The Washington times., 1916-10-22
WASHINGTON TEAMS
SCORE BRILLIANTLY
NSATURDAY GAMES
Georgetown Furnishes Surprise
Of Eastern Section in Humb-
ling Dartmouth Eleven.
BRookLANDERS VICTORIOUS
Maryland State Wins From v.
MI, While CaIIaudet Is Sue.
cessful-G. w. U. Defeated.

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washington football teams and a host
~ followers may count October Il. 1916.
a. red-letter day in the annals OF the
9ridiron game for this city. With a sin
gle exception, that of George Washing
ton. representative teams came through
IN impressive style. GesNgetowp's VIC
tory over Dartmouth being the big up
set in the college world.
Today Georgetown will gather at
Union Station to welcome the home
scored over the Hanoverians at Haver-
Hill, Mass. at the dedication OF the new
stadium while not a financial success.
was a veritable triumph for the Blue
and Gray and. Coach Albert Exendine.
catholic university's victory over the
Nhianova eleven, by score of Il to 4.
has served to key the Brooklanders to
. high pitch of enthusiasm. The re-
turning Catholic University team will
De made much OF today upon their ar
rival from Philadelphia.
The Maryland State College. In de-
feating the unbeaten Virginia Military
institute team, Is firmly ensconced in
the football world. State handily won,
by 10 to Q, and Coach II. C. Byrd is re-
cening weli-earned congratulations for
AZ Gallaudet Harry Ellis has succeed
90 IN bringing order out of chaos and
ms team, smothering Washington Col
leee; BY " to 0, stands ready to be
nodded into fast combination.
Thai George Washington cannot lift
rs head today Is due to the inability
Of its players to hold on to the bali
Tne EIatchetites deserved victory. but
were forced to take the short end OF a
ss.to-O score at the hands of Western
HarSland. George Washington should
have won. Possessed of a powerful
defense. the backs failed to deliver the
punch when opportunity was offered
10 less than three times within the
Dartmouth was the only big eleven
to succumb in yesterdays gridiron bat
ties. The others of the foremost teams
ran up a huge score on the Massa-
chusetts Aggies. Princeton walloped
lafayette. and Cornell waltzed through
Er.at ss6 6sr 2 score that indicated
Harvard had been expected to put
over q Crimson sized score at the ex-
pense OF the Aggies, but II to was
not looked for. hence II Is taken for
granted that Percy Haughton's driving
tactics have produced results.
Princeton sent in a gang of subs and
played under wraps, but at the same
time put thirty-threc counters across
the lafayette line for, the edincation
riors who viewed the contest from the
stands. - .r
The biggest game OF the afternoon,
so called, turned out to be a fiZzle.
from the standpoint of the dopesters.
when Syracuse was forced to act as
a door mat for Glenn Warmers power
full Pittsburgh University aggregation.
The Pennsylvania team piled up q
count Of 20 to 0 over the New York
eleven. and did it with apparent ease,
in spite Of the beef of the Syracuse
eleven. Hence II Is to be expected
that Pitt will prove troublesome for
those In the habit Of awarding Amer
lean championships to Harvard Yale.
Princeton. or Cornell.
Pennsylvania offered another surprise
when 1t walked through Penn state for
a 15-to-O victory, doing II without ever
being in danger from the State college
tossers.
Howard Berry scored first for Penn In
the second period with drop kick goal
the third period from the 32-yard line.
In the same period he ran through the
entire State team forty yards for a
touchdown. Berry. at quarter, had
been roughed time and again. and was
carried off the field unconscious In The
fourth period. Quigley. who took his
place. however, kicked goal from place
ment on the f-yard line.
Elmer onphant. whe defeated the
Navy in the meeting between the two
hervice eleveps Year ago; showed
Trinity how he did 1t yesterday. The
Western demon smashed and bucked his
way through the Trinity line for TWEEN
ty-eight points before the Army coaches
decided Trinity had enough, and took
him out. The Army wasn't through
However, and a total of So was rolled
up to cheer the Navy.
The Annapolis gang, however, was not
idle. doing a good afternoons work by
tearing through West Virginia for ~
too victory.
The results of the days contests
places Dartmouth alongside Harvard IL
the standing for the seasons play. Eacf
has lost one game for the season. Yale
Princeton. and Cornell, OF the more i'm
portant teams, stand undefeated, while
Pittsburgh also holds that distinction.
Ohio States defeat of Illinois at Cham
pAign shows the big CHAMPAIGN, schoo
much weaker than in 1915. when she hell
Minnesota TO a conference tie.
as the logical 1916 winner. Coach vii
lanls has built up a powerful scorini
machine as today's gigantic total o
elkhty-one rung up against the Soutl
,Dhkota hrskies shows. A.. -,
race IL still to be proven. So far she hal
won with ease, but against feeble aggre
gstions.'
Purdue has plainly gone back ant
Iowa beat her with ease "a to 6. Chicag,
was surprised by a l0-to-O defeat b!
Northwestern.
MichiRan's defeat of the Michigan Ag
giles, her ancient foe. to 0, was an indi
cntion that Coach Yost has pulled hi
eleven together but that 1t is not tn
old powerful machine that crashed
through the best the West could OFFER.
For the first time in several year
the University of Virginia received
setback from a team In its own sec
tion. Virginia followers say Georgia
powerful eleven, which Is schedule,
10 meet the Navy Saturday, mete ou
Is to Z defeat. Virginia had the bal
on the 3-yard line In the final perlo,
when time was called,
deorgias frst touchdown was score
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