Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
Hoya McFadden
Out 10 Redeem
Error Of 80
Terp Murphy Is Man
Of Many Jobs With
Injury-Hit Squad
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

BY LEWIS F.. ATCHISON.
A couple of Irishmen with nothing
more substantial to throw at one
another than regulation football
will have busy afternoon Saturday
trying to outwit each other in the
Georgetown Maryland game. They
are Joe "copper" McFadden, likely
looking lad who directs the Hoyas-
as they do be calling themselves-and
Joe Murphy, Maryland's sylphlike
signal caller.
McFadden, labeled one OF the
cleverest quarterbacks in Hilltop
history by Coach Jack Hagerty, is
particularly anxious to hand Murphy
figurative sinner this time, for the
Copper was guilty of an error in last
years game that still rankles his
Celtic soul. Georgetown won, of
course, but left the field at halftime
trailing CT because of McFaddens
miscue. Joe knew the score, but
didn't know the time.
Maybe you remember how the
Hoyas were setting up light house.
keeping on Maryland's 5-yard line
near the end of the half after a sus-
tanned drive from the other side of
the 50-yard stripe. Time was short,
but McFadden had bullish Jim Cas-
tiglia to buck the line, Elmer Moulin
to skirt the TANKS, or he could pass.
Any one Of these avenues appeared
to carry a gilt-edged touchdown
guarantee, but McFadden elected to
do some trail blazing and struck off
on an entirely different route.
Ran out of Time.
Three times he sent Moulin's
feathery frame into the line only to
see it come bouncing back like
1912 jalopy, and before he could call
another play the time-keeper blew
lunch-call and Georgetown's scor-
ing chance had vanished in thin air.
1t was discouraging enough to the
players, but more so to the grand
stand quarterbacks. who safely had
gotten the Hoyas deep into enemy
territory before turning back the
reins to McFadden.
They openly were critical of the
Cooper's work, for on the surface it
seemed like rare bit of laundering
at crucial moment-a mistake that
might cost the game. Actually it
was smart stunt, as Coach Jack
Hagerty explained, and proved Nc
Fadden was a jump ahead of every
body but the time-keeper.
Joe merely was setting up a scor-
ing play" Jack said. But time beat
him. You see We had a play in
which Moulin took the ball and
started into the line, drawing the
backfleld in with him. but just be-
fore he actually hit he turned and
Tipped a pass to a man coming
around from the other side. So Joe
thought he'd throw Maryland off
guard by sending Moulin into the
line couple of times before switch
ing to the pass, and it probably
would have worked-if he'd had time
to try it."
Georgetown successfully used the
same play in nosing out Cincinnati
one stormy night in the latter's BAIL
iwick couple of years prior. Tommy
Heating employed the same tactics
arranging the trappings for the final
thrust, and when he did pass to Bill
Dooley for a touchdown he caught
the host club soundly snoring.
Murphy Busy General.
Well, Hagerty and everybody at
Georgetown think the world of Nc
Fadden, a great competitor and fine
leader, but Maryland holds It's
Murphy just as high. Murphy has
been not only the brains of the Terp
eleven this season but its legs as
well, and has kept the team moving
when the wear and tear of rugged
opposition began to tell on Frank
Dobsons small squad.
Maryland hasn't been winning but
1t isn't Joe's fault, nor Dodson's.
The Old Liners beat themselves in
the Virginia game, again in the
Rutgers affair and simply couldn't
get started against Florida. But in
all three games Murphy's mastery
oo SoAAAlS pays SOIlGAIludl1y lldo ACpt
the foe in hot water. Not to be
overlooked is the fact that he's had
a nondescript collection of cripples
to face the enemy with.
First Bob Smith was on the shelf
with bad knee, then Bob Brown
came down with the same trouble.
Pershing Mondorff and Mearle Du
Vall-the teams only passers,
couldn't throw one week and
Murphy had to do all of the passing
as we'll as punting-this in addition
to Juggling the ball. So his has been
no path of roses, and yet he stays
in there battling and keeping the
Terps on the march.
This week he's got real fight on
his hands but with Maryland at full
strength for the first time this sea-
son he's gonna give that 1rishman
on the other side of line more
trouble than we've seen since the
Kelly's and OTinnigans had
slight misunderstanding.