The Washington times., 1924-10-27

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var. Georgetown, for years the
falloped by the Quantico Marine
al Exendine closed his career at
md Gray storm across Lafayette
years ago has Georgetown lived
But one more game remains to be j
with the Third Corps eleven, and
Stunning interest in that.
Georgetown goes to Greenville,
Institute, a rather second-rater,
Franklin Field with Pennsylvania
feated Virginia, % to 0, flirting
stiff defense but with little else.
like Virginia and the HiIltoppers
can hold the Red and Blue to q low
When Marquette trounced the.
Middies it was said that Bob Fol.
we'll did not care SO much to win
that game as he did the battle at
Princeton. but Saturdays victory of
West Virginia Wesleyan at Annap-
oils calls for some new excuse The
Navy, to speak the bitter truth,
seems to be having bad year and
may as well admit 1t. Penn State,
which has little to crow about this
year, appears at Annapolis next
Saturday and the Middies may sue
eeed in winning though It really
doesn't matter much.
Maryland has yet to find back.
field. Kirk Besley is a capable per-
Former, but he cannot do the work
of four men. Maryland has been
whipped by Washington and Lee
and Virginia Tech and is just one
more South Atlantic eleven in the
uoldrums.
& Allowing for difference in class
George Washington would appear
! the best bet in this section. Coach
Crum, former Princeton baclxfieId
star, has whipped his squad into
good shape and the Buff and Blue
seems well on the road to q sue
-OessfuI season. The annual scrap
between George Washington and
Catholic University should be well
worth seeing.
As between the West and the
mast the former has all the better
Of the comparison.
~ Chicago had small trouble whip
ping Brown, but Yale had to sum.
mon sheer madness in the final
period last Saturday to win from
sS4e brunOnld0S.
& Nebraska ran wild against Col
gate while Marquette triumphed
9ather easily over the Naval
Academy
81 Notre Danes two games in the |
East have been victories, first over |
the big West Point eleven and |
second over the Princeton Tigers.
Knute Rockne continues to stand |
pre-eminent as a. football coach, |
his Notre Dame teams the finest
machines in football.
Dartmouth, tying Yale and de. |
feating Harvard, now looks for
ward to winning from the twice
beaten Cornell eleven. If such be |
the result, the Hanoverians may |
find themselves classed among the |
best teams in the East.
Mickey DOOley, dethrOned as
#DartmOutEl's quarter back because
kiOf his alleged grab for glory"
Tot New Haven, came back to the
races Saturday and was the
brightest star i'm the Dartmouth
lineup against Harvard.
y Dooley elected to use the guar.
ter back sneak at New Haven.
Had It worked, Yale would have
been defeated. It failed and Yale
took the ball on the 1.yard line,
holding Dartmouth to a. tie. So
second-guessers quickly condemned
Dooley and his substitute, FLASH"
Fallon, started against Harvard.
Dooley's interception OF forward
pass enabled Dartmouth to score
its winning touchdown, while his
brilliant tackling on defense saved |
that victory twice later in the
game.
That sentiment. is necessary to
attract huge crowds to football
games was proved in New York.
Columbia and Williams played to
packed stands on Baker Field.
Lafayette and w. and ]. drew some 1
10000 to the Yankee Stadium. West
Virginia and Centre College at.
tracted a scant 1000 to the Polo
Grounds. 1t requies a lot Of bally-
hoo to bring out folks to football |
and the best ballyhoo Is based on
sentiment, the old alma mater stuff. |
This attendance is worrying Bal.
timore sports writer's, too. Venable
Stadium, capable Of seating some
10000 spectators, saw about 1000 \
viewing Saturdays service game /
between the Third Corps eleven and
that from Fort Benning, Georgia.
A week earlier Pittsburgh had
failed to draw ten thousand for its
game with Johns Hopkins.
Some Baltimore sports writer's
claim prices are too high for the
attractions at the Venable
Stadium. They insist that larger
crowds and greater gate receipts
would follow reduction In charges, |
but thus far they have failed TO
make a dent in the managers Of /
the acknowledgements stadium.
It will be interesting to compare
Baltimore and Washington this Il
week. Fort Benning battled the
Third Corps to a no-score tie in /
Baltimore last week and next Sat
urday faces the powerful Quantico
Marines at the Griffith Stadium. |
It Is very good bet that consid-
erahly more than 1000 football fans
will turn out here, which will serve |
to increase Baltimore's jealousy OF /
the Nations Capital.
Catholic University, losing to
Western Maryland, 10 to Z, gave an
excellent demonstration of sports.
tnanship Saturday. After ell is said
and done, defeat itself does not
sting half so much as how II IS re-
ceived and G. u. endured { bravely.
With the score tied, G.. u APP
parently made touchdown when
Adams took q forward pass from
DuFour, stumbled, recovered and
ran fifteen yards to the goal lire.
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