Evening star., 1938-11-20
Georgetown
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towns other two points came IN the
final period. when the wet. slippery
ball skidded through the hands OF
Maryland's Joe Murphy, in punt
formation behind his own goal line.
The ball bounded out of the end
zone for safety.
Lose Mellendeck Early.
There is no taking away minute
measure of credit from Georgetown,
going into the game with every
thing to lose and little to gain. In
the first five minutes Of play the
Hoyas' ace back, Joe Mellendeck,
was carried off the field with dis
located left knee. He returned in
the second half, but only as a spec
tator on crutches who sat on the
Georgetown bench.
1t was dismal start for George
town, which all year had looked to
this running. passing and kicking
star as its offensive pillar. A good
Maryland kickoff set the stage for
most of the early play in George
town territory. The ball waS deep
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was hurt and when Elmer Moulin
replaced the injured star and punt
ed out the Terps made the first Sc
rious offensive gesture of the game.
Quarterback Charley Weidinger
and 151-pound Murphy, a sopho-
more from New Jersey. teamed up
to work lateral pass good for %
yards, putting the ball on G. us Is.
On second down Frank Skotnickl,
stalWart all day, banged to the
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Weidinger, otherwise f1aWless, posi-
bly, miscued. With 4 yards to go for
first down he tried two passes and
failed to find receivers.
| Here it was that Georgetown
proved it was all football team.
Without Mellendeck the Hoyas pro-
ceeded to parade 80 yards for
touchdown and 60 lead. And that
touchdown drive marked the first
and only time the Hoyas were in
Maryland territory during the pc
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Moulin Capable Sub.
The Hoyas did it by rushing to
first down on their 80. Koshlap
broke away for IL yards to the a.
and then Moulin, more than accept
able as Mellendeck's understudy,
shook loose to Maryland's 40. Here
it was that Koshlap, after hitting
the line for yards. whipped his
first touchdown pass to Kercher.
who eluded secondaries and drove
across the line.
Early in the second period Mary
land bounced back with an astonish-
ing scoring gesture that bespoke the
Terps' determination to play bet
ter game than perhaps they knew
how. A 15-yard holding penalty set
Georgetown back deep into its own
territory and the punt OF Joe Daniels.
an end, was weak. 1t sailed outside
on his "a and Maryland took over.
Skotnicki banged the line for
yards but after this the running
attack was stopped. Then. on fourth
down. Weidinger threw a pass to
Frank Dwyer. sophomore end,
who outmaneuvered Charley Wy
chunas. a G. U. quarterback, and
caught the ball on the goal line for
touchdown. When Weidinger
drop-kicked the extra point Mary
land held a TO lead.
Kercher Scores Again.
Late in the same second period
Georgetown desperately launched
in midheld what proved to be the
game winning drive. operating from
it's spread formation Koshlap and
| Moulin sliced off the tackles to
reach Maryland's 10 and here. after
the Terps had braced and thrown
Georgetown for a 5-yard loss,
Koshlep cut loose with his second
heave to Kercher.
1t was sharp, fiat pass far to
his right. Kercher grabbed the ball.
shook off Boyda and Murphy. and
again dove across the line, making
it 1871.
With resumption of play after the
half Maryland made its final bid
for victory and. for a fleeting mo-
ment, 1t looked as if the team with
out a chance, the team that was so
woefully outmanned and overpow-
cred, was going to do the trick. Lit
tie Murphy, speedster. broke
loose for 35-yard run to George
towns 30. Weidinger's pass to
Boyda gained 6 more yards and
then Weidinger plunged to a first
down on G. US 16.
But the Hoya line rose and
stopped Weidinger for no gain.
Then the crack passer took to the
air. A heave to Leo Mueller failed.
So did one to Murphy. On fourth
down Earl Fullilove broke through
and tossed Weidinger for an 11-yard
loss and Georgetown took over.
Hoyas Blow Opportunity.
Georgetown had grand scoring
opportunity late in the third period
when a Maryland tumble was re-
covered on the Terps' 9-yard line.
but the Old Liners held and took
the ball on their 3. The safety was
only an anti-climax. but 1t served
to assure Georgetown, midway the
final quarter, of no worse than a
14-to-14 tie. 1t was a great punt
by Jack Spencer, substitute sopho-
more back, that paved the way.
Booting from his own 40. Spencer
kicked out on Maryland's 2-yard
line and when Murphy tried to re-
turn the punt the ball slid through
his fingers and rolled against the
end-zone seats for an automatic
safety
The victory narrowed the score
for the modern series to three wins
to two, favoring Maryland. 1t was,
too, the most free-scoring game Of
the set. indicating the traditional
closeness of the battles. For George
town it was the end of a perfect
campaign and for Maryland the
game yesterday was nothing If not
an astonishingly creditable per-
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