Evening star., 1921-11-27


all c. US way.
The first quarter was just about as
desultory an affair as one could
imagine in a college foot ball game.
Penalties were frequent; one player
tendencies, and that much time was
taken up in various kinds Of confer
ences between players and officials,
between officials, and of the players
themselves. So much delay occurred
that spectators began to lose interest,
kept them keyed up. To begin, the
game was delayed forty minutes in
starting. the kick -off being advertised
at 2 o'clock and not taking place until
2:40
Interesting Mt Outset.
The first five minutes of the contest
were interesting. Both teams logged
plenty Of vim, but it was not long
before more delays occurred. George
Washington, toward the end Of the
first quarter, aided by a penalty OF
half the distance to the goal line when
G. Mccarthy was put out Of the game,
| the help of another penalty which
put the ball on c. us one-yard line.
| rushed across the goal for the first
touchdown. Springston took the ball
| across on a play Off tackle. Hughes
added the one point by booting the
goal.
During the remainder of the
quarter and for more than half the
| second George Washington did not
have much trouble holding the
| Brooklanders However, with most
| of the second quarter a thing of the
past. Coach Robbs men from the
30-yard line made successful long
| ~
| George Washington's 5-yard line.
! Unable to gain through the line.
| Curran slipped around the Hatchet-
ties left end and slid across the goal
near the side line just as he was
| tackled by Springston. Lynch missed
| the goal, and the half ended with
G. w. U. one point in the lead.
c. U. Goes to Front.
In the third quarter Catholic
| after an exchange of punts the
| Brooklanlers found themselves in
possession of the ball on their own
! 45-yard line. Here Curran worked a
| delayed pass and ran through the
split George Washington line to the
| from behind. The Rrooklanders were
! thrown for a loss on three consecu-
| tive plays, and on a successful for
ward pass. with the goal line to go,
! the Brooklanders fell short by one
yard.
Leohler then kicked out from be-
! hind his own goal posts to the 81
yard line. Curran made a fair catch
| and elected to try free placement
On the attempted kick the ball hit
a George Washington player and
bounded into Lynch's arms. The
c. U. man ran to the 6-yard line
from where the ball was taken
1 I'd IN hHy =
Mccarthy. a no gain by Curran and
another 4-yard drive by Curran.
Buckley kicked the goal.
Pass Nets Final Score
Catholic University made its touch
| down in the fourth quarter on a long
| forward pass. Curran to Corwin. The
Brooklanders appeared stalled at the
1S-yard line. after having recovered
what seemed to be drop kick
across the field to Corwin. Loehler
attempted to cover Corwin. but the
! ball went over his head into Corwin's 8
| arms, and the c. U. end dropped to
| the ground for touchdown. Buckley
missed the goal.
Catholic University missed getting
| touchdown in the first quarter
only because of penalty. Curran got
loose and ran from the 4o-yard
mark across the Hatchetites' goal;
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| penalty inflicted on his team.
Postponement Of any kind of a con-
test takes away some Of the interest,
| and yesterdays game undoubtedly
| suffered somewhat from that fact.
Except for the desultory play in the
| first quarter and the delays, the game
| had much in it which should have
stirred enthusiasm. Curran's fine
runs on delayed passes. two brilliant
/ forward passes, which resulted. one
| Indirectly and the other directly. in
! touchdowns. and some excellent
passes by Springston all contributed
| to make up foot ball Of the kind that
| usually holds spectators in rapt at
| tentfon.
Victory Ii Deserved.
| Catholic University won because 1t
injected into its play greater fight
ing spirit and produced better Of
fense. It's line was outplayed con-
siderably in the earlier stages Of the
| game, but toward the end it was out
| fighting the Buff and Blue forwards.
lavish of George Washington put
up q remarkable game at left guard.
| but played so hard and SO well in
| the first three quarters that he did
not have much left in the fourth.
He was the outstanding figure among
the Hatchetite forwards. despite the