Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30

accord with this idea, as he places Har-
ward first and Dartmouth second. Here
| is what Herbert says of these two
elevens:
Harvard gets the place at the top
| for the third time in three years, and
in all proba bility is the only one that
| will go on unchallenged. The Crimson
eleven, as it played against Yale, was
| just about the most powerful. finished
and well equipped that ever took the
gridiron. Gordon Browns famous Yale
team of few years ago is the only
one, in my opinion, that can dispute
the honor. and it is quite possible that
they should be ranked on a par. 1t ca n
I be said without fear of contradiction,
however, that the Harvard team of 19l
was Percy D. Haughtons masterpiece
and the greatest ever developed since
the playing code was revised and the
game materially changed. 1t had every
thing. Nothing was lacking in either
team or Individual excellence. 1t TOOK
long time to find itself. but on the
day when most was required 1t BIOS
somed forth in all the fullness of foot
ball efficiency.
Dartmouth comes second, in my
opinion, without any hesitancy, and this
In spite of defeat by Princeton. In
that game the men from Hanover bum
gled and fumbled away their chances,
and the Tigers took full advantage
Since that game Dartmouth has shown
derful game against Yale I had feel
ing that it was the strongest team In
the country. Dartmouth simply buried
Tufts, which held Harvard to a score
of 10 to 6, and rode roughShod over
Pennsylvania and Syracuse, the con-
queror of Michigan. 1t was a truly
great team, remarkably well equipped
by Frank Cavanaugh with telling
weapons of offense and a sturdy de-
fense."
Georgetown is in a very peculiar po-
sition this season with regard to a final
ranking. There is little doubt that to-
ward the end of the year it was as
strong as any team in the south. Had
it met Virginia on the same day it did
Washington and Jefferson the chances
are victory would have followed the
fortunes of the Blue and Gray. yet the
local school will not be entitled to an
even placement with Washington and
Lee and Virginia because of the defeat
it suffered at the hands of the former
and the generally more consistent work
done by the latter.
Washington and Lee proved itself
superior to the Blue and Gray by first
defeating it and afterward winning
from A. and NJ. late in the year, just
local institution. Virginia played in no
contests in which it could be directly
compared with Georgetown, but on it's
comparison witt Washington and Lee
it seems to HI re the margin on that
eleven and .sequently on the local
school.
This is MOI detracting in the least
from the r. ord of the Blue and Gray.
which had to rebuild it's eleven almost
entirely. Georgetown played harder
schedule than ever before, and, while it
won but two games, it's season could
hardly be considered failure. There
is not the least doubt that Georgetown
did remarkably well under the condi-
foil of he
have no reason to feel ashamed of the
showing made.
And, as matter of fact. Georgetown
this year began to build a team that
is destined to be remarkably strong in
another year. If the Hilltoppers are not
represented by combination which
will prove the most powerful in a long
while, then it will be because some