Evening star., 1915-09-12
MAY DEVELOP GREAT TEAMS
IN SOUTH ATLANTIC SECTION
Georgetown and Catholic University Have
Brig ghter Prospects for Strong Elevens
Than Usual-Other Gossip.

better supplied with centers than any
other institution in the south. Greer
out of the Washington high schools
and last fall he proved the star of the
Philadelphia scholastic institutions, and
there foot ball is of a much better
good enough to. make position on any
college team. being fast, heavy, ag-
gressive, and displaying exceptional in
telligence in his play. Besides Greer,
the Brooklanders have Murphy, who
held down the position last fall. Muir
! ply was good enough to make reg
ular position on the Harvard Fresh
man eleven in 1913, beating out for
that position the man who played CEN
ter on the Crimson varsity in 1914. To
get the best out of these two players
will mean quite little problem for the
coach, who has in the past proved him
self mighty capable in solving such
| things.
The only man of the Georgetown 1914
eleven likely to be missed is John Pet
ritz. The Hilltoppers are not likely
to find a player capable of taking his
place at center and performing as eff
ciently. Petritz was ore of the great
est centers the south has ever had. De-
fensively and extensively. he was alert.
aggressive. and seemed to play almost
diagnose the system of the opposing
teams at times that it did not appear
possible for him to reason SO quickly
He was into play almost as soon as
the forwards, Notwithstanding that he
played back of the line when his team
did not have the ball.
This season Coach Exendine seems to
have two men who are working hard
for the position. One is Carter, who
held down the position on an eleven of
a middle western high school in 1914.
and the other is Fitzgerald, who came
' -l-
and was shifted to a line position.
Fitzgerald did not play center then,
but Is being developed in that position
now. He weighs about $50 and has the
velopment received in the baclSfield.
Carter is said to have the making Of a
good player, though he hardly knows
as much about the game right now as
Fitzgerald, because of his less expert
ence.
A new backfield man reported to
Georgetown yesterday. and he is GER
10 his reputation. He is Dempsey, and
he played on school team in New
Jersey last season. Dempsey is big
fellow, much larger than anybody
since Dave White played fullback. He
| seems to be fast and handles himself
we'll. and gets on to things with great
facility.
incidentally. the Georgetown back
field may be made up entirely of new
men. Unless Landreau manages to
win a halfback's position. which he
was forced to give up last fall when
he broke a bone in his ankle, that is
certain to be the case. 1t is. of course,
too early to give much of an idea as
to what the final disposition of the
players will be, because the coaches
themselves do not know, but it seems
that Dempsy, Killroy and Mcnamara
are absolutely sure of regular places.
with Leighty and Wall to fight for
the fourth position. Mcnamara is a
! quarterback. Killroy and Dempsy
come with great regulations as scho,
| lastic players, while not so much is
| known of Leighty and Wall, though
| they are said to have performed ex-
ceptionally well for their respective
elevens.
incidentally. that Georgetown line is
not going to be light one by any
means. There will be few sets for
much on those who will wear the Blue
and Gray, when weight is considered.
The most likely choices for the five
center positions now seem to be Fitz-
gerald at center, Barron and Green at
guards and Gormley and Ward tackles.
Just how much these fellows weigh is
not known exactly. but a conservative
estimate would be that Ward. Green and
1oIHiIey average around 200 pounds,
with Fitzgerald and Barron about the
, $50 mark. Capt. Barron probably will
be the lightest man of the FIVE, weigh
| ing about It's. but Fitzgerald will go
! enough over 1s0 to bring the average
| ror the two up to that figure or
| above it.
Georgetown's, backfield also will be
heaVier than usual. Killroy and Demp-
| sey have weight as well as speed, and
the other candidates for positions he
| hind the line are stocky built.
| Catholic University and the Marv-
land Agricultural College will omen
their practice this week. The Brook
landers are to begin their work We'd
nesday, according to report, while the
whole squad at NJ. A. c. is to report the
following day. The largest SQUADS in
the history of both schools are expected
to turn out.
notwithstanding that the Portner
team. amateur champion of Richmond
was reputed to be the strongest nine
that had represented that city in the
lnterc1ty amateur base ball series the
Agriculture nine, winner of the title
here, had little trouble winning both
games OF the double header yesterday.
The scores were SO decidedly in favor
OF the Agfes that there can be no doubt
in the minds of those interested in the
sport at to the more capable club. The
decisive victories of the Farmers are
very gratifying to local followers of
prove the Washington representative
to be stronger. and particularly is this
true when 1t Is considered that the two
games Richmond WAS scheduled to NAV