Evening star., 1946-10-06
CoIoniaIsSwarnp
Mariners, 37-18,
I'm First Test
DC. Players With CIV.
Head SIoshing Attack
Telling From Outset
By MerrelI WhittIesey
Star Sfoff corrsspondsnt

Star Sfoff Correspondent
KINGS POINT, N. Y, Oct. ST.
George Washington University
sounded a warning to It's football
foes for the next four years today
when a sprightly freshman crop
played a major role in a 37-18 de-
feat of the Merchant Marine Acad-
emy before a stadium record crowd
Of 1900 fans.
The Colonials opened their 54th
grid season, and their first in four
years, under a new coach, Skip
Stanley, and with question mark
outfit. They trailed Kings Point
for a period, then poured it on for
the next three quarters with as wide
an assortment Of scoring maneu.
vers as the fans could ask.
Three Washington boys, Joe Buell.
of Tech, John Shullenbarger Of
Coolidge and Dick Koester of Roose-
velt - made their debut in varsity
football and although they made the
obvious first-gafne mistakes, col
lectively they were slightly terrific.
Shullenbarger featured a 63-yard
quick kick in beautiful punting
performance, Buell. completed Q
touchdown pass, had another called
back and missed two more by finger
tip length and Koester trucked SO
yards with an intercepted pass for
a score.
G. w. Surpasses Yale Score.
The Colonials surpassed the 33-l
point total rolled up by Yale on
the Kings Pointers-coached by ex-,
G. w. mentor Bill Reinhart-and
were just three points shy Of the 20
points Villanova scored on the Mar
liners. Stanley used his entire squad
Of "a and the scrubs were on the
Kings Point goal line as the game
ended.
Although the frosh took a hand
in most of the C. w. scoring, it
was Senior Ed Gnstafson, a prewar
star at G. w. and au-Eastern choice
at Dartmouth when In the Navy,
who steadied the Colonials' defense,
broke up the Mariners passing and
starred an-round defensively.
The fans that missed the first
two minutes of the game missed
two eiectrifying runs that left q. w.
with 7-6 lead and the fans slightly
pop-eyed. Senior Paul Weber took
punt on his IL, cut fer the sidelines
and aided by timely block by ex-
Washington-Lee High end John
Grinnell, went SO yards for a touch
down. That was only the beginning.
G. w. kicked of and Lou Viau, who
is supposed to play baseball with the
Brooklyn Dodgers next season, took
the ball on his Is and dashed 85
yards to a score.
Cavallo Adds Extra Points.
Frank Cavallo, Washington
Pa.) freshman, added all five points
after touchdown for the Colonials,
one from the 25-yard line after a
holding penalty nullified his perfect
placement from the 10.
The Colonials encountered Viau
again before the end of the first
quarter and they lost the lead.
Jack McCrane completed two first
down passes to the G. w. II and
Viau cut through tackle and kept
running wide for a score.
George Washington took advan-
tage of a dangerous ouble-lateral
to take lead it never lost early in
the second quarter. From the Kings
Point IA, Buell. lateraled to Pat
Bennett, who lateraled to Bob
Hirsch, another District product.
and Hirsch was forced out on the
/. Wallace Kennedy scored. G.. w.
added safety before the half when
Shullenbarger tackled Mark McKie
in the end zone.
The Colonials went for the sem
sational in adding to their lead
in the third quarter. Henry Bartel-
loni sped 46 yards with an inter-
cepted pass to the 4 and Ray Truck
made the necessary yardage, but not
until the fourth down. Koester's
50-yard run with an ir1terception
and a 11-yard touchdown pass from
Buell. to Cava1lo.
Kings Point Scores Again.
After Joe Robie recovered Kings
Point tumble deep in the Mariners,
territory accounted for the Coloni-,
ais fourth period scoring. Kings
Point added its third touchdown on
an 11-yard dash with lateral
from Stewart Webster after Nc
Crane put the ball in position with
three completed passes.
Eight G. w. backs took q hand
in the 160 yards gained rushing with
Buell. and Weber the most consistent.
Although Shullenbarger's punting
average was only 81 yards, several Of
his kicks were short ones intention
al1v oflt nf bounds