Evening star., 1949-11-05


when the theft occurred.
cats weren't low and the Hoyas
are looking forward to the re-
mainder Of their schedule with
some degree Of confidence. Ac-
tually they can salvage some con-
ISOLATION from last nights game
in that they did as well, on the
scoreboard. as was expected. They
were 14-point underdogs and lost
by is points.
But the difference between the
two teams was greater than the
score indicates. The II OIL home
coming crowd at Griffith Stadium
seemed almost stunned by the
sheer power and speed Of the
Wildcat attack. When Villanova
moved 1t took ground in big
chunks. It manhandled the mid
die Of Georgetown's line early
in the game particularly. De-
fensively, Villanova didn't let the
Hoyas out Of their own territory
until late in the third period. 1t
held the ball about two-thirds of
the time.
Wildcats Kick Only Once.
Just an idea Of what it was like:
Villanova moved so we'll and so
often 1t had to kick only once
And then 1t was only 80 yards
from the Georgetown goal. The
Wildcats had the ball so much
they ran 10 plays from scrim-
mage to Georgetown's a.. Their
rushing attack gained 424 yards
to the Hoyas' a.
After the Hoyas got over the
initial shock of Villanova's 16-
point first period, they put them
selves back into the game. Toward
the end they were making an in
teresting night Of It. Coach Bob
Margarita finally was able to con-
vince Quarterback Frank Mat
tingly that he had to do some
passing. Once Frank took to the
air, the Hoyas rolled. And George
towns Billy Conn gave the Gus
toners the nights big thrill with
a 90-yard kickoff return that set
up the Hoyas' final tally in the
last period.
But for suddenly stalwart
Georgetown defenses the score
could have been greater. The
Hoyas put on three noble goal line
stands. Two intercepted passes
also STAYED of possible tallies.
Jack Kivus pulled in a heave on
his In the first period and his
momentum carried him into the
end zone where he was tackled
for q safety. In the third, Tom
Hardiman also made q goal-line
interception, from which point the
Hoyas drove SO yards for their first
tally.
Hoyas' Passes Count.
But Georgetown couldn't match
the Villanova power supplied by
the 225-pound Ralph Pasquariello
and by such speedsters as Half
backs John Geppi and Joe Rogers.
Even such "second-stringers" as
Pete D'Alonzo and Bill Padula-
and they're second -stringers only
because they're on the same team
with those other players-were
hard to stop. !
That safety came first in the
game and before the disorganized
Hoyas could rally the Wildcats
had developed touchdown. Long
runs by Pasquariello and Rogers
set 1t up and Quarterback Steve
Romanik carried over. Geppi got
the second I'd on a short plunge
In the same period. A recovered
tumble set up the second-period
touchdown, with Pasquariello 60
ing over from the 2.
During the halftime rest Coach
Margarita finally talked Quarter
back Mattingly into doing some
passing, so late In the third he
started heaving. He passed to
Franny Desmond with a 47-yard
play that carried the Hoyas into
Wildcat territory for the first time
and another good for 28 yards to
Gus Fornaciari reached the IL.
Early in the fourth the 99-yard
drive ended with an 8-yard pass
to Fornaciari.
Villanova bounced back to
march GA yards In big jumps for
its final tally by Rogers. After
that, Conn, who hadn't been able
to get loose through the hefty
Wildcat line, cut out with his 90
yard kickoff return. Mattingly,
on a quarterback sneak. made the
final yard.