The Washington herald., 1913-11-05
Hilltop Coaches Leaving No
Stones UntGrned to Round
Eleven Into Form.
EXENDINE STILL ON HAND
by C. w. SWAN.

Georgetown Is making a great bid tC
hand Virginia u trimming again.
Chief Exendine, assistant coach of the
Carlisle Indians, has been on hand at the
Hilltop for the last few days assisting
Coaches Gargan and Hart with the Blue
and Gray squad.
Capt. Harry Costello has been shifted
to a half back position, with Tug" Fury
in the other half, and Jim Dunn in full
back Freddie Murray is playing quarter
back.
Still another shift, which is figured to
add strength to the Hilltop line, is the
shifting of Petritz to a tackle. and Kelly,
the former full back, to center. In yes
terday's practice, this combination
worked well Other changes will be
made, as no stone VIII be left unturned
to assure Georgetown victory over Vir-
ginia.
The changes suggested by Chief Exen-
dine have proved valuable indeed. Kelly
looks good in center, while Petritz is
capable of putting up a !corking good
game in tackle. Then, Dougherty may be
shifted to center, and Kelly put on an
end. The former Buffalo lad is fast, and
a sure tackler He should make a mighty
good man for a pivot position.
Harry Costello will be able to use his
great speed and ability to carry the ball
in a broken field to better advantage
while playing a half back position than
II he were in quarter. Costello is a star
of the highest rank, there is no denying
that. but the team loses too much when
he plays quarter. Costello uses up too
much energy in the early stages Of the
game, and when he is needed in the final
quarter. is not able to come through.
The addition of Jim Dunn and Tug
Fury to the back field has plugged up a
big hole. Dunn is a real line smashing
full back; Fury is a fleet-footed line buck
er and end runner, and with Costello,
form a mighty sweet back field.
Exendine has been working with the
Georgetown ends, teaching them Glen
Warmers famous style in boxing in the
opposing tackles or picking of a man.
Exendine was a famous end at Carlisle
himself, and his work on the Hill has
been a big help to Coaches Gargan and
Hart.
Wesleyan, Of West Virginia, will pre-
sent a strong team against the Hilltop
pers Saturday, much stronger than it has
been reported.
Coming as it does in the shade OF the
Virginia game the contest seems to have
been Sighted. The team which meets the
Hilltoppers comes here with not My
a splendid record but also an established
reputation for football ability. II is a
fact not generally known or at least
pretty well forgotten that Wesleyan was
one of the Blue and Gray's most formid-
able rivals in the early nineties. The
return 20 mutual athletic relations was
given the hearty approval of many of
the alumni at whose instance II was that
Wesleyan was accepted upon this year 5
schedule. Close, bitterly contested bat
ties featured their early meetings, and
the comparative records of both George
town and Wesleyan would indicate that
this year should see repetition of the
same scrappy games. The last time that
these two aggregations faced each other
in the football field the result was a tie /
in which neither team was able to cross
the others goal line.
In Wesleyan's first game they found |
themselves pitted against the crafty Car |
Isle Indians. In spite of the earliness
of the contest they forced the Indians
to fight all the way. the score at the /
end of the first half being to 0. favoring |
the Redskins Following right after was
their championship. struggle with the
West Virginia University for the gridiron
supremacy of West Virginia Wesleyan
was returned the winner. Since these
contests the Methodists have taken on
minor games TO prepare them for what /
they know will be a gruelling struggle |
on. Saturday.
As Coach Gargan. ofsGeorgetown, puts
it Wen have our hands full with wes- /
leyan, and those who look for an easy
game have their eyes shut to real con-
ditions, both with US and with the West
Virginia team"
Any sort of victory will be satisfactory
TO the adherents of the Georgetown team,
who wish their team to derive confidence
from this game to prepare for the South
ern classic the following week.