Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
LOYOLA IS BESTED
BY BROOKLANDERS
Catholic U. Thrills Followers
by Coming From Behind
to Win, 21-13.

~ ATHOL1C UNIVERSITY'S badly
battered and crippled foot ball
warriors thrilled their faithful
~ followers yesterday afternoon
in Brookland Stadium by reg
tstering their first home victory of the
season by outSmarting and outflghting
heavier Ioyola College eleven from
Catholic U. 81, Loyola 49,
The story of the free-for-all battlG
Is but partially revealed in the final
figures. Loyola piled up two touch
downs in the first 10 minutes of play,
and lost another opportunity to score
when Boyd fumbled within inches of
the goal. The fury of the visitors
early assault dampened the spirit of
the Cardinal fans, but once more the
charges of Coach Jack McAuliffe DEM
onstrated their ability to batter down
towering opposition.
With Gene Murphy. Capt. Schmidt
ana Joe Champa, star Cardinal backs,
limping off and on the field at intervals.
the victors we're badly handicapped
throughout the contest Only during
the first quarter, when the invaders
made their big splurge, were the three
Cardinal backs in the contest at one
time. Schmidt was injured before
the first Loyola touchdown and Murphy
retired soon after. Champa carried on
nobly until the final period, when his
previously injured back was further
twisted, necessitating his retirement.
Jack Malevitch, regular fullback, was
not in uniform due to leg injuries
which have kept him idle the past few
weeks.
Gerth and Zeno Prominent.
Gerth, midget end, and Zeno. the
other Cardinal wingnlan, played prom
tnent roles in bringing the Red Birds
victory. Gerth was on the receiving
end OF 30-yard pass which he pulled
out Of the air amid two Loyola men.
before racing 30 more yards for the
first touchdown. After Champa had
added point by placement Zeno tied
the score by Scooping up a Loyola
tumble on the Baltimoreans' 25-yard
mark and racing to the end zone.
Cl1ampa again booted accurately, con-
tributting what proved to be the
winning point.
Jerry Healy sewed I'D the victory in
the final period when he cut through
the Loyola line in midfield, 3auirr1ed
through the opposition's secondary de-
tense and ran SIS yards for the final
count OF the game. Murphy added the
point from placement
Loyola caught the c. U. backs una
ware m the early stages by unleashing
an aerial attack. Murphy kicked to
Curtis to start the battle and the latter
returned the ball to Catholics 3S-yard
line. Monahan tossed a pass to Anime
for 28-yard gain. Boyd funbled on a
Inc play, the ball rolling to the c. U.
LIZARD stripe, where Curtis recovered
TWO line plays failed for the Maryland
or5 and Monahan fumbled on the next
play Murphy recovering for the Car
dinais on his own 4-yard line.
Murphy kicked to midfield and Kane
and Monahan made substantial gains
through the line before the Loyola full
back tossed successful passes to his
two ends for total gain of so yards.
A 5-yard penalty imposed or. C. u for
being of-side put the ball on its goal
line. Monahan went over and E. Healy
added a point by placement.
Intercepted Pass Costly.
On the second play after E. Healy
had kicked off. Cannon of the invaders
intercepted Murphy's pass and ran 40
yards for the second Loyola touchdown.
Finnerty's snap back was wild and the
try for the extra point was smothered.
Gerth's score a few minutes later
gave the Brookland eleven hope. Raiche
had ran Healy's kickoff back to the
60-yard mark and Murphy and Healy
exchanged punts, Catholic U. getting
the bali on its 30-yard line On wide
open play. Murphy tossed pass 80
yards to the dininutive left end, who
followed the Sideline to the end zone.
zenos tying counter came out of a
clear sky. Loyola gained possession of
the ball on its 25-yard line. Cannon at
tempted to hit the line and lost the ball.
Zeno, standing free behind the scrim-
mage, grabbed the ball and outsprinted
the Loyola backs to the goal line.
The visiting team opened wild pass
ing offensive in the closing period.
Three passes were incompleted in sue
cession and the Cardinals got the ball
near midfeld. The big Loyola line OPEN
ed wide on the first play and Jerry
Healy picked the open path. Side-step-
ping several would-be tacklers, he con-
tinued his way for a score.
Raicte, McCabe and O'Connor. al
though outweighed considerably by
their opponents, played prominent roles
in their teams victory.
Lineup and Summary.