The Washington times., 1915-11-29
Hoppas Hope Play CoumbS Louis Writers Laud Georgetown
GEORGETOWN TO TRY
FOR COLUMBIA DATE
FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LOUIS A
Georgetown hopes to meet Colum-
bia on the gridiron in 1916. Every
effort will be made to book such a
contest that will give New York an
opportunity Of seeing the Hilltop
pers in action when going at top
speed toward the close of the sea-
son. With Fordham booked for a
game in the Bronx on Election Day,
the metropolis thus will have two
peeks at Coach Exendine's athletes.
Columbia's football success this
season has encouraged the football
authorities at Morningside Heights
to take on heavier elevens for the
coming campaign. Georgetown hopes
to land on the 1916 schedule through
the failure of the New Yorkers to
book either Brown or one of the
service teams.
Present plans call for Columbia to
meet one service team In New York
and the other on its own home lot. West
Point has already invited the New
test. and now efforts will be made to
have the Middies visit New York, this
system being reversed each year. There
10 no precedent for the Army to leave
West Point for any game but the Anal
with the Navy. but the Middies have
visited Philadelphia to play Penn. and
It Is thought that they might easily be
allowed to go to New York on the
years when the service game is played
in Philadelphia.
Columbia would like 10 have Brown
for an opponent on Thanksgiving Day
= New York. but It is doubtful IL the
Providence eleven would care to play
IN the metropolis every year. having
done very we'll financially at home in
annual contests with Carlisle. 1t is not
improbable that Georgetown may OBJ
tain this Thanksgiving date for 1916.
Johnny Gilroy. Georgetown's brilliant
halfback. has the honor Of being run
nerup to Charlie Barrett, Of Cornell, as
highest individual scorer of the 1916
football season. The Ithacans captain
scored twenty-five touchdowns, while
Gilroy crossed the opponents goal lines
Pittsburgh, is third with II touchdowns.
orland teighty and Petite" Wall.
two other backs at the Hilltop. scored
beNeH tOuCnuOWHS apiece, IanOlnR III the
honor list. Buck" Mayer. last years
highest scorer. made ten touchdowns
for Virginia this season.
Dave Tibbott. Of Princeton. and Allan
goal kickers. each booting the leather
over the crossbars six times.
Thomas Egan. OF Shenandoah. Pa,
VIII Dc chosen manager of the football
team at Georgetown at a meeting to be
held next Sunday at the Hilltop. Egan
was assistant manager this season. and
under the system at Georgetown. auto
filled so capably by Billy Butler. one OF
the most popular managers ever at the
West End institution. warm contest
is promised. though. for the election OF
EKans assistant.
That Georgetown's football machine
made a decided hit in st. Louis Is shown
by what the Mound City writer's have to
say OF the eleven as IL scored ninety
points against st. Louis l..
NO man-eating Georgetown eleven
Will be on the Billiken 1915 footb II
schedule. writes George Y. Henger. in
the st. Louis Times. but that does no,
mean that the card will be an unat.
tractive one
THE Thanksgiving massacre" says
W. J. OConnor. In the Dispatch
probably will put an end to importa.
ton OF Eastern teams here"
An unnamed writer In the St Louis
star says In part as follows:
Georgetown. although noted for the
speed Of her PLAYERS: did not seem tc
be handicapped by the wet field. The
rain gave the battle-ground a good
drenchins. A damp ball is always hard
TO handle. and wet field Is not the
place for the fastest running. but even
if the Rrfdiron had been ankle deep In
water. Georgetown had too much all.
around competency. The team was too
we'll drilled. too well trained. too fit
too versatile The eleven played al
kinds Of football. st. Louis L. was In
the position OF fighter who gets hit in
the stomach right off the reel without
even having chance to recover from
the first smash.
AS for the members OF the team
from Washington, OF course they GOV.
cred themselves with glory. Johnny
Gilroy's exhibition was superb. He
reminds one much of our own Artir
Hachritz OF other days. Nusack, at and,
was another marvel lie nailed st.
the line OF scrimmagc. He would not
wait for B!uc and White PLAYERS
coming. but would lungc forward like
bulldog, trying for the deadly throat
'Cusack's giant strength stood him in
good stead and enabled him to hold off
the interference and drive the play into
center. He has everything that is nee
essary for good end-speed. strength.
reach. and the uncanny abSSy to divine
an opponents plays;
"O'Connor at right tackle PLAYED n
wonderfully slashinG game. breaking
up interference behind the line and
downing runners time after time before
they could get sarted. Ward. the other
tackle. downcd St Louis for many
losses. He was. in fact. in the midst Of
every play.
'It was n great line Georgetown
showed The forwards were all crouchcd
low with hands out in front to use on
their opponents In breaking through
Then they carried their charge with a
dive going through the line clcanly.
"Maloncy at quarter ran the team
capably and Wall at halfback wal
another star. Maloney has an educate,
hoof and his kickout werc rippin3
Fitzgerald also showed n splendid toe.
I'm recapitulatiOn, It may be iustl,
said that the entire play Of the George
town eleven WAS one OF the creates
exhibitions OF teamwork that any squat
Of players has ever given on loCa
Rridiron. StIl, the Rolla team Of las
year displayed much Of the same form
and the Carlisle Indian eleven Of 100
seemed quite as good to us.
But the game did indisputably dem
onstrate that yystem of play will al
ways triumph. Georgetown had tn
system; st. Louis had-nothing.
Here's another tribute in the St I,Oui