The Washington herald., 1915-11-15
Naming of South Atlantic
Champions Possible on Re-
suit of Saturdays Game.
MUST CONSIDER W. & L.
by JOHN A. DUGAN.

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recognized as champions?
This is the question which is now be-
ing asked by all fans of the gridiron
1game in the South Atlantic division.
Many followers of the games in this
section offer one answer-Virginia-bu
to the close student of the gridiror
clashes In this vicinity the Charlottes-
vile eleven has two great rivals this
season, namely, Washington and Lee
and Georgetown.
/ But one more game remains on the
Tirginians' schedule. this being played
on Thanksgiving Day in Richmond with
the University of North Carolina. Sc
far the Charlottesville collegians have
established a wonderful record and have
found the teams which they have played
in this vicinity easy picking
The only time the Orange and Blue
eleven has been pushed for victory this
season was against the University of
Georgia a few weeks ago and the Uni
versity of South Carolina last Saturday.
A comparative strength of the George
town and Virginia elevens will be az
forded within the next ten days. Sat
urday at the Hilltop the Blue and Gray
will face the South Carolinians and the
scoring ability of the locals will be test
ed. On Thanksgiving Day the Char
lottesyille team, plays the University of
North Carolina eleven in Richmond and
as the Tarheels proved easy for the
Georgetown squad in an early season
game another chance for comparative
scores is offered.
Although the relative strengths Of vir-
ginia and Georgetown can be furnished
through the comparison of scores in
their battles against both North Caro-
lima and South Carolina, but little line
can be obtained on the strength of
Washington and Lee
Defeat Saturday at the hands of Cor
nell was the first the Lexington team
has suffered in three seasons and in all
their battles in the South recently they
have had clean sailing. How George
town or Virginia can lay claim to the
title without a big consideration of
Coach logger" Elcock's speed boys
from Lexington has many OF the grid
fans guessing.
They were not only the best team Sat
urday. but one OF the best teams that I
have looked at this season. said Coach
Jack Hegarty. OF the North Carolina
Aggies. yesterday when questioned
In reference to the game with the Hill
toppers. II really think that the Blue
and Gray has one of the best teams in
Its history this season. and 1t is by far
the best that I have seen In action this
year. We. OF course. expected to halt the
offense of the Georgetown team. but their
tearing OF tackle plays and wonderful
ability at handling the forward pass
proved too much for my team"
On Hegarty's statement the local fol-
lowers of Georgetown are given a chance
to realize the real ability OF the Hilltop
team. In the battle In the HILTON
stadium Saturday both teams were using
Indian formations for their plunges, and
althnnPh the Tar HAL ehAu
great offensive in the opening minutes of
play. Georgetown's work at rushing the
ball was by far the best at all times
during the contest. Both McDougall and
Seifert, playing the flank position for the
Aggies. made brilliant attempts TO halt
the advance Of the Hffftoppers. and time
and again broke up the interference only
to see Gilroy or Wall smash through the
secondary defense for long gains.
Many OF the fans who witnessed the
game Saturday on the hill are blaming
Kirkpatrick. the big left guard OF the
Aggies. for allowing O'Connor and Fftz-
gerald. Of the Blue and Gray, to break
through when Riddick was punting, but
Kirkpatrick was not in the plays at any
time.
On all punt formations Kirkpatrick
would change places with withers at left
tackle and go down the field under the
punt. and it was McDougall and withers
who moved into the line which were al
lowing the fast Georgetown forwards to
break through. Sharpe. who substituted
in the quarterback position for Rice DUR
ing the third and fourth period, was
away of color in his tackling, and II was
his inability to clip the runner which
gave Georgetown its two tallies in the
third period.
When the Maryland Aggies over
whelmed the Western Maryland aggrega-
ton on the College Park gridiron Satur-
day it made its final appearance on the
home field for this season and incident
ally swept aside all but one obstacle
between 1t and the 1915 collegiate foot
ball championship Of the State Of Mary
land. There now remains only the
game to be played in Baltimore on
Thanksgiving Day against the strong
eleven representing Johns Hopkins UNI
versity to settle the question of foot
ball supremacy in the oriole State this
year
Considering the excellent records made
by each OF the two institutions this fall.
the turkey holiday contention on Home
wood Field in Baltimore should be a
closely contested affair. While neither
of the two -elevens has come through the
season unscathed. each has succeeded in
keeping ahead in its intra-State battles,
winning the championship games by de-
cisive scores
So far. the Maryland Aggies have en-
countered eight teams and have emery
ed from the conflicts with six victories.
Three of these were wins over State
title contenders and the others against
teams OF more than average strength.
In the games with Washington College
and St Johns. the Farmers practically
doubled their adversaries' scores, defeat
ing the Chestertown school. Is to L. and
downing the cadets from Annapolis, IS
to IL
1t was against Western Maryland on
Saturday, however. that the Aggtes ac-
cumulated their greatest total of points,
drubbing the Westminster lads, 81 to o,
an average of almost a point a minute
for the contest.
Hopkins has won both Of its State
title contests, greatly exceeding the
Aggies' score against Washington College
by beating the Eastern Shoreman, 81 to
2, but against Western Maryland, the |
Baltimore school totaled but IS points |
while its antagonist scored a pair Of |
touchdowns. Although Haverford de.
feated the Aggies, z to o. the Pennsyivan-
ians were extended to gain a victory. |
Playing Hopkins on Saturday last with |
a team weakened by the loss Of several |
first-string players. Haverford won, Il
to 10,
No excuse is given by the Gallaudet |
College team for its defeat at the hands |
Of the Wake Forest team at Wake |
Forest N. c., when the locals were !
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