The Washington herald., 1909-10-31


coIlegians. Ursinus easily defeated George
Washington yesterday by q to O. The
Pennsylvania team is the strongest seen.
in This city during the present football
season. and besides outweighing their
opponents. played game to which Lhe
Hatcheute efforts could not compare
The visiting eleven entered into the
game at an times with a tremendous.
amount OF force and snap. and though
heavy. and seemingly cumbersome. they
were faster than their opponents in GET.
ting their plays started. and once they
got going. they never knew when to
stop.
Morse and Ellis. or the washington
team. were the only men who could
make anything on the offensive for their.
side. but these players got or several
times. especially on the running back &c
punts. for neat gains On the defensive.
George Washington showed no 20 a bet
ter advantage than on the offensive. bJ1
again in that department the TrsinCs
back field. behind the Jest Of interference.
made holes en- the line at viii and vera
seldom stopped until they met the Sec
| onda-v defense.
/ For the wishing team Cav and Thomp-
son. the left tackle. were the strongest
I men on the field. and George Washing
/ ton tacklers found a hard job on Their
4 hands when they tried 10 get these men
/ George Washington won the toss. ana
/ chose 20 kick OF. Hart booted for ths
/ local eleven. and Isenberg caught the
BAN on the 15-yard line. advancing e
only wards before being heavily thrown
by Whyrlng. Crstuus started of with
. the vim that was characteristic OF It dur-
/ Ing the entire contest. and by constantly
! smashing into the line advanced the ovaE
l well into their opponents territory be-
/ fore being held for downs
/ But they might just as well have kept
the bail for George Washington could
make no gain. and il was only a question
Of how hard the visitors would hit tha
line that made the touchdown certain.
and. after three gains. averaging l9 yards
each. by the Trsinus backs, Keyser went
over for the first touchdown OF the game
after eight minutes OF play. Gay kicked
the goal
UrSinus Lines Up for Kick.
J-rsiuus lined up for the kickoff. and
Cav lifted the bali in long kick 10
Bunting, on the 5-yard line. The end
was dovned on the l5-yard mark and
/ Morse tried an end run on a fake kick.
but was thrown for no gain The quar-
ter promptly punted. and Ursinus lined
up on their 4l-yard mark.
4 On the line pIunges, which were then
tried il was noticeable that not a single
gain was made through Hart The big
I tackle was always IN the play. and gen
- "a
times I'm the game mailing his man for
loss. The visitors kept at the line. how
ever. and advanced the pigskin for "a
Yards. at which point an On-side kick was
tried Ellis made q neat catch of TIA
low. kick and darted or 10 the right for
q handy gain. A moment later he added
! Z wards more around left end, and Morse
DUPLICATED the trick around the other eS-
IRENE. Farmer made il first through
guard, but the following attempts were
; futile and Morse was forced 10 punt
The ball was then booted freely by botl
teams. but they finally settled down 20
|scrimmage on Ursiuus' 4l-yard line Cay
was given the ball for a tackle plunge
but ne had his hands full I'm trying 70
get past Hart. and ne was pushed back
with his interference for loss Of /
yards.
Thompson punted and Morse made II
Yards on the catch. A few minutes
later Ursinus got the ball after Morse
punt, and forward pass was pulled or
The visitors worked the pass 10 good
advantage every time they tried H. Gay
was used for long gains TN the next plays.
and finally Isenberg went over for the
second touchdown. West heeled the ball
from the kCk-out and Gay missed The
goal
[ No more touchdowns were made in this
half although Morse made a pretty
play. when on catching punt by
\ Thompson. and fUmbIiDg it. ne ran through
i almost the entire Ursinus team for %
yards The fast little quarter has a pecul-
lar way OF running, and az least seven
men had hold of him at one time or an
other but he was as bad as the pro-
verbal eel and was only thrown by the
last man. In the last few seconds OF play
ne missed an attempt az field goal
from the 5o-yari line.
Thompson Is strong BOOter.
on the kick-on for the second halcg
/ Thompson showed his strength at boot
ing the pigskn by kicking it squarely
between the goal posts. The teams lined
up Tor the scrimmage on the 25-yard
line and Washington took a strong
brace. They dlved into the interference
better and We're able several times %
hold the visiting team for downs. Al
stOn and Hart were well in this half.
and nothing like the ease was given
Ursinus In getting through the line az
IN the first period The visitors prompts
~ showed their knowledge Of the game.
however. and opened things up They
pulled off several accurate forward
passes. and found no trouble I'm fooIing
the home team with peculiar forna-
ton. I'm which the men were distributed
in couples, and where one acted as in%
reference 10 the runner.
After working this trick successfully
for several gains. Keyser went over on
a plunge through tackle. Cay missed
goal Each touchdown made by Sha
, visitors had 10 be worked for harder. ana
usually il took an entirely new system
I OF playing but they were right there
with a large variety. and always keps
the George Washington team guessing.
: In the few times that the local eleven
; had the ball iu the second half. Ellis
5 did most Of the gaining but the inter-
ference afforded him was unstable and
/, easily upset. and ne had 70 depend large.
\ Is upon holes. Isenberg made the last
/ touchdown Of the game after forward
S pass from West 10 Thompson, and tbs
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