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her defense and obtained the leather.
After trying a couple of line plays. Hona-
ker. the speedy quarter back, started on
one Of his famous runs Swinging out
side of left end he passed the second
line and covered 30 yards before he was
brought down by hard tackle. George
town held and punted. and the kick was
returned. Virginia got the ball in mid
field and worked as far as the 46-yard
line, but was forced again 10 kick
Punt Is Blocked.
At this iuncture the Southern Iinemen
broke through and blocked a punt. and
Georgetown was peualized for holding.
placing the ball about the I7-yard line.
Thompson punted out Of danger. and az
ter Nirginia's double pass had failed a
punung duel ensued. and after receiving
the ball almost AZ her goal line George
town tried 20 gain through Virginia's line.
TWO plunges natted within "a yard OF the
distance. bur on the third down. instead
OF kicking or piunging. Georgetown tried
an end run. IL proved fatal FOR before
the runner had hardly gotten started he
went down under a pile OF NirEinians.
and IL was the visitors ball within L
yards OF the last chalk line. Capt. Nen
was called upon 10 get the score. which
promised 20 be So important and he
proved equal 20 the occasion being
showed over on the final try. while pande-
monium reigned in the east stand.
During The remaining twelve minutes
the bail WAS IN the vicinity Of midfieid.
and when the whistle blew II was ac-
knowledged that Georgetown had had the
better Of the argumeu, during the half
At the beginning Of the second half
Stuart received the kickoff on his 33-yard
line. and started on run which was 20
rcgGite for the mistake which ne made in
the first half The whole Virginia team
came forward with a rush. but the
Georgetown quarter back shook of one
after another until he had passed his last
opponent, and in the race down the field
he oUtdistanced mis- pursuers and placed
lae bail fairly between the goal posts.
Simon kicked goal.
Georgetown was now seeming victory,
and her team was worked ~ % the
proper lighting pitch. but Virginia was
equally determined
Beginning OF the End.
From this point on it~.was Virginia S
game.
and So last We're the visiting ends n
sprintmg down the FIELD tat Che visitors
commenced 10 gain on every exchange
Finally. when within striking distance
Honahrr changed his tactics aud instead
OF attempting the ends rs he did in
he first Eaf. concentrated his attack on
the line. Instead Of using heavy forma-
lions be ran his tackles trom The line
lnd drove his three backs outside OF
tackle. This proved 10 b- the weakest
spot in GcoTgetoWuS defense. and once
he found it tne Nirsniln did Not hesitate
to work il 20 the utmost wiki The result
,hat lie soon backed Georgetown down
to her goal and got 4 touchdown. NeG
Diuns.ng through the left side
Following the next kick of Virginia
tried two goals from feId-one from the
23-yard line and the other from the 90
yard liue-but both went wide OF the
mark. on forYard pass Crawford made
"a pretty forward pass 90 NadduN. who
ran 90 yards Tor and placed the bail be
hind the uprights. but the bah crossed
the scrimmage line TOO close 10 center
and was called back Of-tackle PLAYS
worked the oval to the 2o-y1rd line. and
Crawford booted pretty drop kick
through the uprights
HOnaker'S Long Run.
Virginia punted out and Georgetown
returned the Kick. once more the Char
'otJesvine eleven commenced to plunge.
and seeing that the ends were coming
in rather fast to help their tackles.
Honaker skirted the left flank for an
N-yard run and touchdown
In the last FIVE minutes Geo~getown's
line gave way before straight bucks. and
just as time expired Caldwell was sent
across the line for the final touchdown.
A slight advantage in weight and bette.
condition gave Virginia's plays. toward
the close. the force which tore asuuder
Georgetown's front. The offe1se OF tho
Southerners was most consistent. and
while it was built around the old style
OF play, there was enough modern foot
ball sprinkled in to keep Georgetown s
defense open, so that the necessary dis
lance could be gained by straight attack.
In the first half Honaker sent most of
his plays at the ends. but so strong Were
the Georgetown extremities that little
ground was gained.
In the second half Virginia's attack
was changed entirely, and while enough
wide plays We're tried to keep the George
town ends from coming I'm too fast. the
main attack was directed off tackle.
Nearly all Of these plays went through
until they struck the secondary defense.
netting the necessary distance-10 feet
for continuing for even greater distance.
From the point of view Of the spec
tator, the game was rather disappointing.
cor few plays encouraged by the revised
code were tried. and in the majority OF
eases, when short kick or n forward
pass was essayed, it went to the oppos-
ing side.
Although the game was not replete with
brilliant individual plays. there were three
feats which stood out in bold relief-one
was Stuart's long run for Georgetown
touchdown. another was Crawford's neat