Evening star., 1927-10-23

" ~ made fighting mad by the
unexpected defeat a week
ago at the hands Of Har.
Ward this afternoon put an end to the
string OF four straight wins by the
Catholic University foot hall team
The Purple trounced the Cardinals
23 TO 3.
Catholic University scored in the
second period when after two plays
Murphy went over for touchdown
from the i.yard line. a succession of
line plays and "a pass. Harvey To
Murphy. had brought the ball into
scoring position just as the whistle
blew for the first period. Holy Cross
had fine chance to score in the first
FEW minutes of play. but lost the ball
on downs after march netting IL
yards
The Purple went into tho baad late
In the second period, when criss-
cross sent karpowich scurrying around
to take pass for touchdown. The
touchdown came after interference by
a Cardinal player on forward pass
gave Holy Gross the bali.
The starting lineup was consider
ably changed from that Which an
swered the whistle In the game last
week with the Crimson. An en-
tirely new back field, composed OF
Dougherty, Clancy. Bowling and Car.
niceilfi. was inserted. Shauahan and
l.owery were on the bench at the
start, but got into the game during the
second half.
Wind Checks Kicks.
The Catholic University defense
held its own during the first period.
hn
against an exceedingly strong wind.
the ball carrying less than 20 yards
each time.
Holy Cross started its second unsur-
cessful drive soon after the kickoff
following the Cardinal score, but it
petered out when Downing fumbled
on the 9.yard mark on an attempted
criss-cross. The Washington team.
unable to make any headway through
the Crusaders defense. kicked to mid.
field. and then started the successful
drive of the Holy Cross gridsters.
I.owery. the Purple broken field star.
entered the game Mt this point. and
began TO rip off long gains. With time
getting short. Holy Cross took to the
air. and gained the first real break Of
the game when the referee gave it
ward pass. I.owery to Shanahan. was
grounded.
Holy Cross Goes Ahead.
A criss-cross and combination pass
Shanahan to karpowicz. tied The
score, and Phelan gave the Crusaders
the edge when he placed adrUp+kick
between the goal posts.
The Purple offenss started off like
tornado In the third period. hut sim
mered down to Zepher at midfield
Dougherty and Clancy did most of the
ground gaining. the latter booting the
ball over the goal line after two
passes were grounded.
Another drive was started by the
Crusaders from the Cardinal 39-yard
line. which did not end until Phelan
kicked three points.
Get Second Touchdown.
An intercepted pass by Clancy was
the starting point OF the Puppies
second touchdown. Shanahan garner
ing "a yards in two plays, and then
playing dead" at the side lines to
haul down a pass and make IL yards
more He went over for the score
after the ball had been brought to
the 1.yard mark.
The Purple got another break ut
the opening of the final period. With
the ball in Cardinal hands as the
period began. Alzini broke through
and blocked punt. Dougherty
wormed his way through the center
of the Cardinals line TO make ii % for
the purple.
The final score of the game came
when Manfrcda of Holy Crnss mis-
Judged punt standing on his own
5-yard TX. and recovered it be-
hind his own goal for safety. The
Cardinals had the BALI on their own
30.yard mark and. started drive for
the Crusaders goal. which petered out
after four unsuccessful attempts at
forwards. The game ended with the
ball In midfie,d and Holy Cross