Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-22
PLAYERS ARE BEST
IN SEVERAL YEARS
Material for Georgetown Foot
Ball Team Seems to Be of
Excellent Quality.
CATHOLIC u. STARTS OFF
WITH SUPERIOR SQUAD
Hrooklanders, Under Coach Madden,
Figure or Having Successful
Playing Season.
BY H. C. BYRD.

ItHe Vineyard IeOTSetoHu tidiHs
the best material in its history. from
(which to develop a successful eleven.
with the arrival yesterday of Nc
1Carthy, former star tackle. of the Bos-
ton Latin School, the Blue and Gray
tsquad, as far as good prep school ma
iterial is to be considered, is complete,
land there is not the least doubt that
the candidates compose the most like
lily looking aggregation that has worn
| the Hilltoppers colors in many a year.
| Not only does Georgetown have a
sufficient number of candidates of con-
siderable experience to compose a var
sity eleven, but it is doubtful if there
is a man on the field, of the entire
squad, who has not had whole lot of
trial in high or prep school before
coming to Washington. Georgetown
MAS a second team that has more
, strength, it is believed, than have the
smaller colleges in this section.
| Georgetown has SO many good men
that 1t will not be a question of Coach
Exendine having to select men to de-
velop for any certain position. but his
most difficult work will be in picking
the best of a bunch of very capable
men to fill the places There is a
wealth of material for every job on the
eleven, the line and backfield both be-
there is one weakness apparent in the
squad as it stands it is a lack of capa BILE
substitutes for the backfeld-that is,
substitutes who measure nearly up to
the standard of the first string players
Conwell, McKenna, Barron, Mccarthy,
Gormley and Ward, the six players who
are to be used in the five center posi-
| tions, will average more than 200 pounds
| in weight, and are faster than usual
| a combination no Georgetown team has
! had within the last decade. It is the
heaviest and apparently the most capa-
BILE lot Of candidates the Blue and Gray
| has ever had at command.
OF course. there is this possibility to
| be considered, when the chances Of a
| very successful eleven are speculated on.
The majority of the new men of the
prep schools and, no matter how well they
have been coached, that kind of foot
| ball is not as fast as is found among
such teams as the Navy, Pittsburgh,
| big schools Georgetown has material
| that within year or so is certain to
develop several stars capable of holding
their own in any class of foot ball, but
whether the lack Of collegiate experience
will prevent them from measuring up this
season is a matter that will not be- set
tied until after they have been seen in
action against the elevens they are to
| face in the big games
| The Catholic University squad had it's
/ first practice yesterday Fifteen candi-
dates worked out under the direction of
Coach Madden, the majority being vet
| Grams of the 1918 eleven. 1t is generally
presumed at Brookland that the chances
| for developing successful team are the
| best in the history of the school. O'Don-
nell, Ostregen, Hinchcliffe, Capt. Boyle,
Horn, Kelly, Murphy, Cromwell. Keegan,
Stone. Coughlin, Crowley, Eckert and
| Kyle are members of the squad OF year
ago who We're on hand. and Coach Mad
den was well satisfied with the start.
| Several new men of ability are expect
| ed to enter the University tnis ws eh, and
as soon as they come out practice will
begin in earnest. 1t is planned to have
game with the Maryland Agricultural
College. Despite the reported weak
ness Of the Farmers eleven this fall,
the Brooklanders say they are not go
| fort will be bent toward starting the
| season with a victory. something that
has not been done in some years.
The Maryland Agricultural College
| eleven is starting. its season without a
single back field man of experience
Word was received at the college yes
terday that Ruff the only back of last
would probably not be out for the
team. Every effort will be made to
get Ruff. but it looks very much as if
the Farmers will have to develop an
enIlrely new DdCh HelQ, ana CldL Out
of players who have. never had the
least experience in that department.
Possibly fair line can be turned out,
though it will be rather light; but
college who has had experience in car
rying the ball from one of the back
field positions. knode, quarterback
will be out for the eleven within the
next few days, but he is very light for
much offensive work. weighing only
about 14O pounds, 1t looks very much
as if the Farmers are against the most
difficult task they have tackled in q
Hong while.
No matter what kind of a team Ford
ham brings down Saturday to go
against Georgetown, it is not going to
margin. if it does at all. And unless
the Gothamites are stronger than is ex-
|pected-and that is taking into consid-
Grafton their veteran mate eI- ne
will take not only team of expert
enced players to beat the Blue and
Gray. but it will have to be well sea-
soned and must be better coached than
the average eleven. There is no doubt
that Georgetown is in better shape than
I it has ever been before at this stage of
the training. The players seem to be
in better condition than might natu-
rally be expected. Exendine has been
sending them through some hard
tscrimmages and rough work generally,
with the result that they nave come
around much more rapidly than usual,
and with less injuries. Despite the
unusually hard practice. there have
been surprisingly few bruises, even
when it might have been expected that
sprains and other setbacks would be
suffered. Georgetown has big.
heavy, fairly fast and experienced
eleven to send in to start the game
against Fordham.
\ 1t is hard to tell what kind of a team
will represent Fordham. There have
been so many stories relative to the
experienced material out for the eleven
and of the star players in the lineup
that some of them may be discredited.
OF course, If Fordham had as brilliant
an aggregation of players as has been
reported in many statements, George
town would undoubtedly be in for a
tough time of it, but, barring one or
two men, it is not probable that the
New Workers will be any stronger than
the ordinary combination representing
schools of that class Dave Dunn, a
former Yale player, and Ralph Dom
nelly, one of the Georgetown ends of
/ two years ago. seem to be certain reg
ulars with the Gothamites. but these
appear to be the only new men Of real
caliber from other colleges.
i 1t is interesting to note that the two
chief men connected with the Ford
ham eleven are former Georgetown
students, Bud" Wymard. captain and
lcenter, was out for the eleven at
lGeorgetown two years ago. an eleven
THAT was weaker than the one of this