Virginia at Georgetown

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  The Washington herald, November 17, 1912, page 37

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  COSTELLO COULD WIN PLACE ON ALLAMERIGAN Ton Thorpe, Referee Of Georgetown Virginia Game, Says Harry Iss Wonder. PRAISES ORANGE AND BLUE Fomff g1idiron star Of Columbia University. All American TACKLE. and rtfsres Of the eeorss- toxn-yirEinia g1ne. The game was one OF the most sensa-I tionsl as well as one Of the best played that have ever otaciated in. Clean, hard, fast playing characterized the contest from start to nnish. Virginia must be given great credit for its uphill nsnt 1t battIed desperately for every inch It gained. Garter. Albright guard, as well as Todd at right half. starred for Virgin ia Wood at center also played an exceptionaIly fine game. In fact every man on the Charlottesville team deserves a sreat amount OF credit for the spirit and fight he displayed. For Georgetown, Costello, al quarter, showed himself to be OF AIl-American eaIibre Never before have I witnessed a contest where one man played such an important part. He excelled In every requirement OF the game His open held running, his generalship. his punttng, and running back Of punts, and lastly, the cool calm manner in which he faced the crucial moment OF the game and sentl a perfect drop kick straight across ths ‘‘bar proved him beyond question one OF the best quarter backs IN the history OF the game. Tackles Are Good. White, at left tackle. az well as Capt Hererty, at right tackle. acquitted themselves admirably. Hegerty. In particular, must be given great credit for his pluck in continuing his play in spite OF his crippled condition. II was a game exhibition. Fury and Murray also showed exceptional form when their line work succeeded in stopping the fast charging and aggressive Virginia line from coming through and spoiling the plays before they had really started. Virginia’s line clearly outplayed George towns forwards. This was very notice able when an end run or shift play was attempted. In fact, the whole fault with the Blue and Gray team is trace keep their rivals from charging through and getting the play almost as soon as the ball was snapped. CosteIlo’s individual work. coupled with few rallies by his team mates at the crucial moments. is what George towns supporters should be very thank ful-for. Georgetown at times was lack ing In spirit, while Virginia fought desperately at all times. Great Game. The game itself was Of the most SEN sational order and must have been a magnificent contest from the spectators viewpoint Time and again one team would be in scoring distance Of its opponent’s goal when the most unexpected play would change the position OF the | ball, giving it to the defensive team In scoring distance OF the other teams goal Open football prevailed at all times. Virginia excelled In the open style | game. Their forward passing, especially | when worked with a trick triple pass, | was most effective and appeared to have H. 1aA guessing whenever It was attempted. From the oficials’ standpoint 1t was | one of the hardest games to handle Almost every rule in the book was | called into question at some stage OF | the contest. intercepted forward | passes. where the defensive team would | intercept the ball, then tumble, and | their opponents fail TO recover; again | where the opponents would recover, and still again where the ball would | pass through the hands of at least | three men and then fan 10 the field | from~an incomplete forward pass-an these contributed to the dificulty of | the men who had 10 decide the play. The play at all times was Of the | , cIeanest. No penalties of any kind | had to be inflicted because of unneees- | sary roughness or the desire on the | part of any player to injure his oppo- | nent. Taking into consideration the | great amount OF interest involved in | the contest and the high tension that | the players were under at all times, I think they should be congratulated, | one and all. for their clean, sportsman like behavior. Coaches Are sports. Coaches of both teams are to be congraduated on the ability displayed by | their men throughout the game. The | men at all times showed wonderful | knowledge OF the rudiments of foot | ball In their tackling. which was | sharp. hard, and clean; in their picking | out of opponents on end runs, as well | as the open field running and slashing | line bucking of the bscKfeld men, the personnel of both teams showed indi- | vidually and collectively the results Of | careful coaching The clever, keen, | and sportsmanlilIe attitude Of Coaches ! GarEan. Dennis, Daily, Elliott. Crawford. Mattoeks, Cook. Warren. and Cloth was reflected in the work Of each player. 1t is such conduct on the part of both coaches and men that helps to keep football on this highest plane of the athletic world.

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 18, 1912, page 3 (results column)

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  Football Results Saturday Yale 6. Princeton G. Harvard 3, Dartmouth 0. Pennsylvania 34. Carlisle 26 Michigan 20, Cornell Harvard freshmen IS, Yale freshmen r Williams 12, Amherst 0. Brown 21, Lafayette :. Union 15. Hamilton 12. Fordham If, Stevens 13. Army 5. Tufts 6. New York University 14, Rhode Isl and State [. Wesleyan 14, Trinity 0. Colgate ‘, Syracuse 0. Georgetown 16. Virginia 13. Chicago 10. Illinois 0. Wisconsin 14, Minnesota O.. Vanderbilt 22,’ Central 0. Bowdoin !, Vermont 0. Hobart 20. Rochester 1S. Lehigh ‘ Mulenberg 3. NavyS 40, North Carolina Aggies O. Holy Cross 27. Worcester Tech 0. Springfield T. g. 41. Massachusetts Aggies O.. Penn State l, Ohio statctO forfeit ed). Purdue 91, Rose Poly o. Obcrlin 10. Case 0.

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Georgetown leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.