The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-07

The relatively poor showing OF the
Georgetown varsity eleven was pri-
marily due to the lack of material.
When we first called attention to this,
the grapevine intelligence service
carried back to us the groans or
some In authority at the Hilltop,
which bothered US not whit.
Nevertheless. yielding to mortal
vanity, we grin as we quote below the
leading editorial from the Hoya,
.Georgetown's official weekly. for De-
Member 2:
ut II hitting ms the footing sen
son avs TO . close to give Coach
Exend ne the praise he well de-
serves. For once In many yenrs
Georgetown coach was confronted
with q lack of reserve material 40
necessary for the successful build
ing OF q arst-clnss team. Exendine
has done remarkably we'll this sea
son. He In q clever strateEist Win
"a thorough knOwIedre of the game
md riven the usual Georgetown
material he would have produced n
team ranking among the leaders.
As II In, he has whipped into shape
n nucleus for one Of the greatest
tear,s In the country and next year
should once mere find him with one
Of his famous championship
elevens."
Leo ]. Casey, editor of the Hoya.
rs a sapient young man, among other
things, and we gladly say amen"
10 his little boost for Albert A. Exen-
dine. who ranks with the best foot
ball coaches in the country, even II
ais team does not.
MORE IN THE HOYA.
There Is more in the Hoya concern
Ing football at the Hilltop, and we
pick out a bit here and there that
\ Gays: "The Hoya is able to make an
authoritative statement that plans are
already under way to put champion
ship team on the field. There will be
no curtailment of finances: in fact.
additional sums will be expended.
One Of the best line coaches in the
country will be secured The means
obtained to assist Head Coach Exen-
dine and Assistant Coach O'Reilly.
The coaching staff will be even more
greatly augmented before several Of
the big contest Of the season."
The Hoya forgot to mention. how
ever, that Dan O'Connor. former
Georgetown tackle and captain, who
played with Jim Thorpe's Canton
Bulldogs Saturday in New York, is
the line coach who may assist Exen-
dine next fall. O'Connor had consid-
cradle success in teaching the for
wards of the Center college eleven
this season prior to their clash with
the Harvard giants at Cambridge.
Dan O'Connor was an all-South At
lantic star when at Georgetown.
What is better. he possesses oceans Of
personality, which goes far in a
coach. Give him any kind of material
:'nd he should turn out a line fully
capable OF playing Exendine football.
which is Of the stellar type.
WILL NEED GOOD TEAM.
Georgetown will need a good team
in 1921, even II It doesn't meet the
Naval Academy. The Catholic col
leges Of the East are about to form
IN alliance consisting of Georgetown,
Roston, Fordham and Holy Cross.
This means three hard games for
each, right there. Then add Georgia
rech and some other hard opponent
20 the Hilltop list and tho trials and
rribulations of the coach given a
handful Of players such as Exendine
had this season may be imagined.
That Navy game for 1921 Is not a
certainty. The truth of the matter Is
that Georgetown is coming to the
conclusion reached many years ago
by Harvard and more recently by
pittsburgh and West Virginia, to wit
chat travelling year after year to An
napolic for small guarantee and a
stiff contest isn't worth IL.
II arrangements might be made for
the Navy eleven to play here now
and then, thus permitting the Hill
toppers to reap some financial re-