Seamen Gunners at Georgetown

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 2, 1910, page 1

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  GEORGETOWN HAPPY OVER FIRST GAME Smothers Seamen GunnerS In Opening Exhibition Of Football Rules Here. Not since 1904 has Georgetown had such an suspicious opening as that which today is bringing forth congratuIations from all sides at the showing which was made yesterday when Coach Nelson’s men thoroughly trOunced the Seamen Gunners on Georgetown Field BY = TO O. Wide END runs, broken field work, and snapBy-- accurate forward passes were the features The Seamen Gunuers deserve great credit for their performance. as they were No against heavier and more eNperieuced men. Who showed superior KNOWLEDGE OF the game at ali times Seldom was = pcss Ole Tor the Navy man 10 Eaiu his length, and the kicker was forced 10 get the ball of IN too much Of a hurry 10 set any direction IL the backheld Dunn Fury, and Wy man performed vel Fury anu Dunn pulled of several end runs and Nlymau was an adept in grabbing forward “a sseS on the defense and dashing for ionE runs Little Sitterding ran the team well and worked the forward pass TO advantage. keeping at al times his team on the move and getting material results. The 1fn-sfsn-

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Georgetown leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.