The Washington herald., 1916-11-26
BUCKNELL NO MATCH
FOR Blue And GRAY
Gilroy Now Leads. the Country in Num-
Der of Points Scored.

Johnny Gilroy, barring accidents. prac-
tically settled the question yesterday aft
ernoon. on the Hilltop. as to what player
viii lead the country in numper of points
scored for the present fast-waning sea-
son. when he turned in five touchdowns.
In a game in which Georgetown smother
ed Bucknell by score of rs to 0. This
gives Gilroy a total of 122 points for the
season, just twelve more than Oliphant.
the Army star. has scored.
With an interfe ence at all times that
was the last thing In football. the crack
Georgetown half back. carried the ball a
distance that was easily equal to that
os the combined efforts OF his tea slmates.
In the third period Herbine punted, after
Bucknell had been held on the first three
downs, and Gilroy making the catch. ran
the sixty yards between himself and the
goal posts for his first touchdown. Again
in this same period he upon no less than
two occasions intercepted forward heaves
of the Pennsylvanians and through
broken fields tore Off forty-two and forty
four yards for touchdowns. Times with
out number he got by the scrimmage
line only to hit the dirt on account of
the poor footing the damp field afforded
and before he could scramble to his feet
and get under way again a Bucknell man
had nailed him. Gilroy has clearly dem
onstrated that he Is one Of the best. II
not the best, ground gamers and open
field runners the Blue and Gray has ever
had to represent 1t upon the gridiron.
The game itself did not offer much in
the way Of football. other than to bring
out the individual brilliancy Of Gilroy and
a more convincing impression that the
Hilltop eleven Of 1916 Is the fastest II has
had in a decade. Georgetown was slow
getting started and In the first period
managed to score only one touchdown.
although Maloney and McQuade shot
over the line for touchdowns and Gilroy
added to his already increasing number
Of individual points by booting both
goals,
The third period proved a nightmare
from beginning to end. Georgetown open
ed the second half by kicking to Her
bine. who brought the ball back II yards.
On two successive line plays Bucknell
was thrown for a loss of yards Hop
Ter then attempted an aerial heave
which Gilroy grabbed from out of the
air. but was unable to gain an inch. BY
alternating with line plunges. end runs
and the overhead route, the Blue ana
Gray advanced the ball to the 12-yard
line. where McQuade, on a play of
tackle. shot over for the first OF a series
Of six touchdowns Georgetown piled up
in this period.
The Hilltoppers again kicked to Buck
nell. and after several futile attempts
through the line, Gilroy again intercepts
another parabola fling from Baldauf and
makes yards. Working the ball slow
ly down the field to the 3-yard line, Gil
roy then shoots one from the shoulder
into the outstretched arms of Mccarthy,
and the speedy tackle kept on down the
field until he had crossed the last chalk
line. Gilroy added another point with
the goal.
Coach Exendine. Just to demonstrate
that Georgetown's football ability Is not
confined to eleven men, inserted Harry
Sullivan into the mess in the place of
Maloney. Sullivan had the team work
the ball up to the 14-yard line from which
advantageous point he takes the ball over
himself. This time the angle proved a
little too difficult for Gilroy and the
best he could do was to foul outside the
post
Rigth after this Gilroy contributed the
feature plays of the afterAoon In way
laying two Of Herbfne's attempts to ad-
vance the ball farther into Georgetown
territory by the aerial route and reeling
of 42 and yards for touchdowns. The
Blue and Gray star could only get one
of his attempts at goal between the posts,
the last one being from a sharp angle.
Prior to these two plays Gilroy had
skirted Bucknell's right end and carry
ing the ball 60 yards. had planted 1t be-
tween the goal posts In all Georgetown
rolled up 80 points in this period and a
total of 50 for the first three periods
The last period. while not quite so bad
from a Bucknell standpoint. was practi-
cally a repetition of the third, the Hill
toppers finding no trouble in carrying
the ball down the field. In this period
Gilroy added his final two touchdowns of
the day, and OConnor added six more
points with another.
While 1t was not expected that the
Pennsylvanians would present a very for
midable aggregation. their showing was
a big disappointment, as they showed
very little in the way OF attack, forma-
tions or plays. Their poor showing, in a
small measure may DE attributed to the
fact that they were unable to present
their regular lineup, injuries received
from the hard schedule which they have
gone through robbing them of several of
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