Evening star., 1947-09-29
Hoyas Lost 100000
By Defeatin Opener,
SckwaeeI Means
BY MerrelI WhittIesey

Georgetown Graduate Manager of
Athletics Rome Schwagel termed the
Hoyas' 60 loss to Wake Forest q
100000 defeat, speaking strictly
from the box Office standpoint, but 1t
would nave been worth million for
Coach Jack Hagerty's crew to win It,
Judging by the boys disappointment
over. the loss.
SCAwagel estimated Hoya
triumph would have meant $4,000
additional persons, at an average of
50 each, would turn out for George
towns four home games, starting
with Fordham here Friday night at
Griffith Stadium. 1T breaks down
to $16,667 a point" Schwagel moaned.
People will forget we gave them a
great game and just remember that
We lost
The Georgetown player who was
inconsolable was Johnny Preston,
19-year-old halfback, who allowed
Carl Haggard to get away with the
touchdown pass through absolutely
no fault Of Preston's. Part Of the
field in Groves Stadium at Wake
Forest had been resodded and as
Preston went to cover Haggard he
slipped and fell on a piece of loose
turf. Babe Baronowski, who missed
Haggard with a flying tackle, was
not responsible for the score.
The Saturday night game drew a
number of coaches, scouts and news
papermen who were in the area for
the Georgia-North Carolina and
Duke-N. c. State Saturday after
noon. Most felt Georgetown merited
tie at the worst and were surprised
at the HoyaS' strength and particu-
larly their defensive play. They also
predicted big things for Wake Forest
by midseason. The Deacons have
one of the biggest teams in college
football.
The Hoyas game was played in
what is believed to be record time, l
hour and 54 minutes from whistle to
whistle. Georgetown did not draw a
penalty and the Deacons lost only
Is yards.
Football scouting is becoming a
chummy business. Ed Franco, the
assistant coach at Fordham, and
Vince lombard, freshman mentor,
went as far as to travel on the Hoyas'
special cars, spend the day with the
Georgetown coaches and they sat
with the team on the return trip.
Franco told Hagerty Fordham should
cancel its schedule as the Rams had
nothing. Hagerty said he wished
they would as they'd probably muir
der Georgetown. Honors even.
North Carolina Is one of the top
States in football enthusiasm. Within
a 25-mile radius of Raleigh Satur-
day more than 100000 persons
turned out for three major games.
With Duke, State, Carolina and
Wake Forest all playing away this
week end, special trains are being
chartered for all games, including
the Tar Heels at Texas.
Charley Justice, the Carolina back
who was conceded All-America
honors before the season started,
suffered what may be an insur-
mountable setback in the Georgia
game. The Tar Heel-Georgia game
was one Of the three big games in
the nation and drew newspapermen
from New York to Atlanta and was
carried .over five networksA two of
them major.
But Justice was held to one gain
Of more than yards although he
played almost go minutes. Georgia
had spent great pains in building
a defense for him. The Bulldogs
showed their respects for Choo-
Choo, however, by booting kickoffs
with the ball laying on the ground,
not teed up, to make sure some
player would have to pick it up be-
fore It reached safety-n1an Justice