Washington and Lee at Georgetown

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 13, 1912, page 19

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  HILLTOP COACHES MUCHENCOURAGED Georgetown Well Fortified for Style of Play Presented by Washington and Lee Eleven-Vistors Lose by o to 20. BY BRYAN MORSE. That Georgetown will defeat Carolina A. and NJ. on Thursday and ten days later will give the Carlisle Indians a great battle with a good chance Of VIC tory is the opinion expressed today by those In charge Of the football team on the Hilltop Complete confidence in the ability of the eleven Is manifested on all sides, and those who have followed the rather mediocre work OF the team UP to yesterday were satisfied with the development shown. Teamwork which successfully coped with the Yale style of play used by Jim Reiliy’s Washington and Lee team yesterday. combined with q steady drive and perfect footwork by the George town backfield on the offense, rolled UP = % to o victory over the team from Lexington, Visitors Suffered. Washington and Lee suffered In COM parlson with the Georgetown eleven, + and while the Lexington team showed great strength at times the players lacked the condition necessary to be able to stop the onslaughts Of the Blue and Gray For Georgetown It was a complete reversal of the form shown In the other games and warrants the prediction that the team will come through on Thursday and will show the Indians few things on the 18th. With the exception Of one or two Of the second string men. who were slow on the attack yesterday. all of the Georgetown men did exceptionally WELL The faults which were apparent in the games against Randolph Macon and Mt. 81 Mary’a have haan illuminated and with any sort OF football weather the Georgetown team can be expected to make a great showing this season. In the first two periods yesterday Georgetown showed combined attack and a defense which completely bsffed their opponents. Costello got in several great broken.field runs, while Dunn and Murray hammered the line with great success. With the ball on the 4-yard line, Georgetown showed It’s defensive toppling back the line-plungers. and aid ing materially In holding the Washing ton and Lee team and forcing try for a dropkick, which failed. Costello to Derby. Derby handled Costelio’s forward pass perfectly for a touchdown, catching the ball and easily eiuding his opponents for a twenty-yard run. Dave White made his first appearance in a game on the Hilltop this season and featured with line-plunging and defensive work; In the backheld Costello. Fury. White. Murray, Dunn, and Campazn showed to advantage. while Hegarty and Rein child. on the TANKS. performed In good shape. Derby and Dinnelly. on the materially in disposing of the Washing ton and Lee shifts and end runs. Van Brocklin. who was hurt during

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  Lexington gazette, Lexington, Va., October 16, 1912, page 5

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  Washington and Lee Defeated by Georgetown Saturday Following is the report of the game between Washington and Lee and Georgetown University, played in Washington City Saturday: In well-played game, the George town football team today defeated the strong Washington and Lee eleven by the score of 20 too. The Virginia eleven out-played the Blue and Gray in the first period and threatened to score a touchdown be. fore Georgetown got started. Wash lngton and Lee got the ball to Georgetown’s three-yard line on tumble by Costello. They would have scored but for a tackle behind the line made by Van Brooklin. W no downed the runner for loss. Jim Dunn starred for the Blue and Gray team, his line plunging netting his team substantial gains. The visitors never had a chance to score after the first period. They started in by using the open style of play, but Georgetown soon broke this up. Straight football was then tried but with no better success. Washington and Lee tried over dozen for ward passed, only four or live of them succeeding.

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 13, 1912, page 6 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS. < ~~>%~<>~>>>~A AT Princeton Princeton, 81; virginia. o. At Philadelphia swarthmore s; U. of p, 8. At New Haven-Yale, 1s; LaFaycite, 0. At Annapolis-Navy. o; Lehigh, IA. AT West Point Army, 10; Rutgers, At ithaca University, 6; Cornell, IA. At Cambridge Harvard, 2s; Will liams, g. At Cleveland Wooster. 0; Case, -. At Delaware Ohio. 6; Wesleyan, s. At Columbus Denison, 0; Ohio State. 81. At Akron-Reserve. Z; Buchtel, O. At Syracuse Carlisle, 3S; syria. cuse, 0. At Providence Brown, 6; Wesley. an, 7. At Cleveland berlin, Al; witten. berg, Z. At Pittsburgh Pitt, o; Bucknell g. At Madison-Wisc Sc; North. western, 0. At Hanover-Dartmouth, IS; Yer mont, 0. At State College. Pa.-Washington and Jefferson, O; Pennsylvania State, 80. At Omaha Creighton, 81; Yankton. 3. At Columbia, Mo- Missouri, IA; Rolla, o. At Cedar Rapids-Highland Park, 10; Coe, 5. At Iowa city-state University, q; Cornell, o. At Indianola, Iowa-Ames, 81; Simpson, T. AT Champaign-Illinois, 10; Wash lington University, o. At Washburn, II; Denver 20. | At Nashville-vanderbil “a; Rose | Poly of Indiana 0. | At WashingtonGe Georgetown 20; Washington and Lee, 0.

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Georgetown leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.