Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
BIG GAME BOOKED
HERE THIS WEEK
Georgetown-North Carolina A.
and m. Conflict Likely to Be
Best of the Year.
CATHOLIC u. TEAM SHOWS
WELL AGAINST GALLAUDET
Brooklanders Solidly Establishing
Themselves on Gridiron for
First Time.
BY n. C. BYRD.

BY II. c. BYRD.
One of the greatest foot ball games
that have ever been played here in
years is due to take place Saturday,
when the North Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical College eleven meets
Georgetown. The showing of the Ra-
leigh Institution against the Navy yes
terday. being defeated by the close score
of 16 to IA, and the decisive victory of
the Blue and Gray over West Virginia
Wesleyan indicate that two Of the
most powerful teams in the south will
clash.
The North Carolina A. and NJ. COM
bination is coached by Jack Hegarty,
and that he has a capable eleven Is
certain. Any team that can go to An
napolis and play the Navy 14-16 game
Is worthy of more than passing atten-
ton. and the manner in which George
town opened up against the West Vir-
ginians Is evidence enough that the
play against each other of the two
big south Atlantic schools will be
worth watching. The game is certain
to be the most spectacular Of the year,
and probably will vie with those which
Georgetown formerly played with Vir-
ginia for the desperateness with which
1t will be fought.
Both elevenS have an extensive roper
toire of open and line-plunging plays,
and both have behind their lines some
mighty capable backs. Georgetown
will be stronger in its second string
players, but when the teams first take
school will have much the advantage in
any respect. Georgetown will be
against a team that will be able to
match its weight pretty nearly pound
for pound, and the visiting backfield
will be a whole lot heavier than that
which will wear the Blue and Gray.
Behind Georgetown's line are several
fast and clever open field runners and
line pretty hard. even though they lack
the weight that the visiting backs will
have. In Tenney and Riddick A. and NJ.
will have behind its line two backs who
will weigh pretty close to 100 pounds
each, and they are fast with their heft.
Charley Cox. graduate manager at
Georgetown, when asked about the A.
& NJ game had this to say: Il know
very well that A. & M. has mighty
strong team, one that will be just
take much of an imagination to know
that we are in for a good hard game.
If A. & M wins from US. though. we
shall have nothing to say. If we finish
expect. A. & NJ. has a more expert
enced team than ours. but we have
every faith in the youngsters who COM
pose the Blue and Gray team"
Jack Hegarty, former Georgetown
captain. who coaches A & NJ, said last
night: MY team ought to have beaten
the Navy yesterday. A blocked kick
prevented a tie score, because of the
safety we had to make, and had we had
the breaks in the luck we would have
scored two touchdowns In the first
half instead of one. I will not say that
we are going to win, but you can just
bet that we are coming to Washington
next Saturday to give Georgetown one
had
The contest between these two
schools is likely to be more worth
while than any the Blue and Gray will
play at home this season.
elevens figured found Pennsylvania,
Yale and Cornell winning by the big
gest kind Of margins. with Princeton
held to tie score by Williams. and
| Harvard battled to to count by
Michigan. 1t was not thought that
Pennsylvania would have much trou-
bic in getting away with Swarthmore.
| nor that Cornell would be hard press
ed in defeating Holy Cross, but it was
expected that Colgate would do better
against Yale than it did. That the
Dark Blue would run up such a score
on the New Workers was not looked
| for in the least, though it was gener-
| ally felt 1t would win by a fair mar
gin. There was prediction made by
| a New York writer early last week
to the effect that Williams was likely
to spring a surprise on Princeton II
the latter did not watch closely, and
| just how closely he knew the relative
| merits of the two elevens is shown
| by the result.
Michigan and Harvard played a game
| in which the Crimson got the ball
l t. ,ta1N
the latter lacked the punch" to score.
Judging by the accounts Of the con-
| test, Michigan did some clever work in
advancing the ball, but failed once 1t
got within scoring distance.
The MARYLAND Aggies are scheduled
| to play their last game in the race Tor
the state championship this week. be
| ing booked to appear against the
| Washington College eleven at Chester
| town Friday. The Farmers. II they
| finish the contest with the big end OF
the score, will have the state title Tor
the second time in as many years. IN
an early season game the Aggles were
defeated by Western Maryland, prop
ably the weakest combination In the
state, but they have developed SO since
that the single defeat suffered at ehat
time will not affect the final ratings OF
the schools OF course, if NJ A. e. We're
| to lose to Washington College II WouId
be a case of a general middle ana no
| decision as to the title.
| The contest in which Gallaudet and
Catholic University figured yesterday
| was undoubtedly the greatest that has
taken place between two local institu-
| tons since the adjustment or rela-
| lions between Georgetown and George
Washington. The Brooklanders came
| to the front and held the Kendall
Greeners to tie score, and really put
up splendid battle, Notwithstanding
] that it seemed their opponents had the
| better of the contest at times.