Evening star., 1916-10-04
c. j. TOPRACT|CE
W|THSTATE TEAM
Maryanders Come In Town
Again Today for GridIron
Scrimmage.
CENTRAL MAY OUTClASS
OTHER SCHOOL SQUADS
Better Facilities Should Cause Blue
and White Athletics to Inn
prove Greatly.
By n. O. BYRD.

Georgetown will havs its ffnal hard
practice today before meeting the
Navy Saturday at Annapolie Tho
Blue and Gray eleven 10 to line I'D
for forty or 1fty minutes Of sorimmaxe
against the Maryland State College
squad. Tho workout win b in the
nature Of a real game. though coaches
probably are to have places On tho
field back Of their teams
Tho Blue and Gray figure on win
ming from tho Navy. though It still
is not satisfied with the work Of its
forwards. The attention OF those in
charge Of the Hilltoppers today will
Do directed mostly toward bettering the
play OF tho line inasmuch as the work
OF tho backneld recently has been
about all that could be desired. Tho only
doubt In tho minds Of the Blue and
Gray mentors relative 10 the possible
outcome Of the contest with the Md
shipmen comes in the question Of
whether or not their line will be able
to Withstand the attack Of a rather
heavy set Of backs.
The one back behind the Navv line
Tor whom Georgetown proposes to
watch particularly is Roberts, the for
mer colgate quarterback. Roberts did
pEacticaiy all the ground-gaining for
the Sailors against Dickinson last
week and showed considerable clever
ness on more than one occasion. His
carrying Of the ball was better than
any other Navy back has shown in
recent years.
The Maryland squad, too. should
benefit quite little from a hard work
out today. The State aggregation opens
It's season Saturday with Dickinson as
It's opponent at College Park and, judg-
ing by the kind Of game the Pennsyl-
vanians put up against the Midship-
men last week. the home team will
not have things easy by any means.
dickinson has a heavy, quick-charging
line and a set Of backs much better
than the average.
The work Of the George Washington
team In Its contest Saturday morning
with st. Johns will be watched with
particular interest. The Hatchetites are
coming back into foot ball after an alb
sence OF Six years, and are playing their
nrst game since the beginning Of that
period. There are any number Of follow
ers OF the institution who will be clad to
see a successful team developed and to
snow Willingness to support 1t II it is.
ihe game with St Johns takes on partic-
uiar interest, as 1t will give the Bun and
Blue adherents something of an idea as
to what they may expect during the lat
TER part OF the year. George Washing
IONS team Is much Of mystery, as little
is known Of what 1t will accomplish. and
none OF those in charge cares to make a
prediction. It seems that the Hatchetites
are working hard and saying little in
their preparations, which, after all. is
about the best way to develop a foot bali
team.
Western High School will be represented
by much lighter team this year than
aas. nh,. me Red and WhitA squad was
outfit in 1915, but Coach Morse has lost
about twelve letter men from that aegre-
Satlon. When twelve letter men leave a
high hi;1, SCI: school It means the practical reha-
eleven this season probably Will not aver
age more than 1873 pounds. and conse-
quently may not make much Of a showing
against some Of the other schools.
From an athletic standpoint there fs
likely to be only one high school in wash
ington after the next four or Ave years.
70 possloiy the expected will come to pass
did facilities. should develop to an extent
that Will make it the representative hieh
school OF the National Capital Technical
T may oe able to keep up with the Blue and
Central has always proved much an
perfor to the other schools in track
ana Held sports, and 1t should con-
tinue to do SO, with the line Of de-
even more pronounced. Cen
trail usually has had its share of base
ball victories and in the future, more
than likely, will be much more prom
inent in foot ball. A regular foot ball
schedule for Central, embracing games
with Tome School and all the big high
and prep schools Of the section, prob
ably will be more important from a
standpoint Of scholastic foot ball than
the regular high school series, as i'm
portant as that always has been. This
may read like the optimistic view of
an ardent Centralite, but 1t Is un-
the way that the biased per-
son, familiar with the conditions here,
must look at the situation.
Charley Moran, graduate manager of
athletics at Catholic University, has
almost completed his base ball sched-
ule. The feature of the season is to
be a trip through the north. Games
with Harvard, Tufts, Army, Boston
and Dartmouth have been
and negotiations are on for
a contest with Brown. Moran has his
base ball schedule in better shape
than any college in the south.