The Washington times., 1931-10-05
HOYAS ALERT
ON DEFENSE
AND ATTACK
BY HARRY COSTELLO


tory and defeat in the modern
game is, more often than not, a
mental one when two elevens are
physically and technically about
evenly matched.
2. The team which possesses
while on defense an element Of
attack will, more often than not,
win the game when contenderS
are physically and technically
matched.
3. Keenly planned strategy In
jected into a game at the psyche
logical moment will, more often
than not, take game out OF the
fire when opponents are physi-
cally and technically about evenly
matched.
Moral: What doth it profit to
have q marvellous physical and
technical team if your opponents
hold the balance of power with
intelligence?
IL was an alert, quick.think-
ing, inteiligentIy-guided George
town team which Saturday de-
feated Western Maryland, rs
to Z. Let's take the foregoing
three points one BY one.
1. Georgetown had no mental
1apSes. The Terrors had at least
10. The Hilltoppers took advan-
tage of each and every lapse of
the men from Westminster. True,
much ill-luck was the lot of Mary
land. But would - have been i'll
luck If the green-Jerseyed boys
had been as quick thinking and
as alert as the Georgetown boys?
Watch Fer Passes
2. In the last quarter Western
Maryland was executing forward
passes with precision. Success
was crowning practically every ef-
fort of the TerrorS. However,
Georgetown, on defense, possessed
the ability to ATTACK at an in
stant's notice. The instant came.
A forward pass, speeding like a
bullet toward the waiting arms
of a Western Maryland end, at
the southwest corner of the grid
iron, failed Of its mark because
King, Georgetown quarterback,
while actually on defense was
really, in the time it takes for
the blink of an eyelid, an at
tacking unit. He intercepted the
pass and galloped some 90 yards
to a touchdown.
3. Before the last quarter
was half q minute old the Ter
rOrs were in scoring position
in the aScendanCy, 3S yards
from the Blue and Gray goal
line. The score was tied at
47-all. CarOlan, Hilltop fIanker,
alert and ready for anything,
grabbed . Western Maryland
tumble.
Georgetown's ball. Into the
fray came q stalwart from the
heights above the Potomac. It
was Bradley, spark plug Of a
real attack. The psychological
moment had come. Coach Dick
Harlow, Of the Terrors, knew it.
In the Blue and Gray field gen.
erals brain were the outstanding
elements of a keenly planned
strategy. True, Harlow had not
the reserve units to meet the
situation. He tried, ane tried
hard.
A quick opening play through
Western Maryland's right side,
heretofore unsullied by George.
town thrusts; a forward pass,
beautifully executed: a line
plunge and then another forward
pass for the deciding touchdown.
Nothing accidental on that march.
It was all keenly planned.
Georgetown's receiving units on
both forward passes outSmarted
the Terror defensive units so
clearly that it was glaring.
After Georgetown's second
touchdown, the football game was
far from over. western Mary
land still had a chance to tie
the score and possibly win. King,
q new Georgetown field general,
had arrived in the game. West
ern Maryland, desperate, tried q
forward pass. King intercepted
it. Georgetown's ball on her own
S8-yard line. Another psychologi-
cal spot.
Directed ut Weak Spots
All Of these plays were directed
at q known weak spot in Western
Maryland's defense, the right
guard and right tackle Of the
Terrors. How did Georgetown
know Of that weakness? The
Blue and Gray had stayed away
from that particular spot for
nearly seven-eighths Of q football
game. However, when the right
time came, Georgetown hit the
right spot. That was keenly
planned strategy.
Can anyone doubt. who saw
that game. that Western Mary.
lands team actually had . de.
cided edge over Georgetown in
the matter Of superior physical
and technical execution? Can
anyone doubt that George
towns mental alertness was
predOminant9
Maryland's general superiority
won over Virginia in the final mo-
mentS Of a game Of thrills. The
little detail Of goal after touch
down decided the contest. George
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