Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
TEAM STILL DIZZY
FROM n. Y. j. KAYO
Shimmins Comes to Fore as
Alternate for Remnant OF
FuIIback Bordeau.
BY r. d. THOMAS.

~ UCkNELL > Dls, DIulSlIls
* foot ball team Is coming
TO town Saturday bent
upon doing no good TO
Georgetown's sorely tried band OF
near invalids.
Ever since New York University
broke EN- up in their third game
OF the season the Hoyas have been
on the spot for every foe. Tires
of their last four engagements
went the wrong way and the other
was a tie.
There is no reason to expect anything
but another beating Saturday. BUCK
nell in It's last effort played a scoreless
tie with Villanova, which had beaten
Boston College. which only last Satur-
cav mastered Georgetown, 20 TO z
Comparative scores are dangerous
criterion In these days OF basket ball
on the eridiron but even discounting
them in this instance the Hoya out
look for Saturday is far from pink
THE Hilltop team has never recovered
i from the Dempsey-like blow dealt
n nv N. Y. u. in a battle that may
become fixed in Georgetown annals as
the most generally destructive ever
fought by the Blue and Gray.
A gifted psychologist. Tommy Mills,
has managed to maintain the Hoya
fiphting spirit and has never lost nope
OF replacing the broken parts OF MS
machine and making the thing click at
least once before the season is over. BY
hts and starts the team has played bril-
49, hut In nf itc nnnlRS
has It been able To carry on long
sustained attack. II had opportunities
10 beat Michigan State, but either lacked
the punch at right moments or had It's
chances killed off by penalties. Some
what the same may be said or Its per-
Torrance against Boston College. The
Hoyas had the stuff to get within scor-
ing distance, but no follow through.
(EoRGETowN'S back field lost its
" follow through" kick when VIII
mer Bradley one OF the most prom
Using ball carriers to appear on the
Hilltop IN years broke collar bone on
the eve Of the N. Y. u. contest. None
of tire Hoya's subsequent losses through
injury has been important compared
with this.
rugged and lion-hearted Leroy Bor-
deaIl. Is reported to be "a pounds under
weight but his understudy, Johnny
Shimfnins, who was touted as q fresh
man but disappointed In the pre-sea-
son varsity drills, made everybody take
notice while In the lineup against
Boston College last week. Some of the
Beantown newspaper accounts named
Shimmins az the Georgetown star. ii
he can fulfil from here out the promise
he showed as freshman, Johnny VIII
be quite the doctors prescription.
DUCKNELL and Georgetown played
ID last in 1925. and the battle was
one to be long remembered. The
Bisnns won, 3 to 3 and 1t was the only
game lost by the Hoyas all season.
They were two big, powerful teams that
year. and rough--yea, very rough. The
stretcher bearers toiled almost as much
as the athletes.
II was Bucknell's third straight tri-
pmph over Georgetown, and put the
B!sons one up in seven meetings. In
the first encounter. IN 1904 George
town won, IL TO 0, and Bucknell squared
accounts in 1905. l8 to o. In the next
game, played in 1916, when Georgetown
had one of the strongest teams in Its
history, the Blue and Gray rolled up
20 points against none.
A four-y ear series was begun in 1922,
with Georgetown taking the opener
1877 Then the Bisons triumphed, l4-7.
1916 and 80, place kick by Lloyd
Trimmer. an end, deciding the last.
Outstanding among this years Bisons
IS Clark Hinkle, who punts, passes and
plunges with marked ability. In 1929
Hinkle scored 12S points to lead the
East. This season he has been shifted
to the post of signal caller, where his
Readiness and experience have improved
the Bisohs UNNECESSARILY, 1t is said in
the last several games In this job
Hinkle is able to make use Of one of his
lest weapons. his blocking ability, to
best advantage.