The Washington times., 1922-10-29
WIN
FINE GAME In
GALA SETTING
Georgetown Defeated BY oto 8
n BY Husky Green Eleven.
From ouantico Stsfion.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

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when he brought the TtGi-reen"
forces to Washington, invited his
friends, and then watched Capt.
Joe Beckett and his football team
defeat Georgetown University by
q score Of 8 TO 8. ...t
General Butler, before, duringr
and after the contest, was quite
the whole works OF the party. He
led the singing, led the cheering,
made speech TO Georgstown
University students, and, I'm fact,
crossed the wellsknown dope, or
rather his Quantieo Marine foot
ball eleven did, to The atjsfAetion
Of everyone but Gsorsstown I'd
lowers. ~ " .lt +s
Perhaps the Hiiitoppsrs were .
bit overconfident. fsThose who fig
ured the service champions would
be a soft snap were sadly fooled.
While the going was good Captain
Beckett's gang delivered the punch
after q real break. Goettge, the
Q touchdown, and Captain Palmer
-
II was kyles' dash after recover
ing Kenyon's tumble which proved
to be the break. -
Followers Of 0eorgetown and
many wiseacres settled back to
watch the Hilltoppers show some
thing. It was not thought diff
cult to scratch tie Marines q
touchdown. Hhs
The old boys from down the
river would succumb In the second
or the third or perhaps the fourth
period. They couldn't stand the
gaff, a., Il were. :. ..Nt, :
Dope II Crossed.
II ever the dope was bent about
the "gi-reens" did II. They refused
to show signs Of cracking. They
met strategy with strategy and
power. They called on reserve stuff
and stuck to the going untfl George
town, baffled at finding q staunch
foe, had to resort to al Of the tricks
Il possessed to gain the single touch
down and then only AFTER Jack
Flavin had run through the entire
Marine eleven from his 5-yard line
until he was hauled down from be-
hind by McMain on the Marines IT
wsshinsson was treated ID the
best and most picturesQus game u
has seen IN many years. Few uni
versftiee can boast the music. the
color. the cheering, tAs siuging and
mighty fsw can boast an eleven the
equal Of the Marines,
These men from down the river
announced their program OF trying
to get games with leading college
teams. They have been met with re-
fusals. Several university elevsns
have run out Of games. oeorgetown.
however. accepted the contest. While
| the students and followers Of the
Hnltoppers were somewhat amased
by the elaborate preparations Cen
eral Butler and gang had made for
the party. they accepted the fact a.
an indication of the sincerity Of the
men from down the river and were
somewhat Inclined to pick o bit Of
simple change when the betting was
on. ~ r.t -#
Got Out Early.
The Marines got out early and.
aided by . bit Of luck. break In
the game. scored first. They were
outrushed by oeorsstown and were
fooled at times by the Hiiitoppsrs'
forward passes. In the main. how.
ever. when II came down to the old
you know. the Marines had It.
Georgetown scored ana brilliantly
In the second half when Elavin
made q brilliant runbaclx of Goett-
ge's long kick, dancing through
the entire team for at7s-yard run.
Straight football. with Kenyon and
Dufour tearing into the tired
Marines, scored q touchdown for
the Blue and Gray. Faasin, the
opportunist. missed his drop-kick.
dashed through from his position
at tackle and messed up the plsy.
The Marines then lead by q single
point and with six minutes to play
used their heads In holding the f,ail
from the kickoff. When forced to
punt GeottGe kicked close to the
side line and Dufour could not run
Il back. co. $500,
A desperate attempt to bring the
bacon from the fire resulted In an
entire change OF the GEORGETOWN
eleven. Th3 varsity was replaced by
the second string. A spread play
which shot the Hilltoppers across
the field like 20 many shocixs Of
corn. started. gh ~
DuLaurier made a sad pass To
Armstrong who kicked II about be-
hind his goal line and recovered Il
only to find himeelf In the grasp OF
Lfversedee. An additional two
points was gained by the Marines
on the safety. # ~,
IUf d. = - y. #. /.
y Takes High Rank.
AZ q football game the contest,
save for some messy fumbling,
ranks with some Of the best ever
Iseen here. qeorgetown was met
with rugged stuff. The colleeians,
i,ho. By the way, have nothing TO
lpse by playing the Marines, got q
RIAL afternoon Of football the like
Of which win serve them IN rood
stead for future gamcs. 49, I..
Stunning a. the defeat was TO
the Hilltoppers. they gave q great
exsiihifith and actually outplayed
the Marines. gsttinG eighteen first