Evening star., 1947-10-19
Rated pushover
6. U. :Conquers
Tulsa by 12-0
AeridIs Send Oilers
To First Defeat at
Home Since 1914
By Lewis F. Atchison
Star Stoff Correspondent


TULSA, Okla, Oct. 18.-Labelled
a "Class B" team in pre-game re-
ports and rated pushover for
Tulsa's Golden Hurricane, George
towns aroused hoyas struck swiftly
through the air for two touchdowns
in the second period today to hand
their hosts surprising 1910 set
back. 1t was Tulsa's first loss on
the home lot since the Iowa Sea-
hawks turned the trick i'll 1914.
The husky Hilltop crew, frying
about newspaper stories deriding
their ability, completely throttled
the Hurricane ground game and
threw up a respectable defense
against it's passing attack to win
with ease. The powerful Hoya line
held Tulsa to % yards and while
the Westerners gained al yards
through the air Georgetown kept
them we'll away from its goal line.
Tulsa made only one real threat
early in the first period-but the
Hoyas bluntly squelched it on their
27-yard line and the home team
simply couldn't get going after that.
The Hurricane blew, or rather
puffed into G.. U. territory only
twice in the second half. The first
time 1t begged down on the A9-yard
strip and the second found Tulsa
encamped on the 39-yard line as
the game ended.
Raba on the Trigger.
1t was a nice win for Coach Jack
Hagerty, who quarterbacked the
1923 Georgetown team that chalked
! up 240 victory over Tulsa. 1t
also continued the Hoyas' habit of
upsetting Western foes in intersec-
tional games.
Elmer Raba was the trigger man
on both Georgetown scoring plays,
firing his first touchdown pitch to
George Benigni and the second to
Johnny Kivus.
Frannie Desmond started G. U.
toward its first score by hauling in
Jim Finks' pass, as Harold Stratton
was reaching for it. He raced 43
yards in heavy traffic to Tulsa's
5-yard line before J. r. Boone
caught him from behind. Tommy
Graham, Connie ODoherty and
Graham again made no impression
on Tulsa's fighting line, but on
fourth down Raba found Benigni
wide open in the end zone. Bus
Werders try for the extra point
was wide.
A 19-yard pass from Raba to Be-
nigni featured 58-yard for George
towns second 6-pointer. Joe Sulli-
van, Raba and Kivus smacked the
line for first down on Tulsa's Al
before Benigni took the throw that
put the ball on the %. Raba then
unwrapped strike to Kivus, who
slipped behind Dick Moseley and
took the. ball in the end zone.
Hoya Generalship Faulty.
The Hoyas penetrated almost to
the goal line twice again, but mex
perience and faulty field general
snip kept them from going over.
An exchange of punts, in which
Raba's 55-yard boot put Tulsa in
bad hole, gave G. U. the ball on
Tulsa's 38. Graham hoisted a 54-
yard throw to Benigni, putting the
ball on the 1-yard line and again
the Hurricane line refused to give
ground. On fourth down Raba
passed to Bill Dzugan on the 1-yard
line. All he had to do was dive
over for points, but seeing three
Tulsa men a few feet away he tried
to run toward the corner and was
spilled on the 1-yard line
Late in the final period, with Tony
Boyer and Lou Miller running the
ball and Raba passing to Benigni
and Sullivan, the Hoyas reached
Tulsa's 2-yard line. On second down
Raba attempted another pass and
Dee Clements intercepted the ball
and ran it out to his own IL.
The game was played in summer
like heat, but the Hoyas showed no
signs of willing. They seemed to
get hotter, fguratively and liter
ally as the game wore on.