The Washington times., 1916-09-14
c. ". j. CANDIDATES
WILL MEET TONIGHT
Sullivan to Explain Details Of
Game, Resumed After Five
Year Lapse.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

After d lapse OF Ave years football
will be resumed tonight at George
Washington University, when Coach
Tom Sullivan meets the candidates at
the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium at 8 p. m.
Graduate Manager David A. Baer.
Manager DoNaid McKnew. and Dean
Fraser will talk to the candidates who
are expected to report for light work.
outs tomorrow.
Tom Sullivan IL expected In town late
today. Tomorrow the candidates will
assemble at the Y. NJ. C. A. for their
nrst workout ana q squad OF sixty IL
expected to get into action.
The gathering II expected to develop a
deal Of football spirit. 1t II thought
that good many men In tho university
VIII come out for football practice and
those attending tonight will have the
dt S OF the season fully explained.
school. arrived In town last night and 10
calling his candidates together tomorrow
AFTERNOON at the school The Business
candidates are asked to come to Bust
ness High at p. m. tomorrow.
Hit the dirt" Is the slogan on the
Hilltop these days.
AZ the Blue and Gray football candi-
dates take their places on Georgetown
Field, reporting TO John o'ReIlly for
initial workouts. they will be given a
thorough course Of sprouts. The essen
tials Of the preliminary practices are
embodied in the hit the dirt" policy.
Trainer o'Reilly wants the George
town men to become familiar with the
ground. The sooner football men get
accustomed to digging right down to
hardpan the better results Coach AL
bert Exendine can get. and for this
reason the Hilltoppers will be intro
duced to old mother earth upon their
arrival on the Hilltop Field.
Some twenty players are expected to
report today. Just at this time John
o'Reiliy reisns supreme. At the very
Of sprouts. There was Considerable
running forward and backward, a deal
OF arm waving and back bending, and
the various calisthenics INDUCED in by
the boys.
Today the candidates will get down
on the ground for their rolling and
tussling stunts. I'm getting the boys
start we get better results" explained
Charlie Cox. 1--WE found last season
that the sooner the boyA got accustom-
ed to the rough stuff the better re-
suits we got on the tackiing machine
reason we are insisting on hitting the
Pete Wai, Johnny GIlroy. Pete Ma
loney. Orland Leighty, captain; Johnny
Nahum: Cronin. Grove. Tracey. Sho-
O'Boyle. McQuade. Hanlon. #. Green
and Smith are expected out today: Thd
New England contingent expected yes
terday 10 on hand today, having been
weather.
The Maryland Aggies slipped out into
the open yesterday for d workout minus
candidate for the eleven viii be out by
tomorrow. as the college opens today.
Coach Byrd will have his full strength
inside of week. when oil OF the veter-
ans report. Oberlin. Williams. Cosgins
h sans sSryts n SSfs KnnSs sss
and Claggett' are expected to form a
eleven.
ern yesterday. Regular practice win be
held tomorrow at the school. The vet
Grams OF last years eleven are Willis
Rohrer: ]. o'Brien. West. and Nickel
way. Tnere are a number OF players
from last years squad expected to try
out for the team this season.
A switch in the weather halted thu
plans Of most OF the coaches yesterday
In dealing with youngsters It Is prac
tically impossible to work hard in tn,
heat. and for this reason light work only
will be INDUCED in by the scholastic
coaches during the next few weeks.
| The Aggies may be forced to call Of
that first battle scheduled with the Bal
timore Polytechnic Institute. The Baiti
more schools haYe been closed until lat,
on account OF infantile paralysis.
| Dave Pfeiffer. Techs star center O
/ last year, ID ready for the football sea
son. Pfeiffer has been doing 4 lot o
strong arm work this summer In tn,
open. working on building operations Il
town and expects TO begin right wher,
he left on last year.