West Virginia at George Washington

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1957, page 1

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  MOUNTAINEERS ROMP, 34-I4 Injury to Quarterback Adds to GWs Woes George Washington’s football team is Snakehitten IS far as quaFterbacking goes. A week after Ray Looney. the No. ! Quarterback. goes out for the season with q dislocated shoulder, the Colonials have their No. 2 man, Jack Henzes, in jured. Henzes received what at least Is q damned right thumb last night while the Colonials were absorbing o 34–⁠14 defeat from West Virginia before 5000 at -Grifnth Stadium. But Henzes’ injury may be more serious than apparent. X-rays today win find out. And this comes ct q time when his left hand Is bandaged for a broken finger. As for the game itself, West Virginia simply was far better than CIV. maybe even better than the score indicates. Five different players scored the 1ive touchdowns. one Of them q sophomore speedSter from Falls Church, Halfbaek Ray Peter son. His was the first mark Of the game the first time the Mountaineers got the ball. On the fourth play he broke through the line and outran the Colonials for IS yards. Sommer Goes II Yards This was more than matched by the CIV star. Mike Sommer. who shortly thereafter ran II yards for q touchdown. All this happened in the 1irst 5 minutes. And as Dick Claypool Of CIV kicked the extra point. while Chuck Howley Of West Virginia missed his. the Colo malls had for q few minutes the heady experience Of leading West Virginia. 7–⁠6. It didn’t last long. The Mountaineers went for touch downs the next two times they had the ball. An end zone pass interception by Sommer was needed to stop another serious threat as West Virginia took q 20–⁠7 halftime lead. Two more West Virginia touchdowns came in the fourth quarter. CIV got its other marker in the fourth following a blocked punt. End Don Herman Of CIV was the one who blocked a kick by Whitley Mikanik of West Viz gtnia on the 81. and the ball bounced back to the /. Two plays later Ed Hino, the sophomore quarterback who prob ably will have to carry the load from now on, bucked over. Otherwise the Colonials stirred up only a threat or two. Earlier in the fourth period a Hino-to-Jack Kesock pass for a. yards was the big part Of a

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West Virginia leads 17–⁠7 in 24 meetings, counting the nine since this game.