The Washington times., 1911-11-19
Hltoppers Ouwit Virginia by Open Style of Football at
n Start, Resulting in Speedy Touchdown-Fury Co.'S
teo, Hart, Bergen, Hegarty and Todd Shine.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.


plains Gebrgetown's to 0 victory
over the sons of the Old Dominion on
the soggy, mushy gridiron on the
Hilltop pap" Daley and his COM
panions in blue and gray started off
Hike whirlwinds. They uncorked an
open style of football the moment the
whistle blew, swept gloriously down
the field on two pretty onside kicks
and, before the Orange and Blue war
rtors had got their breath, "Tug"
Fury had wriggled his way inside of
tackle and across the goal line for a
touchdown. Skip" Wymard then
gracefully booted the oval between
the uprights for the needed sixth
I POINT Virginia was in the rear before
three minutes had elapsed. 80.
Undoubtedly Coach Yancey's eleven
expected considerable hard line
plunging on the part of the George
town backs when they found the
gfidiron a swamp of mud and water.
So much had been heard of the ter
rifio line-battering strength of the
Hilltoppers that such a game was the
expected. And that's just where the
Charlottesville boys were outwitted.
New football, new football accurately
planned and admirably carried out,
won Georgetown's victory. Following
Costello's pretty field goal from the
18-yard line in the second period. the
Hilltoppers were content to hold their
opponents in check, for the victory
had been decided.
,1Georgetown's touchdown came with
a suddenness that took away the
hreaths of the Hilltoppers supporters
and brought CONSERVATION to the Nir-
ginians. Obtaining the ball on the
Kickoff Costello punted onside. Jack
Hegarty following the ball like a
ferret and falling upon it for George
town on Virginia's 50-yard line. The
cheers had not died away when again
Game the accurate onside kick for
Charlie Bergen to grasp to his breast
in puddle on Virginia's 15-yard line.
Georgetown had gained in two plays
just seventy yards nearer the Char
lottesville goal
-''' Then a Forward Pass.
Quickly Billy Sitterding called for
the forward pass. another bit of new
football. Something went wrong and
the pass was incompleted. Some Off
Side play by the Virginia forwards
put the ball on the 10-yard line. Big
Dave White seized the leather and
plunged into the middle of the line for
three yards. Then Fury, indomita BILE
once under way, plunged inside of
Wymard, pirouetted a moment to es-
cape the oncoming Goodhue and
leaped and jumped across the goal
Ine. Georgetown had scored touch
Hbwn. @< g. ...E....s '..
yUnwilling to hazard the victory on
mat one touchdown and goal. the
Hue and Gray eleven started in again
II the second period to add to their
Ssore. Punt followed punt, the ball
S%inging from Virginia's side of the
Sfidiron to Georgetowns Then out
81 the scramble of players came
Harry Co.'S clio, swinging around
right end and running like an ante
fdpe toward the west side. He stiff
armed Jett He side-stepped Finlay.
he jumped past Gooch, and was free,
Skipping over the chalk marks to the
chorus Of thousands of rooters, men,
4pd women.
~ Todd Gets Costello.
sCostello might have gone all the way
down for another touchdown had not
G1e unfailing Todd, star of the Virginia
> efeven, leaped upon him from behind,
bSinging him to earth in y small Lake
Superior. So savage was that tackle
nat the nervy halfback was quite
Winded, and had bellows to mend for a
minute or so. But he had Travelled
ferty-one yards closer to the magic line
defended by the Virginians, and had
Hnded on the 9-yard line.
.Dave White attempted to punch a
4le through Garter but failed to ndgs bulge
Ms way outside Of Hart, and was, tossed
fnr loss of three yards. That touch
dDwn was coming hard, and Billy Sit
tprding showed his generalship by, or
dsring a try for. a, field goal. Costello
fell back to Virginia's ls-yard line, and,
n the face of the charging forwards.
| 4Top-kicked pretty goal Pandemon-
finn broke, loose everywhere but on the
/ Virginia side of the field. There might
have been a chance or tieing that score
0f 6, but the field goal brought up the
total to to 0, and now. victory seemed
dancing away from the Virginians.
sNo more scoring occurred in the long
drawn battle, but glorious feats of
! sfrength and agility constantly appeared
down to the very end. Until the first
half closed Georgetown seemed to be
struggling for more scores, only to be
/ beaten back by the Charlottesville war
riors. Punting was indulged in by both
| sides. The heavy ball refused to sail
far, but Costello's intelligent kicking
| outside more than made up for the lack
az distance.
= Virginia Battles Hard
THE second half found Virginia bat
ting hard to score, and once, II only
for a moment. there was a feeting
Chance of a touchdown. Then came a
fumble, and the attempt was gone. The
Fourth period had hardly got under way,
Virginia having the pail on George
fnwn's 33-yard line, when there came an
Unexpected dash around Jack Hegarty.
Gooch, the slippery Virginia back, got
away from the sturdy end. and had
Reached the 5-yard line before succumh-
ing to the strength of Costello. So
f1erce was Whites tackle that the ball
Gid away upon the muddy ground and
Hegarty redeemed himself by falling
upon 1t for a tOuchback for Georgetown
Never again did Virginia nave an OPP
portunlty of scoring. Their bolt had
been shot
aLooming up above every player on
Both teams stands Wayne Hart. This
hngthy tackle was everywhere at al
tfmes, diving in and around behind the
Virginia backfield to hurl Todd to the
Rtound, piling in under a play aimed al
the middle of the line, going down the
Geld under a punt to get that same
tiusive Todd when he wiggled from tho
Efasp of another Georgetown player, Ol
piledriving his way around the end "a
HE . cad of the interference. He wai
the most conspicuous player of eithel