Georgetown at Navy

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  Evening capital and Maryland gazette, October 4, 1915, page 1

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  M|DSHIPMEN DEFEATED IN OPENING CONTEST Georgetown Brings Fast and Heavy Team and Wins 9 to 0. ACADEMY TEAM is GREEN. Navy Lads in BackfieId Show Poor Form, But Team is Not Discouraged Two Hard Games Ahead. With a distictly superior backfelt and a line OF forwards who were heav- Ter and quicker than their opponents / Georgetown won from the Naval Acadenvy bv 9 TO 0 Saturday afternoon. II was the opening match of the local ;ea- ! son, and it was bitter blow to the Navy contingent, as Georgetown has not defes ted the midshipmen al foot ball for many years. The prime factor in the victory for / the Capital PLAYERS was Halfback Gil roy. fast and powerful carrier of the ball. but Wall and Maloney also gained substantially The Navy team did not have back who compared with lnv OF these The superiority Of Georgetown \ on the attack was distinct throughout the game. but they lost a great many yards for holding and OTIS ie pl1virg In the second quarter after Gilroy aided by Wall and Maloney. he’d carried the ball from past midheld. Glroy car ried it over for the only touchdown OF tha game. Ward missed the goal In the final quarter the visitors were held on Navy’s 15-yard line, and Dempsey who had been in hospital with bad leg up t. Saturday. was called from tine hench.and stayed – tie gar,e c9ly Iors enough to drop a nice field goal from ihat point. Besides its gains or vide end runs runs, Georgetown pushed forward on the old criss-cross play, in which Gil roy and Wall were used. It drew the Navy ends in on several occasions and resulted IN goo@ Gains Neither side az complished anything with the forward pass. In a few cases 3he mi1shipmeu | worked the play, but the end got il on j g short pass while III bad position to carry it. Vail, OF the Nevy,tr drop FOR goal from the z0-yard line. It was excelently aimed, but went low. II. S. Jones, OF center and Harrison. right end, put up a very good game. but there was little use in the play of The midshipmel 10 encourage their friends Disappointed the friends of the Naval Academy football team GER tainly are over the defeat by George town but there is no suggestion Of dis | aoUrager1ent. md everyone connected with the team will try all ;he harder to develop strong team, while the mid lshipmen and Navy folk ere Just as loval IN their support as over There have been numerous instances where an Academy team which did poorly in its early games, has turned out to be a strong aggregation towards the end of the season, and has defeated the Army eleven. which is the great goal of the seasons work For the next two Saturdays the mid shipnen have a hard road to travel. They play the University Of Pittsburgh next Saturday, and the University of Pennsylvania the following week. Both of these teams won from the Academy last year, both scores being II to g. Every chance faycrs repetition of the result but If the Navy team shows inn Drovement in these games, and puts up a creditable article of football defeats viii not make the local contingent feel that the chances of winning from the Army is any porer The coaches will 20 along the same lines they have laid down, and subordinate everything to winning the big final contest on the New York Polo Grounds Georgetown played a remarkable game, with an unusually heavy and powerful line of forwards. and a set of backs who could all be counted upon to take All efficient part in advancing the ball, though Gilroy was its real star both on the attack and defense The team had been carefully coached by Exendine. who. incidentally, is probably the only Indian in the country who has charge of a team OF such standing as Georgetown. and “hurry-up” tactics seemed TO be the rule. The team was not underestimate by the midshipmen or those who handled them and it was thoroughly understood that only the hardest kind of football would give any chance for victory II must be understood that the Naval Academy coaches, though trying their best to win every game. do not make special preparation for any game exlcept that against the Military Academy The result of that determines the sue cess of the season. and the effort is al ways made TO develop the team slowly and to bring it to its zenith of strength lust before the Army game While defeat is not relished at any time. the Navy contingent feels there is good football in its squad, and that the team ! will improve steadily and Fut up stiff Ter contest in the final game. The failure of the Nays attack was due rather to the lack Of individual efnciency in most cases. though some of the plays, notably the forward pass plays, did not seem to be very promising Of substantial advances. The coaches Went through nearly the whole string Of backs. and found none who could advance the ball materially Miles and Craig both had innings at 4uarterbaek.ani reitaer. .ccll5 do much towards gaining, though both have rec ords for brililnat running with the ball last year. as has Westphal ans Vail, who PLACED at halfback. The rushes of

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  The Washington times, October 3, 1915, page 20

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  ImpregnabIe Defense Coupled With Effective Attack Wins 9to 0 Game. MAY PLAY ON SATURDAY Mercedes Eleven, Of Annapolis, Likely to Oppose Blue and Gray on Hilltop. Iney Called II a. pad start Tor the Navy. Others said it was the hand writing on the wall for the team which is looking ahead to Pitts burgh, Penn and that old Army eleven. Some were of the opinion that radical changes in coaches tor . system were about due. Those who were in the habit of seeing visiting teams take their medicine and royal beating were more than mildly surprised, while the general gathering was shocked. But at Georgetown the memory of that 8 to 0 victory at Annapolis yesterday will live to wipe out the losses in the past two years. Few realize today that yesterdays Georgetown-Navy game was one of those early season affairs. It looked for all the world like & November contest and the fact that the Middies appeared crude at times was due chiefly to an impregnable defense offered by Georgetown sets of ends who not only knew their business but effectively put their knowledge into practice and line superior physically and better equipped from q football standpoint. GeorBetown’s mistakes were few and excusa5lc. There were times when greater advantage might have been t,, hi ,,,ts t-l Ia, trying for goals from the field but the ‘businessliEe manner in which the entire Blue and Gray team set about It’s work and the. convincing manner In which Il accomplished Its end left no doubt In any onc’s mind as to the superiority OF the :, elevens. “a. dly feld would have spelled an even more hurIiliating do town triumph was clearcut, decisive. and best of all. holds out promise for greater things. chance to see that Hilltop eleven In acton in q real game SATURDAY.. for Grad nate Manager Charles Cox Is attempt ing to land the big Mercedes eleven game this week. Since negotiating for games last winter Cox hiss had ten teams booked for the date Of October 0. but all have Cancelled. game were we’ll repaid for the trir. for nothing like this years team has ever been seen on the Hilltop and the gratifying reelection comes In knowing that ten or twelve of yesterdays Blue and Gray heroes are due for a long stay at Georgetown. as they are practically all freshmen. town was seen to possess greater strength on both offcnse and defense. A sliprery field precluded possibility of goou open-iield work by the George town runners. The line gave excellent protection to a fast backfield and good gains kept the Navy on the defense throughout the first quarter. A triumphant march through straight football earned Georgetown’s single touchdown barely two minutes after roy hammering through right tackle for eight yards on the fourth down and two to go. In the final period Dempsey went In when the ball was on the five yard mark. and fourth down with goal to make and neatly dropkicked for the other three points Wall having failed at goal after touchdown in the first quarter. Navy might have relied upon former triumphs. reputation or spring practice Is that Georgetown never let up for a second in its smashing battle. nor was the Navy allowed an instant rest. Both teams were well conditioned. but the balance Of power rested with George town and Navy interference, forward passes. and delayed passes were sub jected to a crushing opposition, which brooked no tolerance. The George town line. OConnor. CORN ley, Barron, Fitzgerald. Ward. Green, and Nahum. alternating In the various positions from tackles to tackle. left nothing to be desired. Mcnamara and Naioney carried instructions to the let Ter in running tho team. while Gilroy’s work. in the backfield stamps him as a conner, Wall and Leighty gave excel lent Interference and covered much ground on secondary defense work.

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  Evening star, October 3, 1915, page 57

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  Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS. Md. October q Georgetown University’s team reveled in a victory over the Navy Academy at foot ball today, an achievement for which the Hilltoppers have strtven Tor many years. In a bitterly-fought contest, the washingtonians came through with a count Of 9 to 0. They outplayed the Middies in every department Of the game, with the single exception OF the kicking. In that. Won Heimbers, who did all Of the booting for Navy. easily outdistanced either Maloney or Gil roy of Georgetown. and his kicks also were better placed. -.--.-.-. -- In passing, let 1t be said that George. town has perhaps the moss powenaIl I’ eleven In its history, one that Is cal culated to give any of the big teams a good rub Fronting by the expert ence gained in the game against Princeton last Saturday. the Blue ana Gray boys played in much superior form Their backfield, said to be green and likely to go to pieces. worked Win smooth precision. In only two or three plays was there a blunder. -, The Navy coaches pitted their run and frequent substitutions Of equally as strong men were made In an. enort to stem the, tide, that early began to run against them, but without avail. Sailors Fail in Attack. The Sailor boys played for all that vas in them, but found they had a nronositfon on their hands too stin to master. The Middies could not get their attacking machine to working with much success. but their chief weakness seemed to lay in the ends. The Georgetown backs frequently got around either of the wings for sub stantial gains. The gains IN tnis re-. for the victory. for while the visitors also were able to pound through the Nayy’s stalwart forwards. the latter. except on one occasion. were equal to the reverse with Georgetown. Its ends and tackles played masterly ball. get. ting into nearly every play and tackled sure and hard and covered kicks In better style Georgetown’s backfeld Wall and Maloney being especially clever in running with the ball. Gilroy easily was the star Of the game He was a most reliable ground gamer ana was a bulwark in the secondary defense. The Middies had a shade the better of 1t in the first quarter. They worked the ball to Georgetown’s 10-yard mark. only to lose 1t on downs. Then George, town set to work and in the second period, after forcing the fight, kept play confined to the Navy zone.-.....,.- Their efforts resulted In touch down after carrying the ball thirty -nve yards. They got the leather on an OK change Of kicks and by short end runs and line bucks began a steady march: Gilroy bore the brunt Of the work, and finally carried the ball over Tor touchdown. Ward failed to kick an easy goal. The rest Of the first half was nip and tuck. The opening Of the second half FOUND the teams fighting equally as hard as the first. The Middies tried hard TO town. imbued with greater spirit over the six-point lead. held strong all the way.

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