The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Recovery of Loose Ball Be-
hind dPennsylvanians' Goal
Line Brings Victory, l3-
to-7. John Loehler Kick
ing Factor in Battle.
By JACK NYE.

George Washington University
registered its first victory of the
season yesterday by defeating Viii
lanova by a score of l3 to I at the
American League park.
Evenly matched in every depart
ment, the two elevens fought a nip
and-tuck battle until the final pc
riod when a mental error by the
Pennsylvania turned what seemed
a certain tie into a George Wash
ington victory.
Failure by the visitors to cover a
loose ball behind their own goal
line gave the Hatchetites a chance
they did not overlook. Hawley fell
on the oval as It rolled into the
players bench beneath the stands
and converted it into a touchdown.
George Washington rooters went
wild when the referee ruled the
score legal despite the protests of
the Villanova players, who main
tanned that the George Washington
man was not qualified to recover 1t.
Kick Partially Blocked.
The play followed an attempt by
Vidmer to boot a goal from place
ment from the twenty-yard line. A
Villanava man came dangerously
near blocking the ball and did de-
fleet 1t from it's course. After it
had been touched by one of the op-
posing players, Hawley rightly fig
ured that it was anybody's ball and
by doing so brought victory to his
team.
George Washington's first touch
down came in the second period on
str aight line plays, with Halfback
Kay gaining most of the distance
through the line. Kay took it over
and McAllister kicked the goal.
Villanova scored. it's touchdown in
the third period by brilliant work
on the part of Quarterback Cronin,
their brightest individual star.
Cronin kicked the goal.
There was little to choose be-
tween the teams in weight and the
prediction that they would be close
ly matched proved to be true. The
strength of both elevens was in
their backfields. The forwards play
ed a ragged game, and the tackling
was high and uncertain at times.
Efforts to take advantage of the
aerial game proved futile save in
two instances. when the Hatchetites
completed passes for 10 and IA
yards. The Pennsylvanians failed
in all of their attempts.
Most Gains in Line.
The game soon reverted into a
line plunging affair, and in this de-
partment George Washington, with
Kay and Springston doing fine
work, had the better of the argu-
ment. They battered the middle
of Villanova's line consistently and
varied their attack at times by rip
ping off good gains off tackle. Kay
was the hardest man on the field to
stop, bearing the brunt of his teams
attack when yards were badly
needed.
Another department in which the
Hatchetites had decided edge was
in the kicking game, John Loehler
excelling the Villanova hooters at
all stages. Many yards were gained
in the exchange OF punts and the
first touchdown was largely due TO
this fact. Loehler also played a
splendid defensive game at end.
Neither team was able to gain
consistently in the first period
and there was mueh punting and
fumbling. AS the period drew near
an end Loehler booted one for SIS
yards to Villanova's 10-yard line
Poppert Immediately punted in re-
turn, but his kick carried only 35
yards and Springston made bril-