Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
BY II. C. BYRD.

Three OF the local college foot ball
t~ams viii begin practice this week.
Georgetown will be the first to get It's
mon out being booked to hold the hrst
workout tomorrow The Maryland Ag-
.;ies and Gallaudet will get out their men
Wednesday or Thursday, and cathohc
University will likely start next week.
Prospects at three of the schools are ex-
cclIent but affairs are in rather doubt
lul condition at the other.
IL the first practice IS held tomorrow
N Georgetown. as has been reported, II
) not probable that tho whole squad VIII
turn out. The men will be coming III all
the week. and the entire aggregation Will
not be on hand until toward the latter
part of the week or the first of next.
some Of the new material may not come
in until even later than that. so IL is
probable that the Blue and Gray will not
have lis full quota Of forces marshaled
until after the first game has been
played.
Notices have been sent to every mem
hcr OF the Maryland Agricultural College
squad that they must report for the
first regular practice, which VIII y" helo
Thursday. September Is. Some rev OF
the men may get ont Wednesday, but
the real work will not start till the fol-
lowing day.
Things being more less up in the
.gir at Catholic University. no coach
having yet been appointed. il is not
known definitely when candidates Will pc
caIled out. The beginning of next week
will probably find the squad at work.
though.
Gallaudet will begin practice this week.
Some few of the men will get out TO
work. and the squad will grow as the
old and the new men enter school ana
export.
The squads in the high and prep
schools will not begin until next week.
Georgetown and Maryland Agricultural
College will be the first of the colleges
To open their seasons. Georgetown ls
having some difficulty with It's schedule.
though. and IL is more than possible that
il Will not have a game September y,
the time originally set for the opening
IF the season. The Seaman Gunners.
with whom the contest was scheduled,
have notified the Blue and Gray man
agement that they will be unable to
put team in the field. and the Hilltop
institution is not casting about for an
eleven TO take its place. IL none is Sc
until October 4, when Randolph Macon
will be PLAYED. The Maryland Aggies
will go against the Baltimore City Col
cge in their opening September 81: The
Farmers figure 10 win that game rather
easily and that will have to be because
they will not be in very good shape at
that time. Gallaudet will begin October
!. III will play the strongest team on its
Washington and Lee. Catholic
University will not begin its season until
/ meets Rock Hill on its home grounds
october II.
The report that Country Morris might
zach the Technical High School foot
BAH team this fall is erroneous. Morris
said last night that the first he had heard
~ the matter was when h. had seen
il in one of the local papers.
There Is one rule in the foot ball code
hich should come In for some criticism
when the meeting of the committee Is
'ieId next week. Under the present sys-
-em If a kicked ball hits one of the
Sickers side behind the line of scrim-
mage il goes To the opponents at the spot.
That is hardly fair TO the licking side.
Ahen team punts il is generally be-
lusc il is in such q position that ii is
compelled to do 50. The fact that the ball
strikes one of the kicker's side Is just
the same as if il had been blocked and
works hardship on the team doing the
uniting. because il gives the ball to the
atner eleven without chance for re-
Iemption. OF course. II could not be that
an equal chance should he given the kick
rrs team To recover the ball, as Is done