Evening star., 1948-10-20
Exendine, Former Georgetown Coach, Rates
His 1916 BockfieId Above -Four Horsemen
By GEORGE Huber

Those really were the good old
days." sighed the silver haired gen.
tleman sitting IN the hotel lobby
and talking about Georgetown Uni
versity's football history of three
decades ago. What teams we had
and what great bunch Of players.
Johnny Gilroy. Tommy Whelan,
Johnny McQuade, Jack Flavin, Dan
O'Connor - those and many more
like them. Great boys all, and they
made us some good, solid teams
and won more than their share of
games.
Reminiscing about the good old
days at the Hilltop was Albert Exen-
dine, star end of the Carlisle In
dians in those rugged football days
of the early 1900s who coached the
sport at Georgetown from 1914
through 1922. Aside from the Hoyas'
present coach. Jack Hagerty, Exen-
dine stayed longer at the Hilltop
and won more games than any other
mentor. His nine-year record was
S. wins, 20 losses and 3 ties.
EXendine was a surprise and
mighty welcome visitor at George
towns hotel in Tulsa, Okla, last
Saturday, before the game against
University of Tulsa, and was per-
haps the Hoyas' most ardent rooter
as they passed to a last-period 1877
victory in the wind and rain. He
was viewing his first Georgetown
game since he left at the end Of
the 1922 season to continue his law
practice out West and to coach
later at Washington State, Occi-
dental and Oklahoma A. and M.
Looks Belle His Age.
Before the game, though, Exen-
dine had time to talk Of football
the way it used to be played at the
Hilltop and to go over briefly the
names and deeds of some of the
top-f1ight players he coached. AS
for himself, he's hale and hearty
at an age something over 49," and
in such good physical shape that he
says IF I had better health I
wouldn't know what to do with it,"
He's tall, trim and erect, weighs
"l85 pounds of solid bone and mus
cle," and aside from his silver, crew.
cut hair, doesn't appear many years
beyond the 40 he humorously ad-
mits, although he must be at least
so. Since he stopped coaching he's
been with the Indian Service and
at present Is district Indian agent
at Muskogee, Okla.
Exendine's career at Georgetown
really started during the 1918 sea-
son. Pop Warmers Carlisle Indians,
with EXendine as assistant coach
and Gus WEIGH as quarterback.
came to Georgetown and gave the
Hoyas their usual drubbing, this
time $40.
Georgetown was having a miser-
able season and Pop Warner want
ed to do something for his good
friend Bunny Larkin-Dr. Edward
Larkin, who died recently. Larkin,
a loyal Georgetown alumnus, was
helping to coach the team in his
spare time. So when the Indians
departed they left Exendine behind
to see If he could aid in getting the
team ready for Virginia, George
towns traditional rival of those
days, and the one they wanted more
than any other to beat.
Tossed Out Hoya Plays.
Exendine discarded Georgetown's
plays, combined some of his own
with some of Warmers, and in two
weeks sent the Hoyas against Vir-
ginia. The Cavaliers were is
favorites, but the fighting Hoyas
played them to a standstiu through
out. In the final minute of the
game. with Virginia leading 7-6,
the Hoyas pushed Virginia back to
its own goal. There was time for
one more play and Virginia pre-
pared to kick. But on that play
the whole left side OF the George
town line crashed through and
blocked the kick for a safety and
an 81 triumph.
It was the last game played by
Georgetown and Virginia. Exendine
took over as head coach the next
year. 1914.
Exendine couldn't, or wouldn't,
pick any player as the best he
coached at Georgetown, but he did
have high praise for his 1915 back