Georgetown at Navy

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 29, 1903, page 8

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  GEORGETOWN TRIMS NAVY AT FOOTBALL Blue and Gray Victorious Over the Mid dies by the Score of IL to S. ANNAPOLIS. Oct 29-The Blue and Gold of the navy was trailed in the dust by the Blue and Gray of George town in the football game here yesterday afternoon, the latter winning by the score of II TO .. This makes the second and worst defeat Annapolis has recef red this season. Lafayette win ming last Saturday by narrow margin Of only one point All the scoring was done in the first half. and only once was either goal dangerously threatened during the second part of the game. Georgetown started in the game with a rush. and five minutes after the contest begun gained steadily by hard line plunges rushing the ball from midfeld to the 5-yard mark, and Reilly was pushed over for a touchdown. Carroll kicking the goal the ball on a tumble on Georgetown 2O-yard line. and carried the ball over. IIalsey scoring on a plunge through left tackle Strasburger failed at a diff cult goal Georgetown scored her second touch down just before the close Of the half. Hart doing the work. Carroll kicked his second goal The feature of the game was two runs of twenty and thirty yards each by Reilly. of Georgetown. who received the ball on a cleverly executed double pass. I

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 29, 1903, page 5

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  GEORGETOWN BEATS NAVY Washington Backs Outclass Md shipmeH-IHe Score. II to D. Annapolis. No. Oct. 2s-The midshipmen were fortunate not to lose to-days football game against Georgetown by larger than Il 70 ,. for the visitors stronger and faster and played better football in every way EXCEPT. perhaps. In holding the ball The Georgetown line was stronger. but its great superiority in its swift POWERFUL backs Reilly is the best haIfoack seen here this season. and Hart. at right half and MaTteU az full, were splendid uterferers and carried the ball themselves to great advantage Georgetown showed variety u plays. the most effective being a variation OF the double pass. iu which one OF the backs. when about % b. tackled passed the ball To q man behind running in the same direction. This play was worked between Hart and Reilly in either direction with great raCy and as both we-r entirely too swift for the mitShipmen, the play generally gained from fifteen to thirty Yards Carroll. in carrying the ball from his position IN the line. recalled the work of Ernst Of Lafayette. The lineup and score:

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1903, page 1

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  VICTORY FOR GEORGETOWN. Middies Outplayed and Outclassed in Yesterdays Game. Outplayed and outclassed at every point of the game. the midshipmen making their only touchdown through close decisions of Referee Dashiel and the inability of the Blue and Gray TO successfully handle How ards punts. tells the story of yesterdays game at Annapolis. in which Navy lost to Georgetown University The score was to <. Mahoney kicked off for the visitors to EIalsey on Nays 2e-yard line After try ing Georgetown’s line and finding that 1t held like Il stone wall Navy was forced to kick. Georgetown tried double pass in which the ball was fumbled and rolled back for an apparent loss of ten yards. but Reilly recovered 1t and made 25-yard gain around right end before being downed. Georgetown by a succession of rapid line plunges forced its opponents back until Hart was sent through the line for Ave points. Carroll kicked goal, making IL g. All this was done I’m three minutes. Navy recovered the bali shortly after the next KICKOFF through Georgetown’s tumble

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Navy leads 10–⁠4–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the nine since this game.