Lebanon Valley at Georgetown

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 7, 1917, page 12

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  LEBANON VALLEY EASY FOR georgetown Hilltoppers Trim Pennsylvanians in First Game of Season, 81 to 7. Georgetown opened it’s 1917 football season yesterday with victory against Lebanon Valley College. by a score of 32 to I. The visitors in no way threatened the blue and gray goal line until the last period, when Georgetown SUI fered a penalty which landed the ball on their ten-yard line and as the resuit. the opponents, after hard struggle finally showed it over for their single touchdown. However Georgetown through the entire game. played rings around their opponents at will and had no diff Guilty in registering long gains. Gilroy, the Hilltopper’s veteran half back showed his usual form, and would repeatedly cut loose for from 20 to 40 yards at a clip. which paved the way for touchdowns. The aerial route used by George town was effected when Whelan scored their first touchdown In the first period, as he gathered in for ward heave from Maloney and raced over the chalk line for a touchdown. The visitors presented good oefence at times, but their scoring ma chine was out of order as a result they could only register three first downs against the Hilltoppers during the entire contest. McQuade, Georgetown’s other half back. was hard to stop and on sew eral occasions ran the gauntlet for 30 to co yards gain. Despite the loss OF Wall the Blue and Gray full-back, his place appears to have been sufficiently filed by Cody, who gave a good account OF himself in his initial workout. Ma loney at quarter. and Wbelan at end, repeated their old-time feats Of last season. Quarterback Keatings did the principal gaining for Lebanon VAL ley, and twice made the necessary distance around the end for first down. And after the ball was placed on the 4-yard line went over for the visitors lone touchdown. In the last stage OF the contest Coach Exindine sent in his substitutes to put in the finishing touches The summaries:

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  Evening star, October 7, 1917, page 43

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  GEORGETOWN OPENS WITH AN EASY WIN Blue and Gray Eleven Takes Lebanon Valley Into Camp by 80 to 7. Georgetown University’s eleven open ed its foot ball season yesterday aft ernoon on the Hilltop field with a vic tory over the Labanon Valley eleven. Gilroy. hero of numerous gridiron bat ties, and McQuade proved to be the stars of the contest, their brilliant runs and splendid all-round work enabling the Blue and Gray to pile up score of 3S points, while the team as whole succeeded in almost white washing the Pennsylvania eleven. The score was 33 to 7. In the last minute of play Keating of Lebanon succeeded in carrying the ball over the goal line for a touch down. He then kicked n goal. the total of Lebanon’s scoring. Up until that time Georgetown’s defense was practically impregnable, the efforts of the. Pennsylvania men amounting to naught when they endeavored to smash through the stonewall defense of the Hilltoppers. 1t did not take Georgetown long to score at the outset, for after a little more than five minutes had been played Whalen carried the ball over the line for a touchdown after receiving an accurately thrown forward pass from Gilroy Gilroy then proceeded to add another point to Georgetowns column by kicking d goal.

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Georgetown leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.