Evening star., 1947-11-23
|Co|onia|sP Push
Surprised Foe
All 0verFie|d
Lack Scoring Punch,
However, in 5 Thrusts
Inside 40-Yurd Line
By Lewis F. Atchison

George Washington and George
town turned on the heat yesterday,
but the 17th renewal Of their foot
ball series ended in a zero atmos-
phere at Griffith Stadium where an
estimated 1000 fans saw the old
rivals duel to a scoreless tie.
1t was almost carbon copy Of
last years game when the Colonials
did everything but win. They
pushed and mauled their surprised
neighbors from one end of the field
to the other, but this time Dame
Fortune left the Hoyas stranded.
George Washington supporters had
an anxious moment in the last
minute of play when a pass-inter-
ference penalty gave Georgetown
a first down on G. WIS 20. The
Hoyas moved to the "a on a pass
from Elmer Raba to Connie O'Doh-
erty, but Charley Butler ended the
threat by gathering in Rabas next
toss on his own 7.
1t was the second scoreless tie
between the rivals and, although a
moral victory for the underdog G. w.
eleven, left it without victory in the
series dating back to 1890.
Surprising T-Formation.
Coach Skip Stanley of G. w. had
predicted his squad would beat
somebody" this season and it was
plain as early as the first period the
somebody" he was cunning for was
Georgetown. Stanley came up with
a surprising T-formation in the
second period, with Pete Cordelli
handling the ball, in an effort to
catch the Hoyas by surprise. He
did, too, as the Colonials' 214-yard
total from scrimmage shows, but
Georgetown's line refused to give
ground deep in its own territory.
Neither team made a real scoring
gesture, although G. w. reached
Georgetown's 26 in the first period,
the 27 and then the 80 in the second,
the IS and "a late in the final chap
ter. Twice the Hoyas took the ball
on downs and twice they forced
G. w. to punt. A pass interception
repelled the fifth threat.
+ Georgetown got to the Colonial
|36 with the help of a freak play in
the third period, and stalled. Leon
ard Spangler, workhorse in G.W.'s
backfeld, fired pass over the line
that bounced off the chest of
Georgetown's Johnny Kivus into the
outstretched arms of Bus Warder on
G. us Al. Raba, In for injured
Babe Baranowski, tossed a forward
to Bill Dzugan for a first down on
G. WIS 36, but the Colonials held
and Georgetown, after drawing
holding penalty, punted to Jimmy
Kline on G. WIS Is.
Georgetown Holds.
This might have been q break Of
the game except that frankie Ca
vallo, another Colonial standout,
broke over his own left tackle on
the first play and romped so yards
to Georgetown's IS before Johnny
Preston and Brooke Boyer hauled
him down. George Washington
shifted into the T Immediately, but
Georgetown held and forced Span
gler to kick.
Spangler and Georgetown's kick
ers had better than 40-yard punting
averages but Spangler had the edge.
His best effort was q 73-yard boot
that took G. w. out of trouble and
put the ball on Georgetown's 20.
Kicking and pass interruptions fea-
tured the game as both teams play
ed for the big break that might
have turned the tide.
Baranowski got off a 54-yard punt
that was downed on George Wash
ington's Al, and two plays later
Spangler quick kicked to G. us 8
in thrilling second-period ex-
hibition of booting.
Most of the game was played in
Georgetown territory, G.. w. moving
in early in the first period when Joe
Sullivan fumbled and Harvey Ship
man recovered for the Colonials on
G. US IS. Georgetown braced and
threw back the drive on its 26.
Nip and Tuck Rest of Way.
Thereafter 1t was nip and tuck,
with George Washington intercept
ing Georgetown passes to get a shot
at the Hoyas in their own back yard
and G. U. warding of the drive by
another interception. In all G. w.
hauled down four enemy throws,
while Jack Hagerty's crew grabbed
three