Evening star., 1916-10-17
BY h. C. BYRD.


Georgetown is working hard this
week to develop defense strong
enough to withstand the attack of
Darrmouth's powerful eleven. which is
to be met Saturday at Haverhill, Mass.
Coach Exendine went to Hanover last
Saturday and saw Dartmouth over
whelm the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College by 81 to 0, and he has a whole
some respect for the New Hampshire
institution. Today. and possibly to-
morrow. the varsity will be lined up
against the second string men, the lat
ter equipped with Dartmouth plays,
and sent through an hour of hard
scrimmage.
When he was asked about the Dart
mouth team Exendine said:
Dartmouth has a powerful club. The
men are big and individually are much
more clever than the ordinary. The
game Saturday. when j saw that col
lege beat the Massa 4husetts Aggies
g. to o. was. ! believe. indicative of
more real strength than Dartmouth
possesses as a team. The Massachu-
sets eleven, was below the usual stand
ard of such colleges, and Dartmouth
made 1t look like a collection Of school
boys. Just what Dartmouth will do
against a team which goes in and
fights II is hard for me to say, and is
entirely problematical. / hope for
good showing. and believe we viii put
up n much better game than Is expected
by them. Another thing, our boys are
In a hunOr to-Haake up for their rather
poor showing down at Annapolis. The
game between my team and Dartmouth
is likely to be we'll played and Ger
taInly hard fought"
There Is some question about who
viii be started in the game for George
town. Much depends upon how the
men show in practice against Dart
mouth formations. Those that meet
the tests today and tomorrow are
pretty sure 10 get the honor Of begin
ming play in what undoubtedly is
Georgetown's biggest game of the year
Western Maryland College comes here
saturday to meet the George Wash
tugtoH team. and unless the latter puts
Up some pretty good foot ball il will
be uV AGAINST a hard proposition.
Western Maryland has a fairly heavy
line, sGd two backs who are about
good as any around here One Garrett
probably could make a position in the
backfeld of any eleven in the south.
while Woolford also is mighty capa
BILE man behind the line Certain il is
that Western Maryland is this year
much stronger than the combination
which represented the school last sea
son. AS matter of fact. IL also has
the advantage of a good dropkicker in
its other halfback. Keller. George
Washington will have to play better
foot ball than at any previous time
this season in order to finish with the
long end of the score in its favor.
According TO "Haggy" Ellis. coach Of
the Gallaudet eleven, the Virginia Mill
tary institute has a team capable OF
giving the best elevens in the section
81 run for their money. V. NJ. !. turns
out a very creditabIe colnbina tion
one much better than usual. Ellis had
this to say of V. NJ. L.:
They have bunch OF fighters down
there II is about the best team | have
seen this season. 1t is heavy, especial
ly aggressive, and any team that gets
a victory over IT will have to travel
at mighty fast gait. I never have
seen a bunch of fellows get into a
game with their whole heart and soul
Rs did those at V. NJ I. last week. and
that kind Of spirit Is hard to beat nn-
der any conditions. Incidentally, they
have two clever backs down there. and
something of the size and weight OF
SIS backheld may be known when il
Is stated that the quarterback mus,
weigh approximately l1e pounds. Al
of which indicates that the Maryland
State College eleven will have its
hands full Saturday when il meets
Y. NJ. /. at College Park.
Arrangements are being made by the
mana cement at-Coilege Park to have
virginia Military Institute alumni. This
section probably will be in charge OF
DIT. H. Taliaferro, dean Of the divi.
sion of engineering. DR., Taliaferro is
an alumnus of v. NJ. l., and applications
for seats in the ". M. l. section should