George Washington at Merchant Marine

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  Evening star, October 6, 1946, page 26

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  CoIoniaIsSwarnp Mariners, 37–⁠18, I’m First Test DC. Players With CIV. Head SIoshing Attack Telling From Outset Star Sfoff Correspondent KINGS POINT, N. Y, Oct. ST. George Washington University sounded a warning to It’s football foes for the next four years today when a sprightly freshman crop played a major role in a 37–⁠18 defeat of the Merchant Marine Academy before a stadium record crowd Of 1900 fans. The Colonials opened their 54th grid season, and their first in four years, under a new coach, Skip Stanley, and with question mark outfit. They trailed Kings Point for a period, then poured it on for the next three quarters with as wide an assortment Of scoring maneu. vers as the fans could ask. Three Washington boys, Joe Buell. of Tech, John Shullenbarger Of Coolidge and Dick Koester of Roosevelt – made their debut in varsity football and although they made the obvious first-gafne mistakes, col lectively they were slightly terrific. Shullenbarger featured a 63-yard quick kick in beautiful punting performance, Buell. completed Q touchdown pass, had another called back and missed two more by finger tip length and Koester trucked SO yards with an intercepted pass for a score. G. w. Surpasses Yale Score. The Colonials surpassed the 33-l point total rolled up by Yale on the Kings Pointers-coached by ex-, G. w. mentor Bill Reinhart-and were just three points shy Of the 20 points Villanova scored on the Mar liners. Stanley used his entire squad Of “a and the scrubs were on the Kings Point goal line as the game ended. Although the frosh took a hand in most of the C. w. scoring, it was Senior Ed Gnstafson, a prewar star at G. w. and au-Eastern choice at Dartmouth when In the Navy, who steadied the Colonials’ defense, broke up the Mariners passing and starred an-round defensively. The fans that missed the first two minutes of the game missed two eiectrifying runs that left q. w. with 7–⁠6 lead and the fans slightly pop-eyed. Senior Paul Weber took punt on his IL, cut fer the sidelines and aided by timely block by ex- Washington-Lee High end John Grinnell, went SO yards for a touch down. That was only the beginning. G. w. kicked of and Lou Viau, who is supposed to play baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers next season, took the ball on his Is and dashed 85 yards to a score. Cavallo Adds Extra Points. Frank Cavallo, Washington Pa.) freshman, added all five points after touchdown for the Colonials, one from the 25-yard line after a holding penalty nullified his perfect placement from the 10. The Colonials encountered Viau again before the end of the first quarter and they lost the lead. Jack McCrane completed two first down passes to the G. w. II and Viau cut through tackle and kept running wide for a score. George Washington took advantage of a dangerous ouble-lateral to take lead it never lost early in the second quarter. From the Kings Point IA, Buell. lateraled to Pat Bennett, who lateraled to Bob Hirsch, another District product. and Hirsch was forced out on the /. Wallace Kennedy scored. G.. w. added safety before the half when Shullenbarger tackled Mark McKie in the end zone. The Colonials went for the sem sational in adding to their lead in the third quarter. Henry Bartelloni sped 46 yards with an intercepted pass to the 4 and Ray Truck made the necessary yardage, but not until the fourth down. Koester’s 50-yard run with an ir1terception and a 11-yard touchdown pass from Buell. to Cava1lo. Kings Point Scores Again. After Joe Robie recovered Kings Point tumble deep in the Mariners, territory accounted for the Coloni-, ais fourth period scoring. Kings Point added its third touchdown on an 11-yard dash with lateral from Stewart Webster after Nc Crane put the ball in position with three completed passes. Eight G. w. backs took q hand in the 160 yards gained rushing with Buell. and Weber the most consistent. Although Shullenbarger’s punting average was only 81 yards, several Of his kicks were short ones intention al1v oflt nf bounds

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George Washington leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.