Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
GEORGETOWN HAS
A CLOSE CALL
v. M. |. Forces Blue and GRAY
Eleven to Work Its Hard
est to Win.
OVERCONFIDENCE AT
OUTSET CAUSES TROUBLE
Walsh Is Put in at Quarter
back in Time to Save
His Team.


Military Institute team was keyed up
and overconfidence on the part OF the
Georgetown eleven was a combination
which came near causing the undoing Of
the latter on Georgetown Field yesterday.
Had it not been for the wonderful punt
ing of Wymard and some heavy line
punging on the part of Dunn in the last
half it is more than probable that the
Hilltoppers would have one less victory
to their credit in the record for the sea-
son. Score. Georgetown, II; V. NJ. L., e.
The whole Georgetown team went Oh
the field at the beginning of the game
looking as if it owned all creation, and
this was accumulated after a touchdown
had been scored at the beginning of the
game on two plays. After this. when
V. NJ L. braced and held for downs two
or three times, the faces of the George
town players took on the look or men
N,ho were trying to solve Chinese puz-
az The team seemed TO be totally de-
moraliLed. The plays were run off rag
edly, and the old fighting spirit that mas
always characterized the play OF the Blue
and Gray seemed to be lacking.
Poor Judgment on the part of the quar-
terbacks was largely. responsible Tor tne
comparatively poor showing OF the Hill
toppers. The V NJ. j. team had been
coached 10 stop the terrific line plungins
for which the Georgetown BACKS nave
been noted, and their backs ON tho oe
1ensive paved right behind the hne Oh
scrimmage throughout the whole game
leaving the entire field wide open Tor 1of
ward passes and open play, put tne
j,,.uts used by the Hilltoppers could thlnk
al nothing other than to ram the only
I-otected portion of the Virginia team
defense.
fn nj
period Walsh was sent i'm to take sitter
ulng's place at quarter. He ran one play
To Mace tic ball in front of the goal ana
tren dropped back to try for a goal from
.ne field. Few thought that he woula De
successful, as he has practised very little
3in the last two weeks, but the ball could
not have been placed any sQuarer between
the posts fnAH II was kicked. IT broke
The tie and without doubt was the
turning point that gave the Hilltoppers
TIE victory as they braced and played
much better foot ball a.terward.
Georgetown's Play Ragged.
ieorgetowns play in general was very
ragged. The backfeld was decidedly of
color, and the line was not the impreg-
nable wall that it has been heretofore.
There was lack of machine-like work
While the backs got away, once or twice
Tor long runs they could not gain con-
sistently, and frequently the light backs
Of the Virginia team plOwed through
the Blue and Gray forwards for good
gains.
The work of some Of the Georgetown
men was brilliant. Fitzgerald was about
three-fourths Of the line on the defensive,
plowed through time after time and
breaking up plays before they were fairly
started. Hegarty, on right end, was In
vincible. while Dunn did some good line
in, lac for a
serves lots of credit for going into the
lame at a moments notice and booting
a field goal that practically decided the
game for his team. whole lot of the
glory, IL it may be called glory, belongs
to Wynard. His punting I'm the last half
has rereIy. II ever, been equaled in this
section. Outkicking Moore fifteen yards
on every punt in what was more or less
OF kicking duel, he placed the ball In
a position for Walsh's try at goal, and
later worked the leather down the field
10y the same method far enough to rem
der the touchdown made by Dunn pos
;ible.
The whole V. NJ. /. team played ex-
ceIieEt foot ball. Outweighed by at leas,
ten pounds TO a man. they fought an up
hill game and with the exception o. two
or three instances. when the Hitltoppers
seemed TO brace, were just as good as
their more experienced opponents
Moore Star of Game.
There was one man on the Institute
team who overshadowed all the others by
his brilliant work. Halfback Moore was
the star OF the game. There was no man
on either team VINO was as continually
in the limelight as the lanky Virginian.
Kicking long low pInts that were hard
10 handle. making good gains with the
ball around the ends and through the line
and playing an excellent game on the de-
fensiye, he proved himself the most valu-
able man in his teams lineup.
Both teams handled punts rather poor
~. the Georgetown backs finding it diffi-
cult to get hold of the low spirais driven
by Moore. while Wymard frequently
kicked over the Virginia mans head.
The V. NJ. i. ends did good work i'm get
ting down under punts. the receiver gen.
orally being unable To advance the ball
over two to five yards. Capt. Dashiell
while playing great defensive game. was
generally down the field almost as soon
as his end. Several times ne was wait
ing for the man to get the ball
The man playing quarterback for the
Virginia team had, comparatively speak
ing. a lot more brain than weight. Witt
scales 112 pounds. and yet the game he
put up would have done credit to a
much heavier man. When the bal
came his way, whether in receiving punts
or when his team was in possession OF
and there Is no doubt but that he out.
generated the Blue and Gray pilots
There was not single substitution
made by Coach Cloth of the V. NJ l
team during the contest.
Game in Detail
V NJ l. won the toss at the outset
and chose the kickoff. Georgetown re-
ceived the ball at the south goal. Moor.
booted the ball to Barriscello, who re
turned the leather ~ yards. On tn,
first lineup Fury made % yards AROUND
right end on run from kick formation
and on the next play Costello sho
through center from the same formation
for 81 yards and touchdown. WymarC
kicked goal. Things looked easy To-
GEORGETOWN. they had touchdown IN
less than a minute of play and every on,
looked for record-breaking score bu
IL was not TO be. After Moore haS
kicked of to CarTigan after the score anc
the ball had been brought back 20 yards
v. NJ. l. suddenly braced and for tn,