The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
HiIltops Roll Up Nine Touch
downs on Team Which Held
Virginia to Two Scores.
GILROY Is THE STAR
Only Three First Downs Made by the
Visitors, Who Get No Nearer Goal
Than 35-yard Line.
Rr WILLIAM PEET.

Nine touchdowns against a football
team which one week ago held Vtr-
ginia to a measley paiE caused
Georgetown rooters and a "two-by-
four brass band to go crazy on the
Hilltop field yesterday afternoon.
GeorEetown Simply buried the Uni
vsrsity OF South Carolina In sixty
minutes of actual playing, rolling up
CT points while She lads from the
Palmetto State only made three nrst
downs and but once got the pail
nearer Georgetown's goal line than
the 35-yard mark.
The YiIIto2pers ?oint-a-minute
scoring machine simply swept the Wis
itors of their feet, and while compar-
alive scores may not mean a whole
lot to some folks, the fact remains
that last Saturday Virginia against
this team won by IS TO 0, while one
week later Georgetown simply toyeo
with this aggregation, bringing home
the bacon, 81 to Q.
What's the answer, boys? WHAT'S
the answer?
Johnny Gilroy, who was summarily
stopped by Jack Hegarty's Carolina
Aggies one week ago, same back into
his own again. Gilroy ripped through
the South Carolina team yesterday Tor
smashing big gains, scoring four
touchdowns and incidentally playing
A good defensive game
Pete Wall, OrIand LeiGhty and
Bunny Corcoran. together , with
Red" Cusack, were the other Hilltop
lads responsible for Georgetown's big
score, while the best that can be said
for south Carolina was that Right
End Hill and Left Tackle Laurer
played bang-up defensive football TOT
the visitors were on the defensive
during most of the game.
In addition to those nine touch-
downs made by Georgetown, which
the officials allowed. there were two
more touchdowns actually gained but
disaIIowed because holding was de-
tected by the eagle-eyed former col
legians in charge of the game.
south Cardinals defense during the
first period was fairly good, the lines
men charged low, and the wet, soggy
field proved rather a severe handicap 10
the Georeetown backs. As to South
Carolina's offense. II was worse than the
brass band in the east stand, and only
those who were present csh testify as
70 the horrible sounds and sour notes
rendered by that bunch Of music. drafted
probably from some bush league.
South Carolina played rotten football.
Take the second period. for instance,
when instead of kicking within . yards
o. their own goal line the visitors
attempted to throw forward passes. and
two of these long filings fell plump into
the arms of some Georgetown half back,
touchdOwns resulting.
Forward passing under the shadow OF
a teams own goal posts is considered
unethical and decidedly punk" in this
neck of the woods. but the Palmetto
State lads violated all rules, and thereby
looked like a bad football eleven.
Coach Edgerton, in explaining the mat
ter to the writer after the game, said:
Il had no punter. and We were desperate.
| figured that our long passes would
work"
Georgetown's most effective play was
a triple pass for an end run, with Gilroy
carrying the ball. This play invariably
gained when it was tried, and South
Carolina was utterly unable to stop II.
Pete Wall and Frank Leighty, also little
Johnny Maloney at quarter back, played
sensational football, while Nahum and
Center Fitzgerald were the boys who
went through South Cardinals line,
breaking up play after play.
While the turf was soft and footing
treacherous, Georgetown's players man
aged to hold their feet and gain con-
sistently throughout. The visitors could
do little against Georgetown's line and
ends. There was no wind blowing. and
outside of ground conditions the day was
perfect for football.
The game in detail. play by play, fol-
lows:
FIRST PERIOD.
Georgetown gave the kickoff to
South Carolina. Laudenslager's kick
off went 10 yards from where Fitz-
gerald stopped it Leighty on a fake
kick made 10 yards around left end.
Gilroy got yards at left tackle and
more at right end. forward pass
was uncompleted. Surran intercepted
z forward pass and brought the ball
back 10 yards. Folger got yards
around right end. Loudenslager lost 6
yards trying for left end. Brady punt
ed to Georgetowr's 4o-yard line.
Wall failed TO gain at left end. Cor
cornn dropped Surran without gain
when he caught Maloney's punt on
South Carolina's ao-yard line. Eouden-
slayer got yards at tight end. Kerr
got a yard through center. He got
another yard at center.
Prady's forward pass was uncom-
pleted. Wall carried Bradys punt
through midfcld for a 20-yard gain.
On a fake kick Gilroy gained 90 Yards
at left end L-eighty got yards at
center.
On fake double pass Wall got .
yards 1T center. Leighty was smother
ed for no gain through center. GiIroy
i
yards. Fiji threw Wall for no gain.
Walls Forward pass was uncompleted
::orcoran took Gilroy's forward pass
and went over for a touchdown. but
ne vas pulled back to the 5-yard line
for running outside bounds. Leighty
got /: yards At center. Wall failed at
center. so did GIlroy. Gilroy plowed
through left guard for touchdown.
score: Georgetown University. Z; South
Carolina. C.
Fitzgerald kicked goal. Laudenslager
kicked of to Georgetown's 3o-yard line
Wall circIed left end on a fake kick for
twenty yards. The next time he tried
It he was thrown for 3-yard loss
Maloney On fake kick got three yards
at right end. Gilroy got i've yards at
right tackle Leighty plowed through
center for yards. The next time
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