The Washington herald., 1922-11-06
Mohawks Carry Ball TO Enc.
my's 2-Foot Line, Then
+ Lose II.
By AL CONNOLLY.

+ Concn JACK Hegartys teorBe-
town A. c. gridiron machine in
vaded the lair Of the champion Mo-
hawks at Union League Park yes
terday and battled the Indians to a
scoreless tie after sixty minutes Of
fast and furious. football.
The largest crowd Of the year,
estimated at $500. witnessed the
fray, and the brand of football fur
nished by both elevens kept the
fans on edge until the final whistle
blew. with Coach Harris crew
hammering away at the George
town defense in the shadow of the
latter's goal post.
Two Chances Lost.
The Mohawks lost two excellent
opportunities to sew up the old
game, once in the opening period
when an Orange and Black forward
slipped through teh Georgetown de-
fense and blocked q punt behind
the latter's goal line. only to have
the ball bound back on the playing
field and be recovered by an alert
blue e-jerseyed athlete.
Again in the waning moments of
NiAC boIht' SutteSciNc
through center and on tackle. in
terspersed with a bewildering as
sortment of forward passes and
criss-cross plays, Schofield to Cox.
and vice versa. brought the oval to
Georgetown's 10-yard line. But the
necessary punch was lacking and
Georgetown took the bail on downs
on its own two-foot mark. Sulli-
van punted out of danger.
Georgetown on Defensive.
Play centered about the visitors
goal line during the whole of the
contest. Georgetown never being in
a position to threaten at any time
The Hilltoppers had the ba In In
dian territory on only one occasion,
when an overzealous Mohawk for
ward was chased to the showers for
unnecessary roughness and his
teammates were penalized half the
remaining distance to their first
chalk mark
Both teams played a conservative
game in the first half. attempting
few aerial passes. and contented
themselves with sticking to old
fashioned football. The Indians
were for the most part plugging
away within Georgetown's thirty
yard mark. But the visitors de-
fense proved equal to the occasion
every time their last chalk mark was
threatened. and they smothered their
opponents offensive play before 1t
could get under way. Numerous
penalties were inflicted during this
half. with Georgetown the heavier
loser in ground.
Indians Are Rough.
Earlyin the third quarter the In
dians were steadily nearing George
towns goal, only to suffer a reverse
to their procession in the form of a
thirty-yard penalty because of un-
necessary roughness on the part of
Mohawk lineman. and Georgetown
was in Mohawk territory for the
first time.
Coach Hegarty sent in Jack Sui
livan, former Georgetown Univer-
sity and Washington Pro player. at
the beginning of the last quarter.
Georgetown Immediately assumed
the offensive. hut even with Sullivan
in the backfield the Northwest crew
were unable to dent the Indians de
fense to any appreciable extent and
were forced to kick.
LiCarione, Clarkson. Cox and
Schofield. aided by excellent inter
ference. ripped off telling gains in
the last quarter and succeeded in
placing the ball on the visitors
5-yard line with first down to boot.
Two Feet from Goal.
Georgetown's defense rose admi-
rably to the occas sion and Licario-
mes best efforts went for nauEht.
the Indian fullback. who was easi-
ly the star of the game. being
stopped a scant two feet from
Georgetawn's goal after three
plunges at center. Sullivan dropped
back behind his own goal and punt
ed to the 30-yard line and the Mo-
/ hawks had started another march
toward victory when the referees
whistle brought an end to hos
tilities.
The entire Mohawk backfield
starred on II" offense. with Dea-
/ kins. Clark and Birch sharing de-
/ fensive honurs. while Brown. Wren
| Scanlon and Anderson played well
/ for Georgetown.