Evening star., 1938-10-30
CARDS BOGD0WN
OFTEN NEAR GOAL
Cain More Distance While.
Bilikens Race TO- 40,
Yards to Iailies.,
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

ny 0UhION hA"AANOs
Anair-condidoned st. Louis football
team emphatically souelched repeated
Catholic University scoring threats
yesterday on = mushy, treacherous
Brtokland Stadium neld and scaled
thesdoom OF the cratic Cardinals with
two swtft strokes to win, 1910. In the
comparative privacy Of less than 1000
spectators. 3.
Catholic q. won everything but the
ball game, compiling more yardage In
every department, four times as many
first downs and completing four more
passes than the opposition, but the
Cards developed cases Of filters in the
region Of pay-off territory and the
sturdy st. Louis line neatly capitalized
on their ragged performance.
The sullen skies mirrored Catholics
dismal outlook as the game aged, with
the Cardinals driving deep, but futiiely,
into st. Louis ground. Late in the
fourth quarter c. U. climAxed It's day
of futility by falling one foot short Of
the goal line. ''''~ ->--':'',
Binikens Run Far to Score.
Striking suddenly and Unexpectedly
in the first and third periods, the beefy
Billikens caught the Cardinals fiat
footed. The weapons employed were a
40-yard return Of an intercepted pass
and a 70-yard touchdown sprint by
Capt. Denny Cochran, versatile half
back.
st. Louis showed its hand in the
opening moment of play. a full house
of passes Passing from punt forma-
ton, Mel McGonnigle, 187-pound half
back from Randolph, Mass, connected
for - yards to Mel Aussieker. st.
Louis was penalized 30 yards on two
successive plays and showed back deep
into its own territory, but Aussieker
passed to McGonnigle for 80 yards to
demonstrate the type Of battle the
Billikens had planned to wage.
Striving to regain Is yards lost by
penalty for holding only q moment
later, Catholic elected to pass, but
chunky Len German. ST. Louis center,
altered the pattern of the game by
snatching Vidnovic's aerial on the rum
sprinted for the sideline and speeding
down the chalk line 40 yards to score
John Hartle converted his fifteenth
straight point after touchdown.
Cards Get Nowhere.
st. Louis then became more cautious
with its passing game. but c. U.
battled back through the air, with
seven substitutes inserted by Coach
Dutch Bergman to start the second
period serving to spark the Cardinals
attack.
Twice Catholic threatened in the
second period. but both times their
comeback hopes vanished as the
Billiken line answered the challenges.
After Joe Guyon had smashed left
tackle for 9 yards to the ST. Louis
IS, Fred Quint intercepted vidnovic's
pass on the 20 after the ball had rico
cheted off the arms of four players
and that apparently terminated
Catholics first threat.
On the following play, however.
ICE Carrig, c. U. end, broke through
to block Cochran's punt and Art
Sabo pounced on the bounding ball
for Catholic on the st. Louis H.
John Matukaitis gobbled up yards
through left tackle before Fullback
Alex Yokubaitis stopped him. but a
line plunge and two passes failed and
st. Louis took the ball on downs.
Races 10 Yards to Tally.
Again the Cardinals fought back,
but with the same disheartening result.
Henry SAINT Ambrogio sliced through
left tackle and streaked A yards
to the st. Louis 20. Vidnovic shot
through right tackle and romped to
the 13 and a reverse, SAINT Ambrogio
to Matukaitis, ate up more yards.
The Bllikens braced at this juncture
to take the ball.
Backed to their own 30-yard line
by lengthy punt off the foot of Pete
Sachon in the opening moment of the
third period, the Billikens struck again.
Cochran. who replaced the injured
Aussieker midway in the first period,
was playing with damaged leg, but
1t wasn't evident as he blasted through
left tackle, cut sharply to his left and
outfooted Catholics secondary on his
70-yard trip to the end zone. Only
Sachon. playing safety, had an op-
portunity to spill Cochran after he
got under way and his flying tackle
on the c. U. 80 fell short. Hartle's
attempted conversion was short
The Cardinals fought back desper-
ately. sweeping to the st. Louis "a
before Frank Boro, reserve guard, in
tercepted Guyon's fourth down pass
intended for Hank Brostek on the
3-yard line.
C. U. Halted Foot From Goal.
Catholic again moved down to the
st. Louis II, but its attack begged
down and st. Louis batted down
passes to gain the ball on downs.
Louis Shine. c. u end, broke through
to smear McGonnigle for a ,9-yard
loss and Cochran punted poorly out
Of bounds on Catholics 25
.vidnovic shot sizzling pass to
Sachon, who wiggled out Of the eager
grasp of three tacklers on the 10-yard
line and battered his way to the
3. SAINT Ambrogio picked up a yard
at, left tackle after vidnovic was
stopped. Vidnovic's third down pass
into the end zone was incomplete and
his smash at right tackle fell a
foot short of touchdown territory.
Pos. G. q. (0). st. Louis G3l.
L. - Shine -----G Gayer
L. T. Stances ----- Baker
L. CalabreSe --- Clark
c. White " German
4. G. Ambrose -----A- Quint
Big; Pirro ------------- Putnam
O. QAB.--- R. Pirro ---- Harris
L. II ---- Vidnoyic -- AusSieker
r. =" SAINT AmbroRio --- McGonniRle
FS. MatukaitiS - Yokuhaitis
Catholic u O q o. n
ST.. Louis Z o O-13
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