Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-06
LOCAL COLLEGES
/. PLAY TOMORROW
First Foot Ball Games of Year
Scheduled for District
Institutions.
GEORGETOWN TO FIGURE
IN COMBAT WITH NAVY
BY n. G. BYRD.

the first foot ball games of their 1915
schedules. Georgetown appears In the
most important contest. being booked
to meet the Navy at Annapolis. Cath
Ollie University has Richmond College
for its opponent at Brook1and. and the
Maryland State College is to line up at
College Park against Dickinson.
George Washington University opens
it's first gridiron season since 1910 with
ST. Johns. at Annapolis. in a morning
game.
Georgetown defeated the Navy last
season. and it figures it will turn the
trick again tomorrow. The Blue and
Gray backfield is even better now than
it was year ago. and the line. while
not as strong as that of 1915. Is not
weak by any means. Dickinson's line
held the Navy backs, and the Blue and
Gray forwards are certainly as capable
as those who played for the Pennsyl-
vania institution. The Blue and Gray
on the Navy or Dickinson eleven. If
the Hilltop institution fails to get the
long end Of the score from the Midship-
men there will be some greatly sur
prtsed people around Washington.
Cusack and Larkin will start for
Georgetown on the ends, the former
playing his old position on the left side
OF the line. Mccarthy will be at left
derson is to play center. Ward right
guard and O'Connor right tackle. The
backfeld will be Leighty at full, Ma
loney at quarter, Gilroy and Wall at
n na,ieas,l, positions This makes a
well as on the offensive. The line pos
sesses lot of weight. and the back
field is fairly heavy. fast and versatile
Besides these. several other members
OF the squad are sure to get chances to
make good. Particularly is this true
Of Whelan, McQuade and Green. II
the Blue and Gray can get a margin of
a touchdown or two 1t may send in
several extra men. but il the contest is
close and hard the lineup which starts
probably will be kept in as long as the
men show the aggressiveness with
which they begin. If some member of
the eleven falls down he will be re-
game with the Navy is to begin at 2:30
o'clock.
George Washington and Catholic
their line-ups. the coaches being some
what in doubt themselves as to the
men they will start. Both expect to
win their games without great deal
most every member Of their squads. 1t
Is about as certain as such thing can
be that c. U. will get the long end Of
the score from Richmond College by a
good margin. 1t is hard to tell Just
what kind of a team George Washing
ton will be against. st. Johns usually
turns out a fast, strong combination
which uses forward passes continually.
George Washington must show back
field able to defend against this form
of play If it expects to win with credit
to Itself. The game between C. U. and
Richmond will be played at 8 o'clock.
That in which George Washington hg-
ures is to begin at II o'clock. in order
the. battle between Georgetown and
Navy in the afternoon.
That Dickinson is going to prove a
tough proposition for the Maryland
State team Is certain, If its showing
against the Navy is to be taken as a
criterion. The Pennsylvanians have a
rangy line. heavy set of backs and
generally capable eleven. Any team
which goes to Annapolis and plays the
Navy to q tie score or beats 1t Is enti-
tied to a whole lot of consideration.
At least twenty players will be used
in the game by the Marylanders. Ober-
lin will start at left and Murrell at
the tackle POSITIONS Tarbutton and
Murren at guards. and Coster at CEN
ter. Smith is to begin at quarter. Mac
Donald at right half. Coggins at left
half. ana Michael at run. The game at
College Park will begin at O'Clock.
l. Rich and Derrick, both regulars last
year, may not play. The former twist
ed his ankle severely In the scrim-
mage at Georgetown Wednesday, and
Derrick bruised his shoulder some
what. Mcconnell. Knode, Axt, Bradley,
Stubs and several others will get
chances to show what they can do.
with tho exception of the game
Georgetown Is to play with the Navy
the most important contest from a
local standpoint is that In which Vfr-
ginia meets Yale. A great deal of in
| terest is being evidenced in the COM
bat at New Haven. Virginia plays with
| the distinction of having been the vic
| tor last year. and with the credit of
not having had its goal line crossed by
either Yale or Harvard. Things appear
! to be different at Yale this fall, though,
and the team which takes the measure
of the Dark Blue will have to beat a
much better eleven than that which
| was out in 1915. Yale's prospects, ac-
cording to definite report, are much
| better than in many seasons. Not only
does 1t have the material. but 1t seems
to have bettered its coaching system
| sufficiently to warrant the belief that
| the best will be made Of that material
| The play of the Virginia team will
| be nearly all defensive. Even when 1t
won last year 1t played defensive foot
| ball, though the defensive work was
turned into an offensive through the
| utilization of some remarkable puntine
| by Thurman. Puntiug usually is a
great defensive form of play. but when
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