Evening star., 1938-11-05
Declared Hoyas'
Finest Since
Hagerty
Victory Over BuckneII
Leoves Only 2 to Go
For Unbeoten Season
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
Georgetown's dream of a perfect
season was q step closer and only
two short strides from realization
today as the Hilltop hailed a 13-to-0
victory over Bucknell and its cock
o'-the-campus-walk, Halfback Joe
Mellendeck.
The Hoyas advanced toward their
flrst season In history as an united
and unbeaten football force last
night at Grifnth Stadium when they
added the Bisons from Lewisburg
to the victim list of Manhattan,
Temple, Roanoke, Hampden-S Sydney
and Randolph Macon.
In the wake of the game, marked
BY sharp upturn in Georgetown
attendance figures, Washington to-
day continued to tout, with added
emphasis. the abilities of Mellen-
deck, triple-threat back If there
ever was one. Gliding. spinning,
passing and kicking, Mr.. Mellendeck
grabbed fresh honors for himself rs
ne emerged as the individual hero
OF hard-fought battle.
This Mellendeck established him.
self, before that crowd OF $4,000. as
the best Georgetown back since
Coach Jack Hagerty finished carry
ing the mail back in 1925. This is
taking in a lot of territory but
Joseph is capable of handling that
much. He has that same masterful
change of running pace, speed afoot,
and ability to pick holes that Hag-
erty used to have when he almost
led the 1925 Hilltoppers to an unde-
feated record.
Hoyas Waste No Time.
Something of a smile crossed
Hagerty's face as the horn sounded
the games end last night. 1t was
one OF those ear-to-ear things which
had reached working agreement
with sweet revenge. For the team
which ruined Georgetown's hopes In
1925 OF a perfect season was Buck
nell, a 3-to-2 winner in that battle
13 years ago.
The Bucknell team OF last night
was no major gridiron power but
the Bisons had a pretty good team
and a big one. They were good
enough to whip Penn State, which
routed Syracuse last week. and they
flashed q back in Lou Tomassetti
who was pretty close to Mellendeck
In ability. Lou couldn't pass with
Mellendeck and his runs lacked Joes
snap and brilliance but he bore the
brunt of Bucknell's running and
passing for 56 minutes and he took
a terrific beating But while he was
in the game the Bisons were threats
to win the game.
The Hoyas, playing before their
largest local crowd in years, wasted
no time displaying some of their
vaunted power. Within the first four
minutes Of play they paraded 60
yards to a touchdown, with Mellen-
deck doing about everything except
crossing the goal line. And 1t was
Joe who called Elmer Moulin's signal
and allowed his ground gaining
partner to carry the ball over.
This march went something like
this. Mellendeck ran back a punt
to his own 40. He passed to Moulin
Tor a first down on Bucknell's 43.
Then he passed to Daniel and G. u.
reached the enemy 81. Mellendeck
ran to the 81 and Moulin carried to
the IA. Another try by Mellendeck
gained 5 yards and then Moulin
went crashing over on Hagerty's
copyrighted spread formation. Hold
Ing caused Georgetown to lose the
extra point.
Joe's Finger in Everything.
The nearest Buckneu got to
score In the first half was G. US
20. but in the third period Jim
Castlglia attempted a lateral after
making 20-yard gain. The lateral
missed and was recovered by Rhodes
OF Bucknell on the Hoyas' 20. Here
Tomassetti led a drive down to the
3-yard line, but the Hilltop line
braced and took the ball on downs.
That was Bucknell's only real
scoring threat. In the fourth pe-
riod the Bisons were knocking
around the G. U. 18-yard line, but
were thrown back to the "a. where
they lost the ball.
The second Georgetown touch
down came midway in the final ne-
riod, when Francis DAILY, sub end.
recovered a Bucknell tumble on the
enemy 81. Moulin ripped off 10
yards and Mellendeck, on two tries,
carried to the 5-yard line. Here
Mellendeck passed to Quarterback
Joe McFadden over the line.
Not that it made any difference
in the winning of the game. but
Mellendeck gave the final touch to
his performance when McFadden
tried his second extra point. The
kick was blocked, but Mellendeck,
two jumps ahead of the rest of the
players, scooped it up, ran around
his LETT end, and scored the extra
point standing up.
It gave Georgetown an even break
in its rivalry with Bucknell. The
Hoyas now have won five and lost
five to the Pennsylvanians, with one
game tie. Standing in their path
to perfect season now are West
Virginia and Maryland only.
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