The Washington times., 1915-09-16
Georgetown Scrimmages, c. U.
Reports. and Maryland 49,
gies Are Working Out.
MARYLAND CANCELS COMBAT
Capitals First Contest of Year
will Come October 9, c. U.
Tack|ing Aggies.

With Georgetown holding scrim-
images, Catholic University's candi-
dates reporting, and the Maryland
Aggies already under way, the foot
ball season in the Capital begins to
look promising. Today the c. u.
players will begin preliminary work.
Coach Byrd expects to have seventy
five candidates in uniform at College
Park, while Coach Exendine at the
Hilltop is teaching his Georgetown
lads special plays calculated to bring
victory in the contest with Prince
ton week from Saturday.
The 1915 season will not be played until
October 8, as Maryland University has
Cancelled its game with Catholic Uni
versity. scheduled for october 2. GEORGE
towns early games will be played on
foreign fields, though many Washing
ton fans will journey to Annapolis to
see the Blue and Gray tackle the Navy
on October 2. week later c. Z. faces
Maryland Aggies at Brookland
with his Maryland Aggies. but he will
have trouble replacing knode. the Ag-
gies' star kicker and quarterback of
1914 He has gained good man.
lhou8Hs All CpccT, u varsity ~
Virginia a couple of years ago.
Football is at fever heat in more ways
than one at the Hilltop. The players
are all anxious to make the varsity for
the opening game of the season with
Princeton. and are showing good form.
However, the warm weather is interfer-
ing with the proper physical develop.
ment Of the candi dates, who would not
be driven so hard at this stage of the
game except that Georgetown wants to
make a respectable showing against the
Tigers a week from Saturday. 1t is
positively Furnishing for players 10
struggle up and down a gridiron with
the thermometer in the nineties.
Twenty minutes Of active scrimmo ging
marked the practice yesterday, and 1t
may be duplicated today. The first
eleven managed to score a touchdown.
line. and little Jackie Maioney kicking
the goal from touchdown. There were
many substitutiuns on both teams as
the scrimmage progressed. but here is
the way the two elevens began:
First eleven-Cusack. left end; CORN
ley. left tackle; Green. left guard; Nc
guard: Ward. right tackle; Nahum.
right end: Maloney.. quarterhack;
haifback; dempsey. fullhack.
BHrland. left tackle; tGGiilesppiee. pe eRf iefi
euaIrd: eeaItd: T;tzgerabdf, .rs center; oConn9c
Cronin. right end; Mcnamara, quarter.
hack: Brett. left halfback: Hanlon
right halfback; Kilroy, fullback
When college opens Monday it is ex.
dred men in football. uniforms. Already
6lghty-fve candidates have reported
Nirginia's games with Harvard and
Yale have proved a big boost to football
interest at charlottesville.
Fordham is being coached by Harr.
Vaughan. former Yale end, and expects
20 have 4 great season on the grid.
ron this season. The Marion meets
such strong elevens this year as Car.
isle. Holy Cross, Georgetown and Villa
nova: GEORGETOWN will play Fordhnn
in New. York on Election Day ant
should draw a big crowd.
With the Diamond brothers back ir
good shape. Lafayette looks forwarc
to haNing prosperous season. a,
usual the big game of the schedule vii
be with Lehigh. This years game viii
be played at South Bethlehem, Novem
Der co.
"Pie" Way and Black, other forme,
Exeter stars, are expected to displacc
Yale's regular guards, Conroy and Wal
dron. this season. Way and Black are
far more aggressive and have mad,
GOOD starts IN the early practice. Way
is the varsity baseball pitcher.
The first four games at Cambridge
will see Harvard playing elevens MOI
met last season. They are Colby, Mass
achusetts State Asgics. Carlisle and Vir
ginia. The Crimson expects to run away
from all four of these clevens, thougl
the Nirginias are an unknown quantity
at Harvard.
La trtn i,,Sr &al l..
Yale Princeton combat If \. Wilson
succeeds In making a regular pla ce fo
himself on the Princeton eleven. H,
is a brother of the Yale captain and
Judging fro mmany other cases. these
two should make 1T lively for eacf
other, If they ever meet on the grid
iron
Percy HauEhton has task on hi
hands this season to make ends Il
c. Coolidge, Weatherhead. and t. Cur
It's are left from last years squo 4
but they are far below the calibei
Of Jeff Coolidge and Hardwick. las
years wings.
Penn State is sure to miss srcl
good men as Lamb. tackle;N Barron
end; Captain TObin. half back, an,
Welfy. half-back. all of whom hav,
graduated. and already song of wo
is arising from the camp.
Bob Folwell has forty candidate
out for the Washington and Jeffer
son eleven.
Twenty men reported for the frs
days practice at Lehigh. Nothin,
hut rudimentary work has been done
owing to the extreme heat
Jack Hegarty has fifteen candidate
r'raoH n Saplxino
\orth Carolina Aggies' eleven. The ",
g'eS hope to defeat Georgetown at tn
Hilton this season. and are going L
work hard to bring this about.
Cahall Kicks Well In
First Workout for Lehigf
SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa. Sept. II