tor two or lr,..
years under his old tutor, Warn<r
Gallaudet failed to make much of q
showing at baske: oah again: George
washington last night. The Nenual
6reeneis were not ne4r as strong rs vas
apparent on basis OF tiei- s..op i'm.
against the Catholic Univers!t- auint
iast Saturday night. Their r.-is .;Iy was
TO- atcufate' ti.,st shooting Tor goals
Vas iori and tns.- gyn,.ai work was
Iicch 3eIos.. y mac was e..rrcte,. ,,cors..
wash .Stci lad Iittle t-c.ui. :. setting
Tie BAN az = usit;ci. 10 s-u.> ANA ii .
shoot..Is Va great deal more ..ccu,site
tAan IN. any Cf tt prev.oGs co.. est. 4
The IS, Eori. do.Ic o. :-te. ,alIau.Iet
players y as that III Rocl.u ell and VIII
man, the latter a you.2asier gho replaced
isassshassen at center. Whitman daspla yed
rsoTe accuracy in tossing .oais raan anf
o. MS teammates and gave the impress
sion ma: ne might he trief. OF at ON.
o. lle Forward positions to advantages.
Two OF tnfee or tie other Players On. the
Saiaiett team are strong. able young
stefs, put they rallied to get the most out
OI themselves.
--Sconan. captain OF the Georce. WASH
ia ton GEilt. played ii the hes. form he
las shown this Season His work wa
iaUch aoo-e that evidenced In previous
games ana II vas q-ii- gra thing Il
Coaeh St-.lossor that he vas apparently
roEa.iuS into shape. Eoonan las no.
done a. Hei4 as hal been expected of
4 y piiOE % last night but il Is thought
t..at ne will play we'll from, nov on.
Tie Eastern High Schoo. basket bali
team won from the Gonzaga College five
yesterday afternoon. The game was we'll
played by both teams. The work OF Greer
at center for Eastern featured the con-
test. The big fellow who made such an
cT3viabie reputation on the griG:rou last
raj seemed 10 be all over the fioor. He
Gagged the ball Tor goals from the fsor
four times and played well defens.yeiy.
TIE Business High School cui.it defeat
&c tae Catholic University Fres,i:i.eT. Ere
IL the easiest kind Of way. The work OF
the Szeaographers was much above .ha.
e their opponents. there being TO COM
Is.'isoH between the play of tae two
cGints-
P.trlc Fl. Davis is out with very inter
cstidg comment on scouting In foot ball
One phase or his remarks is rather re-
rHarlsabie. In view OF the number OF
stories which go out and are heard ia
many ways relative to new PLAYS which
a team is working UP for a certain big
same. Mr. Davis comes out with the as
ssrtion that there are no new plays and
tnst everything which is 50 called is only
8 variation OF something used many times
previously. Here is what liz says relative
u q scout getting the PLAYS OF the oppos-
Ing team for Use in Building = proper de-
Tense: 80.
- Il IS easy for an experienced man TO
obtain "a opponents signals. so It is
equally easy TO obtain the construction of
IN opponents plays. But where. pray, in
the last two years has there been nov
cit hill fa~ clio
IN the country the backs form broadvise.
crescent. square. tandem. vertical, dag
onal double-tandem either on or OF CEN
ter, and either preceded by shifts or TO
shifts. and involving divides or no divides.
The exact position OF the players may
vary, but the formations In use are stand
ard.
Neither in the formation to be assumed
nor IN the manner In which the players
VIII fold upon one another in the interior
ence can there be anything new. Every
FORMULATION and communication OF these
four men behind the line has been studied
to exhaustion by the various coaches o:
the country these ten years and more
The element Of surprise has long beer
limited to the use Of an old play In a new
or unexpected juncture. At this late day
II would be impossible for scout to bring
back TO Cambridge or to New Haven or e
Princeton a single unknown play or for.
nation.
FREAK plays, OF course, are exceptions
but these never appear in preliminary
games. Therefore, no scout could Obtain
them. First-class teams do not depend
upon the novelty and originality of plays
They depend on execution. Any STANDARD
play. no matter how old. is always good
It's success is wholly. a matter OF ,execI
tor"
tie goes OF To say tllat the EnowleGsS
q tine opposing teams pluys is only
worth while in so far IS the psychologist
ca! effect OF the men knowing what they
are going UP against IS concerned. II
that is true, what. then, is the use foi
scrub teams to practice daily against Z
defensive varsity the plays which. hav-
ing been brought back by the scouts
the team they are to meet will be sup
posed to use? If simply knowledge o.
the plays they are 10 see is all the gooG
that such will do II Is hardly worth WIN,
% waste so much time. as they could bt
explained in a few minutes after tha
practice on the blackboard Another
statement made by Mr.. Davis Is worth,
OF exception. He says that no matte
what kind Of plays We're used by an op
posing team. we'll coached eleven woult
diagnose them in the first moments o
the game. That might he aud Il Nigh
he In ~