West Virginia at Georgetown

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1929, page 1

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  HOYAS NEAR SCORE IN FINAL QUARTER Lose Ball With Poor Pass After Driving to Foes 3-Yard Stripe. host OF older brothers gath cred to celebrate the university’s an nual home coming day encountered a rangy lot of West VirginianS that stub. bornly refused to make the occasion a; gay for the hosts as had been expected When the foot ball tussle, the climatic event of the reunion program, was ended neither side had anything to show fol its tremendous expenditure Of energy for the score was 0 to 0. That the result was surprising K Georgetown and its supporters is putting it mildly, for West Virginia came dowr from Morgantown with no record II boast of whereas the Hoyas had establisted quite a reputation for themselves in the cource of the campaign. George town, though, has the satisfaction o. having outplayed the Mountaineers tt a great extent. which may be something to a good foot ball team that has fought to scoreless draws on two successive Saturdays. Despite the lack of point -making, the game was replete with thrills for the 10000 who gathered at the Georgi5 avenue field to witness the contest There were brilliant running plays, some sensational overhead offensive, excellent kicking and a great bid for touchdown by Georgetown in the final period thai went awry because of a poor pass from center after the Hoyas had driven to the Mountaineers’ 3-yard stripe. Lone Scoring Threat. This was the only serious scoring threat of the game. 1t got under way shortly after the final quarter opened the thrust starting from Georgetown’s 4l-yard line, where punt had been received. The scoring bid began with a startling 29-yard pass hurled by Scalzi to Maczees, the receiver falling as he made the catch and turning COM pletely over. After Bozek picked ur 5 yards with a slice of right tackle another pass, Scalzi to Bozek this time was good for IL yards, moving play II West Virginia’s 13-yard stripe. With the West Virginia line wavering, Barabas crashed through 1t for 8 6-yard gain, and triple pass. in which Scalzi and Barabas handled the pigskir before it got to Bozek, made it first down within 3 yards of the goal. Here the Mountaineers braced and repulseC two Georgetown drives into the center of the forward wall. Georgetown haC two more chances to cross the narrow span, but a pass intended to go tC BarabaS was thrown wildly by Wynkoop and, before the Hoyas knew what was going on, Joseph, West Virgins end, was on the ball. The Mountaineer wingman had recovered the oval on his 9-yard line and Georgetown never got dangerously near goal again. True, they got another chance to make good Immediately after losing the ball, for Bartung, kicking for West Virginia, made his one pool punt Of the game. His boot sent the o,aI a,,kefda =. UUnSf UirOiniafe l2.ua line. But Georgetown’s line plays anc aerial attack fizzled this time and ar advance of only 3 yards had been made when the ball passed to the Mountain GERS on downs. Desperate Field Goal Try. West Virginia never had a real scoring opportunity, although once 1t tool a desperate chance at a field goal. This was in the third period when 1t got 9 punt on Georgetown’s 40-yard line Line bucks netted the Mountaineers but a few yards, so Francis Glenn dropped back for try at goal. With LaRue holding the ball on the 47-yard line, it meant Glenns kick would have to travel over 81 yards of the field to reach the cross bar. Whether 1t would have will never be known, for LiSton, Hoya tackle, crashed through, blocked the kick and Bordeau recovered the ball for Georgetown. The Mountaineers we’re never within Georgetown’S 35-yard line during the game and advanced that far but twice. They we’re on this stripe at the conclusion of the first period, the only one in which they outplayed the Hoyas Soon after the second period started; however. West Virginia had to kick and but twice later in the game did it penetrate Georgetown territory. Georgetown at that made few intrusionS into West Virginia’s domain. 1t did its first period attacking strictly within its own part of the field and in the second period did not advance beyond the middle of the gridiron. In the third period, though, the Hoyas swarmed across the middle line. once getting to West Virginia’S 35-yard line before being held for downs and in the final session they did much Of their at lacking on the foes part Of the grid iron. Ten First Downs for G. U. The HoyaS made 10 first downs to West Virginia’s 4. After the first pc Rod the Mountaineers made their dis lance but once. Scalzi had the Hoyas in the air frequently, the quarterback calling for Is passes. Seven grounded and two were intercepted. but six we’re completed for a total gain of 81 yards. The successful passes ranged in length from to 90 yards. Once Scalzi called for a pass. but he was so smothered by the Mountaineers that he had to run the ball instead. West Virginia attempted but Ave passes and made good with two. the others being grounded. One pass gained 9 yards and the other IS. Penalties we’re few and all were inflicted in the first period. Georgetown drew a 5-yard loss for off-Side and West Virginia a 15-yard setback for holding and an off-side penalty right on top of 1t for yard only because 1t was within 2 yards of its base line. Mooney of Georgetown and Bartrug of West Virginia did much kicking throughout the game and kicked we’ll, too. BartrugS puntS had distance and were well directed. Mooney once got away punt for IS yards. Scalzi also did some Georgetown kicking and showed clever toe. the opposing lines. Both charged hard, held firmly in pincheS and tackled well. Cordovano, Liston and Mooney of Georgetown and Carrico and Beall of West Virginia proved especially fine forwards. The Georgetown ends were somewhat better than the West Virginia fiankmen. The backs had little chance tn show their worth Wast

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 21, 1929, page 1

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  Nodaks Superior ToN otre Dame If Figures Don’t Lie Demon Statistician Calculates North Dakota Champions 80 Points Better University. N. D.. Nov. 2l.-Just ten minutes a day and you an figure North Dakota as national football champion. Sounds rcasonablc-so just listen to this Detroit University, 36; West Vir- GINA, O.. West Virginia. 0: Georgetown 0. Georgetown. O: Navy. 0. OF course all of this reduced to proportions resembling q bugs ear near that Detroit is &c points SUI pcrior to the Navy. And then let me see. only a month ago Notre Dame won from Navy by seven points. Getting out III pencil. We find aft er a moment that Detroit is therefore % points hotter than Notre Dame. This story should be sent to Knutc Rockne.) Now a few more figgcrs: Marquette, 6: Detroit, 6. Creighton. Is: Marquette, s. North Dakota. 50: Creighton. 0. Some more addition. subtraction, and manipulation to make findings. to wit: Creighton six points better than the team which tied the team which Is % points superior to Notrc Dame. Hope you understand. Boiling this pottage down still further We add s and 20. Your IS Is then mixed with that devastating 81 to give North Dakota 80 points on Notre Dame. This may or may not make your grandmother a Cfinaman. But to get down to brass tac!ss that 81 to 0 win at Omaha was about the largest thing athletically We have seen at North Dakota since Mac Johnson. tho $50 pound center. graduated.

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Georgetown leads 7–⁠4–⁠2 in 13 meetings, counting the eight since this game.