Evening star., 1948-10-22

Fast 6. u. Backs
Tuned for Clash
With Fordham
Victory to Pave Way
To Sparkling Season,
HilItoppers Believe

From now on it's all Georgetown,
the football team on che Hilltop
figures. The Hoyas tasted their first
victory Of the year when they beat
Tulsa last week after two defeats
and they're top-heavy choices to
beat Fordham tonight at Grifath
Stadium and get a 800 standing.
From there on they see clear sailing
with maybe o little trouble from
Villanova.
Tonights game starts at $50
o'clock.
The Georgetown brain trust ex-
poets Coach Ed Danowski's visiting
Rams to take to the air. The Rams
have Dick Doheny aS quarterback.
and passer in their T-formation Of
fensive and he looks In shape to
play. He practiced with the team
yesterday In New York after under
going . minor ear operation We'd
nesday. .....
The HoyaS have practiced ell week
against passes and hope to hold
Doheny to Q reasonably small yard
age, although they don't expect to
stop him altogether. Last week
their pass defenses were excellent,
holding the talented Jim Finks of
Tulsa to one completion In eight
attempts.
Rams Have Running Game.
Bill White and Bill Schinnerer
also do some of the Rams passing.
but Doheny- is the big threat. Ends
AL Pfeifer, Ed Wolfe and Jim Ma
loney have been doing most of the
pass catching. Pfeifer has gathered
In II passes, Wolfe 8 and Maloney z.
Fordham's running game is paced
by the reliable Stan Bloomer, who
has gained 1877 yards In 27 rushes.
but Andy Lukac, Larry Higgins, Jim
Erickson and Langdon\ \Viracola have
picked up more than 100 yards this
season.
The Fordham team does have a
good passing attack and speed afoot.
but 1t is light and inexperienced
Coach DanowSki will start q team
composed mostly of sophomores. In
an enort to get little more weight
up front to combat the heavy Hoya
Towards, he has promoted Paul
Westerberger, 6-foot-1, 2l0-pound
lett tackle to starting post. He
Will be the heaviest there. Bob New.
comDe, the other tackle, who goes to
zl5, and Jim Murphy and Herb
Seidel, who alternate at center are
tnes only other Ram forwards going
over 400. e
Hcyas Relying on Conn.
Expected to shine again tonight
for Georgetown Is Billy Conn. fleet
footed back who displayed variety
IN his attack by tossing to two
toucndowns last week against Tulsa
with the only passes he has thrown
In his college career. It isn't GER
tain he will pass again tonight
thoweyer. Those passes were on
trick play that was saved for q
tight spot. If things 20 as ex-
pected tonight. the Hoyas won't be
In any tight spots.
Conn Is a good enough breakaway
runner to provide plenty of thrills.
His best jaunt was q 75-yarder
against Boston College, but he has
made other lengthy runs to indicate
he may be the breakaway runner
Georgetown has been hunting for
many years.
He isn't the only ace back Coach
Haeerty will field. Georgetown has
Dick Barba, another sophomore
flash, ready for action. Dick could
give Georgetown q double break
away threat.
Hagerty has Shifted his lineup
giving Jim Nails, q 1s0-pound senior
and Sal Cavallero, another 180-
FOUNDER and Junior, the starting
guard assignments. Hagerty is CIV
ing up some Of his weight trvine
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