The Washington times., 1930-11-07
Today's
Sportorial
By KIRK MILLER

ApropoS Of a suggestion made
herein yesterday that college
alumni interest themselves in
bringing about a football game
to be played locally to aid in
alleviating the local JInemploy-
ment situation, comes a latter
from an alumnuS Of George
Washington University making
a suggestion which is worthy Of
being passed along.
The letter, from John Albert
Dawson, TiIden Gardens, q
graduate Of George Washington
University, gives the fans atti-
tude toward the great economic
crisis in which this city, like
many others throughout the
country, finds itself and insofar
as his reference to the press is
concerned, this newspaper viii
be happy to lend literally Of
type and photographs to aid this
and any other suggestion which
may flower to actuality. Mr..
Dawson says:
'"The agitation to have the
Navy.GeOrge Washington Uni
versity football game, scheduled
to be played at Annapolis on
the twenty-ninth Of this month,
played here at Washington for
charity is q more than worthy
proposition but those wise in
the way of sports know that
Navy will decline to do this and
give good reasons for not per-
mitting the game to be played
here.
However, If this move should
not materialize, and the
chances are greatly against it,
why not try to get Tom Mills
and Jim PixIee together ON
the proposition Of q George
town George Washington game
to be played here December 6
for charity and for the cham
pionship Of the city? Thou
sands would turn out to see
such a contest ON its own ner-
its, while thousands Of others
would do SO to aid in q great
charitable work.
"There will be thousands Of
poor people right in our ma
tiOn'S Capital i'm dire need and
distress this winter and the
thousands Of dollars such a
game would bring In would do
much to help the Community
Chest and other like Organiza-
tionS do q great work towards
feeding and clothing these
needy people.
"The sporting angle would
be this: George Washington
plays Catholic U. this month
and should win, while Catholic
u. plays American University,
another local institution, this
very weekend and Catholic
University should win that one.
Thus we have the final picture
of Georgetown, the year-in-and-
year-Out king of football locally,
playing an up and coming
George Washington eleven for
the city championship. There
we have the element Of con-
test between natural rivals
which are also the two leading
educational institutions Of
Washington.
II am a George Washington
man but have the greatest ad-
miratiOn for the Blue and Gray
and the splendid teams turned
out annually on the Hilltop,
and my only regret has been
that George Washington has
not been rtrOng enough to offer
Georgetown the proper compe-
titiOn necessary to build up such
an intracity contest.
~ have very often won
dered the athletic authOri-
ties at George Washington
scheduled games with tough
clubs like Tulsa and South Da.
kOta, which are hard for any
one to beat and when beaten
no credit accrues to the victor
as teams of that type are 50
little kno-7U outside Of their inn
mediate vicinities that they
have no prestige, especially in
the East.
"As q constructive criticism
along this line. I have always
thought it would be Of much
more advantage for G. w. to
endeavor to schedule George
town, one Of the nationally
known football elevens and lose
by two or three touchd0wIls,
with the chance of scoring an
upset always in the Offing, than.
to meet clubs like the shove
mentioned.
"A game such as the g. o.
G. w. one would be played
locally, which would be of more
interest to the students and ad-
herents Of both institutions
than an intersectiOnal game
with q strong but little known
opponent. The closing Sugges-
tiOn is now made that . COM
mittee Of local sports writer's
and representatives Of the
charitable organizations con-
cerned do q little team work
for this worthy cause and start