The Washington herald., 1916-11-13
Gilroy Is. the Equal of
The Great Harry Costello
Hayerhil High Youngster Is
Carving His Name in South
Atlantic Gridiron History.

wnl he ever be equal to ''Nine-point
Harry?"
This Is the question being asked on all
sides. because Of the gridiron powers Of
Johnny Gilroy, the Haverhill speed de-
mon, by the most ardent followers OF
the Blue and Gray eleven.
This heet-footed, hard driving. smash
Ing half back of the Georgetown eleven
who has caused Eastern football experts
TO set up Ind take notice, is about the
fastest and most "catlike" piece Of grid
iron mechanism ever seen In this vicfp-
iity; and this is stretching the point
long ways, as the performances of the
great and only "Nine-point' Harry VIII
linger long In the memories of the local
fans and followers Of the Blue and Gray.
Gilroy, although = performer much
along the same lines of 'Nine-poip
Harry" is somewhat different Gilroy Is
not the booter that "Nine-point Harry"
was, nor Is he ever expected to be, but
kicking Is not everything in football. and
from his one year of past performances
and his sensational work to date this
season, Johnny is everything else but this
kicker that Is needed In the great Amert-
can college game. ..
The Individual strength and ability that
this great and only "N1ne-pointe Harry"
exhibited in those once famous George
town-Virginia games will never be made
ancient history by either followers or
alumni Of either the Hilltop or Charlottes-
VILE Institutes, and in observing Gilroy's
work. a point wants to be stretched In
his favor IN Difference to his wonderful
work at carrying the ball and making IN
reference for both McQuade and wall,
his runping mates.
Gilroy's style Of carrying the ball is all
his own. He can out-run all back field
men in this South Atlantic division
while his powers of smashing the line
have caused football experts Of both
New England and New York City to
waken up and concede that the South
ern division has a few real sure enough
footballer.
Gilroy is finished. both as a defensive
and offensive player, and his record OF
scoring points and gaining ground for
Georgetown may never be equaled, but
even with his wonderful ability the per-
formances of Nine-point Harry Costello.
the Meriden, Conn. educated booter.
Harry Costello is considered by old
Georgetown men as the peer of all kick
ers and point with pride to his scoring
total against the University of Virginia
during the four years that he played at
the Blue and Gray institution. George
town in those four years scored four vic
tories over Virginia and a total Of 4S
points. Of the 4S points Costello scored
% He kicked three field goals in 1910
from the % IS and 46 yard lines and a
goal after touchdown. In 1911 he scored
touchdown and a field goal from the a.
yard stripe. In 1872 he scored a touch
down. goal after touchdown and a field
goal from the intersection of the side line
and the Award line. The score at the
time Costellos field goal came was Is to
II and there was but 40 seconds of the
game remaining to be played.
Ill
as aIl-Eastern quarter back by the Out
ing Magazine as all-American man, by
the New York Evening Journal. Wash
ington Herald and numerous other news
papers as all-American. Practically all
newspapers picked Costello as the great
est back field man ever seen In that vi
eiEity. Costello was a marvellous drop
est broken field runners the game ever
knew.
DR.. Lambeth, the Walter Camp of the
South ard head of athletics at Virginia,
said of Costello: He is as good a drop
kicker as Brickley, a better pupter and
far more dangerous when carrying the
ball He would star on any team in
the country were he shorn Of all his bril-
liant accomplishments except his kicking
ability"
Jim Thorpe, the greatest athlete of
'em I'll. says: Costello is without doubt
one Of the greatest players that played
in any time. consider the Georgetown
boy second to none in allround ability.
He is as good a drop kicker as I have
ever seen. can punt s. and 20 yards with
regularity. run in a broken field about
as good as anybody ever played against,
and on defense he is a whirlwind.''
With all the boast from Costello after
four. years of playing, what can be ex-
pected of Johnny Gilroy for the remain
ing game of this season and the next two
years? Wait and see and 1t Is a sure
fact that he will far surpass the record
made by "Nine-point Harry"