Evening star., 1939-09-30
Victorious 6. j.
Sore|y Misses
BockfieId PunchIess,
Line Strong in 81
Win From Temple
By a STAT Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stau correspondent OF The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30.-There
is no Joe Mellendeck wearing the
Blue and Gray spangles of George
town this year-and, gracious, how
the Hoyas could use him-but Au-
gust Lilo is still around and that's
some consolation.
August was considerable of a con-
ISOLATION here last night around 1880,
when the Hoyas' battle with Temple
was going into the final few seconds.
Thirty-f1ve seconds, in fact, re-
mained. The score was 2-to-0 in
favor of a Temple team which had
outplayed Georgetown. 1t was Sec
ond down and Georgetown was on
the Owls 24-yard line, off to the
right sideline.
Lilo was called out of the line to
try for field goal He had missed
one earlier in the game. This one
was more difficult. The kick bit
into strong wind. seemed to pause
at the height of its trajectory, and
then slid between the posts and 6
inches above the bar.
Backfield Appallingly Weak.
1t was a story-book finish If there
ever was one. Georgetown, unbeaten
and united last year. opened q new
season with a 3-to-2 victory over a
team which must be figured as
strong. Else. why is Temple going
to play Carnegie Tech, Texas Chris
tian, Boston College, Bucknell. Pitts
burgh, Holy Cross, Villanova and
Michigan State?
What is this Mellendeck- less
Georgetown team? Of what they
showed last night the Hoyas have
another of those rock-ribbed de-
fensive lines and a backfield that
seems appallingly weak. Lou Ghecas
is fast. but he is no triple threat
like Mellendeck. Jules Koshlap is a
good passer, but he is no Mellendeck,
either For that matter, the Hoyas
haven't even an Elmer Moulin. They
could use Elmer this year
Yet it may develop the Hoyas
aren't so weak in the backfield as
it might seem. Temple had prob
ably the biggest line that George
town will see this season-big and
fast OH the charge The Owls line
outcharged Georgetown's all night.
And backs aren't going to gain if
their line is being outcharged.
Owls Score a Gift.
Defensively. there was nothing the
matter with the Hilltop line. Tenn
pie never got inside of the enemy
2O-yard line, and the Owls score was
gift Early in the final period a
Temple kick backed Georgetown to
its IS. A tumble by Koshlap lost
S. Lou Falcone, sophomore back.
was sent back to kick from his goal
line.
The pass from Center Jim Reichy
was high. Falcone juggled the bail
momentarily and the Owls were on
him, grounding Falcone behind his
own line for a 20 lead.
That lead seemed certain to stand
up in view of the Hoyas' fruitless
hammering for more than three
quarters. The only real scoring op-
portunity they had was in the sec
ond quarter when Koshlap inter-
cepted a pass by Juralewicz and ran
81 yards to the Owls 6. After three
plays the Hoyas had ben hurled back
to the %, from where Lilo tried his
first placement for field goal.
Going into the final 3 minutes
the Hoyas were licked. And then
Koshlap began to throw passes and
Ghecas began to catch them. Inter-
ference on long pass to Sophomore
End Al Lujack was called, giving
Georgetown the Temple IS. Another
aerial, Koshlap to Ghecas, put the
ball on the Owls 3.
Fumble, Penalty Hit Hoyas.
Now victory seemed bright. There
was just time to rush over the ball,
but on the first play Koshlap fun
bled again, recovered for a 7-yard
loss. Then came 5-yard penalty
against G. u, and with the clock
showing only IS seconds of play
remaining, it was a case of die. dog,
or eat the meat ak. So the Hoyas
called upon Lilo, and the dark
haired kicker from Passaic pulled it
out of the fire.
Just the same the Hoyas could
use Mellendeck. Not next week
against Roanoke, of course, but Joe
might come in handy when they
play Syracuse two weeks from to-
day. F.E.S.