The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
TWO SOUTHERN TEAMS
EASILY N The LEAD
Georgetown and Georgia Tech I'm
featcd This Season.-v. p. L.
Has Great Eleven.
Copyright. Tribune Service.

Georgetown and Georgia Tech have
the only real strong football teams in
the South. or all the eievens that
heI etoYoie have proved brilliant grid
only ones now maintaining the high
est sta 1dard of moIeskin proficiency
Roth have teen winning their games
by big scores and now 1t looks very
much al II they ha' good chance 70
go through their seasons without de-
feat. Georgetown. cf course, Will get
all II Ia looking for In the way OF a
real struggle at the Navy on Novem-
ber 10, but barring that contest no
other f. listed tor either the Blue and
Gray or Georgetown that looks any,
thing Hike defeat
Sc Tar this season Georgetown and
Georgia Tech have been winning their
games regularly as played. The best
effort OF the former was in the defeat
administered to Lehigh. and the most
nptewotr hy achievement of the latter
was It's IL to 0 victory over Pennsyl-
vania.
1t would, indeed be interesting IT
Georgia Tech and Georgetown could
get together for a post contest.
The two elevens would represent about
the best In southern football and q
contest between them would be brill
liant In ev,.fy department. The posi-
bility ofsuch a game probably is very
remote, but the suggestion that an
attempt be made TO arrange II GER.
tatnly is not amiss. 1t has been along
ctn tao a
we're playing below the Mason-Dixon
line.
Georgetown's victory over V. p. L..
while II was not an easy walkoveV',
showed the Blue ann GRAY to be sn-
pre- me. as far as football In the South
tf'"~'t~ saction is concerned. Except
ing Georgetown. v. P. I. probably is
a. strong AS any other eleven in the
section. but against the Blue and Ora.
1t could not accomplish much. George
town won the contest and won It
easily. despite reports OF the strength
Of the visitors.
Incidentally. It might not he amiss
to mention right here that the Blue
and Gray has two halfbacks who need
take second place to those of no other
team. Gilrey and McQuade are not
only brilliant, but consistently so. two
qualities seldom united in anybody.
Georgetown. like Georgia Tech bases
its greatest power in the capabilities
of two great running halfbacks. Al
Georgia Tech Strupper and Guyon &C.
cupy about the same relative position
that Gil-ov and McQuade do at
Georgetown.
Maryland state, after getting a bad
start. trounced Wake Forest without
an awful lot Of trouble. As matter
.-of fact, had not State received so
many penalties. It would have run up
a bigger score by far. OF course. the
penalties were deserved, the majority
OF them coming as result OF the
fcsw.rhs charging before the bali was
snapped.
States eleven played good football
most of the time. but continued to
show a dispe sition to let up when
'hines were coming Its way. Several
faults in its plsy must be corrected
and improved before 1T can hope TO
VITA any OF the remaining games on its
schedule. North Carolina A. and NJ.
comes here II is week to meet the
Msrylandets. the following week st.
Johns is booked and then Penn state
Is to be faced. after which will be the
annual Thanksgiving day struggle
with Hopkins. None OF these contests
Will be Won without putting forth bet
ter football than so far has been
shown