Evening star., 1917-01-07
G. w. AND C. u. CUNTS PLAY
DIFFICULT GAMES THIS WEEK
Hatchetites Meet Temple u Tomorrow
Brooklanders Go to Annapolis Wednes-
day, and Local Fives Face Saturday.

by the Annapolis institution this sea-
son and to have won from it means a
favorable comparison with the best
teams of the Intercollegiate League.
A Yale man is authority for the state-
ment that Colgate last fall had. with The
strongest foot ball team in the country.
Here is the opinion expressed by the
Dark Blue athlete, who is a foot ball
player himself:
Colgate. to my way of thinking. could
have won from any team with the pos
sible exception of Pittsburgh. / saw it
play Brown on Thanksgiving day and ii
made Pollard and company look like a
great tackles and they had Pollard
downed almost in his tracks on every
/ play. Colgate had a powerful. well bal
anced machine. 1t was coached mighty
well. too. And something else. ] can tell
you that we were mighty lucky to get
| away with our game with Colgate. That
team gained ground consistently against
US all through the opening half and in the
second half was scored on because II
kicked outside twice in succession, neither
boot going more than a few Yards Those
poor kicks placed us in a position to score
after Legore got forward pass"
The chance of the Navy meeting
Georgetown in Washington next fall in a
foot ball game is extremely remote. to
say the best. from the local standpoint.
According to a decree of the Navy De-
partment the Navy eleven cannot leave
Annapolis for any contest other than that
with the Army If it could make one
trip the probabilities are that the Navy
would go to Philadelphia one year and
to Princeton the next. The Navy has
had a tacit understanding with Pennsy1-
vania and Princeton, it is said. for some
time that if it can make arrangements
to play one game away each year it is to
enter into an agreement to play at Prince
ton, nd ut d01 a
next. This would give the Midshipmen a
big contest at home each season, Penn
sylvania and Princeton alternating in
playing at Annapolis. The navy authori-
ties are making no effort to have the con-
test with Georgetown played in Wash
ington AS a matter of fact, the Navy
probably would rather have its game
with Georgetown take place in Annapolis
away from Annapolis one of the few
games in which some real foot ball is
likely to be seen by the students OF the
service institution.
Inability to agree on a date is pre-
venting the University of Georgia
meeting Maryland State College in
Washington next fall. State was will
ing to meet the request of Georgia in
the matter of a suitable guarantee. but
the only date on which Georgia could
make the trip was October 13. and the
Ma,ylanders had alrea@v rerr@e-"h
that date of the Navy under the clause
Of the contract signed last year. and
had had the request granted. II is
practically certain that the Georgia
team will be brought here I'm 1918. if
conditions in regard to guarantee
are the same.
Fred Rice has been laboringS under
many disadvantages in the develop
ment of his basket ball team at Cath
olic University He has been having
trouble keeping his men out regularly
because oT lack of Knowledge as to
their eligibility. and the practice has
been in way VERY unsatisfactory. The
team last year was torn to pieces by
the failures of several PLAYERS to meet
eligibility requirements. This season
the squad again is being handicapped.
though 1t is said that there has been
considerable difficulty in establishing
lust what players are. or are not, eli
gible. 1t is practically certain that
two men in whom much dependence
was placed will not he ahle to pIav anv
more this season-Gallivan and Cart
right. The former starred at center
last year and the latter was about the
best guard in Washn eton. The loss OF
these two players will hurt the chances
of the team. but even with them alb
sent a capable team will be developed
if the men are out consistently for
practice