Evening star., 1938-11-04
Defeat
OF 1925 Hoyas
Is Recalled
Bisons' Tomusetti
Ranks With Best.
Backs in Come
BY ROD THOMAS.

A bit premature, we'd say, this
talk of an unbeaten season for
Georgetown which tonight meets
Bucknell at Griffith Stadium at 8:15
in the Hoyas' first night football
game at home. You gather as much
from the worried pans of Jack Hag-
erty. Mush Dubofsky and George
Murtagh who teach football on the
Hilltop.
Under far less favorable condi-
tlons John Leo Hagerty can turn in
a high-grade piece of worrying.
Some say he showed signs of trepi-
dation over Hampden- Sydney, Roa-
noke and Randolph Macon!
A week before Georgetown, in its
last game, defeated Temple, 1870,
Temple whipped Bucknell 26-O. That
would make Bucknell appear soft
shot for the Hilltoppers. But
scratch little further and you
come up with the fact that Bucknell
bounded back from the Temple
affair with a 60 victory over Al
bright, which early in the season
made Temple turn on full power to
exc out 60 victory.
And Bucknell played Albright with
a team shot with injuries and one
Lou Tomasetti notably on the side
lines.
Then there's the incident Of Buck
nell beating by 14-O Penn State,
which later ran up a 1876 score on
Syracuse.
High Praise for Tomasetti.
This Tomasetti," you hear from
Leroy Mackert, physical director
and football scout at Maryland, lis
the best halfback in PENNSYLVANIA.
He makes a difference of Is per
cent in the strength of the Buck
nell team. He can do everything
well that a halfback is called on
to do"
Latest advices are that Tomasetti
Will play tonight. Also that he is in
talr shape. Over on the Hilltop they
beheve he was held out of the Al
bright game to make sure he was
ready for Georgetown. They 20 a
little further.
"Bucknell," say the Hoya adher-
ents, has looked far ahead to the
Georgetown game"
There's bit of tradition behind
the Georgetown Bucknell party.
This is their 10th meeting. Buck
nell has won five games and George
town four and one was a tie.
If Bucknell wins tonight it will be
repetition of perhaps the bluest
chapter in Hoya football history.
Thirteen years ago the Bisons trim
med Georgetown. 80, which pre-
vented perhaps the greatest eleven
in Hilltop history from coming
through with perfect record.
The same capable Jack Hagerty
who now guides the gridiron des-
TIMES Of Georgetown captained that
famous team of 1925.
Spot for Irony.
1t would be ironical indeed. were.
Bucknell to spoil perfect year for
him as coach, even as it did Tor him
as a captain.
Jack was talking today of the 25
battle, fought in doWnpour.
"Wally Diehi, as I remember" he
said. was the chap who kicked
3O-yard field goal against us. The
weather conditions and the angle
made it almost 10O-to-1 shot.
But the blow we felt most came
later. With Bucknell backed up on
its own goal, our whole line charged
in and blocked a punt. We had five
men behind the goal and Bucknell
had only one-the fellow who
punted-but he recovered. That
meant a safety and two points for
Georgetown instead of touchdown
and siX-and the ball game-had we
recovered.
"The memory of that game Jack
grinned, "is enough to make me
squirm at the mention OF Bucknell."
Columbia Lou Little says the
Georgetown team of 1925 was the
best he ever coached. Some think
the current Hoya eleven is the
strongest since that of '25. Perhaps
tonight's game will shed light.