The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-19
Local Football Fans Bemoan
Fact that Georgetown and
Virginia Will Not Meet
This Year.
BOTH HAVE GREAT TEAMS

, Followers Of football In the Middle At
Iantic group again are bemoaning the
fact today that Georgetown and Virginia
will not meet on the gridiron this year.
II is probable that a contest between the
institutions would attract the largest
crowd that has ever witnessed a football
game south of Philadelphia
Each university is represented by one
OF the best, II not the best. team In its
history, and the fact that the elevens
are somewhat different in type is in
dicative of the wonderful contest which
would result II they should clash.
Virginia's keynote Is defense Any
team which can meet both Harvard and
Yale and retire from each battle with
its goal line never having known the
tread of alien foot can be said. without
any undue exaggerstion. to have quite
some little defense. Yale. indeed. never
seriously threatened the Orange and
Blue goal. Thurman's kicking andSthe
undaunted charging of the Virginia
line kept the Bulldog eleven far. far
away and gave It plenty to do to protect
its own chalk mark.
Harvard threatened to spoil vir-
ginia's record. but had to be content with
scoring by the aeroplane route. Cen.
Mahan dropped three bombs with his
Zeppelin toe. which landed in the Old
Dominion citadel. but the flower Of
Hsrvard's infantry was hurled back
again and again from virginia's
trenches at the point Of the bayopet
Meanwhile. Lieut. Col Thurman. rank
ing officer of the enemy's aviation corps,
was sending his own biplanes over the
Crimson outer works and his counter-at-
tack so terrified the Cambridge villagers
that they were kept lodging to and fro
throughout the afternoon. Superior ac-
curacy enabled the Red army to fnfict
the most serious damage from the air,
but the battle underneath was a draw.
and both sides retired TO their trenches
at nightfall with the same relative posi-
tons.
While Georgetown's defense Is by no
means to be smiled at. it is rather in
offensive tactics that the Hilltop eleven
has shown its greatest facility. Many
witnesses of the Princeton contest say
that but for a little early season FUN
bling Exendine's wrecking crew would
have scored at least once and possibly
twice on the Tigers, and a desperately
stubborn defense on the part of the
Navy could not keep that smooth-work-
Ing. persistent machine away from the
Sailors goal line.
1t Is difficult to form any sort of con- |
lecture as to what would happen in a !
contest on Georgetown Field this year. |
In GIlroy Georgetown has one OF the !
best half backs ever developed by the |
Blue and Gray. Against the Navy he |
was almost invincible in carrying the |
ball through the line and the North |
Carolina eleven became wsbbly in the |
knees every time they saw him grab the |
pigskin. Stopping him, for Coach Cum
ningham's team, was like trying to eat |
soup with a fork. He was as .lusive as \
the proverbial pea under the well-known
walnut shells. glance at Just two |
OF his work will show the .rea son |
for the fever which the Tar Heels devel- |
oped whenever he set out on his travels. |
There were only two plays in these |
two minutes. North Carolina punted !
and Gilroy. who was working that ter
-itory, caught the ball A few seconds /
ater he deposited II gently on the /
ground somewhat in the rear OF Caro-
ina's goal cline, while behind him
some eleven Tar Heels were Hastily
arranged in various despairing atti-
:udes on Mother Earth. Then Caro-
ina kicked off and the Gilroy youth
gathered IT in and set
tut in a general northeesterly direc-
ion. Again the fracas took on a
marked resemblance to the Eels' An
iual Ball. and when the sQuirming
vas all over Gilroy was over the goal
inc again.
Whether he could act in this manner
Igainst the defense that hurled back
Harvard and Yale is extremely doubt
orange and Blue backield would exude