Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-15
BY a. C. BYRD.

s,aorpetown team are expected 10 Tepofe
Tor ,he first practice today. The call mas
been issued for the men I" couie out
this afternoon. but il is probahe that
those who respond will be mostly an nov
material The players OF last year VIII
be coming in one or two at Il time from
now until some time next week.
n Ia said that Costello is exp*rted TO
he on the hilltop this afternoon "oro
has been received from him TO the effect
tina, he would be here today. Not many
~ the other players have been heara
from. and it is not known definitely When
,bev will report The chances are,
though. that practice with the entire
s,,,ad present will not he had nntit some
time. next week.
n &c thought that every man OF tue
team Of last fall will be present within
~, DAYS. All are 10 return. with the
,x.eptiou of White. HeGarty, Fury ana
pbeinchild. That these four men VIII
no missed is without doubt. Their WORK
has been OF such a character IN past
vears that it will be a very difficult mat
Ter TO fill their places satisfactorily. FURY
vrben in shane, was a mighty clever
broken field runner. He had only one
tLtdt iCoPeNR - 1---S
Costello. his teammate.
White was not a brilliant performer,
but he was worth more to a team than
was apparent from the sidelineS lie
was steady, his only drawback being
that he was inclined 10 lose his temper
once In awhile Hegarty was the stead
lest. and probably the best. linenian on
the team last fail. The only man who
has equaled him In the three years ne
was a member of the team was Wayne
Hart Reinchiid. OF course, though ne
eligible IL he were to return.
There will be lot OF good material
loft over who should be worthy or the
places which will fall to them unless
some new men come in who are more
capable. The two tackle positions lcft
vacant BY the absence Of two or the men
mentioned could be filed by Petritz and
Heiskell, although they are rather light
for the places Both men are hard, fierce
players in the game for all they are
worth. They would hold their own with
some mighty good men. Three or the
four ends out with the 1912 eleven VIII be
back, and any of them should make good
as a regular. The two guards. Mo iarty
and Barron. are fairly certain to get
back their old places. Center may prove
10 be a problem for the coaches. but
delivering the kind of foot ball desired.
There is plenty of material for the back
fieId. Foley. Kelly, Costello Calnan.
Campazze, Dunn and Murray TO m an
aggregation that would be hard to beat
I'm any university OF the size of George
town. and IL will have to be a mighty
clever new man to beat out either OF
them for regular job.
All this week Will be spent in prelimi-
pary work, the real practice not being
scheduled TO begin until all the veterans
are back and the whole squad Is in fair
physical condition.
OF all the men who will return TO play
foot ball at GEORGETOWN this year Harry
Costello will be in better shape than any
other That is. of course. going on the
Inference that he has made the best of
his opportunities this summer. He has
heen spending the vacation in summer
camp IN the middle west, and has had
plenty of opportunity TO indulge In all
kinds of sports. y fellow living an out
door life I'm the summer is vastly more
benefited than one who does not. and
especially Is that true of one who does
not have a great deal more to do than
take care of himself.
This should be brilliant year for Co.'S.
telo. Not the least doubt exists that
he is the most perfect foot ball player
In the south In everything pertaining to
carrying the ball and defensive WORK.
II Is amazing to watch the Blue and
Gray captain wend his way through a
broken field: II is really hard to tell how
he is able to dodge and get by opposing
swiftly, with all his speed and at others
he hardly seems to be making the least
effort to make Roadway. Whatever Is
the reason for his great ability along
this line. there IL no doubt that 1t exists.
which is the main point. Costello is also
good safety man, seldom missing q
tackle, and can handle punts pretty
well.
The fact that he cas- dodge well is the
one thing that makes him a valuable
ha Unr ,Itxy
ries the ball back about half as far as
u was punted. 1t VII not soon be for
gotten how he received a punt in the
Virginia game o. last fall and ran it
back for a touchdown. a piece of work
which really won for his team.
Graduate Manager Walsh and Manager
Barrett have been working to get things
IN shape for the beginning of pract &C.
and when the players report they VIII
ind everything ready. The one thing
which Ia troubling Walsh at present is
the cancellation of the first contest By
IN hole for game on September -,
and II may be very difficult matter to
get team to I'll the date
IL seems that all the rumors regarding
Rodes OF the Navy and Waller OF Prince
ton being at Virginia have not been
true. The reports which have come
from that school relative TO the practice
iltiu HdNt IOlIUfE ABOUT these
men, and II is hardly possible that two
such prominent players could be out for
the eleven and nothing said OF them. II
was stated last winter that the former
Navy and Princeton men had already
entered school That has since been
found to be untrue.
What new material Virginia has seems
10 have come from the prep schools.
Woodberry Forest. Episcopal and Law
renceville OF course. there may be
some other men. but, II so. little has
been made known about them. One ac-
QUESTION that was said to be sure for
the Virginia forces was Moore. the star
hackfleld man on the Virginia Military
Institute Of last fall Moore was way
above the average of the backs found
In this section, which was attested by
team figured when he was in the game
and when he was not When he was
playing every game was won and Nir-
ginia was defeated After he was out with
injuries the eleven went back and re-
ceived a decisive defeat or two at the
hands OF really smaller schools With
Mayer as one halfback and Moore as the
other. Virginia would have very formi-
dable pair of ground gamers.
Foley of Georgetown Is liable to prove
more valuable TO the eleven on the hill
this yeay than one would think He
was one of the cleverest youngsters up
there last fall. although the briiliance
Of the work OF one or two other men
IN the backfield caused him 10 be lost
sight OF to q certain extent.
On a team where less capable men than
Sorne of those who played behind the line
It Georgetown would be found. Foley
would have been a real star. With his
work of last year back of him Their, ia