Evening star., 1915-01-03
LIKELY To Change
FOOT BALL SYSTEM
Catholic U. Said Not to Be Sat-
isfied With Showing
of Its Eleven.
GEORGETOWN TEAM HAS
FIVE GAMES SCHEDULED
Blue and Gray Already Listed to
Meet Army, Navy, Princeton,
A, and n. and Fordham.
BY Il. G. BYRD.

change in the foot ball system az
c.+ho,ic University Is due next 1aii.
wh,1a no official announcement nus
beer made as to the plans OF those IN
ch.rpe of the Brookland institution II
h.. been learned that the intention 10
o. heva the eleven run next fall on an
-.,,.,v di1erent basis than that Oh
last season. ,r-
Whi,e II has been the general I'M
,-..s,on that Catholic University was
satisfied with the showing on ths
tom last season, such was reahy Ho.
-. rh. Rrookland team did not do
90 ws,l as IT should have done IN tne
s-,,,,o,, If some of those in charge at the
school. and as a result several cnanees
.re to he made. different coaching
svs+em Ia to be installed. according TO
rsl,.ble report, which probably means
that a new head coach will be In charge
of the work when the men fepoie Ao'
practice next September. ,.,.
There were at Catholic University Iast
fall enough good men to make Wha
ter showing than the team . uio. Las
Generally known, and that some games
Gare not won occasioned SURPRISE
among those familiar with tne
tiles OF the players. Just what tne re- r.
sons were for the - faltapd stsndard I'd are not
Lpown. but the fact that the eleven
did not is judged sufficient reason Aot y,
more than one change in its system u
government and instruction.
Georgetown has five games signeao
I'm for next fall. So far the Blue anu
GRAY is listed to play Princeton, Nass'
Fordham,. Army = and Mor.h ;ra3 CHsna Ca1ieee' The
dste with Fordham is election DAY, Oh
which Georgetown formerly piaseo a.
New York almost exclusively. Ne Ne,
gotiations have been gong On W. H.,
the New York Giants management ,.;iy py
Which Il is hoped the Polo Grounds VII
he obtained for that contest; lna
RIue and Gray probably Is the onls
eleven in the country tnat Will ia'e
both the Navy and the Army;
inst what other schools will be sched-
Med by the Blue and Gray is prop
1ematical, though 1t is more than pos
sible that Washington ana faan Lee mairad I'M
yersity will have places on the ns.'
Gailaudet is certain to be given Pc.
sitior. though 1t will hardly receive
matter of fact. Georgetown probably py
can do better by playing some good
school away from home Thanksgiving.
inasmuch as many are ioohinE 9, aUa aua
usually willing to pay big guarantees
a contest between the Hilltoppers and
Syracuse in Buffalo Thanksgiving
ought to draw a great crowd. as
Georpetown is very well known in that
section and has many alumni arouho
and in that city.
dual wrestling tournament Will be
held between the Memorial Athletic
club and the Young Mems Christian
Association Saturday night. January
in training for the events for some
time. and the competition is likely to
be very keen. The best wrestlers or
the District are numbered among the
members of these two bodies, with the
exception of one or two who belong to
the National Guard, and about the best
sport the city can afford in this line
will be seen Buckner Paxton, Gregg
Walters, Becker and Marsans Will rep
resent the association. but the Me-
mortal grapplers have not yet been Sc
lectsd
There has been great deal of talk
during the past year about the lateral
pass in foot bali. The play has been
discussed considerably, as If 1t were
something new. which it decidedly is
not The play is old-so old that II
dates back to the day of the five-yard
rule when three downs were allowed
down and the field was 110 yards long.
it was frequently used trick in those
days. many teams resorting to it from
kick formal tion and others spreading
their backs almost across the field and
passing 1t from one to the other until
one of the players thought he was free
enough to chance a run directly ahead
Five men were allowed behind the line
of scrimmage at that time. and when
two backs were sent out wide it still
left three men for threat of powerful
plunge into the line.
OF course. there is a new element in
the lateral pass of the possible forward
pass from the man who receives the
lateral toss, but as far as the lateral
passing game itself is concerned nc
foot bail coach OF the present day can
lay cloim to invention regarding it
The possibility of the forward pass
after the lateral pass probably makes
the lateral pass more dangerous as q
threatened possibility, but it takes
mighty accurate handilng or the oali
the lateral pass and then throws il
forward, for the play to be successful
with fast-charging forwards there IL
not sufficient time for the play to be
so very much Of an offensive factor, as
too much time is required for accurate
certainlY manY moro sac.