The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Georgetown.


first call for candidates was made at
Georgetown University. and during
that time the thirty-six candidates who
answered the call have shown to be
capable knights Of the gridiron game.
The prospects at the Hilltop Institute
this season are the brightest of the
past six years. as eighteen veterans
have fallen in line. while the new ma
terial looks to be above vie standard
of past seasons.
The marked improvement shown by
the squad during the past week is
big factor toward their chances in the
opening game of the season next Sat-
urday with the Princeton Tigers.
Every effort is being made by Head
Coach Exendine and his assistants to
have the team in tip top shape. Dur
ing the two scrimmages which were
held the past week the veteran line
has held its own. and but few gains
have been made while the quartet o,
backs playing with the varsity. al
though green. have proven capable Of
carrying the pigskin for good gains.
Demsey. who plays the full back po-
sition, appears to be the best offensive
man. while Maloney. in the quarter
back position, is a great open field
runner and handles his team in good
style. Gilroy and Wall are above the
make many a yard before the season
closes. The only setback handed the
squad is the injury to Leighty. a back
field man, in the scrimmage practice
of Thursday. Leighty Is expected out
some time this week. but will be un-
able to get into the Prince,on game.
Georgetown is making every kind of
an effort to slip something over on the
NAUSEA lads. and should the team
gather Sneed in tho
practices it would not be surprising to
see them romp in with the Princeton
battle.
Catholic University.
Coach Fred Nelson has been slight
y handicapped at Catholic University
because of not having enough men
to work with. bot Athletic Manager
Charley Moran sent out the o 81
call yesterday and the squad is ex-
pected to increase from sixteen to
twenty-five by practice time tomorrow.
Eleven players answered the call
on Thursday when the first days
workout was held. Seven of these
players were veterans from last sea-
sons eleven. while the other candi- /
dates were noted prep school players. |
Frank Greer. the all-star scholastic /
center. of Philadelphia, has made a |
great chance of landing a berth with |
the varsity. while Butler. of the Bos- |
ton City College, appears to be the |
best punter at present.
Those who have witnessed football |
at Catholic University during the past !
seasons claim that material on hand |
at present is the best that has ever \
turned out at the Brookland insti-
tute this early in the season, and Coach |
NpilSOn jS Satisfied hat he
the squad into shape for the opening
game on October 3.
Gallaudet.
Wayne Hart. the coach of the cham
pion Technical High School team Of |
last season, will have charge of the :
Gallaudet football team , when the I
candidates report for their initial
practice on Tuesday evening. Hart
will not give up his duties with the |
Manual Trainers, but will teach both /
teams. The Technical squad will use
the Gallaudet field and have a little
advantage on the other local high
schools in practicing against the Ken
dali Greeners.
Prospects at the Florida avenue in i
stitute are bright. and the squad will l.
not be set back much by the gradua-
ton last June. The loss of Foltz,
the end who was choice of many ex-
perts for that position in the South
Atlantic division, will be felt, but
Coach Hart is confident that there are
enough veterans and new players to
make up for the loss of the diminutive
captain Of last seasons team.
Maryland Aggies.
The Maryland Aggies will hold prac-
tice for the first time next Wednesday.
Many veterans of last seasons squad are
lost by graduation. but Coach Byrd ex-
poets to land some capable material in
the freshman class. which IL one Of the
largest that has ever entered the COL
lege Park school.
Johns Hopkins.
Baltimore. Md. Sept. 1s.-The small
reported to Coach Brickley, Of Hopkins,
for preliminary practice Is extremely
to the Harvard star Only
fifteen men have put in an appearance,
and. although this Is larger number
than have shown up N past years, it
was hoped that Brickley would serve to ..
attract larger contingent for the early
weeks Of the season. II
Princeton. Is
Princeton. Sept. 1s-Princeton scrim-
naged fifteen minutes in the rain yes I
terday afternoon. Rush had his men on !
he field for two practice sessions and
irove them mercilessly for two full hours
IN the morning and only half hour less '
n the afternoon. In the afternoon the '
lummy wss employed. The squad then I
vas divided into two groups and set J
It kicking until the rain cut this short,
md scrimmage was substituted.
Harvard.
Cambridge. Mass, Sept. 1s.-Harvard 8
wound up its first week of football with I
. rush. Both the morning and after G
,oon sessions were hard. The three &
'levens comprising the varsity squad put
n a long session on their plays. and ID
here was a long breaking through and /
harging drill for the linemen and one b
II making and receiving forward passes I
IN the run for the backs. The first team IC
ined up a. 1t did on Thursday. with the a
Exception that Parson. regular at left i
ackle last fall. was IN his usual place. 10
md Wiggin, Of last. years freshman
cam, was at center. Dadnum, formerly
lineman at Tufts. was at tackle on the
econd team. and looked as IL he win
make . fight for . place on the varsity. !
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