The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
6. u FRESHMEN
DEFEAT SOPHS
Inaugural Field Meet and
Football Game on Hilltop
Proves Big Success.
COMPETITION IS KEEN
Class Of 1918 AlsO Capture. Tug Of
War from It's Halsd
Rivals.
COMPETITION IS KEEN
- JOHN 4. DUGAN.


Yesterday was Freshman day from the
word 80 At the Hilltop and one which
win long be remembered By the GEORGE
town class OF 1913 Il Was the inaugural
OF lathletie class competition at the
Wett Side college and the fourth class
rneh cleaned up IN great fashion, VIM
Ming easu ythe three events on the pro-
graHr
Taking an early lead In The relay race
the athletes who we're out 20 upholr the
insignia OF 1878 breezed home with =
good margin 70 spare, while the tug-of-
war. which lasted one minute. saw the
same result. aS the Freshies had
e4thzred IN plenty Of rope and were fast
~ pulling the Sophomorcs toward the
north stands when the gun sounded.
ending the combat
Not satisfied with having q good hold
on the Perkins cup which was. offered
10 the. winners OF two Of the three
events the Freshmen came back In the
big gridiron clash and made sure OF
their brilliant work BY simply crushing
the Spphomores. plling up = count Of 3
to IS
This first class clash was success
IN every way. and It was the despised
Freshmen who were romping around on
the Hilltop campus last instead OF the
Sophs. These same iaS clasgmen will
manner from now on until the blot Of
this defeat can be wiped out in the
spring meet between the classes.
As Is usually the case in most class
games. some star OF unknown repute
jumps into the limelight and immediately
Is slated as VARSITY material" 50 Ii
was in the footbalI contest yesterday
Eugene w. Finnegan Of the lafayette
high school, Of Buffalo New York. Is
the younRster who put the 1918 class at
GeoISefown on the map In the real
test Of the day by his brilliant broken
field running in the gridiron contest
For fve hours the athletes from the
two classes battled In the various
events, and darkness had settled over the
campus when Headline man John
0'RIely called time for the final quarter
which showed the Freshmen on top Of
the heep.
AS an opening event the junior team
from the Prep School defeated the eleven
from the Cook School by IS 10 0 score.
Young Wise, who showed in left hall
back during the final periods for the
Hilltop Preps. featured the contest with
a 7e-yard, run through a broken ned
for a touchdown. while Capt. Dean also
showed some clever running as time and
again ne would break through his OPP
ponents' defensive for long gains.
The relay race started with GIL, for
the Freshies. winning the rail on the first
lap after Devlin had taken a ten-yzrd
lead Keenan, showed the real caliber OF
the ciuder path athletes by opening up ..
zap Of Hfty yards on Hughes and the
SophOuores from here on were a badly
defeated quartet, as both Tracy and Capt
Mclaughlin held their own against Lush
and Capt. Mccarthy, respectively. and
the Bfty-yard gap opened up by keenan,
was still well in hand at the finish.
Eight at4nletes Of beef and Drawn from
each of the classes toed the fnark in
the tug-of-War. and a clean-cut victory
for the 1918 team was al THAT could be
expected five seconds after the first gun
was fred. Gathering in yard or more
rors In the opening second the Freshmen
kept up the tngging, and at the end Of
seven yards Of ground, and any amount Of
rope had been gathered in by Anchor
Man Horidns
Gene Finnegan was the star Of the foot
bail game, as the New York State lad
would find, holes In the SOPHOMORE line
for long gains, and BY his consistent
work throughout the game made the sail
ing easy for the 1918 clsssmen. Ginotti
ard McNulty also did some brilliant work
for theFreshies. while Capt SHpplee, of
the Sophs, tried hard to affset the
strength Of the Freshmen with the DASH
ing breaks around end
To Tom Curry, the hero of the 1873 Yir-
ginia game, Is the credit given for the
easy victory of the Freshmen in the grid
iron battle. as Curry coached the fourth
told during the fnal minutes Of play. The
~ =