Evening star., 1940-10-12
Hard-WonGame
Proves Costly
To Hi||toppers
Five on Hospital List
After 26- II Victory
Over Woynesburg
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.


Chuck another line coach on the
fire. Throckmorton, and we'll cele-
brate Georgetown's 26-12 victory
over Waynesburg last night at Grif-
fifth Stadium-if that calls for q
celebration.
Didn't look as though there would
be anything to yell about for while,
rdid it? What happened? Well,
everybody undereStimated Waynes-
burg from the waterboy to the towns
leading grid expert and Georgetown
wasn't ready for the blistering brand
Of football thrown at it. AS a mat
ter of fact it wasn't ready for a fast
game of spin -the-bottle, mentally
speaking.
Certainly the boys were warned
about Waynesburg Jack Hagerty
and his aides talked themselves blue
in the face, wagged warning fingers
and showed them past performance
records but the squad thought they
were practicing for a hog calling
contest and laughed it off. Waynes-
burg beat the greatest team in
Georgetown's history? C'mon, pal,
act your age
Hoya's Line LifeIess.
Well, that wasn't the greatest
Hoya team out there last night nor
even a fair imitation. If anybody
wanted to press the matter they
could have the squad arrested for
impersonating. The line didn't
charge-simply leaned against op-
posing linemen as though very. very
tired, and the blockers seemed to
be working for Waynesburg. The
secondary hung back rather shvlv
waiting for its name to be called
before rushing in TO plug a gaping
hole or collar stray ball carrier.
And the way Waynesburg shook
loose potential pass receivers, tch,
tch.
But enough of criticism. George
town paid for its sins-paid through
the nose. Fullback Jim Castiglia is
in the hospital with a torn ilium
muscle and will be out at least two
weeks; Augie Lio's right knee Is
pulled up like penny balloon, Mike
Kopcik has charley horse, Jules
Koshlap is hobbling around on a
twisted ankle, Lou Ghecas is nurs-
ing couple of bruised ribs and the
entire squad has fine assortment
of bumps and black eyes. 1t was not
exactly tea party.
Three Georgetown touchdowns do
not appear in the summary because
they were nullified by penalties and
that was the blow that almost killed
poor Poppa. One came early in the
fray-Kopcik taking fast peg from
Koshlap and going over unmolested.
Another happened in the last few
seconds when Bill Mclaughlin
gathered in a Waynesburg pass and
galloped half the fields length to
pay dirt. Nice plays that didn't
mean a thing.
Kopcik, Perpich Okay.
Kopcik, incidentally, shared what
honors the line receives with George
Perpich, a rookie tackle. Mike made
catches that would have shamed
Ossie Bluege and Perpich dug in to
salvage what he could of George
towns line prestige. 1t was large
order the way the line was miSbe-
having. "Mush" Dubofsky wouldn't
have recognized his pupils.
Waynesburg had a fair r-to-mid-
ding passer in Bernie Mazer, who
spread woe and CONSERVATION
throughout Georgetown ranks when
his arm was right, and Paul Brooks,
a halfback who could play on any
body's football team, and they did
most of the damage. Brooks scored
the first touchdown midway of the
first period on a screened pass, then
marshaled an 81-yard parade for
the second, Crawford going over for
the score.
Waynesburg's most potent weapon
was simple reverse, and the way
1t picked up yardage you'd think
the Hoyas were having their first
glimpse of it. And they selected
their stuff wisely, catching George
town off balance or out of position
quite often.
Defensively, it was Waynesburg's
sliding line that caused Georgetown
the most grief. The visitors refused
to charge straight but drifted to
either side and always were in posi-
ton to harass the Hoya blockers.
Jack Doolan, rookie back who
looked very good extensively and fair
on defense; Bill Mclaughlin, Jack
Spencer and Bill Wixted accounted
for Georgetown's scores. Wixted re-
covered a Hoya tumble in Waynes-
burg'S end zone for his touchdown.