The Washington herald., 1920-12-26
HATCHETITES TO
PLAY VIRGnVIAU.
IN GRID OPENER
No Effort Made to Meet
Games Giants Again
Next Year.
By JACK NYE-

By JACK NYE-
Once upon q time there was a
mouse whose domain was . well
stocked cellar.
Now this was a prohibition mouse
and q timid fellow at that. Every
other mouse in the neighborhood
made q practice Of bullying him.
One evening he CHANGED across a
rivulet which had as its source a
barrel OF hooch. 1t was something
new to him. He took a wee nip and
waited to see II it was poison. After
a minute or two his dropping spirits
began to rise. He tested the mystic
rious fluid again and yet again.
In the course of an hour this
shrinking rodent had undergone q
marvellous transformation. After
having licked all the other mouse
let's he could find, he stood on one
leg, waved his arms and squeaked:
"Hic. bring on that damned cat"
G.. ". Challenged Many Cats.
It's not a new story by any means.
But it illustrates the state of mind
Of the parties who mapped out the
ule last season.
all the cats they could find, in fact
And what the cats did to the George
Washington mouse was a sad, sad
story.
When Bryan Morse took over the
destinies Of the Hatchetite team he
found a herculean task before him.
With q bunch OF green men to work
with, most Of them Just out OF the
high schools. and handicapped by
study hours that connicted with
football practice-a thing that may
be conducive to learning but not to
the development of a great gridiron
machine-the Hatchetite mentor
was up against il. When he looked
over the schedule he might have
tainted had he not been made OF
sterner stuff. The enemy list was
something awful.
There was Western Maryland and
Delaware College to begin with
Having been warmed up by these
preliminary" battles, the G. w. U
team was called upon to meet Wes'
Virginia. Villanova was next and
provided the only victory of th'
season for the local institution
Bethany. West Virginia. Wesleyan
and Fordham were also listed. The
meeting with the Navy at Annapolis
was called of by mutual consen
and the final game was with c. U
That would have been a pretty TAI
schedule for Pittsburgh or Prince
ton, but for the budding Hachetite!
10 was a crime.
Players Saw the Joke.
Some Of Morse's young star
waxed sarcastic over the schedule
One afternoon member of tn,
team sprung this on the coach:
Say, let's have a regular sched
ule next season: we can take ol
West Virginia, Virginia, Boston Col
lege and a few others for prelimi
nary games and wind up the seasol
with some regular games wit
b. Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh and pos
sibly Harvard"
Morse grinned and thought it wa
a good joke 1t was.
In making out the schedule 70
next season however. the Trainer
Of that important document al
lowed their enthusiasm to be tenn
peTed with better judgment. The
have lined up games which give tn
Hachetites a chance to win owe
half their battles, which is as |
should be.
Open Season with virgins.
The season will open with a visi
TO Charlottesville. where the Uni
versity will be played. The Ol
Dominion team should win the gam,
but 1t ought to prove interesting
- Then comes Western Maryland /
Washington and again the visitor
seem duo to have the better of tn
argument, unless the Hatchetite
show much increased effectiveness
After that game. however. tn
games are going to be mighty in
tSrestinS- William and Mary a
norfolk. Drexel Institute at Phila
aeiplla, 81. Johns in Washington
Washington College at ChestertovI
Nd. Gallaudet and Catholic ynive,
sly IN Washington, complete tn
Such schedule will give Cosc
Morse a chance to prove his wortf
He faced hopeless task last fan.
Or maybe he appeared before tb
schedule makers and, not hayin
imbfbed of the fluid that set IN
nous" crazy, made a speech some
thing like this:
Tackle all the mice you want Il
put don't bring on the cats agair
Nhen It comes to cats. 1 Al
through"
Here Is the complete Geors
Washington schedule for 1921:
October I. University of yirginI;
at Charlottesville. Va
october s. Western Maryland Col
lege. in Washington. d. c.
october Is. William and Mar
College. in Norfolk, Va.
october %. Drexel Institute, q
Philadelphia. Pa
October 20. St Johns College, 4
Washington (pending).
November 5. Washington Colleg
Cbestertown, Md
November IL. Gallaudet Coller
n Washington, d. c.
November "a. Catholic Uniyersit
In Washington, d. C.