Boston College at Georgetown

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1948, page 37

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  By Froncis (. Stonn If Boston College is among the football powerhouses of the East then the Eagles and other hot-shot college teams had better move over to make room for Georgetown. The Hoyas, wo-touchdown underdogs to the Eagles last night at Griffith Stadium, were from IL to IA inches away from a tie in the closing seconds. Were it not for two fumbles on a couple of other occasions the Georgetowns might have won. AS it was, Boston College prevailed, 13 to 6. and it was a heart breaker for the Hilltoppers. 1t may be a long time before there is another Griffith Stadium thriller to match last nights, which 1876 customers paid approximately S33, 900 to watch. With B. c. leading by the score which stood up. Georgetown moved from its AZ to the Eagles 4. There was a minute or so left. Time Runs Out for Hoyas. The Hoyas, or rather Babe Baron owski, drew an unusual penalty of Is yards. 1t was personal foul” or something of the sort, according to the clever minds who can decipher the officials code. Suddenly the Eagles also drew a 15-yard penalty and Georgetown was given a first down on the enemy 10. There now were So seconds to play. Dick Barba, a classy sophomore, hit the line for 8 yards. George town was gaining almost at will with a spread offense against B. C’s s-3-3 defense). Then, while the pro-Hoyas crowd bit collective nails In unison. it took approximately 10 seconds for the Hilltoppers to run another play. This time Billy Conn, another sophomore rich in promise, moved to the 1-foot line, but before the Georgetowns could run of a tie producing play the game was ended. The kids may have been little slow in swapping into their plays” admitted Coach Jack Hagerty after teh game, but it’s not true that by calling for time out we’d have stopped the clock. Rules Gave No Leswny. ‘The rules OF 1948 are specific on this point. We’d used the four time outs allotted us for the second half The only way we could have stopped the clocks was to have an injury. My team didn’t have an injured player and we didn’t feign to have a player hurt. After having used our four time outs, could have substituted an entire team or danced q jig, but the clock would have kept moving all the time. It was just one Of those things. We came close, but we won no cigar” Boston College. which swamped Wake Forest last week while George town was losing to Holy Cross. scored first. The Eagles got TO lead in the opening period when Quarterback Ed Clasby passed to

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Boston College leads 9–⁠4 in 13 meetings, counting the two since this game.