The Washington herald., 1920-11-29
Georgetown Squad, Beaten
In Last Four Starts, Must
Get Out Of Present Slump
To Trim Fast-going West
!, Virginians.
by r.. VI. HELGEsEN.

feat OF the last five seasons at the
hands of Boston College, Saturday.
Now. with all hope Of q success
full" season gone, the Hilltoppers
tomorrow will get down to. their
hardest work of the year IN an ef-
fort to wrest back some Of their
lost laurels by trimming Bethany in
post-season game here Decem-
ber4.
Providing they do beat Bethany,
which in the light Of their playing
during their last four starts Is open
to doubt. even then the Hilltoppers
will hardly be able to look back on
their grid season and tag 1t sue
cessful."
Primed For Boston College.
The Blue and Gray this fall has
admittedly been priming for Bos-
ton College. The battle with the
conquerors of Yale was looked upon
Gas the big game Of the year and as
disaster followed disaster Hilltop
!. followers grinned and murmursd.
Watch the boys against B. c."
The beating by Navy. the crushing
at the hands of Georgia Tech. and
finally that unexpected, at least by
G. U. adherents IL not by the coaches
and squad itself, defeat by WASH
ington and Lee, were all looked
upon merely as sidelights to the
main issue, the clash with the con-
querors of the Bulldog.
That's over and the Northerners
did something that no other team
has been able to do this year, 1. e.
hold the Hilltoppers scoreless.
N-Fa fa1 1AI n. .
mammoth line which stopped the
rushes and frequently threw for a
loss. the much-touted Mr.. French,
Saturday, was unable to stop our
own Mr.. Flavin.
Georgia Tech, though they ran
up a larger score on the Hilltoppers
than B. c. did Saturday, neverthe-
less was unable to keep Exendine's
boys from scoring. And the Gen.
erals. coming at a time when the
G. U. squad was admittedly very
much disorganized and on the
verge of an open break. were glad
TO get away on the long end OF the
score
Four Losses in Four Starts.
OF Georgetown's losses this sea-
son the defeat at the hands Of
Boston College is probably the most
,disheartening, not to say painful.
The first quarter of Saturdays
game. according to reports. told
, the entire story: Victory for the
Northerners. After that period the
Hilltoppers lost hope OF beating the
conquerors of Yale. Their main OBJ
ject from then on was to score
and they failed miserably for the
first time this season.
Four defeats in four starts, be-
ginning with the loss to Navy and
ending Saturday with their hopes
shattered by Boston College, has
been the Hilltoppers' portion. How
ever, G. L. supporters are satisfied
that the clash with Bethany next
Saturday will allow a little sun
shine to drift through the clouds
and that they will end the season,
disastrous as it has been, with a
victory.
The Middies' victory over the
Cadets Saturday can be laid to two
things. The superiority of Nays
line from tackle to tackle. and the
ability of the Annapolis ends 10
stop the much advertised Mr..
French before he got well started
The Navy line resembled nothing
so MUCH dS q stone wall. AT no
time were the Army backs able to
crash through for substantial gains
Wilhide, the Cadet captain, showed
more class than his running mates,
including Mr.. French. in hitting the
line.
The ability Of the Navy ends to
get down under punts, coupled with
the sloppiness of the field probably
4 Is the main reason that French
failed to shine with his accustomed
lustre. Time after time the MILDLY
ends were down covering kicks and
It was the exception, rather than
the rule, when they failed to down
French "tn his tracks" Even par
ticularly, rarely failed TO be waiting
for Mr.. French to make the catch.
In fact he showed such aptitude for
this sort of work that one might
guess that he had been assigned to
that particular task watching
French regardless of where that
Bhifty gentleman moved.
Folwells ends have always been
noted for their ability to cover kicks
and they ran true to form SATURDAY..
French also suffered in comparison
with King. the Navy booter, in the
kicking end of the game. The husky
Middle tackle consistently outbooted
his rival besides getting his kicks
Eway quicker and driving the heavy
rain-soaked ball to such a height
hat his fiankmen were frequently
waiting for the Cadet receiver to
make the catch.
Dartmouth's open-field game COM
Y ,letely dazZled the University of
Washington team Saturday in the
biggest intersectional clash Of the
| lay and after the first quarter the
issue was never IN doubt.
The Westerners scored first on a
blocked punt but later when the
big Green team uncorked its passing
game they failed utterly to show q
capable open-work defense. Three
pf the Fasteners scores were made
rs the direct result of forward pas
les The fourth was bucked over
Ifter the ball had been brough,
within scoring distance by the over.
read route.
In line plunging and end running
here was little to pick from be-
tween the two teams. The result,
vas due to the open game.
All of which-do We hear some one
nurmur?-shows the actual value OF
1 highly deyeloped omen ATTACK