Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-10-11
NAVY AND GEORGETOWN
CLASH ON GRIDIRON
Teams Meet for the First Time
in Several Seasons.
VISITORS WERE HOPEFUL.
Though 0utweighed, Players are Fast,
and Coach GSrgsn Predicted a
Tight Contest.
VISITORS WERE HOPEFUL.
Navy. 3: Georgetown. B.

/ navy % georgetown, y.
Football teams of Georgetown
University, Washington, and the
Naval Academy, clashed on the
| gridiron at the Naval Academy this
afternoon. In spite of the advant-
age that was apparently in favor
Of the middies, good game was
ANTICIPATED.
The Washington aggregation ar
rived in the city this forenoon with
high hopes of holding the heavy
middies in check, though they did
not express confidence of lalding a
victory. With backfield trio that
is reputed to be the fastest in the
South. the Washingtonians felt that
they would be able to show the
midC les thing or two in the play
ing of modern football.
On the other hand, the middies
with their heavy and powerful for
wards, and alert ends, were conf
dent that they were well fortified to
repel any character of assault that
might be attempted by the visi-
tors. The game got under way
promptly at 230 O'Clock, with the
sky heavily overcast and rain threat
ening to fall at any minute.
Accompanying the Georgetown
eleven was a large crowd of Wash
ington football enthusiasts who. for
the time, discarded all interest in the
worlds series baseball game in New
York today, and came prepared to
encourage the football warriors with
their cheers.
There is one coach at George town
who believes that the Blue and Gray
team would make a mighty good
showing against the Navy today. He
is Frank Gargan. While Gargan
was not over optimistic regarding the
chances of his eleven, he did not
hesitate to say that he expected a
gre at deal from his men. Here is
what Gargan had to say c)ncerning
the outlook
"Of course, | am not saying that
we would beat the Navy. That would
be rather foolish on the face of it,
because such statement would be
only mere conjecture at the best, but
] do think that we are going to give
the Middies a close, hard game. We
may not win, b 1t there is not doubt
in my mind as to our making them
hustle every inca of the way.
Why do i think we are going to
show so well? Well, I'll tell YOU.
Right now the Navy doesn't have
much of an offense. 1t will probably
not run more than four or five plays
against us at the outside, and it
would not take our line long to dag
nose them well enough to prevent
them from gaining ground consistent
ly. OF course, our line is going to
be much lighter than theirs, but our
men are aggressive and will fight
hard for everything.
"Then the Middies will probably
not have a greatly varied style of
play, and we will have to meet only
one real style of offense, but they
ust step cne of the best puhters and
| dropkickers in the South, besides a
| backfield composed of men who can
carry the ball cleverly. We are GO
ing to depend on open play for our
gains, realizing that it will be next
| to impossible to hit that heavy line
successfully, and you can depend
upon it that some of our backs are
going to ger away for good gain
Also, if Costello does not kick one
or two goals from the field shall
feel very much disappointed "