The Washington times., 1915-11-17
Long Scrimmage in Store for
Georgetown, But Members
Of Team Only viii Witness
Practice.
Reports Of South Cardinals
Strength Reach Here and
Exendine Is Preparing for
the Worst.
BY LOUIS A. DOUGnER.


With reports coming in from
many quarters of the great strength
Of the South Carolina eleven, Coach
Exendine is sparing nothing at
Georgetown, and today long scrim-
mage is booked for "Botchy" Bar
ron and his fellow players. This
practice will be secret, not even
students being allowed to watch it.
South Carolina is saying nothing,
but several football sharps who
have seen the team in action say
unhesitatingly that the Hilltoppers
will have to- show even more than
they did against the North Carolina
Aggies to win from the Palmetto
eleven next Saturday.
Buck" Mayer. Virsinia's crack
point-getting halfback. bumped against
the strong secondary defense of the
Palmetto boys last week and has not
recovered yet, Mayer has not been
stffened so this year. going through
games with Yale, Harvard, Georgia,
and Vanderbilt in safety. only to be
put on tho hospital list by South Caro-
lima. The Columbia team has been
drilled especially for its contests with
Virginia and Georgetown. 1t held the
Chs rlottesville team to two touchdowns
and hopes to better that against
Georgetown.
No changes are expected in the Blue
End Gray lineup this week. unless
some players are injured. Gilroy and
today, but should be All right by Sat.
urday. The Aegies bumped them pretty
hard and they can hardly run at all.
SO bruised are their legs. However,
Director John D. O'Reilly has their
cases under his personal charge and
he promises to have them both In tho
lineup against South Carolina.
II is very doubtful that Dan OConnor
will be displaced by Tom Gormley for
the remainder OF the season. even II the
latter is allowed to ioin the SQUAD again.
OConnor is now playing stronger
came than Gormley was showing ct the
'ime'of his suspension. and Coach Exon
dine ts inclined to keep the big Boston
freshman at rsht tackle.
Aside from the classic at Cambridge
Saturday. Dartmouth plays Syracuse In
what should be one OF .'.e best contests
Of the 1918 campaign. Until Syracuse
humbled Colgate SO overwhelmingly the
IN the running with Dartmouth. The
Hanoverians have lost but one game.
the Princeton Tigers winning. 30 to :.
and they were scheduled to show up
tory over Colgate has opened the ewes
Of the East to the possibilities Of the
Syracuse outfit
Only ten points have heen scored
against Syracuse. field goal by Prince
ton and touchdown by Mich'-an. This
Is the hest defensive record OF the East.
Syracuse has met strong elevens, too.
in Princeton. ENown. Michigan. Mt.
Union. and COLGATE. so that this record
has not resulted from weak opponents.
Until her defeat al Princeton. she was
expected to close the season with a
chain OF victories. Tho team seemed
powerful extensively and only Tufts
had been able to score a touchdown
against the Green. Princeton's rapid
Csvanaugh's team came back with a
rush, winning from Amherst. d to ..
and from Pennsylvania, to 2. The
New Hampshire team will close Its
season SATURDAY at Syracuse and this
clash should equal tho Harvard
contest for Erdiron features.
Fordham plays Carlisle Saturday in
New York and should he victorious.
'rhe Indians have shown little strength
this yeal. winning but three games and
tying another. They barely nosed out
TO defeat Dickinson, 20 to II. Ford.
ham has 'Nund a new quarterback In
Golden. whose work is the hest of the
GEAR with the Bronx boys.
8eorgetovns first-string team Of 1875
will go over to next season almost in
tact. CAPTAIN Barron is playing h,s
last season with the Blue and EraN
and so is Red" Cusack. The other ninH
will he available next year and should
,N.rt 10, VI. thpN'
fhis scason, "Rotchv" Barron Is prov,
Ing himself one of tho hest leaders the
Hilltoppers have ever had. Quiet arC
Mnassuming. Rarron rs giant IN deeds
Re ranks with the best guards Of tho
season in this section. Rarely does NJ
flash out under the limoligh'. but his
steady performance in the lin" make
u possible for others to Get the glory
Cusack has developed rapidly in th'
past two seasons under the eSpcr
coaching Of Al Excnd'ne and IL now
most capable end. Both players VII
be missed.