Georgetown at Richmond

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 22, 1911, page 6

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  Georgetown Trims Richmond Lads Timekeeper Makes Mistake and First Period Goes Twenty-sepen Minutes Bryant, Magner, and Fury Tear Off Long Runs. “l’N-‘ii ~ 4IlG w washington Herald Richmond Va. Oct. T-NIaking the hrst touchdown in eight minutes George town University this afternoon walked away with Richmond College by a score OF TO to 0. Bryant. the husky full back OF Georgetown. made one the prettiest runs ever seen on the local gridiron, the Spiders continually baskinG in the dust he raised as he sailed for their line The timekeeperS watch stopped in the first period and as consequence 1t went tWenty-seven minutes instead of twelve as originally agreed upon, and to this Coach Honaker attributes the awful slaughter OF his team, as only one of the touchdowns made in that period would have counted had the time been COR rect The visitors outweghed the Spiders and showed their superiority in every play. In the early part of the first period Riley made a couple of star tackles, mailing his man far behind the line Of scrimmase. 1t was nip and tuck IN those first moments. The defense of the visitors was well night perfect, and the light lads from the Richmond school were unable to make any advance against their defense. The first quarter found the score % 70 D. Bryant and Campazzi the former a+ Iull and the latter at left half vera the main forces for the Blue and Graywith Costello aiding whenever necessary ana young Bill Sitterdng, a local product, running the team with the iudgment anad precision of a veteran Ha covered himself with IaureIs when he pulled off a long run straight througb the center Of the line. He missed his hrst try for goal, but his second boot was beautiful one georgetown rolled up seventeen more points in the second period. n7akinp, the score at the end of the first half 20 to O. Georgetown got around the ends in s,cb a manner that they could not he over taken, Bryant apparently having TO trou- Die IN going through tackle and guard. end and tackle, and vice versa. White haIred Hart with a whole team on his pack, managed to make the required dis ! tdnce on several occasions. II was pretty from GeorgetOwn’s viewpoint, but it was uuIei I’ll 10 the rooters for the Spiders. Campazzi Looks Good. Campazzi had no trouble in tearing off 20, 50, and 50 yards at a clip. Lutz, wbo played defensive quarter, was unable to stop him In the third period Georgetown scored sixteen more points. Gibbons made one or two changes in his line, but the resuit was the same. Fury, who took Cos tellos place, ran the length of the field and crossed the goal line with a tumbling field of pursuers behind him Magner, substituting for sitterding at quarter, ran 90 yards for another touchdown. Costello made but one goal from field out Of five attempts. Richmond College made first down but once, and this came in the last period, as a result Of a slight gain by Lutz and Ancarrow and a for ward pass from Taylor to Lutz. Fumbles were not frequent, but several were made and the visitors got all the best Of the breaks. One spot for the cOlIegians to point to is that on three different occasions they took the ball from Georgetown on downs, and on at least one other occasion the Blue and Gray were compelled to kick. The game was uninteresting to the spec tators, and it was a fearful slaughter for the Collegians. Lineup and summary:

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 22, 1911, page 60

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  GEORGETOWN, EASY Blue and Gray Trims Rich mond College, SIS to O. VIRGiNlANS NOT IN 1T Game Shows Much Strength for Blue and Gray and Weakness of Opponents. IIRGINIANS NOT IN 1T Special DlSpatch 10 STAR. RICHMOND, Va, October 21-Georgetown played rings around Richmond College this afternoon, the final score standing 10 to o. 1t was series of line plunges from the start to the end of the contest. varied with few end runs for ward passes and fake kicks. The first touchdown took place in six minutes after play began, Bryant taking the ball over and Costello tried for goal. the ball going off side. The Campazzi was. called on and the ball was taken over in jig time for the second touchdown, and Sitterding kicked goal, and in less than three min utes, after 50-yard run, Campazzi took the ball over for third touchdown, and again Sitterding placed the ball between the posts. Richmond got the ball on the kickoff, but failed to make distance, and Georgetown had no trouble in making the necessary gains for a fourth touch down and Sitterding continued his habit Of kicking goal, and at the end of the first quarter the score stood 23 to iri favor of Georgetown. Game All Georgetown. The second quarter was of the same general character, and in about two min utes Georgetown had made another touch down, and then Sitterding came to the front and placed another ball between the posts. After Richmond had kicked again and Georgetown had brought the ball back, and forward pass had failed, the ball was captured by Georgetown and Campazzi made a dash of to yards and Sitterding made goal The score at this time was 35 to O. Following repeated distance gains on the part of GEORGETOWN. Campazzi carried the ball over once more and Sitterding missed goal. Time was called for the first half, with GEORGETOWN just 40 points and Richmond 0. At the beginning Of the second half Georgetown made several changes in its lineup, and Richmond made one or two. but the change seemed to he futile so far as getting any action on the part of Rich mond in the scoring line was concerned. Fury went in and placed the ball behind Richmond’s goal in just two minutes. and when he tried for goal it was failure then Kraft went over for touchdown and Hart kicked the ball Richmond took brace and began to play the hard est game she has had this season, but il was fruitless. Georgetown was twice penaliZed in the first down for offside work. and finally Magner got hold of the ball and made 80 yards for touchdown. Hart missed goal. Then Richmond kick. ed again and Georgetown fumbled and Richmond tried for a place kick, Georgetown getting the ball Costello got the ball and tried for place kick, making the score 50 to o. Twice in succession Costello tried for drop kicks and missed. In the last three minutes of play George town scored it’s last touchdown and Bar rascello kicked goal. the game ending with the ball On Richmonds 20-yard line

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  The farmer and mechanic, Raleigh, N.C., October 24, 1911, page 1

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  ONLY 65 To @. Georgetown Football Team Wears Richmond College Eleven TO a (By the Associated Press.) Richmond. Oct. 21.-The Richmond College team was no match for the Georgetown eleven in the football game here today. The visitors simply ran mp and down the field with their opponents as the score OF 65 to 0 in their faVOr indicates. They were heavier and more experienced. The spiders fought yaliantly, but it was all 10 no purpose against superior skill and training. The question is now as TO how the University Of Virginia will fare at the hands of the Blue and Gray.

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Richmond leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.