The Washington herald., 1916-12-01
Large CROWD GREETS
GRID GAME ON HILL
Five Thousand Fans Watch Hilltoppers
Battle Hatcheites.
By TONY soUsA.

A writhing mass Of turkey-fed enthusi-
asts Of the gentle game OF football ''oil-
royed" into the Hilltop stadium yester-
day afternoon to witness the iocaiistic
combat between two teams that have not
had Q kissing acquaintance for many
moons back. But even at that the con-
test was not osculatory by any means in
the reacquaintance a. each team was
out for blood, polite amenities being no.
ticeable By their absence.
The partisans Of either side were Just
as intent on the undoing Of the team
they wanted to Jose, and based their
hopes in the hitching of their victory
wagons to stars OF the particular
eleycn they had q hunch for.
Sport fans are much the sane, merely
q matter OF chrysalis OF the baseball
cocoon forming itself into q football but
terfiy later when the latter sport 10 the
only pastime afforded him. And Il was
noticed that In the faces scanned the fan
Of the summer game proved to be q sub
vertive fan Of the autumnal festivity,
with the exception that he did not strip
himself down to shirt sleeves, and he
used q different form OF advice and Vi
Operatives to urge or condemn the crea-
lures of his hero-worship. But, no mat
ter what his wish was regarding the out
come Of the game. he still had q kindly
spot In the left auricle of his heart for
the underdog. Such is the true sports
man and II In quite as well to have filed
in The Herald copy for the Library Of
Congress the names OF those that In our
opinion are In that category fans and
fanette's, fellows. we lamped at the grid
slorihcation on the Georgetown field yes
terday and their names follow this story
Those who left an unfinished turkey
dinner to witness the pastime between
these beasts of the field saw q combat
that represented envy. hatred, malice
and pure Observation-Disclosures: saw mud
dy-pants boys aero through the air
with the intent and purpose Of whack-
ing q fellow with whom he may have
matricu1ated. at the same time OBJ
serving the other fellow accomplish
ing khe same. thing that he found
impossible.
But what cares the average specta-
tor whether q Showalter outguards .
Genesse or a Kerr outtackles a Nc
Carthy7 His digestion 10 improved BY
the stimulation afforded by the en-
citement he enjoys. either by being
maddened or pleasantly enthused. 30
what boots itf
Tom Sullivan tries to out -Exendine
the former Carlisle pet. while, the re-
UClhS tHc Olo man bulll-
vans son endeavors to put the Indian
sign on the aboriginars one best bet
Charlie Cox floats around. looking
wise and accomplishing wonders in
the way of managing things with .
master hand. Law, medical. engineer
ing, veterinary. higher English. in
fact any Of the habitues of the class
rooms OF each university forget to
look wise, but are content to do the
very things that they would advise
others not to do, when they have pin
ned up their shingles.
They chort. howl, forget bacteria by
putting their fingers in the mouth to
whistle; they lost engineering sense Of
distances by not knowing whether Wall
went or 10 yards past Burke and
Giblin; they pulled for their team far
better than they wifi ever pull teeth; II
whelan has his left tibia broken they
would only consider his 'right-end
works" and diagnose accordingly.
But, why battle against the esprit de
corps of these intrepid Americans in a
game Of their own choosing. II certainly
serves to show that the boys who cali
be so intense In time of playtime, rep
resent fair sample Of boys that In the
time Of this country's necessity will be
right there with the necessary tackles.
passes and goals.
Anyway while we were enjoying the
game we were glad to note the fol-
lowing array OF ''relaxionists'' were
among those present:
NJ ]. Colbert, D. w. Baker, John L.
Smith. A. ]. Cummings. lie Roy Living
ston, Guy Livingston, J. z. w. Tracy. w.
o. Gibson, Harry winingden, r. 8. Rob-
bins. David Wolf. David Kauffmann Guy
Collins, Gen. George Elliott, Percy H.
Marshall. Ben q. Davis. William J.
Flynn. c. B. Allan, James Arbeley. w
L. Bowen, Spry Owen Claytor. J. B.
Coping, Donavan. Merle Donahey, John
L. Elliott and wife, Milton Forman and
wife, Leo c. Flaherty. Frank Douglas,
Fred Horgan and wife, Ed. Kearney,
Oscar Manly. Lansdale, Thornton.
Charles II. Lynch. Eugene Under
wood. William T. Ramsey, Thomas T
Stayton. who led the O. W. U. Band:
John l.. Nevius. Melvin c. Haen, c. B.
Hunt Bob Barr H. Burch Gordon, Al
verino Gonzales. Spanish Legation