Evening star., 1916-11-29
FOOT BALL SEASON
CLOSES TOMORROW
GeorgetoWn-G. w. Contest to
Be Feature Here-Mary-
land State in Big Game.
FISHER CAPTAIN OF NAVY
BY II. c. BYRD.

Tomorrow marks the close of the foot
ball season. With the exception of three
or four post-season games. the final
struggles of the year take place. The
zenith of schedules reached last
week with the playing of the Yale
Harvard and Army-Navy games last Sat
urday, but Notwithstanding that the final
day of the season holds forth some ex-
ceedingly choice attractions.
Paramount here is the resumption of
relationship on the gridiron by George
Washington and Georgetown The
Hatchetites have not had d season that
% gainst the Hilitoppers. but their work
has been good at tunes. The team has
been working desperately for the last
two weeks in special preparation fer the
meeting with the Blue and Gray. \
good showing means much to the Buff
and Blue and the Hatchetites will not
believe that they have not chance to
figure as a prominent factor.
Ten years ago George Washington and
Georgetown were playing the big game
of the year in Washington. Virginia was
coming here in those days to meet George
Washington and Georgetown. but neither
Of those contests was considered near as
important the struggle between the two
local universities. In 1907 the last game
.aS played between the two teams, To-
morrow being the first time they have
net since Thanksgiving of that year.
George Washington had regularly been
taking its beating. but that year it went
TO The Hilltop full of fight and finished a
bitterly fought nothing-to- nothing strug-
gle The Hatchetites were particularly
joyful over that ACCOMPLISHMENT and Ger
tain incidents attendant with the demon
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was almost healed in 1910 but a certain
hitch kept the teams from meeting Two
wears ago George Washington got started
again in basket ball and track athletics
ana met the Blue and Gray in each. That
settled the question of meeting in foot ball
and the first game scheduled for this sea
son when foot ball was resumed was that
with Georgetown.
Clear heads are in charge of athletics
in each school. and the game tomor-
row almost certainly Will be developed
until within two or three years 1t is
back the basis it was before the
break Washington needs just such
a contest and il does not take long
to build up that which is needed. III
George Washington shows tomorrow
that it put out teams capable OF
an even break with Georgetown the
game will leap into prominence within
one season. and next year Will draw
just cs large d crowd as did the one
between Georgetown and Virginia. Too
much should not be expected OF
George Washington tomorrow. 1t is
the first big foot ball game it has
played in nine years. and that is long
time to be out of sport.
The Maryland State eleven goes to
Baltimore tomorrow to engage Johns
Hopkins in the biggest game of the
year in Maryland. 1t is expected that
more than 10000 persons will watch
the struggle. which bids fair to be
devotee of foot ball might desire.
Quite little demonstration has been
planned for before and after the game
by the State College Club Of Washing
ton and the State College Club of Bal
timore.
The College Park squad physically is
in better condition than it has been
at any previous time this season. Not
once before has every man been avail
able but tomorrow there is not a
player who cannot take his place ready
to do his best
Hopkins undoubtedly has powerful
team one that has sufficient potential
strength to make the best of eIevens
go at it's best to win. but about the
worst thing with which the State COM
bination will have to contend is that
it is being picked to win by Baltimore
pa pers. Just about the opposite of
what the Baltimore writers have pre-
dicted has occurred in nearly every
contest played in that city this year.
and it Will be a hard fight for any
team to make one of those predictions
come true.
Hopkins has splendid lot of foot
ball material. Big. powerful and fast
men, with plenty of experience, are in
the various positions, but they have
not worked together as a team. The
College Park eleven is not as heavy
and not experienced as that at
Hopkins. but it is more aggressive and
faster.
The state College student body and
State College Club of this city will
leave on the 10 o'clock express on the
Baltimore and Ohio, which is to stop
and faculty. The headquarters of the
team and alumni in Baltimore will be
at the Hotel Emerson.
Many alumni of Cornell and Penn
sylvania will leave here today and
watch the annual struggle between
their two teams. The game. while it
has nothing in the way of champion
ship possibilities, will be well at
tended. 1t is simply one of those con-
tests that no matter what the stand
ing of the teams as compared to others,
"a great throng gathers to watch. Cor
nell has no record behind it such as
it possessed a year ago, Penn having
made better showing than the Itha-
cans. but the struggle ought to be
close and hard. 1t is reported that 1t
for the game and that scalpers are de-
manding big prices for them.
Down in Richmond everybody who
owes allegiance to, or in any way has
connection WITH the University of
that team play Virginia. The followers