Evening star., 1949-09-25
Conn Brilliant
Effort Wins for
.Hoyas by20-13
Team Behind by Two
Touchdowns When
He Catches Fire
D. d II i.
By Burton Howkins
Sfor Stuff Correspondent

Stor Staff Correspondent
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. "a.
Conn, a youngster with a
constant stomach ache. presented
Holy Cross a succession of head
aches today in leading underdog
Georgetown out of the despair of
a two-touchdown deficit to a 20-l3
victory over the Crusaders.
The 22-year-old Conn, once
feared lost to the Georgetown
football team due to ulcers,
sparked the Hoyas to a gallant
win over Holy Cross after the
Crusaders had accumulated 1870
margin and seemingly were headed
for an easy conquest.
1t was Conn, with a 23-yard
touchdown dash late in the second
period. who transformed the
Hoyas from a fumbling outfit in
to a team that suddenly played
inspired football. With Conn as
the generator, the Hoyas electri-
fled a crowd of $4,000 and made
the head coaching debut of young
Bob Margarita an immense sue
cess. Conn smashed over for the
Hoyas' third touchdown from two
yards out in the fourth period.
Setting the stage for Conn's
heroicS was a 29-yard pass from
Frank Mattingly. sophomore
quarterback. to Gus Fornaciara
sophomore end, to the Crusaders
rs in the second period. Billy
fumbled in a rushing attempt but
there to recover for Georgetown
on the Holy Cross % was Tackle
Jim Ricca.
G. U. Persistence Pays Off.
Two plays later Conn whisked
through right guard, broke into
the clear, eluded a pair of tacklers
at the S and plunged into the end
zone. Dick Haesler's placement
wobbled over the bar to slice
Georgetown's deficit to 1877.
That was the magic which
ignited the Hoyas. Early in the
third period Georgetown reached
the Holy Cross S after Mattingly
collaborated with End Bob Mop
pinger in clicking on 36-yard
pass.
Checked there. the Hoyas
bounced back only to be stalled
again when Charley Binder in
tercepted a Mattingly pass on the
Crusaders S.
The third time Georgetown
knocked at the door, though. they
got in. Conn returned John
Readers punt 20 yards to the
Holy Cross %. Mattingly and
End Dick Losh teamed on 23-
yard pass and on the final play
of the period Conn banged the
ball to the 3.
Mattingly was foiled on a quar-
terback sneak, but the Crusaders
were penalized for offside and on
the next play Mattingly repeated
the maneuver successfully, crash
ing over for the score. Haessler's
point attempt was wide and the
count remained 1913.
Hoyas March ~ Yards.
Holy Cross couldn't penetrate
Georgetown's defense and when
they punted Georgetown swept 72
yards to score. 1t was Conn for
8, Lou Miller for 7. Dick Barba for
IL. Relentlessly the Hoyas chew
ed up the distance separating
them from another score, with
Conn, Miller and Barba supplying
the footwork.
1t was Barba who carried eight
yards to the Holy Cross S and
Miller lugged to the 2. Then
Conn cracked off right tackle,
ricocheted off two tacklers and
surged into the end zone. Haesler
booted the point, then George
town clung to its 20-13 advantage.
On the third play of the game
Guard Imbornoni gave the Hoyas
hope of an upset when he blasted
the Crusaders John Turco,
prompting a tumble which the
Hoyas recovered. Babe Bara-
Johnny Highes and Jack
Kivus, plus a pair of short passes
by Mattingly, carried to the Holy
Cross l before expiring.
Then Holy Cross took over and
began to justify their installation
as two-touchdown favorites. The
stymied Georgetown's
running plays and paved their
way to their first touchdown when
Guard Henry Beulieu broke
through to smear Lou Surman's S
punt. End Jim MacDougald re-
covering for Holy Cross on
Georgetown's IL. On the first
play of the second period a trap
ped Jim Murphy tipped a desper-
ate underhand pass to Bob Doyle,
who sprinted to the Hoyas' 2.
Binder nudged to within inches
of the goal line and Murphy
carried over. Johnny Fetch kick
ed the point.
Crusaders Drive 10 Yards.
Holy Cross stopped Georgetown,
then took over to drive 70-yards
and score again. Johnny Turco
and Mike Zinkiewicz engineered
the march to Georgetown's 5
and the Hoyas were penalized to
the l. Bob Farrell smashed center
to score but Feltch's placement
was wide.
BRIEFLY: Athletic Director
Jack Hagerty broadcast a descrip-
ton of the game to Georgetown
followers in Washington about
800 students made the trip here
from the Capital and were re-
warded by ueorgetown's gallant
comeback.
Twice Holy Cross touchdowns
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