Evening star., 1922-11-05

The husky athletes OF the local uni
,.rsity were outpiayed in every depart
-.snt Of the game. In fact. they were
we'll outciasSed in everything except
I-ae play During the first half the
Hilltop forw;, rdS made 4 creditable
moving. and in the final quarter made
4 gallant stand within Il yard of their
,.ral The Purple. however. matched
r;eorgetown's rush line and was greatly
,uperior to it's opponent i'll kicking, run
ming attack and secondary defense.
Speed was another element possessed
hy Holy Cross to greater extent tnan
l,v GEORGETOWN. The latter was equipped
With an attack as good if not better than
Tie PUPPIES. yet it was unable TO make
.tuy real use of its oifense. because OF a
TEX OF tieet-footed backs. At times
l'layin continued to get under way at
pace commensurate with that re-
r';Iired by tile Georgetown plays. but ne
Is given little or no assistance by his
100 sluggish mates.
Visitors Attack Is swift.
Not so with the Holy Cross attack.
After C;lennon had been replaced by Nc
Alahon and Crowley picking Of the
the past three seasons, starred as
grilman at stanton Military Academy
-Ae Purple offensive frequently proved
TOO lively for the Hiltoppers to handle.
t;roussard and SimendiHgtr. with Nc
Nahon and Crowley "Dic'link off the
opposition, gained considerably before
aampered by the Georgetown secondary.
once the Purple got is teet. II never
altered before the Hilltop rush line.
Except in the oppositicn's S heroic stand
Just short of goal.
BrouSsar,i and SimendlnSer were the
particular thorns in the side of George
town The former. by his good broken
teId running and droD-llickinS, and the
after by his consistently good puntins.
upset the calculations OF those who
had planned Hilltop triumph. 1t was
this pair OF gridnien who provided the
thrills of what otherwise would nave
been a very drab affair.
Tho high lights of the contest flashed
IN the second half. A weak punt by
I'.avin that carried the ball out or the
,rrld at Holy Cross 4e-yard line gave
f;ruussard his first opportunity to arouse
Hilltop adherentS. Given the oval In
he first scrimmage after the kick,
:roussard scraped past Georgetown
light flank and sprinted thirty-f
yards before being downed.
Field Goal for BrOussard.
Not content with this feat, the Purple
lack ran along the side line IN the next
,iay for five yards. rfen SimendlnSer
went three yards further into George
towns territory, putting the ball in a
favorable position for a try at goal
from field. Broussard was called upon
for the effort and he made good from
The 25-yard line.
After this score Georgetown,
which had been able to penetrate the
Ioly Cross field only twice before
and then for not more than a yard
or two, began to fight desperately.
Receiving the kickoff, the Hilltop
team rushed from its 30-yard line to
fioIy Cross 42-yard mark. Here
.tarial play was unsuccessful ana
Kenyon resorted to try for goal
rom placement. His boot from the
J2-yard line only resulted in Holy
cross getting the ball on its 32-yard
line. Thereafter Georgetown never
invaded the Purple's half of the grid
iron.
This brief Georgetown rally SEEM
ID to spur Holy Cross to greater eff
forts Recovering q fumbled ball
we'll in Georgetown's territory, the
I'urple attacked vigorously. but the
home teams defense was more dog
.:ed than formerly. Three line plays
faiIed and Broussard attempted field
-.oal from the 34-yard line, but the
kick was short and it was George
towns ball on its own 2O-yard line.
q. L. Holds at Goal Line.
Tho game then relapsed into a
d-eary struggle until about midway
~ the fourth period, when McMahon
Taught one Of kenyon's punts ana
ran back 10 yards to Georgetown's
4i-yard line. Simendinger followed