The Washington times., 1936-03-19
Grid GLORY
Reborn at
Hilltop
By KIRK MILLER

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There are many signs Of
this, both in and between the
lines of the news releases.
Georgetown men, of whom
there are myriad in Washing
ton, are beginning to feel a
little cocky about the football
future.
Why, some OF the athletic
minded of them went so far as
to say at the dinner of the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick on
Tuesday evening that the Blue
and Gray will have one of the
best seasons next fall since Lou
Little's time.
Not Just Idle Boast
However, boaSting is pardonable
whenever men foregather under
the kindly auspices of that great
Irish saint, albeit none can deny
Georgetown's eleven of last au-
tumn, which only loses about
three seniors, showed earmarks of
greatness for the coming season
as we'll as that following.
One of the definite indications
that football is going to undergo
q bit of intensive treatment at the
Hilltop in the years ahead, as
compared to that regrettable span
Of deflation out of which the
athletic department is just emerg-
ing, is the announcement that
Pennsylvania is to be met at Phil
sdelphia a year from next fall.
While the arrangements com.
pleted this week for that game
cover but a one-year span, there
is no reason to believe its sue
cessors will not be duly scheduled.
The teams have met sporadically
since 1893 and enough natural
rivalry can be stirred up in an
nual meetings between Pennsyl-
vania and Georgetown to make
them valuable football fixtures.
Team Is Improving
Georgetown proved last season
in several of its games that it is
Of the caliber to give the likes
of Pennsylvania an interesting
afternoon. That scoreless tie to
which New York University was
held established Georgetown as
no pushover. The 9-to-0 defeat
Of Manhattan in early season
was gratifying for a team just
climbing back into the limelight.
And the Maryland and Western
Maryland defeats encountered by
Georgetown were not by immense
margins, 6 and 13 points, respec-
lively, proving that team that
can look that good in adversely,
possesses potentiality for the ap-
praching seasons.
Georgetown men are glad to
see their team make a bid for the
Splendor that has lowered as an
aureole over its brother colleges Of
Washington in recent years.
George Washington has enjoyed
the heights of popularity here in
seasons when it had little opposi-
ton for local favor from some of
the other colleges.
Catholic University assembled to
It's peak in 1885, Gaping a great
year with a bid to, and victory
in, the Orange Bowl game at
Miami.
On the horizon, however, George
town alumni and undergraduates
can now see their colorS again
Haunting gallantly to autumnal
breezes, because football is un-
deniably on the upgrade there on
the heights of the Potomac where
so many great teams have
flourished in the past.
Victory Is AvOwed
Fact is, it is the purpose Of
Coach Jack Hagerty and his staff
of assistants to write history in
the football log up yonder by Civ
ing Pennsylvania it's first de-
feat in the four games in which
the two colleges will have been
pitted.
Back in the beginning Of this
football relationship, Georgetown
suffered 12-to-0 setback at the
hands of the 1893 Red and Blue.
In their second meeting, the fol-
lowing year, Georgetown received
a humiliating 46-to-0 defeat, after
which the elevens did not meet
for 80 years.
Many of us recall their next
game, II years ago last fall, when
Georgetown proved it belonged in
the Pennsylvania category by
keeping the loss to a 3-to-0 affair,
in a game which Pennsylvania
was able to win only through the
effectiveness of AL Krel1Z's master
full kicking.
Now, Georgetown is back on
Penn'S schedule, a fact which
should make any Washingtonian
happy, and the law Of averages
would indicate the Blue and Gray
has a victory coming to it.
LeaStwlSe. the gridiron glory
which was Georgetown's is hitting
the homeward trail. That is plain
to all