The Washington times., 1932-11-01
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OUTLINES
POLICY
BY HARRY COSTELLO
Georgetown football for George

town players.
Briefly, that is the plan at
Georgetown since yesterday, when
John L. CJack'O Hagerty, new
Hoya grid mentor, took over the
coaching reins.
Hagerty Immediately went to
work to prepare his charges for
the West Virginia game Saturday.
He assembled the players in a
classroom, where he outlined \
dozen simple plays and his poll
cies. After this talk, the squad
adjourned to the football field,
where a dummy scrimmage was
held.
Darkness was upon the field
when the new coach ordered a
cessation of play for the day.
Hagerty's first interview as
coach of the Hoyas was enlight-
ening.
Said Jack, who himself was
reCKOneQ as one OF Jne greatest OF
all Hoya grid stars:
"We will now have a bit of
Georgetown football at George
town.
KNOW EACH OTHER
'Tt is not amiss to point out
that Georgetown was playing
football some So years ago, be
fore many other American col
IegeS W re established.
with all due respect to so
called systems of football, con-
ditiOnS at Georgetown call for
Georgetown football. We know
and understand each other
here. We speak each others
language. I have no fault to
find with the NOtre Dame style
Of play. 1t has proved itself on
dozens of gridirOns all over
America. However, here at the
Hilltop, conditions are such that
it is better to have Georgetown
men in charge. Our boys, after
all, are Georgetown boys.
"Our athletic policies will be
outlined by proper &C Ademic au-
thOritieS, who have successfully
conducted Georgetown since
1889, when Georgetown College
was established. ..-z - -s.
"AS all Georgetown men can
see for themselves, we are now
undert king the Georgetown Of
fenSe of 1910, with slight mOdi.
ficatiOns to meet present tech
nicaI conditions in the game.
Lou Little, when he coached at
the Hilltop, followed suite close
Iy the formation taught by DIR.
Bunny" Larkin, when that
Georgetown grad and coach had
charge of football at George
town.
Plenty of Fun
81 feel that our boys will de-
rive many benefits from foot
ball. 1 want them to enjoy the
games we play and the practice
sessions. There is plenty of
wholesome fun in this game Of
football, and / intend to see
that the grid candidates have
plenty Of fun.
Gas far as I am concerned, 1
never want to see the tail wag
the dog. Football has it's right
full and proper place in the gen
eral educational Sch0ne here at
Georgetown, and it is not at all
impossible to have fine teams
made up of the best student in
the school.
"All of us at the Hilltop
have a wonderful chance to
salvage the season. 1t is a
matter of history that the
Georgetown team of 1913, for
instance, took the season out
of the fire when it won over
Virginia, which team entered
the game 5-tO-1 choice to
win over G. U.
"The Georgetown spirit Is
here at the Hilltop, as usual.
1t has never been away. For
So years we have taken care
of ourselves, and l rather
imagine we can do it now.
PROUD OF HOYAS
Georgetown men have pride
in their teams. / am a George
town man, and / have pride
in this team, and will have
pride in the teams to come.
1 am not worried about how
the team will play. / am def
initely certain that our men
will play well, regardless of
conditions. Not necessarily are
we entering any game under
a disadvantage. We are conf
dent we will do well, and we
propose to do sO."
Rain was expected to inter-
fere with today's practice, but
Hagerty planned to continue