Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
HOYAS OUTP[AYED
|. BY STRONGERFOES
HiIItoppers Fight to Finish,
But Bow to VioIets After
First Period.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.

| vi ANSA oNSS"AA SAAANNAD4OJ
4 Y long-sustained power to
mesmerize the gridiron
warriors of New York University
was broken in startling manner
today when the Violets inflicted
one of the most decisive defeats
in Hoya foot ball history. The
score was "a to 0. About $4,000,
including a host of Georgetown's
Washington supporters, saw the
rout in Yankee Stadium.
How much the loss by injury Of its
flashy fullback, Wilmer Bradley, on
the eve of battle and the near inca
pacitation of several other dependables
may have affected the outcome must
ever remain q matter Of conjecture,
but the fact remains that Georgetown
received a licking today that In all de-
tails was masterpiece.
Big and powerful In proportion,
versatile and smart, the Violets
crossed Georgetown's goal line five
times for touchdowns and every one
was earned, albeit among them was
one the like of which seldom has been
witnessed. 1t was scored on a forward
pass and a double tumble with IS
yard sprint at the finish. At no time
serious danger. but never once did the
Blue and Gray give UP striving to
reach it.
AL but exhausted from resisting the
ever-ceasing pounding of the greatest
backfield New York University has
known, the Hoyas we're in there
fighting at the finish. So much SO
l1ak a,-kA Hry oRG taie
| was necessary twice In the fourth quar-
ter to avert flsticuffs. Two heavy
penalties inflicted on the Violets told
where lay the responsibility.
That Trick Touchdown.
The trick six-pointer was made ir
! the third period by Joe Hugret. who
! right end Hugret took a long pas:
! from Bob Mcnamara, but juggled i
eway. 1t few from his fingers intc
! the arms of Joe Alenty, Georgetown
| llalfback who IN turn lost the oval
Prone on the ground, Hugret retrieved
| it before 1t touched the sod, jumped
up and scurried about 20 yards across
the goal.
The violets' superiority became
more and more pronounced as the bat,
than held its own in the opening quar-
ter, when it scored four first downs tc
! New York's one But after that the
contest was one-sided, the Hoyas reach
! ing the 26-yard line as the first hall
ended for their deepest advantage into
enemy territory
New York marched so yards to its
first touchdown late in the second Pc
Rod. The Violets got the ball at that
point by recovering Donoghue's tumble
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of the gains, Keeling off the yardage BY
tens and twelves, with a f1ve-yardel
now and then.
When the ball finally was taken over
from the 1-yard line by Abee it wa:
the first time in four years the VioletS
| had been able to score a touchdown
against the Blue and Gray. New Yorl
won with a safety last year, was beater
in 1929 by two touchdowns and in 1921
was defeated by TO by Ken Provincial!
famous run after recovering a tumble
Today's victory evened the series a
two wins each.
violets Due for Title Bid.
BY virtue of the lopsided score. Chicl
Meehan's latest bunch of Violets wor
rating as possibly the strongest clever
in the East.
With the University Of Georgia, which
defeated Yale today; Carnegie Tech
Colgate, Oregon and Fordham among
its remaining foes, New York U. ha!
the opportunity to look in on the ma
tional championship.
Quarterback Lamark was the spear
head of attack in the second touch
down, with this drive also starting from
the 50-yard line. The general tossed
a 20-yard pass to the big-handed Hug
rot ~ cot a1 nf he {v&r
80 yards to the goal. Grossman SHOOK
off half the Georgetown team for the
final gain.
AS the half ended, Bernie Donoghue
who later on showed speed and class
toting the oval passed to Tom CarolaI
for gain Of so yards 40 of it through
the ozone.
d 10-yard run by Lamark started thu
Violets goalward again in the third pc
Rod, this time the advance spanning
IS yards. About half that distance wa!
eaten up by Lamark's aerial to Bot
Mcnamara, who moment later addeC
a 30-yard run for the score.
Hugret's oddly was the fourth
marker and the fifth in the closin,
period was largely the handiwork O.
Bob Mcnamara, who pulled a 25-yart
sprint. Once again the ubiquitou
Lamark had a share. He passed t.
Tanguay for the touchdown.
G. U. Line Fights Hard.
Georgetown never was able to sus
tain an advance for long, but several o
the Hoya backs showed to advantage
Sam Cells, early in the going; Bordeal
in the third quarter, with a 20-yarc
gain, and Donoghue late in the fray
were the Hoyas' principal ball runners
The line took severe beating, but, b!
courageous'y battling, was able to hole
the Violets several times for downs
once within the shadow of the goal
Rather than to any marked weak.
ness in the Georgetown team, the biz
score was due to the great power tina
was New York University's. In defeat
Coach Tom Mills undoubtedly saw
much to give him hope for success II
} other Of Georgetown's important game
just ahead. In that connection, thu
Hoyas' fighting spirit could not b
overemphasized.