The Washington times., 1924-10-18
ON
DEFENSE
TO-DAY
VIII Have to Get What Yard
age Il Can After Holding
Strong Marines
By ROSS L. CoNKLN.

BY ROSS l.. CONKLlN.
Every iota Of strength and
power and strategy that Is pos
sessed by the Georgetown Uni
versity football squad win be
thrown into the breach today in
the game against the Marine
eleven in an effort to rout the
boys from Quantico. Hostilities,
meaning the kickoff, are timed
for $3.50, and from then on un-
til some hour and q half later
incidents calculated to make q
thrilling football spectacle are
subject to development.
Deaer old GEORGETOWN goes into
the battle knowing that no Blue
and Gray team has ever beaten the
Marines. It 81 unlikely that the
present one win break that string
Of losses, but Georgetown, given It's
fair share Of luck, will not emerge
from the game without having hal
itS little say.
Coach Lou Little has been work
ing patiently and tirele4sly with his
material. His football wisdom is
great, and he knows that his men
have got to play real defensive
football to stem the attack OF the
Leathernechs. Then, too, there q
the small matter Of ringing UP some
scores. and Little, with HIS chief
lieutenant. Mike Palm, has been
diligently instilling scoring habits
into the squad.
Hilltop strategy seems to call Tor
q strictly defensive game, with now
and then try for some yardage.
Since the Hilltop line 10 better, 81
proportion, than the bacEfield, the
forwards win have to bear the
orunt OF the whole game.
Those light Georgetown lines
men have before them the posi-.
biIlty Of Sitting through the hefty
Marines for darling, devastating
tackles behind the line Of scrimi.
mage. Coach Little has taught
his men. the art Of Understanding.
and Of slipping through what
looms aS. an iInpeneErable wall.
The ends have been drilled TO
stop the great Goettge. Whether
or not they can do their work re.
mains to be seen,
No end Of dignitaries win b on
hand to witness the combat, Re-
Verttng to type, the Marines have
a love Tor blood and the smell OF
battle. Some few Of the thousands
expected to be at the game viii be
there to see q. massacre. They want
to see the boys tear each other
apart, limb by limb. Clark Griffith
stadium Is the seat Of the trouble.
Georgetown's lineup, subject to
last minute changes, win be: Nc.
Grath and Brooks, ends: Con.
naughton, and either lavish or
Mcnamara, tackles; Captain Shee.
han and Murtaugh, guards; Min.
milan, center; Murray, quarter.
back and Hegarty. DeGassis, and
Metzger, backs,
The Marine lineup win be: San.
derson and Skinner, ends; Liver.
sedge and Hunt, tackles: Cereck
and McHenry, guards; Larson or
Bailey, center: Groves, Ryclman,
Goettge, and Neal. backs.
The game should be one Of the
most important Of the local sea-
son. Because Georgetown has a
fighting chance to do tho unex.
pected, the game may resolve Il
sell into close, hard-fOught ar.
fair, with plenty Of excellent kick.
ing, expert forward passing and
open field running.
The Marines win march into the
stands and maybe through the
game. in full force. They have
their trained hound. their own pri.
vate band, and sew eral hundred
ardent boosters from QUANTITIES.
Georgetown's entry into the
stands will be less ostentatious.
The boys will filter in with their
sweeties, their yells, and a bulldog.
They also, It is alleged, have band
and 1t will vie with the Marine
bandsters for honors. Who can tell
but THAI the contest between the
bands may prove more exciting
than the game. A duel between
drum majors Is most interesting.
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