The Washington herald., 1917-10-31
PREPS and FRESHMEN
WORK FORDHAM PLAYS
Hilltoppers Campaigning for Elec-
ton Day Game-Other Grid
iron Gossip.
By JOHN A. DUGAN.

BY JOHN A. DUGAN.
athletics at Georgetown University,
very seldom boots anything in his
line, as Charlie is a close student of
all sports, and one of the best in the
business at observing the weakness
of any athletic team in action. The
trip which the Hilltop meteor made to
the New York Bronx last Saturday,
to watch Fordham University in ac-
ton against Rutgers, will not be
wasted energy as he returned home
with a few things tucked away in his
head which will increase the Hill
toppers chances in the big game in
Manhattan, on Election Day, with
Fordham for the Eastern champion
ship of the Jesuit Colleges.
Cox is well satisfied that he has
detected the defense of the Bronx
collegians, and also is quite contented
that he has a thorough line on the
style of attack which Fordham is
using this season.
Scull practice in chalking before the
Hilltop squad, Fordham's defense and
offense, took up most of the practice
yesterday afternoon at the Hilltop,
but Coach Exendine was not satisfied
with this indoor work and trotted
the athletes out on the gridiron for
one hour and one-half hard scrim-
mage work. A combination team
of the Freshmen and Props were
given the Fordham plays and worked
against the varsity. Although the
Hilltopper were puzzled at this new
assortment of shifts, they soon man
aged to break up, and now have a
good idea on the attack which they
will oppose on Election Day in New
York City.
Georgetown gridironers will be drilled
the balance Of the week against the
Fordham style OF plays and should
be in corking good shape when the
whistle sounds for this championship
battle.
The talk that has been going on for
the past week, in reference to stag
ing of a post-season game between
Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh, for the
benefit of the American Red Cross
or the tobacco fund, was handed
quite a jolt yesterday, when Glenn
Warren. coach of the University of
Pittsburgh. stated that he was forced
to turn 1t down.
The Saturday after Thanksgiving
the Smokey City eleven has ar
ranged to play one of the training
camps elevens situated in the vicinity
of Pittsburgh. for the benefit of the
soldiers tobacco fund.
A. r. Hamilton, Pittsburgh's most
prominent alumnus, the man who is
responsible for putting Pitt on the
football map, has arranged this con-
test.
Coach W. C. Rafftery, of the Wash
ington and Lee eleven, from Lexing-
ton, Va, refuses to hand a boost to
the Georgia Tech team, although the
Yellow Jackets handed the Generals a
good lacing. Rafftery claims that the
Yellow Jackets are not as good as
they are cracked up to be and this
has brought the following contribu-
ton:
Referring to the article containing
Coach Rafftery's letter about the
Georgia Tech team, he does the
Southern eleven at least one great in
justice by intimating that the Tech
team is intact from the season of 1916
and they sent up men to the officers
training camps. The writer happens
to know that Tech has only four of
last years regulars on the team, as
all of the others were drafted or
Joined the officers reserve. 1t must
be remembered, too. that Tech always
has had strong teams, probably due
to the work OF one of the best coaches
in the country, John Heisman, an old
Penn man.
Strupper may not be an All-Ameri-
can player as Rafftery says, but he
was good enough to attract the at
tention OF Harvard, and the Crimson
went after him SO hard that he
agreed to attend the Cambridge in
stitution last February. Harvard lost
him, however, when 1t was announced
that only informal football would be
played.
THE writer has been a player and
student Of football since 1892, virtually
twenty-five years, and 1t was his
privilege to see the Tech-Penn game
In Atlanta this fall. I also saw the
Penn-Pitt game and if my Judgment
Is worth anything, I will say the
Georgia Tech easily could beat Pitts
burgh.
"R. E. o'FARRELL."
The East VS.. the West will meet
on the gridiron next Saturday. Notre
Danes husky football warriors will
Journey from Indiana to clash with
the army team at West Point. 1t
will be the first inter-sectional clash
/ Of the year. The army Is expected to
win. In Oliphant they have one of
the greatest line smashers in the
game.
One week from next Saturday there
will be another clash of the East and
the West. Michigan will send its
eleven to Philadelphia to combat the
University of Pennsylvania, the lat
ter team surprised its followers by
the great showing it made against
Pittsburgh last week, while Michi-
gan has been showing this year the
class of football that in former wears
made the eleven one of the powers
in football.