The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-18
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Georgetown Has Triple Incen-
tive to Beat Maroon's
5. Crack Eleven
By r. b. THOMAS

by n IL 1ONA<A
= Georgetown University viii aim
6 sIay three birds with on fell
shot next Saturday when it faces
Eordham's unbeaten eleven in
New York.
The Blue and Gray Is ann
hitious to win recognition as one
/ & the crack teams Of the East.
! Il Graves the Jesuit football
championship.
And last, but important, the
Hilltoppers seek balm for the
BucknelI wound. It. has never
cesaed its pain since BucknelI
gave the Blue and Gray 3-to-2
stab.
An these things would be
Georgetown's reward for 8 Vie
tory over the team that con-
Aluered Holy Gross, which de-
feated Harvard and Bucknell.
Fordham sprang to prominence by
beating Holy Cross, after Holy Cross
had drawn the spotlight with VIC
ssefory over Harvard But the big
tact that stand out for Georgetown
the comparison Of records is
szlAat Holy Cross whipped BuckneIl
Sond Fordham d0wned Holy Cross.
.faeT Thus. a triumph for the Blue and
Gray over Fordham would take the
sting from Georgetown's defeat By
aBucknelI. the only defeat on George
towns record and one that even.
8ucknen followers present at the.
Contest declared was not exactly.
sdeserved It was a common opinion
that on field ii condition for b
MIR test of football ability, Gerge-
s1own would have won By 8 decisive
score.
-6n Although Holy Cross Is the only
.arHealIy formidable team that Ford.
evlaam has met the Maroon Is held
sbin high respect. Holy Cross was
syanquisned. IL to Q, but F0rdhaHn
aS1ore 70 pieces all other teams III
yz1ts path, piling mp s total Of 28e
points -
q And along Broadway the football
sdgiseacres are Offering odds against.
aaeorgetown.
The big game Saturday was the
stepic Of a discussion In the press.
rhox at the Washington-Brookl
basketball game the other night in
) brooklyn and the Gotham scribes4
were agred that Fordham should
= MIN by three touchdowns.
3.They emphasized the skill OF De-
staney and Leary, ends: Stephenson,
seenters Feaster, tackle. as mem.
shers OF a powerful line. and Joe
Manning, Graham and Zackszewsld,
Rs backfield players.
Graham is a broken field runner
zackszeWsld's forte Is defensive
sF1ay and Manning is Ifne-snash-
ing fullback. It is said that he hit
the line on seven successive plays
Ind gained 81 yards for a touch
down against Holy Cross.
IN, As for Delaney and Leary,
ssAlanlzmen. they win play opposite
pair Of ends next Saturday
guaranteed to make for them an
Interesting afternoon. McGrath
and Waite and MarOneyN are the
Georgetown ends, and they are to
be counted among the best. Me-
6rath. and Waite are likely to
start. but MaE0hey Is considered
almost certain to get his chance.
too in the seasons outstanding
s'game for Georgetown.
And speaking of Fordhan,s Ora.
ham as broken field specialist Inn
nlediately calls to mind one Jack
Hagerty, Georgetown captain and
aalfback, whose recent performances
have made him the most talked of
football player in this section.
But Georgetown looks to no i'm
mvidnal brilliancy in reckoning the
chances of victory and defeat Satur.
day. Lou Little, the impartial,
slave-driving coach OF the Blue and
Gray. has created a TEAM. There
isn't really weak unit in the ma
thine. And IN this connection It
might be said that Fordham has at
least one problem. Its baclxfieldI re-.
berye is not mp to snuff which con-
krasts with a happy feature of the
Blue and Gray eleven.