Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
PENALTY RUINS CIV
ViIIanoVa Nips
CoIoniaIs, Alb
BY DICK STAY
Star staff Writer

N4LLANONA, "a OCL. IS
Villanova put heavy clamps on
Dick Drummond today and held
him to Al yards rushing. but
George Washington's winless
Colonials found another way to
lose the football game. They
beat themselves with mistakes,
1913, as their losing streak
mounted to 10 games. five this
season.
Before a crowd Of 1000 in
sunny, humid Villanova Sta
dunn, CIV struck for a touch
down on the games fourth
scrimmage play, yielded two
scores to the Wildcats in the
first half. struggled to a match |
ing touchdown in the third
quarter and came up one point
short.
Following the last touch
down-which came on a fine
24-yard run by Wingback Harry
Haught-the Colonials went for
the two-point conversion and
made it on a pass from Merv
Holland to End Paul Flowers.
But q backfield-in-motion pen
atty wiped out GW's apparent
one-point lead. Then Mark
Gross placement try from the
15-yard line was blocked by
End Jack Clifford.
Pass Is Dropped
Almost % minutes still re-
manned and after stopping the
Wildcats on the CIV IL and 81
yard lines, the Colonials made
their last serious effort. Eight
minutes showed on the clock.
They moved to the Wildcat
"a on Hollands passes, and on
third down Drummond took a
pitchout and lofted a throw to
Flowers, who was behind two
defenders on the 10-yard line.
Flowers went up and grabbed
the ball but couldn't hold it.
Linebacker Mike Strofolino
broke up q pitch to End Dick
Duenkel on the next play and
Villanova took possession with
1853 left.
CIV got the ball again with
SO seconds remaining but four
passes gained only three yards,
putting the Colonials 80 yards
away from the Villanova goal
line.
Sernyak Gains 80
Villanova chewed UP CIV in
the middle Of the line with its
superior size and ran the ball
81 times for 247 yards, 80 of
them by Dick Sernyak, it's
swiftest ball-carrier.
The Wildcats clawed SO
yards in Is plays to match
GW's quick first touchdown
and then drove II yards in IA
! plays to go in front permanent
ly with less than 4 minutes
! gone in the second period.
. Only one pass was thrown
by Quarterback Dave Connell
in either drive and it went to
Clifford. who was yards away,
alone in the end zone, for the
second touchdown. Mike Man.
ger then kicked his second
extra point, which proved to
be the winner.
16-Yard I'd Run
The Wildcats first score
came on a 16-yard burst by
Sernyak through a big hole
off right tackle. Sernyak
shrugged off Jody Glass
Drummond's defensive replace
ment-near the goal line. 1t
was the first of several costly
mistakes Glass, a sophmore,
made.
Jody seemed crushed. He
interfered on a pass during
the second Villanova scoring
drive for a big first down which
got the push started. He failed
to hang on to Sernyak on a
26-yard run to the CIV Is.
And he was in motion on GW's
try for the two-point CONVEX
sion.
The day started much differ
emily for the visitors. On a
"huddle" play borrowed from
the freshman team, Drummond
took quick pitchout from Hol-
land-alone over the ball-and
behind nine blockers ran 81
yards down the sideline to VIII
lanova's IS. That was the
games first scrimmage play,
and three plays later Holland
passed Is yards to Flowers. who
fell into the end zone.
Receivers tumble
The other CIV touchdown
movement required eight plays
after Taught recovered a FUN