The Washington times., 1932-12-05
RAGGED GAME.
ENDS HOYAS
SAD YEAR
BY HARRY COSTELLO
(Member Of Georgetown University Foot
ball Teams of 1910, 1911, 1912 and
1913, and Football Captain
In 1OI3l

(Member Of Georgetown University Foot
ball Teams of 1910, 1911. 1912 and
1913. and Football Captain
In 1879
Georgetown University's foot
ball players, coaches, alumni,
students and friends are today
sadly contemplating on the vicis-
SitudeS of football life.
And we'll they might.
Carnegie Tech 81, George.
town 0.
Maryland took a trouncing
Saturday, too, losing to Western
Maryland, 80 to 7.
This writer feared for Mary
land in Saturdays game. He
knew that lack of time since the
John Hopkins contest prevented
Maryland coaches from preparing
special defenses for Western
Maryland's attack. The Terps
practiced less than an hour per
day on the average since Thanks
giving, and most of the hour each
day was under flood lights and
when Coach Byrd'S boys were
anything but spry.
Maryland has always been
bothered by lack of time in which
to prepare special defenSeS, etc,
for particular contests.
Superb Attack
Western Maryland, as expected,
flashed a superb attack in the
first half against the Old Liners.
Dick Harlow's boys got the
jump, kept Maryland under pres
sure and it required the 15-min-
ute interval between halves to
straighten out Marylands de-
fense.
In the second half the Terra.
pins came to life with a bang
and fought .courageouSly, scoring
a. touchdown themselves and
holding the Green Terrors score
less.
The Georgetown-Tech game
was a loose affair, Tech blunder-
ing often enough the give any
good team many excellent
chances to take advantage of mis-
takes by the Plaid. The way
Carnegie ran the Hoya ends,
cracked the Hoya line, and made
Georgetown's secondary defense
look foolish on forward passes,
made it appear that Tech had
developed quite an attack. How.
ever. it is quite probable that
Georgetown'S weaknesses, particu-
larly in fundamental football, &C
counted more for five of Carne-
gie's eight touchdowns than
Techs strength did.
Ragged Play
If a football team ever played
a so-called major game with such
raggedneSS as Georgetown played
the Tech game, this observer has
never seen or heard of such a
team. The tackling of the Hoyas
was so far below zero that it
broke all football thermometers.
The Hoya line showed flashes
of what it could do, but was so
badly outplayed that Bradley and
ViSkovich. the only Hoya players
to gain at all, had to 60 it alone
on their strength, courage and
drive.
AS for strategy, Georgetown
compared favorably with a Latin
American revolutionary army
second lieutenant under rifle fire.
The Georgetown defeat by Tech
gives further evidence to support
the contention of football lnen
that mental uneasiness, constant
ly aggravated, is the most diff
cult of all football troubles to
overcome.
Players Uneasy
GeorgetoWn's players have been
mentally uneasy since the first
defeat of the season, and pres
sure has been so great on them
at all times since. that one can
say there has been constant ag.
gravation without being far
wrong.
Several Georgetown alumni, in
letters to this observer, have Sug-
gested that Georgetown do one
Of three things: I'd give up in,
tercollegiate athletics; 90 adhere
to sensible athletic policy; 80
meet competition.
These letters point out that
Georgetown today --.- o athletic
policy sensible or Otherwise, md
has not had since Lou Little eft
the Hilltop Ali of the letters
express Indignation, but absolve
a.! players and coaches, including
Tommy Mills. of any responsible.
ity for Saturdays and the sea.
sons "disgraceful episodes in the
history of Georgetown athletics"