Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-13
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star star Correspondent.


LEXINGTON. Va, Oct. 12-Em-
bellished by fist-swinging among
spectators and players, one of the
most hectic football games ever put
on in this historic village was won
by George Washington University
here today, 20-l4, with the losing
Washington and Lee eleven pound
ing at the Colonials' 6-inch line as
the final gun barked.
1t was the last play of the game
which precipitated brief fistic fur
ries among gridmen and sideliners,
with Referee Dutch Eberts overrul-
ing Head Linesman F. G.. Heath,
who had hoisted his hands signifying
q Washington and Lee touchdown
which would have tied the score
and perhaps led to defeat for G. w.
Three penalties and 13-yard pass
completion by w. and l.. set G. w.
back on its own 11a-yard line as the
game licked into its final seconds
and Fullback Dan Justice plunged
to the 6-inch line with time remain
ing for only one play.
That final play touched of the
fireworks. Justice cracked the center
Of G. VS. line and Heath signaled
q touchdown. Eberts, however,
overruled him. saying Justices knee
had touched the ground a foot in
front of the goal before Justice
lunged over the line.
Referee Is Punched.
With that ruling came a punch In
the chest for Eberts. who was
smashed by an unidentified WASH
ington and Lee official That led
to more confusion, with several
short-lived smuggling sessions enter
tanning some 5000 spectators.
George Washington twice had
rallied to grasp their game winning
margin. Trailing, OF, at the end
of the half, the Colonials produced
two touchdowns In the third period
to take 1877 lead, but the Generals
battled back to snatch a 1918 ad-
vantage before Eddie Wilamoski
streaked % yards to score and
present George Washington q 20-14
lead with less than minutes of play
remaining.
After the next kickoff George
Washington was penalized IS yards
back to its own 40 for unnecessary
roughness. Another penalty, for in
reference with a Washington-Lee
pass receiver, set George Washing
ton back to its own is and Joe
Baugher passed to Simms Trueheart
for IS yards.
An offside penalty nudged the
Generals to the George Washington
IL and Justice cracked center for
all but 6 inches of the remaining
distance before the much disputed
final play materialized.
Generals Get Lead Early.
The valiant Generals, underdogs
off their losing games against VAN
derbilt and Kentucky, spurted into
a TO lead in the second period
when Johnny Lyon and rangy Dick
Pinck elaborated on a scoring play
which covered II yards. Lion
drifted back from his own % and
fired a pass to Pinck, who caught
the ball on a dead run in the clear
and sprinted IS yards to score
Frank Socha booted the extra point
George washington, which had
moved down to the Generals 7-yard
line at the end of the first period
was set back when Ken Batson
fumbled on the first play of the
second period. with End Courtney
Wadlington recovering for Wash
ington and Lee. The Colonials
marched back to the Washington
and Lee 81 midway in the quarter,
but Tom Grady fumbled to lose the
ball at that point.
The Colonials failed to click early
in the third period after Center
Mike Monchlovich intercepted LIZ
CONS pass on the second play of the
quarter and raced "a yards to the
washington and Lee 9. Murphy
Booth, Sam Babich and Grady
picked up only two yards and the
Generals took over on their own Z.
G. w. Comes Back TO Tally.
Lyon punted out Of immediate
danger, but the Colonials bounced
back several moments later to
score. BatSon picked up "a yards
in five successive stabs at the
Washington and Lee line to send
G. w. to the Generals 9 and Frank
August, on an end-around play,
scooted around right end to the
1-foot line. Walt Fedora crashed
over right guard for the touchdown,
but Dan Snyder's try for the extra
point was srneared by Center Jack
Mangan.
q. w. marched a yards to It's Sec
oud touchdown after Fedora inter.