Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15


SITY'S string of foot bal
~ reverses came to a joyous
end yesterday as the Hoyas
triumphed, IS to 0, over Western
Virginia in a homecoming game
In Griff1th Stadium.
All the bitterness engendered
by weeks of failure seemed to as
sert itself as the Blue and Gray
forwards charged like angry bulls
and its backs struck with grim in
tent in a 76-yard drive that cul-
minated behind the MountaineeI
goal in the second period.
Another touchdown was scored in the
fourth quarter when Ray Hudson, ball
hawk Of fiankman, intercepted pass
and ran 80 yards across the victory line
and not until then did Hoya sympa-
TIMER breathe easily, so desperate was
che combat.
Hoyas Have Whole Team.
For the first time in six weeks the
"Hard Luck Hoyas" were able to face
an enemy with all their positions
manned by capable, able-bodied war
self like trojan.
Leading the lot were Halfback Mack
Stanley and fullback Johnny Shin
minis of the ball carriers and Mush
Dubofsky and Dick Danner, guards,
and Hudson, end, of these up front
Shimmins and Stanley, besides pound
ing on the yardage in goodly hunks,
gave the first creditable exhibition OF
punting to grace a Georgetown per-
0fNvunn ANN ~
The victory put the Blue and Gray
one up on the modern series between
Georgetown and West Virginia, begun
In 1926, and was sweetened by the de-
cisiveness of 1t. Near the close the
Hoyas missed a third touchdown by a
scant yard.
Score Wen Earned.
Georgetown's first touchdown was
achieved in a manner rarely seen in
a contest between fairly matched teams
in this day Of hit or miss open play.
Only one forward pass was employed as
the Hoyas pushed from their 24-yard
line to the enemy's i, where Dick King
chucked dinky pass to Tom Carolan
for the score.
Tackles that played wide were found
vulnerable and Quarterback King shot
play after play inside them, with Shin
minis or Stanley toting the oval behind
Consistently effective interference. Du-
bofsky lightened the backheld's task
from time to time with comfortable
openings, and the line as whole ham
uaered away with telling results.
The Mountaineers were victims OF
their own daring when Hudson crossed
the goal and incidentally their Wanted
passsr and field general, Johnny Doyle,
was placed on the spot for the critics.
The ball was on his own 15-yard line
when DOYLE attempted to catch the
foe asleep with a long pass but he
threw toward q spot that was very
much alive with Hoyas and among the n
was a snagging specialist. Hudson has
gathered in more enemy aerlais ana
than ordinarily find the arms of sew
eral players and alert ones at that:
He had no difficulty reaching the end
zone 80 yards distant.
1t may have been tough medicine
when Johnny was beckoned to the
bench after that for he had been a
shining light through most of the fray,
sharing ground-gaining honors with
Homer White and Harry Marker
viskovitch Surprise.
To those who look hopefully to
GeorRetown's foot ball future, part
time performance by Halfback Visko-
witch was q pleasing surprise. The
youngster was rated far down the list
of substitutes until Coach Tommy Mills
was hard put to find any sort of back
to plug holes left by injuries. But for
a few minutes yesterday he lugged the
ball and tossed 1t in manner becom-
ing q regular.
GEORGETOWN threw its all into the
first half and carried the fight, but a
noticeable change took place as play
was resumed after intermission. The
Mountaineers took over the offensive
and the Hoyas appeared tired. The
visitors marched from their own 81
yard line to Georgetown's before the
Hoyas were able to stem the advance
by repulsing a savage line attack. A
forward pass from Doyle to Karr, ruled
complete through interference and
which Melted IA yards and a 25-yard
broken field run by Marker were high
lights of the Mountaineers' biggest
drive. =,
The crowd of 5000, unusually small
for a Georgetown Homecoming. stood
at attention between the halves as taps
was trumpeted in honor Of the memory
of Knute Rockne. Hundreds OF foot
ball fans who ordinarily would have
attended the game went to Baltimore
for a glimpse of the team that more
than any other holds sacred the name
of that glorious gridiron leader.
W;unu0 and Summary