Evening star., 1914-09-25
By 4. c. RYRD.

| Georgetown and Fordham meet to-
morrow in the first big game OF the
| local foot ball season. The New Yorh
eleven win come here this evening with
the strongest combination that has rep
resented it since 1909. according to re-
| ports, while Georgetown can place
| against it the heaviest and most ex'
perienced team that has worn its col
| ors this early in the season for long
while. A victory is looked for'by the
followers of both institutions.
It Is very seldom that big game 1s
to he seen here SO early in the year
The contest will be q treat In this re-
spect, as it has been almost unheard
of previously for the Blue and cray TO
meet an opponent of the cahoer oI
Ferdham on it's opening date; ana es-
pecialiy is this true in view OF the
bitter rivalry that has always existeo
between the New Workers and the blue
and Gray.
down the strongest eleven 1t has had
in five years. Back in 1903 the NeW
York school was represented py an
eleven that defeated Cornell and play.
ed Princeton to a to score, ah6 n.tt ~
tied ON it's last appearance against the
Gothamites; the score OF thae game
was 0 to 0, each eleven getting Wlthln
the 10-yard line of the other once. put
failing to come anywhere near scoring
at any other time.
Just what the result of the contest
will be Ia Impossible to foreteli. were
1t not for the fact that the GeorgetoWn
men are untried-that Is, the majority
of them it would be best to predict
victory for the Blue and Gray by a
small margin. The one drawback at
Georgetown, or rather the factor that
causes favorable prediction as to: the
hard to tell how the Blue and Gray is
going to stand up under fire. Some of
the mainstays of the team will be TAX
ing part in their first college game. and
how we'll they are going to accomplish
thn thfnes sss taught I them ssob By Eaendine Exc is
hard to say. If it measures up to eX-
pectations, though, Georgetown is
mighty apt to finish with q victory to
its credit.
AS a matter of fact, neither side Is
likely to have much Of a margin. Both
teams are in the early stages of their
development, and cannot possibly have
sufficient offensive repertoire to run
likely be much more fully polished than
the offense.
Fordham. If reports are true, has a
very capable combination. Dupn, for
merly OF Yale, is said to be almost
team in himself, though the great
weight of Georgetown's line should al
most preclude possibility of consistent
gains by line plunging, the one style
of play in which Dunn is said to be
exceptionally proficient.
No matter which team wins, the
game Ia ceYtain to be 30 per cent
batter exhibition OF foot ball than has
been Shown in this section In a long
while In early season contests. Play
will start at o'clock, and the officials
are to be Maxwell, the old Swarthmore
guard; Brennick of Harvard, and Ber-
gen of Princeton. Brennick has never
0ficiated here before. but Maxwell and
Bergen have had charge OF games and
haye given satisfaction.
Ge0rget0wn's team will lineup in
this way: Gessler and Pauxtis, ends;
Gormley and Ward, tackles; Conwell
and Barron, guards; McKenna, center;
Landreau and Murray, halfbacks;
Fitzgerald. fullback, and Foley. quar-
terback. This will give the Hilltop
pers an eleven. the i've center men Of
which average more than 200 pounds,
with a back field and a pair Of ends
that range between 100 and ITO. It is
the heaviest combination the Blue and
Gray has placed on a foot ball field in
many years.
Another contest will take place to-
morrow. the Maryland Aggies being
scheduled to play the Baltimore Poly