Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
c. j. ENDS SEASON
WITH A VICTORY
Blue and Gray Eleven Plays Bril-.
liant Foot Ball Against
Lehigh Team.
COSTELLO'S SPRINT
DECIDES CONTEST
Struggle Proves Most Interesting Of
Any Played at Georgetown
This Year.

played on a local gridiron in which the
contesting teams struggled more desper-
ately for the mastery than did George.
town and Lehigh. The game will go down
in foot ball history as being one of the
greatest battles that has ever been de-
clded on southern field. Each eleven
being well coached, each versed in the
open style of play and each having in its
backfield heavy line plunger. there
was little to choose between the two
but what margin there was goes to the
Blue and Gray. Both teams played with
a machine-like precision that Is seldom
seen in these parts, but there was more
snap and energy put into the Hilltoppers
work, and that Is what told in the long
run.
While the points scored by both teams
we're more or less OF q fluky origin, there
is no doubt that Georgetown showed It's
superiority. 1t gained three times as
much ground as Lehigh, its plays seeming
to be more powerful and less Of the
chance variety. On the defensive the Hill
toppers showed themselves to be the
equals II not the superiors Of the north
ern team 1t may be that d,a had the he
Georgetown that team would not have
been able to show up as we'll in that
department., but as matters were there Is
little doubt that the Hilltoppers played
the better while defending their goal. Lee
Georgetown's; the ability to smash
through the line. and go clear was not
there. In the first quarter 1t was all
Georgetown. the Hilltoppers experience
having several chances to score. but
were unable to get the ball over on &C
count of the poor judgment OF the quar-
terback. The second half was about
evenly contested. neither team enoan-
gering the others goal but once. and
that was when Lehigh, by dint OF some
hard line plunging Ly Cox. carried the
ball to Georgetown's 4-yard line, where
1t was lost on downs. 1t was the only
time that the northerners were In strik-
ing distance ofthe HilItoppers line. with
the exception of the time when the goal
from field was made, and then they won
the position on a fiuke.
Lehigh scored its three points early
In the first quarter, when Dunn grabbed
the ball when Costello fumbled it, after
Georgetown had worked the leather down
to Lengths 6-yard line. and an IS yards
before he was caught by Carter. 1t looked
as II the northerners were going to Sc
cure touchdown easily. as their man
had a long lead, but Carter landed him
plays Lehigh failed to gain. and Price
dropped back and booted the ball be-
tween the posts. 1t was goal by a
mighty narrow margin, and there were
q few who did think that the ball had
gone wide. hut the referee ruled other
wise. With one exception the Penn
sylvanians did not get within drop-ktck-
ing distance of the Hilltoppers' goal
again.
After practically throwing away two
touchdowns in the first quarter and one
tn, No or11y ~ ~ no hSy ~ .
poor judgment in directing the play, Cos
tello came out with the grandstand stunt
that gave Georgetown enough points TO
win. Receiving punt on Lehgh's do
and good lodging he ran the distance 10
the goal line for the touchdown. Wymard
kicked perfect goal.
The punting in the game was not what
might be expected OF two elevens Of the
class Of those opposing each other. Har-
wig, for Lehigh, seldom maze his kicks
bootfng the ball tar below his usual
standard. The. fact that the muscles in
Wymard's kicking leg are severely
strained probably accounts in great
measure for his inability to sc. on long
spiralS successfully.
The Lehigh quarterback showed poor
judgment when he ran the ball out from
behind his goal line when It was booted
over on the KICKOFF. He came ear scor-
ing two points against his team, as he
was tackled within yards Of the line.
The generalship of the pilots Of the
two elevens was not Of the best by any
means, the Lehigh man, If anything hav-
ing the better Of the argument. 1t was
northerners excelled. Both Sitterding and
Costello had something on their rival in
handling punts and in ability to gain
ground. but when 1t came to geleralship
they were not there with the stuff that
characterized the play Of Price.
The officiating was the best that has
been seen this year on the local field. The
officials quietly enforced their decisions
and there was no palavering and debat-
evident in a majority of the games.
1t is doubtful IL Cunniff's absence was
felt to any great extent, as Feenan did
some high-cless work In the pivot posi-
ton. On the offensive he did not open
up holes as well as he might. but on the
defensive he was in every play and his
passing was perfect, not a single bad one
being registered against him in the days
play.
Georgetown deserves all the more credit
for the victory when it is considered
that it put up as rotten an exhibition last
Saturday as one would care to see. That
the men were able to come out OF a.
slump in three days time and put up
the articles of ball that the Hilltoppers
did yesterday speaks well for the kind
of stuff that is in the men. and also for
the ability OF a coach who is able inten-
tionally to allow his team to slump and
loaf for week and. then get them on
edge again in three days for a crucial
game.
Only once was Lehish able to get away
with any Of it's much touted freak plays
or forward passes Nielsen saw its
game with Lafayette last Saturday and
he built his defense so effectively that
the plays by which Coach Reiter hoped
to outwit the Hilitoppers were smothered
before they were fairly under way. He
had some Plays that looked good to work
against a team that knew nothing of
them. but only once did a forward pass
gain ground apainst GEORGETOWN, and that
was when Walsh made q poor tackle at
the man who caught the ball.
BY winning from Lehigh. Georgetown
frightened Its grip on the claim it Is put
ting forth for the championship of the
south. And when il IL considered that