Evening star., 1923-09-30

more On 1tS part, IL was typlCal
Ieorge Washington was concerned,
Hilltoppers played with even less el
The bulk of the games action was
crowded into its first half. George
town attacked with a bit of spirit
in the opening period and went to a
touchdown after failing to count by
kicking. The program was reversed
in the second period, the touchdown
preceding the faulty boot. With sec
ond-string players freely used by the
Hilltoppers, the third period was d
dismal affair, but some of the regu-
lars were sent back 10 the fray in
the final round and another touch
down resulted.
George Washington had little with
which to oppose Georgetown and did
not know how to use that little. In
attack it lost signals and failed
edly. Defensively, it was a minus
quantity. The Hatchetites were un-
able to tackle accurately or with
vigor. and that they twice held
Georgetown for downs-once within
three yards of goal-was due more to
careless Georgetown offensive tactics
than anything else. The Hatchetites
may do well against teams supposed
iy of their own class, but they need
much grooming before being ready
for them.
The Hilltoppers, however. ought to
show to much better advantage than
they did yesterday. That brlillant
backfield of last season seems aes
tined to be succeeded by quartet
that should bring glory to the Blue
and Gray, Babe Adams at quarter,
Jack Hagerty and Polly Byrne at the
halfback positions and Tony Piansky
at fullback were very mucn IN nne
teh%
are as fashy performers as any
varsity coach hereabout could want
under his wing.
The linemen were not as active as
they ought to have been ana prop,
ably will be in the near future. Ied
: Butler and Tommy Thompson vet
eran tackles, and Tom Sheehan, eX-
perienced guard, are able grldneE'
They paralyZed the George w asnlns
ton line Yesterday without any trou-
ble Some of the new forwards, too,
were apt at times. 90 .
A backfield graduate himself, it is
only natural that Coach Jackie Ma
loney should first round out a PAL
running quartet before developing MS
line. He has his backf1eld Wen un
der way, and with the material at
hand ought to have the rush line
ready before long.
Scoring Starts Early.
The players mentioned above pore
the brunt of battle in the hrst tWo
neriods Yesterday. Shortly after the
game opened Plansky missed goai
With a dropkick from the 33-yara
line but Georgetown soon regalned
uossession of the ball and pair OF
runs by Adams and Byrne carried II
to the 23-yard mark. Then Byrne
dashed around left end to touch-
down. but Plansky failed to get an
extra point with a placement.
Early in the second period Thomp-
son recovered George washington @
tumble on that teams 3O-yard line.
Adams skipped past left tackle Tor
9 yards and Hagerty added IA around
left end Plansky broke through the
AGIatchetite line for the remaining a.
GOOD with a place kick for point.
Later in the period Georgetown for
ward passes failed and Plansky tried
q dropkick from the 2S-yard line, but
missed. So did Byrne when he at
bar from the 22-yard line about MID
way of the third period, but George
Washington had to punt ana George
town Immediately started another
march goaiward.
This was halted at the 3-yard line
as the period ended by the only real
stalwart stand made by the Hatchet-
ties during the engagement. The
delay to Georgetown was only tenn.
porary. When Pryor punted short
Ray Haas, Georgetown's substitute
back. caught the ball and returned
to the 20-yard line. Three rushes
later he ran II yards across field to
touchdown and Byrne booted the goal
point. From then on TO the finish
the Hilltoppers were content to let
the Hatchetites try to get somewhere.
Aerial Game of G. U. Weak. i
The Hilltoppers gained twelve first
downs against none for the Hatchet-
ties. All except one of these were
achieved by rushing. The other was
due to an 1S-yard forward pass not
caught, but granted Georgetown be-
cause of interference with the re-
ceiver by a George Washington ath-
lete. 1t was the only successful pass
of Georgetown's nine efforts, all made
in the first half. All of the Hatchet-
ties gains were by the aerial route.
They attempted seven heaves in the
second half and three were good for
an aggregate of eighteen yards.
The Hilltoppers were handicapped
by penalization, 120 yards being lost
on account Of rule violations. George
Washington was not punished once
for off-side or holding offenses. 1t
was too slow to be guilty of the for
mer code infraction and perhaps this
lack of speed made it impossible for
the Hatchetites to clutch opposing
linemen had they been so disposed.