Washington and Lee at Georgetown

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1908, page 19

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  goal, making the score Washington and Lee, 6; Georgetown, 0. Shea’s Good Run. Shea’s Good Run. Georgetown kicked off and sent the ball beyond the goal, and on the kickout Shea got 1t and ran. forty yards before a Washington and Lee man could tackle around the shoelace. From then on it was see-saw up and down the field. Shea seemed to be a puzzle to the Washington and Lee tackles. He lodged in and out the field of runners and never failed TO go into his man hard. At one time Shea went forward twenty yards on fake end rum. he bucking the line with no one to assist him. A delayed pass, II properly worked, would have landed Georgetown under the goal posts, but in the m1xup the Blue and White end caught the ball. 1t failed on its first play, but swept the Blue and Gray to one side for two more plays which simply ate up the de- Tense and which Melted sixty yards. Pal len stopped both these plays with tackles that were wonders. Georgetown was get ting stronger by the second. and when Washington and Lee punted the offensive play by the Blue and Gray team began to grow fierce. Pa’len stole five yards on sneaky little end run, and Washington and Lee disgorged five more for offside play. 1t was going down the field at locomotive speed, but the heavy lineup against it broke up the onslaught and look the ball. Washington and Lee began coming through for ten and twenty yards. but lost about twenty all told for penalties. and had it been less anxious to get into action 1t might have escapped penaliZng and consequently gone over the line again. Second Half. 1t was Fitzgerald who was the sur prise and sensation of the latter part of the game Having been out of hor with broken nose and somewhat out Of condition, he came from the grand stand at the coach’s earnest plea. and for time the game seemed to be Washington and Lee against Fitzgerald. His line bucking. running and tackling. did the whole business at times. Georgetown 8 first touchdown came as the result of straight foot ball for the most part, and gave Washington and Lee something TO think about in the way of hard playing Shea took the ball several times for big gains. Two runs of 20 yards. line-bucking which ate up small but sufficient distances brought the leather within striking dis lance of the goal. Washington and Lee braced and held solid for two plays. Shea nearly took 1t over, and then Fitzgerald dived into mass of legs and wriggled over the line and Sitterding kicked goal, making the score Go. Within two minutes after the kick off Washington ana Lee had carried the ball up the field to a few yards of the goal and nearly scored. There was playing up and down the field after that; sensational runs and splendid tackles by the whole field brought the rooters to their feet and there was a continuous roar of excitement. Washington and Lee had the bail twice and Georgetown had 1t twice. Sitterding Moving Some. Then on kick Sitterding caught the oval. ran 1t back 5 yards and went down hard. Pallen grabbed the ball just as the quarter was about to tumble it and smashed into the line head down with four men showing him for 5 yards Pallen again took the ball and the whole Washington and Lee team could not stop him until he had ran, smashed and wriggled Is yards. An end run was thrown back, resulting in only 2 yards gain. Then an on-side kick brought the ball safely down the field ways and Sitterding snatched the ball and nearly carried it over the line. The crowd was wild, cheers and yells tore the air apart, and the referee had to hold his hand for silence: Sitterding was making for the goal, but a Washington and Lee end bowled him over with a. smash There was quick line up. and Sitterding gave a sharp signal. Although the Washing ton and Lee guards were tremendous men compared to the Georgetown forwards, Fitzgerald shot into Them and just made the touchdown. The goal was not kicked and the score was 11–⁠6. After the second Georgetown score. Washington and Lee kicked Off and got the bail on an exchange of punts This won the game. With the ball in mid field lizard carried the ball through the line for 20 yards, a forward pass Melted – more and then Alder son went over the line. 1t was too quick ~ done to realize what was happening Coaches raved at Georgetown for return ing the ball on the kick off. A goal was kicked and the score 12–⁠11 stood for the rest of the game. Georgetown had an

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  The sun, November 27, 1908, page 12

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  GEORGETOWN LOSES HARDGAME Defeated by One Point by Washington and Lee, WASHINGTON. Nov. 2e.-Georgetown lost hard game here to-day to Washington and Lee University OF Lexington. Va. by IL to II. The teams were aboub equally balanced in weight and football ability except in the matter OF goal kicking, After the second Washington and Lee touchdown reursten kicked n goal from highly DIM cult angle, while after the second George town touchdown Sitterdnes try at an easy goal hit the post and bounded back. Both teams relied almost entirely upon nerve 10 use the forward pass the gains we’re large, The defeat put GeorEetown hopelessly out Of the running for the South ern championship. The lineup:

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Georgetown leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.