Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-22
NAVY FOOTBALL FANS
HAVE SPECIAL INTEREST
In Georgetown Team to Play Here
Oct. 2.-The Initial Game.
EXENDINE GEORGETOWN COACH
Navy's First Opponents Have Ad-
vantage Of Precedence---PIay
Game Next Saturday With
Princeton.
Princeton.

The Naval Academy football enthus-
lasts have special interest in the
Georgetown eleven this season. Not
only do the Washingtonians oppose the
midshipmen in the opening game on
the Academy field, but they are the
| only aggregation which plays against
the Military Academy eleven as well
/ as the Navy team.
Georgetown plays here on October ,
against the sailor lads, and three weeks
later plays the soldiers at West Point.
| This will form the only basis of COM
parison between the two teams, but the
test, unreliable as it is conceded to be.
is of less value than usual owing to the
early period of the season when the
contests are played
The Georgetown squad is being coach
ed by Exendine a Carlisle Indian. who
met with fair success with the same
team last season. IL has lost Costello
its famous quarterback, but it is claim
ed that the team is the heaviest and
strongest that Georgetown has ever
had. The average weight of the whole
team is about $50 pounds, while the
=
ter, is something over 200 pounds.
This is considerably heavier than any
aggregation that the Academy can put
in the field Still, it is well known
that weight by itself is small mat
ter, though a factor when combined
with speed and knowledge of the game.
Georgetown will have the advantage
of the Navy of having played strong
team before the contest. Next Satur-
day Georgetown will play Princeton on
the latter's ground, and it is possible
that they will also have a practice
game against Maryland Agricultural
College
In addition to this, the Georgetown
squad has been at work already for at
least two weeks Still. the fact that
the Navy has a good nucleus of veter-
ans, and that much preliminary work
has been done, insures a fairly well
prepared team. No doubt exists that
the midshipmen can win their first
contest of the season.
OF course. all news from West Point
is seized upon with avidity here. The
squad is a strong one. the losses from
graduation being smaller than at the
Naval Academy, though the famous
Pritchard. .-Merrilat combination has. at
last been broken There are also
number of new men who promise much
1t will be remembered that Oliphant,
the Perdue star, did not start against
the Navy last season. but he will un-
doubtedly be one of the standbys this
year. II is said that there are many
coaches at West Point this year, and
division of authority, and that steps
will be taken TO remedy the condition.
Among those who reported yester-
day afternoon was T w. Harrison.
who played such a good game at end
last season. Every member of the
squad is expected to be on hand this
afternoon, and it will number, with the
recruits from the fourth class, about
sixty. Lieutenant Ingram, the head
coach. has been assisted by Hardwick
and Logan, of Harvard, and Big Bill
Hollenbach. a noted player while at
Pennsylvania, and a successful coach.
The attendance of Logan and Hollen-
bach is for short period only. Lieu
tenant De Mott, formerly an end at the
Academy. is coaching the fourth class
team, assisted by Arthur Wheatley. of
this city.