The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-17
DEVELOP
BEST TEAM
IN 1928

III OEO
Lou Little, who severed his
athletic connections at George
town by accepting the head foot
bali coaching job at Columbia
University, has accomplished Two
things Of Importance during his
six-year term ct the Hilltop. He
has stabilized athletics there ana
gained the respect OF institutions
that once gave Georgetown a
black eve By casting yelled In
situations about the sportsman
ship Of the Blue and Gray ath-
letes.
These same schools now have
naught hit praise for Georgetown
and credit Lou Little for the
transformation. You can take the
word OF Cy and Mike Macdonald
as to- how these schools esteem
GEORGETOWN today. The Macdon-
j aids are known to every athletic
coach and director in the South.
They visit these schools every
year and hence are qualified to
pass Judgment on the wave Of
sentiment swung back to George
town through the medium Of Lou
Little.
ct was only q few years ago"
explained Cy Macdonald when
these schools raped Georgetown.
But today it is different. Not one
gives Georgetown a bad name today
and they speak well Of Lou Little
and Georgetown. I hate to see
Lou leave the Hilltop, but I do
hope the Georgetown authorities
keep Mike Palm and John Da-
groSSa."
Lou Little handled his first
Georgetown eleven In 1924,
succeeding Jackie MalOney,
who tutOred the 1923 team.
Immediately he began to
change things and announced
the HilItOppers would 60 to
training camp.
He chose the Woodberry Forest
School at Orange, Va, as the site,
Some Of those at that camp re-
call the nonStrolls Babe Con-
naughton, q mere kid Of nearly
800 pounds up from the Fresh
men, when he took a plunge in
the school pool. The water skied
upwards like q geyser and the walls
sagged. Next year the team
trained at Monmouth Beach,
II. j. Asbury Park, N. j., was
the camp site In 1925 and 1927:
wildwood, N. j., in 1928, and
Ocean City. N. j., this past year.
Titles worst year at George
town was his first, when he lost
four games out Of ten. His two
best seasons were 1925 and 1927,
when his team landed nine out Of
ten games Ia each year. Over his
six-year stretch at the Hilltop
LittIe'g teams have engaged in
S6 battles. The Hilltoppers tri-
yrnpl1ed I'm ~ Of these, met de-
feats ii 12 and tied the other
two.
N 1924 Georgetown lost to the
Cuantico Marines, "a: Fordham,
&c: Bilcknell, 14-7, and Penn, 80.
! The Little system took effect
with q smash the next year.
That year Buclnell beat the
HiIltopperS, 80, in q sea Of mud
sc the Clark Griffith Stadium
willis . heavy rain also beat down
upon the players. That was the
only defeat In q 1O-game schedule
capped By q great 27-O victory
over Fordhan, which had hither-
to been unconquered and was
! putting In q claim for national
football honors. Georgetown
s1ligI1t have beaten Bucknell on
dry field, as that 1925 team was
I glYlduestiOnably the best ever
turned out BY Little during his
stay at the Hilltop.
Con slider q first-string
baHkfield Of Captain Jack
Hagerty, Tony PIansIxy, Lou
nEet1ger, Bob GOrmley, BucIy
O'NeiI, Bobby Nork, Gerry
Thompson. and such brilliant
reserves as George McCabe,
George Donovan, BO Cuisinicr
and Phil Mclean. And q
line that included Frank Nc
Grath, Carl Waite, Heinie
lavish, George Murtagh,
Bing Miller, Moose Mosk0,
Dud Sauf, Claude Grigsby,
rip MOroney, Charlie Flynn
and others.
Georgetown won seven games
and lost two games in 1926.