Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
EASTERN WINS FROM
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
Virginians Show That They
Have Best Second-Rate
Team in South.

After playing Just one-half OF the four
twelve-minute periods that were asrecu
to at the beginning of the game between
the Catholic University and Eastern COZ
lege the contest was called short ny
the referee on account Of darkness When
the game was called the score STOOD
40 to in favor Of the Eirginians, and
had the full time been played it Is PROB
able that il would have been run up
into the fifties.
At the end of the first quarter the score
stood . to against the Southerners, but
after the beginning of the second period
it was a procession, as they scored four
times in rapid succession. All four touch
downs were made on fast end runs and
PLAYS off tackle. \ strong interference
was shown on these plays and it was i'm
possible for the Brooklandites to break
them up. All during the first quarter
Eastern carried the ball for long gains.
but were unable to get it over The locals
failed to make a first down in the first
period, but several penalties and rotten
handling Of punts gave them lots of
ground and kept their opponents out Of
the danger zone time after time. Most
of the ground gained for Eastern was
! done by Norris and Boufford. the first
cutting through tackle for long gains re-
peatedly and the latter making from IL
to 30 yards every time he was sent off
on an end run. Cooper also pulled OFF
some good gains through tackle several
times and did great work on the de-
fensive. Carroll kicked two Of the goals.
The only two first downs made by Cath
Ollie University came as the result or two
criss-crOsses from kick formation after
the man with the ball had made bluff
at forward passing. It was a dece1v1ns
play and was pulled of In perfect style:
The first netted about % yards and
! impossible for the locals to gain through
the VirginianS' line. as they were con-
siderably outweighed by the opposing for
wards, and their end runs were nipped
in the bud before they were fairly start
ed. The nearest they came to making
touchdown was near the end OF the
first period. when, on forward pass.
their man went across the goal line.
but fumbled the bah after being tackled:
1t made little difference, though. as the
ball was brought back and the locals
penalized s yards for off-side.
Hinchman, for Catholic University, in
the first quarter got off what was prob
ably the longest punt that was ever made
OH local gridiron. Standing on his own
5-yard line, he booted the ball high
in the air and. carried by the heavy
wind that was blowing across the field.
it went far over the opposing quarter
rolled until 1t was picked up by Cooper
on Easterns 1-yard line. 1t was a
total of 1O4 yards gained for his team.
It was shortly after this that the safety
was made. A tumble gave the ball to
the local team in a position to try for
field goal, and when the kick fell short
Cooper. instead of trying to run the ball
back, stood where he had caught it, and
when tackled fell across his goal line.
Hinchman and Clancy did the best work
for the university. There were no indi-
vidual stars for the visitors. as they
worked we'll together on all occasions.
Whenever a man made long gain 1t
was generally by the aid Of excellent in
reference and the line opening up good
holes for the backs
The game was very poorly conducted, as
the crowd was on the field during the
greater portion of it and the officiating
vas very much off color. 1t Is because OF
lust such games conducted in just such a
way that foot ball gets q black eye. 1t
seems a shame that a game Of foot ball
has to he spoiled on account of the ina
bility Of the management to get good Of
ficials. But the Catholic University man
agement should come in for very little
censure for anything. because it deserves
a whole lot of credit for holding the team
together under very trying conditions.
The manager and the players have shown
the right sort of spirit in sticking to-
gether, determined to play the season out
in spite of the many setbacks that have
been received.