Evening star., 1917-11-28
Geor1etOWn.
BY n. C. BYRD.

Army Ambulance Corps, the ia''ei
known as the Usaacs. are due to line
up tomorrow afternoon at 2:3o O'Clock
at American League Park IN what
shonld he the best gridron struggle
of the year on local feid. tohoi-
tions underfoot are going TO De very
bad and will detract somewhat from
the quality of the play, but even d.
that. there will be plenty OF reai ln-
terest for the spectators. Excep1lonai-
ly fast play will be next to Impossible
and the outcome Of the contest rem
dered more uncertain than ever.
Last night the biggest part OF the
Auhnlance Corps came to Washington.
The procession on the Washington ana
Baltimore pike must have reseHoleu
somewhat the first Germahlc shvashon ,sh,
Of France. The long train OF ampu
'lances, automobile transports ana Ieiu
Kitchens caused it to seem as IL
whole army were on the move. ila.i
a dozen of the trucks were iate ge,-
ting over and stopped at the Mary
land state College, where the solaiers
were given rooms in the dormitory ior
the night. They came in town thls
morning.
With. the ambulance men C comes N IS, "a a
to be one of the best musical organi-
zations in the east. 1t was not spe-
cially recruited. but was got tosether
from the former members of college
bands and glee clubs that had already
enlisted in the Ambulance Corps.
Something else. the soldiers have a
real college cheering organization. A
former Princeton cheer leader Is IN
the corps and he does his part of the
work in shipshape: The yelis nave
been rehearsed until, it is claimed. a
whole lot of student bodies in colleges
would be put to shame by compari-
son-and everybody knows that body
Of students can really yell when 1t
gets started.
Arrangements have been made to
give the ambulance soldiers a Thanks
giving dinner Immediately after the
game and a dance at night. 1t was
planned to give theater party. too.
but permission could not be secured
from those in charge Of the event In
time to reserve sufficient seats.
This morning the ambulance players
We're scheduled for their last work tout
before leaving Allentown for Wash
ington. They are due to get here this
afternoon. Three of the members Of
the team are we'll known to Wash
ingtonians. Pike johnson and Moore.
tackle and guard at Washington and
halfback, at Maryland State. were bril-
liant performers in this section.
Brewer also is a Washington boy and
formerly attended Western High and
st. Adams.
Cramer. fullback on the visiting elev-
en-, is said to be one of the best backs
in the country. He Is clever in about
everything that goes in good foot ball
and has weight to back 1t up. In fact,
all the backs on the soldier team are
! tie farther. there is not a man in the
lineup who has not been star in
some college.
Against such crack organization
Georgetown will place a team of pow :
erful, well drilled players. among
whom are two backs who need take
off their hats to no individuals cavort-
ing on the sridiron. Georgetowns line
contrary to what seems to be the i'm
preston Is not light. one end and
the center weigh around go pounds
each, but both one tackle and one
guard go we'll over $50. one tackle
weighs more than 200. the other guard
! tips the scales at 176. and Whalen,
Gilroy and McQuade are well over l10
each and Cody is around that figure
SO 1t is clearly evident that the am
bulance men will not be against
| bunch Of weaklings, by any means. IL
anybody thinks SO. 1t is up to him to
think again.
| No matter what the conditions under
which the contest will be played, the
| =
features, should be very interesting.
Both teams are well equipped with
| plays for just such a day as tomorrow
! is likely to be.
! Much of the credit for whatever success
| the game tomorrow attains in the way Of
attendance is due to Jimmy Powers, for
mer sport writer on the Boston Globe, and
! T. A. Moore, newspaper man from the
/ Detroit Free Press. Both are members
| of the Ambulance Corps. Two weeks ago
| Powers came down to Washington and he
I has diligently worked to keep the am
| bulance eleven in the papers and to hand
out news concerning the contest. Moore
came in two days ago and since has
done a lot Of good work in helping
/ Powers Both are fine fellows and will
, leave many pleasant memories among the
newspaper fraternity of Washington.
| Maryland state goes over to Balti-
more TO play the big game of the year
| in Maryland, meeting Johns Hopkins
| Both elevens probab bly, would sacrifice
/ the whole of the other parts of their
! schedule TO win the annual Thanksgiv-
! ing day struggle.
Some kind of A rumor got loose over
; in Baltimore TIVE days ago that Fletch-
i er, star back at State, had got IA COM
>i9ht.