The Washington times., 1936-12-26
1erpS, Cards
Campaigns
Fair
BY HARRY COSTELLO

BY HARRY COSTELLO
There's a football game today
in Atlanta, Georgia-but here
In the District there is little in
terest in whether Georgia Techs
Rambling Wreck scores over Uni
versity of California's Bears or
vica versa. However, Washing
tonians always seem interested
In what is written of the foot
ball doings of local college teams,
even if what is written is in the
form of a review.
AS we look back over the 1886
local grid season, one achieve
ment stands out boldly, and that
Is George Washington University's
win over the University of Arkan-
Sas RazorbackS, champions of the
Southwestern Conference. That
night when G. w. took the Razor
backs into camp by a 13-to-6
score, the Colonials served notice
that they were the best eleven
ever developed at the Buff and
Blue school.
Another outstanding event Of
the season, involving local col
lege team, was Georgetown's as
founding 28-to-0 victory over strong
West Virginia, but this Hoya vic
tory, sweet as it was, paled into sig
nificance when Georgetown won
over Maryland, 7 to 6.
AS far as individual players are
concerned, only one in the Dis
tritc group of colleges stood out.
He is Bill Guckeyson, pride OF
Bethesda, halfback extraordinary,
and truly great athlete.
Study of Records
AS one studies the records, one
finds that G.. w. and Georgetown
had really excellent seasons; Mary
land a pretty fair one; Catholic
University rather disastrous one,
for C. u; American University
another poor season, and ditto for
Ganaudet and Wilson Teachers.
G. WIS record of only one game
lost of nine played was the years
best locally, although George
towns record of only two games
lost stands out as worthy Of recog-
milton.
The Colonials started the season
with two easy wins, the first over
Emory-Henry, q to 0, the second
over Elon, 80 too. Then came the
Mississippi game, which was played
in sea of mud and ended in a
0-to-0 deadlock.
The fourth game of the g. w.
schedule found the Colonials pitted
against Arkansas. In justice to
the visiting team, it may be said
that the RazorbackS this early in
the year had not developed run
ming attack and when the night
of the c.. w. game arrived it was
wet, thus leaving Arkansas rather
high and dry. In this contest
G. w. showed the results of care
full coaching. The Colonial de-
fense was superb-the result,
without question, of an excellent
game-plan devised by Coach Jim
Pixlee and carried out to a nicety
by his players.
Wake Forest Game
The most sensational grid game
Of the season, and one which
ranks with the 16-to-13 and 8-to-7
Georgetown-Virginia ga mes of
more than two decades ago, was
the G. W. 13-to-12 win over Wake
Forest. The last play of the game
won for the Colonials.
G. WIS valiant battle against
Rice Institute, at Houston, Tex,
will go down in Colonial grid his
tory as one of the greatest ever
waged, under exasperating circum-
stances, by Buff and Blue team.
G. w. lost, IL to 6, but only after
the Washington team had proved
to Southwestern fans that G. W.,
with break or two to help it,
would have won over proud Rice.
In it's next two games, against
Davis and Elkins and Catawba,
G. w. "breezed," winning the first
20 to 6 and the second so to 0.
The Colonials topped their best
season of all-time by winning over
West Virginia.
Georgetown started with bang
and rang up five wins and a tie in
six games: Cd winning over Della
ware, 80 to 0; 90 winning over
Cincinnati, 60; winning over
Bucknell, 1910; tying New York
University. IT; winning over Shen-
andoah, 47-0; and, winning over
West Virginia, % to O..