Evening star., 1947-11-02
.Hoya Mistakes
Lead toEag|es'
Triumph, 27-6
All Four of Winners
Touchdowns PortIy
Due to Loxities
by MerreIl WhittIesey
py WeFTeH VHttIeSey
Stor StoH Correspopdent

Stor Sioff Correspondent
BOSTON, Nov. 1.-Georgetown,
which in the vernacular of the foot
ball world was supposed to be up
for the Boston College game today,
was up in the air instead and in a
painful exhibition at Braves Field
booted a 27-6 triumph into the
hands of the. big, bruising Eagles.
Boston College kept its major
bowl hopes alive by capitalizing on
Georgetown's sandlot mistakes to
win with ease before 1924 half
frozen spectators in Braves Field. a
crowd that was some $1,000 short
of expectations.
The defeat was kayo punch to
Georgetown's hopes of competing in
the Pineapple Bowl in Honolulu.
Georgetown used four different
methods of handing the ball to the
Eagles on a silver platter and each
time 1t was-touchdown B. The
first instance was on a pass that
Elmer Raba tried to get off while
hopelessly trapped and he fumbled.
The second time was poor kickoff
by the Eagles which they recovered
for an onside kick while the Hoyas
stood sleepily by. The third was
on an interception of an ill-aimed
pass by Johnny Hughes and the
fourth time it was a needlessly at
tempted shoestring catch of a punt
by John Kivius which the alert
Eagles recovered.
Oddly enough, the unrevealing
statistics gave the Eagles only a
slight edge over Georgetown in all
departments. But the statistics do
not show the errors ~and it was
Georgetown mistakes that helped
the Eagles to a 300 halftime lead.
Late Score Averts Shutout.
The Hoyas held the Eagle re-
serves to a minus yardage in the
last quarter and averted a shutout
by driving As yards to late touch
down, scored on an end zone pitch
from Babe Baronowski to Al Sarase-
witch, a play that covered seven
yards. Baronowski's kick for the
point was blocked.
The first three times Boston Col
lege had the ball in the first
quarter it couldn't make any head
way. The initial offensive gesture
of the game was 34-yard gain by
the Hoyas on a pass from Raba to
Frank Desmond to the Eagles 81,
but then Raba tried to pass with
B. c. linesmen hanging on and Bob
Palladino recovered a tumble on the
B. C. 81.
The Eagles drove doggedly to the
Georgetown %, and with only a
minute and half remaining in the
first quarter, Ed Clasby, the Eagles
T-formation master who had been
out injured since the first game OF
the season, waited what seemed like
minutes to pass, then tipped an
aerial to Angelo Nicketakis. The
Eagles captain was in the end zone
and caught the touchdown pass
which the Hoyas' Johnny O'Connor
might have knocked down. Tom
Brennan kicked the first of three
placements for the extra point.
Then came the play that took the
heart out of the Hoyas. Brennan's
attempt at kickoff for the Eagles
was an unintentional wobbly boot
of about Is yards, enough to make
it free ball. But while the 'front.'
line Hoyas stood by, End Stan
Goode of the Eagles recovered on
the Georgetown IS.
Hoya Line Finally Conquered.
Clasby, behind excellent protec-
tion of the 225-pound average Bos-
ton line, faded back and drifted a
long pass which Maurice Poissant
caught and was stopped on the
Hoyas' 2-yard line. Poissant made
a yard and then Clasby scored the
first touchdown of the year through
the Georgetown line on sneak,
making it two touchdowns in less
than 80 seconds.
Every time the Hoyas started to
move they were halted rudely by
a Boston College interception or re-
covery. Tommy Graham weaved
"a yards on the first play of the
second period to the Eagles A but
then he tried pass and Steve Stuka
recovered for B. c. The Eagles
kicked back and Johnny Hughes
tried his hand at passing with the
same result.
Jim Benedetto intercepted Hughes
pass and ran the ball back to the
Georgetown 26. Fred Songin made
IL yards and AL Canava, the half
back who beat Georgetown last year,
lugged the ball to the one then
carried it over. The Eagles were
bound again near the
end of the first half after intercept
ing a Baranowski pass, but an
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