Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-11-10
M|DD|ES WEAKENED;
GEORGETOWN BECAME
STRONGER ALL WHILE

Two fine drop kicked field goals by
Maloney in the last period of play
we're responsible for the victory
The Navy contingent had been look
ing forward to the fray as perhaps the
hardest game of their local schedule.
but little did they expect their colors
would be trailed in defeat.
More than ten thousand persons,
perhaps $4,000, witnessed the struggle
They came by trolley cars, and besides
hundreds and hundreds made the trip
from Washington, Baltimore and else
where, in automobiles. 1t was the
biggest crowd that has been seen in
the old town for long while And so
exciting did the play develop, that It
held everyone until the final seconds
licked off 1t was an ideal day for the
great college, sport except that the
turf was bit slippery due to light
rain that fell during the night. but the
air was crisp, and just Whit of
breeze was blowing.
1t developed early in the game that
the Varsity lads would prove a tartar
for Uncle Sans wards. Also it APP
peared that the mddies lacked some
of the dash they have displayed in pre-
vious games They began by assum-
ing the aggressive, just as they had
done before but soon found the visit
ors like the veritable stonewall when
they advanced within the danger zone,
and a number OF times the blue and
gary players either recovered on
downs or forced the sailors to resort
to kicking. But the outstanding weak
ness of the Middies, to those who have
observed their work throughout the
season, lay in the fact that they could
not cope with the clever kicking game
of Georgetown The visitors present
ed various formations to get their
kicks off. and Maloney and Captain
McQuade. who did the punting, were
like flash in dropping back for what
appeared to be a lineup for an end
run, forward pass or some other play
Of the like, and their twisting spirals
generally went for As and 90 yards, /
and more on the bounds, for they
caught the Navy man laying back com
pletely off his guard This was I'M
doubtedly a large contributing factor
to the Georgetown victory.
Captain McQuade. Leighty, and Ma
loney, were Georgetown's stellar per-
formers on the offense, while Tom
Sullivan played a great game at tackle
The kicks that spelled victory for
Georg etown were tried so success
fully after the Navy had had things its
own way in the early stages of Cruel
ling game. The midshipmen started
with a dash that augured well for their
success; they finished in slump that
means that they long and hard road
to travel if they are to close their
campaign with a victory over the
Army.
Where the Navy got weaker as the |
game went on the Hilltoppers grew
stronger. Georgetown CROPPED about /
in the early stages, but when the
Washington eleven finally found itself
the midshipmen did not have the po-
wer to withstand the battering to /
which they were subjected by the 1
Georgetown backs. led by the plunging
McQuade. The Hilltoppers were not
to be denied in the latter part of the
third period and throughout the final
quarter and the Navy was fortunate
IN not having it's goal line crossed by
one of the Georgetown's dashing
backs
Fighting Spirit Helps G.. L.
It was Georgetown's fighting spirit,
something the Navy was unable to
break early in the game when its
backs were tearing great holes in the
blue and gray line, and it seemed only
a question of time when Uncle Sans
future admirals would carry their
vicious drives to the goal line objec- 4
i've. that ultimately brought victory to
the Hilltoppers They just didn't
know when they were beaten.