The Washington times., 1916-11-06
Georgetown Authorities Accept
Braves Offer for Contest
on December 2.
TEXAS WOULD SEE ELEVEN
Two Invitations Come From
Southwest for 1917 Visits
of West End Athletes.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Georgetown's varsity eleven. which
meets Fordham at New York tomorrow.
may battle either Brown or Tufts at
Boston. December 2. Graduate Manager
Charles r. Cox today accepted offers
from the Boston National League base
ball club to take his team to Braves
Field on that date to play either New
England eleven chosen. Such a contest.
especially since Georgetown victory
over Dartmouth at Haverhill. Mass.
will attract some 25.0OO spectators. be-
sides centering attention upon the Hill
toppers.
Whether Tufts or Brown will be the
team to play the Blue and Gray will not
be known for a few days. The Tufts
management Is also considering a gamo
with Pittsburgh on December 2. II that
contest is chosen. Brown will be the
month.
That Georgetown's victory over Dart
mouth has had wide-reachinB effect 10
shown by the flood OF invitations pour
ing In upon the Georgetown authorities.
a particularly flatterlng invitation has
come from Texas A. and NJ. for n
Tex. This may be accepted. The Uni
versity of Texas wants to play George
town at Austin at the 1917 State fair.
Two invitations have come from con-
next season.
Efforts are being made by The boa I'd
of trade In Manchester. N. H.. 70 have
the 1917 Dartmouth-George football
game played at Varick Park in that
city. Manchester In the home OF a host
OF Dartmouth alumni who are working
to get the game for New HampshiYe's
biggest city.
Georgetown. Washington and Lee and
the Middes are easily the best football
elevens in the South Atlantic section.
with odds favoring the Generals for filnl
honors. now that logger" ElcocRs
team has vanquished the Navy.
Until Saturdays defeat at the hands
and feet of Washington and Lee, the
Navy team seemed to have an edge over
both Of Its competitors. The sailors
had won from Georgetown. West Vir-
ginia and Georgia, conqueror OF Nir-
glnia. while 1t had lost to Pittsburgh
by but single point. 20 TO 10. The one
argument against the Middies was that
they played all but their game with the
Army at Annapolis. while their rivals
travelled far for their contests.
washington and Lee sprang from third
place to first in the estimation of South
Atlantic critics by their victory over
the Middies Saturday. Before that they
had won but one game out of four, and
that amounted to little or nothing. being
a gwaInping OF Randolph-Macon, so to 0.
The Army vanqushed the Generals,
i
Rutgers was played even at IL to 10.
while Georgia Tech. one of the strongest
teams In the South. was tied at to T..
Then came that Saturday game at An
napolis, with Washington and Lee cop
ping the honors.
Both the Navy and Washington and
Lee elevens have faced stronger teams
than those meeting the Hilltoppers.
The Middies have battled Georgetown,
Pittsburgh. West Virginia. Georgia. and
Washington and Lee teams, The Gen.
erals have battled Army. Rutgers. Gcor-
gia Tech and the Middes. while the
only strong teams the Hilltoppers have
faced are Navy and Dartmouth.
or course. with many Dartmouth out
shines all OF those teams played by
both the Middies and Generals. Dart
mouth has been beaten only by George
town and. on fuke. by Princeton.
by the Hanoverians last Saturday, fur
ther bolstering the triumph OF the Blue
and Gray. Yet Georgetown unmistak-
ably won from Dartmouth.
From our seat in the stand, the Gen.
erals look to have considerable OF q
lead for South Atlantic honors for 1916
Pittsburgh seems TO be the leading
football eleven In the East, with Brown
Yale, and Princeton running close after
Warmers lads, after defeating little
Westminster, So to 0. won from Navy
20 to 10. without exposing its hand fol
watchful scouts, and then upset al
dope bv humbling the Syracuse masto
dons. 30 to o. and defeating Pennsyl
vania, 20 to 0.
and Trinity, Brown attracted attention
by mailing Amherst 50 10 0, and vii
liams. 20 to O. Then the Brunonians de
feated Rutgers p to 3. This last fielt
goal is the only score against Brown
Yale Slaughtered Virginia. 61 TO 0. anC
then successfully won from Lehigh, V
P. l.. Washington and Jefferson ant
Princeton won from Holy Cross. ant
North Carolina before defeating Tufts
8 TO o. after the Medford eleven haC
was soft, and then the Tigers lucke.
out against Dartmouth, to 3. Bucknel
"cof the so-called big teams" of tn,
Pennsylvania, Syracuse. Penn State
and w. and j. have all met at least on
defeat this season. Michigan. Yale
Army. Brown, and Princeton have cleal
states.
The last of the "easy games hav
been seen. From now on the big East
err. elevens will face foes of sterne
metal.
whole lot to win from Dartmouth mex
Saturday. The New Hampshire eleve
lost to Princeton only through bit o
hard luck. It's brilliant play earned
Saturday and II Is expected In NeN
England that Cavanaugh's boys wi
walk away from the Quakers.
Browns powerful eleven goes down I
New Haven intent on repeating las
years victory over the Ellis. But tn
Ellis OF 1916 are far different, especial
in spirit, from those of 1915 Yale's dc
tense in the last ditch against Colgat,
with Its ability to open up Its attack In
side OF the enemy's 20-yard line, ind
Gates a win for the Blue.
Just what Cornell will do agains
Michigan is in doubt. Neither teal
seems up to former standards, but tn
contest at Ithaca should be sizzling wit
feature stunts.
Pittsburgh, winner over Syracuse an
Pennsylvania. should be a favorite owe
w. and j.. despite the latter's forwaI
passng wizardry