Catholic at Villanova

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1929, page 81

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  WLLANOVA TAKES CARDINALS, 12TO0 Washington Gridders Make Gritty Stand, Though Greatly 0utWeighed. “ YILLANOVA, Pa, october 10 Catholic University’s fighting “ Cardinals were defeated, IL to 0, v by villanova today. The figures fail to indicate, however, the savage resistance, the magnificent bursts of speed, the crush ing line plunges and a determined effort in the last quarter which entitle the Cardinals to hold their heads high in defeat. Villanova earned Is first downs, largely on running plays, as against three for Catholic University, whereas the Cardinals were forced to punt or lose the ball eight times, and the Wild cats five. Taking the ball from villanova in the shadow of their own goal posts halfway through the final period, Cath Ollie University hurled pass after pass in desperate effort to score. This final aerial attack included nine passes, making a grand total of Is for the Cardinals, of which nine were complete for total gain of 81 yards, and three were intercepted. Wildcats Really Wild. Villanova attempted nine passes and completed four of them for total Of Al yards. None was intercepted. Opposed to the Washington aerial attack are the figures for ground gained from scrimmage, not including gains on passes. In their running plays the Wildcats reeled off 291 yards, and the Cardinals only %. Stuhldreher’s men, however, were penalized a total of 10 yards and Catholic University had the ball set back only IS yards. Villanova’s forwards opened holes In the Cardinals line that gaped and beck oned their daShing backs Jim Henry, right end, scooped up q tumble of one of his teammates which resulted almost Immediately in the Sec ond touchdown, while Fred Donovan, husky center, intercepted two forward passes and surged along for several yards before being swamped by bevy Of Cardinals. Both touchdowns represented steady and uninterrupted marches down the field of more than 30 yards. The game opened with a surprise dash by Oliver, Catholic University quarterback, almost across the goal line with the opening kickoff. Holding the Cardinals to downs here and surrendering the ball to them once again, the Wildcats received punt on their own 8-yard line, whence 1t was triumphantly carried the length of the field by Birmingham, August, Gardner and Mclaughlin, when Gardner hurled himself across for the first score. The second touchdown was registered by Gillespie after Capt. Melanson and his frst-String men had surrendered the ball and regained it once through Gillespie intercepting a pass. This march was “a yards long, and ended the scoring. swnA

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Villanova leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.