Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-06
THREE COLLEGES DEVELOPING
GREAT TEAMS IN THIS SECTION
Washington and Lee, GEORGETOWN and Vir-
GINA Seem to Have Exceptionally Pow
erful Elevens-Other Gossip.

an offense and purely by defensive
measures. according to those that have
watched the team in it's two games
with Georgetown and Rutgers. The
an even chance against Rutgers in the
game Of last week, yet they won by a
fair margin. That is very near the
tale Of the season in which they won
and Yale when those elevens were sup
posed to be much stronger. It seems to
be the policy OF present foot ball
executives at Princeton to develop a
powerful defense, trust to that in the
preliminary games and have the
may be in its highest state Of adj
vancement when Harvard and Yare are
played. It may be. too, that Prince
ton is going to work on its defense in
its ability to take advantage of the
mistakes of the opposing team % win.
That is not a poor method by any
means. because in many instances 1t
has proved successful
Washington and Jefferson Is not doing
so well this year. and. despite statements
to the contrary, the absence Of Fleming.
Spiegel. Patterson and Cruickshanks, all
great players. who were graduated last
spring, IL causing the team to run up
smaller scores and make a poorer show
ing than 1t did in 1914. Early in the
present season reports came from Wash
ington. Pa. where the college is located.
that Bob Folwell. coach, said he had as
good material as last season. That
seemed to dispel some Of the doubt re-
garding the prospects for such success as
in 1914. but It is difficult. indeed, and al
most impossible. to replace four such
players in single season.
The Western High eleven started its
season well yesterday by taking the
game it played with the Alexandria
High School. The score was to 0,
Whelchel getting the touchdown. The
Red and White won, too, without the
services of Dutch" Peck, its star full
back. Western had the better Of the
play all through, though it did>not get
its score until near the end Of the third
period.
The Business High eleven went out
to Catholic University Yesterday for a
beneficial to both teams, notwithstand-
ing that the scholastic eleven was I'M
able to prevent the collegiate aggrega-
ton gaining ground almost at will.
Culligan. captain and quarterback of
the Business team, proved himself in
line for honors in the high schools
again by playing brilliantly. Culligan
gave plenty of evidence that he has
lost none Of the cunning which gave
him the An-High position year ago.
The Naval Academy eleven has an
other exceedingly hard task confront
ing 1t this week, its game Saturday be-
ing scheduled with the University of
Pittsburgh. The team from western
Pennsylvania is strong without doubt,
and is we'll coached, too. Pittsburgh
won from Westminster College last
week by 80 to 0, and it got the vic
tory with substitutes in the play most
of the time. Pittsburgh is probably
just as strong if not stronger than
Georgetown. and Georgetown outplay-
ed the Middies in every department all
through the contest. The Navy has
green eleven, one that will take con-
siderable time to develop, and it is
not likely to begin playing its best
foot ball until late in the season.