Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04
ALERT H|LLTOPPERS
CAPITALIZE BREAKS
Western MaryIand's Stats
teal Superiority Voided
by Strategy of HoyaS.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.
T WESTERN MARYLAND, the

W. hard little guy OF East
ern foot ball, took it
plumb on the whiskers
from its victim of the last two
years, staid old Georgetown, in a
furious battle at Griffith Stadium
yesterday, but li1nped from the
field an undaunted fighter and
with more glory than commonly
goes to a conquetof although the
score was 25-7.
Twelve thousand spectators were
agitated to the marrow as sensation
followed sensation and included a re-
markable series Of so-cAlled breaks that
all went against the invader and
counted heavily m the FIRST defeat suf-
fered by the Green Terror since it lost
to Maryland back in 1928 Over that
span of nearly three years the teams
coached by Dick Harlow won 25 vic
tories and were tied twice.
Three times yesterday the Terror was
stopped within a stride or two of the
Hoya goal after brilliant advances,
twice thwarted by fumbles that George
town recovered and once by the whistle
that ended the first half.
oOAnc 0uCtT
For a team beaten by a lopsided
score, Western Marylands achievements
challenged credulity 1t scored 10 first
downs to Georgetown's 10. 1t gained
146 yards on forward passes to SIS for
its opponent. It averaged almost 10
yards more to the punt It had a
margin, though a slender one, in rush.
ing the ball-128 yards to 1876 1t COM
pleted eight forward passes out of 81.
against three out Of six completed by
Georgetown. Allin-all it gained 274
yards from scrimmage against 1874 for
its enemy.
But the story of victory and defeat
is not to be told in figures Georgetown
won because of its alertness in making
the most of Western Marylands me-
chanlcal errors and it made the triumph
decisive partly by Coach Tom Mills
strategic use of reserve power.
Right End Hurley of Western Mary
land was thrown so hard after re-
turning the opening kickoff he fumbled
and the HoyaS recovered on the Terror
34-yard line. They were held for
downs right there, but later capital
lied on the break, when, after an ex-
change of kicks, a punt by Harold
Hoppe. the giant Terror fullback, was
blocked on his own 18-yard line Ray
Hudson recovered for Georgetown, and
he 1t was who moment later bounced
upon tumble by his own fullback. the
lion-hearted Boardeau, which put
Georgetown on the 5-yard stripe Two
line thruStS by Bordeau, one by Sells
and the ball was over, with Lone add
Ing the extra point.
The entry Of Floyd Doughty, bril-
liant halfback, put lot of pep into
the Western Maryland team toward the
close arte nd II
peared the TerrOrs would sweep the
Hoyas of their feet. A pass from
Doughty TO Hoppe gained So yards
and laid the oval on Georgetowns Z
yard mark. Quarterback Carl Jones
had picked up 2 more yards when
the half ended.
Even the Count.
The Terror unleashed all its fury at
the start of the third period and quickly
tied the score. Jim Dunn got loose
on double pass behind the line and
ran % yards to Georgetown's 41-yard
mark. A forward pass, Hoppe to Dunn,
quickly followed and gained 19 more.
A lateral, Dunn TO Hoppe, placed the
oval on Georgetown's 15-yard stripe.
and there the march temporarily was
halted when the Hoya line braced
But the Terror, unable to gain by
power, turned to strategy and pulled
the brightest bit of foot bali of the
game to score touchdown. Dunn took
the pass from center and tossed it
1aterally to Hoppe. The big fullback
broke for the line and as the HoyaS
converged at the point of attack Hoppe
gave the ball a backward flip into the
arms of Brown, speeding across the
field. Brown was around his own left
end and nearing the goal before
Georgetown was fully aware of the
trick. Brown kicked the tying point
Breaks Down Terrors.
Then came the Dig punch. Western
Maryland was gaining the upper hand
in the final chapter and had forced
Georgetown to punt from behind its
own goal when the Blue and Gray
gained what turned out to be a vital
break.
Danieu kicked TO his own 4O-yard mark
and on its first attempt to advance
Western 1sryland fumbled Brown
nlado the iniscue and Carolan of
Georgetown recovered King gained
5 yards to put the oval in midheld and
at that point Donoghue fired a long
pass to Carolan. 1t gained 80 yards
and while the Hilltop rooters still were
in q frenzy King arched a pass to
Danieu, who made brilliant running
catch as he stepped across the goal line
That touchdown meant the ball game
Western Maryland, short of capable re-
serves, was about spent and Georgetown
still had plenty of fairly fresh power.
Bradley reeled off gains of 25. 8 and 5
yards to score a third touchdown and
King pulled an 80-yard run for a
fourth after the interception OF for
ward pass.
In the meantime Western MARYLAND,
still fighting had gained more than
half the length of the field in a des-
perate effort to lessen the margin of its
defeat and had advanced to tie 2-yard
mark, where one of its several disas-
irons fumbleS was seized by a fOeman.