The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-09
Kendall Green Football Play
ers See a Licking Ahead
for Hilltop Bunch.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
By WILLIAM PEET.

Gallaudet football players back from
Raleigh, N. c., where the Kendall Green
ers were soundly drubbed by Jack Heg-
arty's Carolina Aggies last Saturday,
were asked to express their opinions as
| to the relative merits of Hegarty's bunch
and Georgetown, which teams clash on
the Hilltop field here next Saturday.
Looks as IL Georgetown would have
to go some in order to beat that Caro-
lima A & NJ. team" declared Quarter
Back Rockwell, OF the Kendall Greeners,
while several other members Of the GAL
1 laudet team stated that in their opinion
Carolina A & NJ. was perhaps a little
stronger than the local team.
From what can be learned the Caro-
lima Aggies are just as heavy, just as
fast, and know about as much football
as the Hilltoppers. In addition, this
team is pointed out for the Georgetown
game, and are sure to put a smashing
eleven on the field.
That the Hilltoppers are not to be
caught mapping was shown by the pro-
gram mapped out for the gridironers by
Coach Exendine this week. New plays
were recently taught and are being per-
fected. while scrimmage every day until
Thursday Is the order of Coach Exen-
dine and his assistant John OReilly.
Forty minutes yesterday was con-
stunned In the hardest kind of scrimmage
between the varsity and scrubs. Gilroy,
Wall, Barron, and Ward were excused
from practice, as these men are trained
down pretty fine. but they will all get a
taste sofGrough work before the game
Saturday a.
That Coach Jack Hegarty of Caro-
lima Is just a little bit scared of
Georgetown is shown by recent ac-
lions |Hegarty has protested against
the central board officials appointed
Tor Saturdays game. and in a letter
to Graduate Manager Charles Cox
names the men he wants to handle
Saturdays offciaIs sanctioned by
the central board include Morse and
Dugan. both local boys, who have
both given perfect satisfaction this
season, but these men are not wanted
by Coach Hegarty, who vouchsafes no
reason for barring them.
When football coach starts to
kick on the officials. you can Just bet
all you've got that he is afraid of the
team he is going to meet, and by
Georgetown's record thus far. Hegar-
ty has just reason to fear the HILL
toppers. despite the fact that GaIlau-
Diet players predict a close, hard
fought game.
An intimation comes from Detroit
that Sam Crawford is nearing the end
of his career as a member of the
Tigers. For several years Crawford
did as much as Ty Cobb to keep Jen-
nings' team in the running, but dur
ing the last season he fell OF con-
siderably in his hitting and slowed
up TO such an extent in his fielding
that the opinion prevails that he can
not be of much further use to the
Tigers. Crawford is an earnest work
er. but has reached that stage where
to hold his job with a team like De-
troit- Sam has been in the major
league since 1901. and the last sea-
son was only the fifth in which he
has failed to hit above the 800 mark.
His batting average this year was
about .295.
Four Harvard team combined to beat |
Princeton Saturday. and the combination |
was a huge success. In 1872 1913 and 1914 !
the Crimson triumphed over the Tiger
and there was not an undergraduate in !
Harvard who in his time had seen his |
team lose this annual game. Likewise, |
there was not an undergraduate in |
Princeton who had ever seen his team |
win from Harvard. The men of Nassau |
felt this. and the strain was too great
Another point to be considered is that |
a system six years old was tried out |
against one two months old, and age |
Iriumphed over youth. Individually |
Princeton was far superior to Harvard, |
but collectively she was by far the |
weaker team Harvard knew more foot
ball. took advantage of every opportunity |
and squeezed everything out Of her |
players. They gave up all they had. |
Princeton erred twice, and these spelled |
defeat for the Tigers In the second |
period Shea fumbled and Soucey fell on |
the ball This resulted in a goal from |
the field by Harvard. Then. in the |
final session when Princeton had a |
chance to score and win the game, briggs !
fumbled on the Crimson 32-yard line and |
the last chance was lost.
Yale showed little or no improvement |
against Brown. and with the Princeton |
game one week of the coaches have their |
work cut out for them. The team still |
handles the ball loosely. the attack and !
defense are weak and the players seem |
10 have lost all interest in the game |
Tom Shevlin tried out some new plays |
but they failed to make much Of an i'm
preston on the Brown team. Perhaps /
Yale will improve within the next week, |
nut an improvement is necessary il any
Kind Of a showing is made against Prince
on.