The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-17
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Visitors, However, Have Run
Up Impressive Record
This Season.

BuclneIl is q favorite to win
from Georgetown's varsity eleven
today in the Griffith Stadium.
Nevertheless, the PennsyIvanians
win have to fight their hardest to
put over the victory. While the
HiIltoppers have been defeated ii
their last five starts, yet they gave
q big argument to the five stiffest
opponents ever booked on : Blue
and Gray schedule. There is no
doubt but that there is plenty Of
power resident in the Georgetown
eleven. Games have been booted
away by fumbling and appalling
Igeneralship, but now the squad has
i its backs to the wall and there is
general feeling at the Hilltop this
week that the team is about % find
| itself and register q big comeback
in today's game.
However, Maloney's charges win
have rough going. Buckne1l has
had splendid gTidiron combinations
since the days Of Christy Mathew
SON. the famous harIer Of the
{ Giants, who got his first start in
athletics by serving as ful1back On
4 I, the eleven Of the LeWisburg institu-
L ton.
This year the Gold and Blue has
run up an impressive record. In
y the opening game it held Pitts
burgh scoreless for three periods,
but finally succumbed to the fury
of the Panther attack. a few
L 49, W.T.
by scoring two touchdOWns and be-
ing stopped from annexing two
more within the Blues 5-yard line
The chief strength of the visitors
lies in it's aerial game Constant
practice in this department has
brought BuckneiI to a degree Of
proficiency with the forward pass
that stamps the team as one Of the
cleverest outfits in the East. The
Georgetown secondary defense will
have to be on its toes every minute
liz it is to prevent their opponents
from running wild in this respect.
i Meanwhile, the HiIltOppers ap-
pear to have swung into stride.
The workouts Of the week have
shown smOOthness and precision
that were sadly lacking In the
early weeks Of the season. This
years team is green, but the
contests played to date have
vested the new men with the big
game experience that is needed
for steadiness under fire.
Georgetown has had the winning
habit in all branches of sports much
too long to take philosophic view
toward the seasons row of reverses.
: The team feels keenly the failures
of the campaign and consequently
, are desperate for victory 1t
! would appear that today's contest
is going to be very much OF a
battle from the opening whistle.
! Bucknefl is just as eager as the
Hilltoppers for a win especially in
: view OF the unexpected setback
handed 1T last year when It came to
/ the Capital
While the official lineup win not
be announced by Head Coach Ma
. loney until game time, 1t appears
! that Minihan will be back in his
/ old position at center: Sheehan and
!. .Murtagh, guards: Butler and Thomp-
5 son. tackles; King and Foley. ends;
: Breslin4 or Adams, quarterback;
! Hagerty and Byrne, halfbacks, and
+ De Gassis, fullback.
Foley, who will take Florence's
place on the end tomorrow, has
: come along fast in recent weeks
, and is expected to hold down his
,, flank in good shape. He Is Fair
! fax, OKLA. boy. who last year was
quarterback of the freshman team.
Among the missing will be Cap
tain Florence, Smell, lavish. and
Plansky Although none Of them
, will be in the opening lineup, it is
not improbable that several pf them
: will see service before the game
ends.
Plansgy just has been discharged
from the hospital, where he was
sent several days ago for examina-
ton into what appeared to ne an
obstinate case Of charley-horse in
his leg. An infection was discover
ed to be at the root Of the trouble.
! A slight operation was performed
and within a week he is expected to
+, be in better condition than at any
time since the early days Of the
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