Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-24
GEORGETOWN II Versatile
BY HENRY SUPER

"A lcdIll lOdUeu Will NSISi
ans-a bruising line and 8
speedy backfield-will rep
resent Georgetown in the Miami
orange Bowl game against Missis-
sippi State.
They've been playing football at
this oldest Catholic college in the
United States for &c years, but this
is the year when the nation finally
awakened to the fact that there was
better -than-a average football team
operating out of Washington.
In 1893, Georgetown had its first
unbeaten season in history. Last
year. the HoyaS won seven and were
tied by Syracuse. And this year
Georgetown finally rated among the
big timers as it ran its string of %
games without defeat until it met
mighty Boston College.
Boston won that game-19 to 18
but Georgetown was far from dis
graced by the showing it made
against one of the best teams in
the land. The Orange Bowl bid
Georgetown first trip to any Bowl
proved that at long last Coach
Jack Haggerty's charges had ar
rived.
Georgetown has a big team but,
unlike most heavy teams, has plenty
of speed. The line averages 1873
pounds and the backfield 1877. Hag-
gerty is a former professional star
he played with the New York
Giants-and leans toward the wide
open game of the pros. Haggerty
played football at Georgetown.
The backfield operates from var
ious spread formations, favors lat
erals, tricky pass plays and single,
double and triple reverSeS. George
town also can turn on straight, old
fashioned power when it needs to.
The team includes 18 seniors and
is great at making its own breaks
by hard tackling and blocking.
The stars are in the line, where
three players were drafted by the
National football league - guard
Augustine Lilo. Allen Matuza, center,
and Earl Fullilove, tackle. These
three are big, strong men who can
move fast and hit hard. MatuZa was
one of the best centerS in the coun-
try and Lilo one of the outstanding
guards. Lilo is a good place-kicker
He made 13 conversions this season
and kicked field goal. The other
guard is Ed Mcmahon while Joe
Daniels holds down the other tackle
post. The ends are Mike Kopcik
and John Lascari and there isn't
man in that line who weighs under
1870 pounds.
Kopcik, however, will not play
in Miami. He is scheduled to under
go a serious operation on his left
knee and Bill WiXted, six foot, four
inch senior, or Art Lemke, a tall
junior, will take his place.
The beauty about Georgetown
line is that it is rich in reserves
Haggerty has three and four good
men to shove into any position.
The loss of Kopcik will force a
realignment of the regular back
field. During the regular season
lAoESih ucSNt W pun Oub VI bllS lllIC
to do the punting. Frank Dornfield
a sophomore triple threat back, is
going to move into the backfield to
replace Lou GhecaS so he can han
die the kicking. Dornfield was one
of the brightest prospects on the
squad when the season started but
he suffered an injury. The Orange
Bowl will mark his first start as
"a varsity player.
The fullback is Jim Castiglia, one
of the most powerful runners ir
Georgetown history. He carried the
ball "a times this season and made
337 yards and five touchdowns
Julius Koshlap is the passing back
while Ghecas did most of the run
ming and pass receiving. Joe NC
Fadden, at quarter, calls the signals
and does the blocking.