Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
FOOT BALL BEGINS THIS
WEEK IN LOCAL COLLEGES
Georgetown, Maryland Agricultural College
and Gallaudet To Have Squads Work
ing in Next Few Days.

| III the case of a blocked kick, because
\ then all the offensive eleven would have
/ to do. once it got in bad straits, would
/ be TO punt directly in the back of some OF
i its own men and have some of the others
i coached to get ii on the rebound Ihat
| would be unfair to the defensive eleven.
l but just as unfair is it that the ball
! should be given the opponents When tne
| play itself IS hardship and works
| against the aggregation doing the KICK
| ing.
From now on some OF the candidates
will be drifting into the several colleges,
and the advent of such men is generaiiy
hailed with lot of enthusiasm. There Is
not the least doubt that the return OIL a
star is greeted with greater glacness than
the coming back of the president or the
university or college. as the case may De.
A president may return from ms vaca.
ton almost unnoticed, but let foot ball
star show up anywhere in the vicinity
and he will not only be greeted with
cheers and reclamation, but the news OF
his presence will be handed around as
though of greater moment than anything
imaginable.
Such is the spirit of foot ball and the
hold il has on the college student.
There ia another class of men who
watch anxiously for the coming OF star
foot ball player of the previous year.
They are the coaches. They worry them
selves almost to death before the men re-
turn for fear that something may Keep
them away and after they are back worry
still more about the chances OF their not
getting into good condition or OF their re-
ceiving an injury.
That Al Handiboe. former local amateur
ball player. and now with the Savannah
Glib of the South Atlantic League, Is a
mighty popular individual in that town is
certain from the fact that he has been
prevailed upon to make his home there
during the winter Al has been made IN
spector of cotton or something Of the
kind.
This lad HURT who, will captain the
North Carolina Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College this year. Is a mighty merry
fellow and has the hardness which comes
Of experience and age: HURT Is twenty
four and Is a splendid looking speclman
OF manhood. He stands about slx-tWo
and weighs about 200 pounds. He Is not
| only clever foot ball PLAYER. out is a
fine fellow. having disposition Wnlch
makes him an easy man to get along
with and yet which gives him a dignity
BETTING his position. If he doesn't make
a strong bid for Il place on the ali-South
Atlantic eleven il will not be because OF
lack OF earnest effort and physical
ability.
The North Carolina A. & M.-George-
town game this year. Is going to be one OF
exceptional interest. All the contests IN
which the two have taken part have been
important not only from the standpoint or
rivalry between the two schools. but De-
cause both have nearly always been rae
tors in the race for the South Atlanuc
championship. This year even greater IN
terest will attach to the meeting because
OF the fact that Jack Hegarty. captain at
Georgetown last fall. will be one OF the
men in charge OF the development of the
eleven. Hegarty is undoubtedly familiar
with the style of play which will be used
at Georgetown and he should be- able to
impart a great deal of the inside foot ball
I'm vogue on the Hilltop for the last three
years in preparing the Carolinians de-
fensvely for that game. That 4S 70 "
defeat at the hands of Georgetown last
year still rankles. and there will not be
much effort lost On the part of the play
ers to atone for 1t.
Gallaudet is liable to strike a snag right
at the start of its season that will cripple
| II for half its schedule. One of the great
obstacles at Gallaudet has always been
the lack of good substitute material and
In a game I'm which the Kendall Green
lads will be up against much heavier
and more experienced team il would not
be surprising to some injuries of d
more or less severe character