Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02

from 1ar Dehlnd mis- team SulliNatt
hurled the oval to Is yards be-
yond the scrimmage line to Espinosa.
and the latter carried the ball Is
yards farther to the Richmond goal
While the ball was speeding to the
knickerbocker end, the final whistle
was sounded. Sullivan added the ex-
ira point with neat kick.
An Added Attraction.
Then came another thrill. but for
only a few of the game attendants.
"hen the touchdown had been
achieved, the attention of the officials
was directed toward a pair of play
ers who were indulging in catch
as-catch-can wrestling match in the
vicinity of the Richmond 20-yard line.
one sported knickerbocker blue and
the other Richmond gray. Interior
enee by members of both teams sumN
marily ended the fracas. so there WERE
many in the stands who missed the
snappiest bit of work during the aft
ernoon.
Richmond adherents seized on this
impromptu graphing bout as a
cpancr erase the hnic6eroocKer
touchdown. They insisted the miN-up
occurred during the play that brought
the score. and that the foul voided
the scrimmage. According to them.
the ball should have been returned to
the 30-yard line. where it rested i'm
mediately before the last action and
play rescmed. They couldn't convince
the officials that such should be done.
Aside from the poor quality of foot
Dali offered, there was another argu-
ment against the professional grid
sport as conducted here. For some un-
known reason. the elevens elected t.
play two twelve-minute and two ten
airy fifteen minute quarters. AS a re-
suit the game was quite brief. and
while there really was enough of il.
considering the brand. the public
probably will. not care to be so served
another time. Professional teams are
supposed to be good enough to go the
route as do the college elevens. and
when the public pays well for its>en-
tertainment it expects full return.
Mackert Is Injured.
An unfortunate incident of the game
was an injury suffered by Roy Mack
ert, the big University of Maryland
fullback. In the early minutes of the
first period he was thrown heavily and
was forced to leave the contest
hasty examination indicated that three
of Mackert's ribs were fractured. His
withdrawal took much of the drive
from the Knickerbocker backfield.
Neither of the teams had a consistent
offensive Richmond being WORSE
than the knicks in this respect. The
visitors made only two first downs
one by ruSnlng anQ another through
a penalty, and, both were achieved
in the final period. The Knickerbock-
ers were more successful than the
Virginians in the use of overhead at
tack. Richmond he'd a strong line
that twice repulsed the Knickmen
after they had rushed the ball within
the visitors 10-yard line :
Play in the first half generally wasN
in Richmond territory. with the
Knicks twice threatening to scor".
The third quarter was evenly con-
tested and at the outset of the fourth
the Richmond combination asserted
itself for a few minutes. The Knicks
soon regained the ball when punted to
midfield, however, and penai:- IA
ficted against Richmond for iiiega
coaching put the Georgetown clubmen
in a favorable position to try the air
attack that brought the touchdown
Jack Sullivan. Burton Shipley. for
fner Maryland star. now coach -
Delaware College, and Turner played
well for the winners. Espinosa. sub
stituted for Shipley late in the fray
and put up a sturdy defensive game
as we'll as taking care of the pas
that brought victory. Carter. end;
Bethel, tackle. and Klevasahl, full
back. were factors in Richmonds de-
Tense against line attack Stringer,
visiting quarterback. was a fair
ground gamer.