Evening star., 1939-10-15
Ghecos' 7O-Yord Dash to Tally
As Tilt Wones Saves Hoyos
From Defeat by Orange

tne IuLDacK, VINO blocked out Henry
Pierro, Syracuse end, and enabled
Ghecas to get away. Ghecas went
wide at left end on a spread play,
whirled out Of the eager clutch of a
Syracuse back, was almost caught
again passing the Orange bench at
midfield, but put on added steam
and outdistanced his pursuers.
Hoyas Almost Too Eager.
Not content with tie, but willing,
nay eager, to toss caution to the brisk
wind and gamble for another touch
down. the Hoyas Immediately went
into the air after regaining possess
sion of the leather-and almost met
disaster. The last two minutes Of
play produced some of the most ex-
citing football pyrotechnics witnessed
in Archbold Stadium in many moons,
with Hinkle finally intercepting one
of Ghecas' heaves.
The Orange, too, tried the air.
ways, pitching three passes as pre-
cious seconds licked away and mar
rowly missing score
The line play was nothing short
of brilliant and Georgetown went
into the air in the early minutes of
action to gain the upper hand. but
Dame Fortune was arraigned on
the side of the host eleven. The
Orange earned only one touchdown
its second.
1t bottled up the Hilltoppers in
their territory with a smashing
brand of line play and punting
throughout the third period end as
the final IS minutes of the game
opened Georgetown was striving
desperately to extricate itself from
tight position on its own 15-yard
stripe. Kopcik dropped back for q
punt or pass, but fumbled a shaky
pass from center and was smoth-
cred on the 8-yard line.
Blocked Punt Helps Orange.
Falcone went back into the end
zone to punt, but his ends failed to
block out the Orange wingmen and
Ray Tice thrust his 190-pound frame
in front of the leather and it re-
bounded crafty in the end zone
where Bob Heald dived for 1t and
the touchdown. Hinkle's try for
point was blocked.
Syracuse's first touchdown was
dripping with good fortune, for it
was pass from Dick Bangor to Bill
Hoffman for 26 yards and the score
that should not have been COM
pleted. Bill Nealon, Georgetown
tackle, dropping back to bolster the
pass defense, bumped Fullback
Myron Darmohray as he sprinted
for the ball and both went sprawling
to earth as Hoffman gathered in the
oval and raced to the corner and
over. Hinkle place-kicked the
point.
Georgetown missed scoring at
least 8 points by the slender mar.
gin Of 2 feet in the first few min
utes Of play. 1t gained possession
OF the ball on Syracuse's 31-yard
line when the high wind caught
Batten's punt and blew it back to
that point. Then Koshlap whipped
q pass to Kopcik for q first down
on the 81, and after Syracuse closed
all avenues of advance with q pug
nacious brand of defensive play,
Augie Lilo attempted q field goal.
1t missed by foot.
Darmohray Drives to Rally.
After an exchange of punts the
Hoyas came barging into Orange
territory again with Koshlap peg
ging long one to John Lascari for
q first down on the home teams
20-yard line. Again Koshlap rif1ed
the ball to Lascari-this time in the
end zone, and again he grabbed 1t,
but the referee ruled his foot was
beyond the end zone and refused to
allow the score. But GEORGETOWN
was not to be denied this time, and
Koshlap's next bomb, aimed at Nc
Fadden, was good, the little field
general advancing to the 1-yard
(see GEORGETOWN. Page B-l0J