Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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JB.C. 20 (5M. V) THE Hoyas lost a 20-13 hearthreaker to the Eagles of Boston College on Noxemher . when after holding a 1 3-7 lead at the start of the last quarter, two touchdown passes suddenK ga e the game to the Beantowners. BC scored first. vShortly afterwards, the Ho as bouncei.! hack into the game w hen T(«n Graham, eluding a crew of would-be tacklers, streaked 48 yards to the Hoyas first score. Werder missed the placement, but later George Benigni took Tom Graham ' s pass on the 17 and ran the score to 12-b. Baranowski made the tally-board read 1 3-b with a perfect drop-kick. The score remained the same until the final stanza. BC began the steamroller. Can- na a of BC ran to the 20-yard line before Graham downed him. Then Panciera of BC passed to Cannaxa who scored the touchdown. Panciera ' s successful kick e ened the score at 13-13. Moments later, the Cannava-Pan- ciera combination gave a repeat performance, and the Eagles led 20-13. Before (George- town could recover from the sudden turn of events, the gun sounded, giving BC a hard- earned win. Another game is scheduled for ne.xt year. Be on hand. We ' ll see you there. It will be a tough battle; but watch the tables turn ! ■u t i ' Jaiii ' ' -- BC IN .AC.riON ' 120

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(5.m. 18 6.m 6 THE Hoyas provided a surprise finish to the traditional intercity battle this beautiful Fall time afternoon, as they registered two lightning-fast touch- downs in the final minutes of play to win 18-b. Ha ' ing been on the short end of the ground gaining all afternoon, the Ho as en- tered the final period with no signs of an ability to break the b-b deadlock. Then quite un- expectedly, Lou Surman pulled Babe Baran- owskis pass out of the blue, and scampered 51 yards down the middle for a score. Xot forty seconds later, Len Bonforte intercepted a Colonial aerial on their 32-yard line, ran it back for the final touchdown, and the Hill- toppers had the ball game. In the first period. Tackle Jim O ' Keefe opened the scoring for the Hoyas. GW, on its own 3-yard line, attempted a kick which was blocked and O ' Keefe, recovering the ball, ran it into the end zone for a touchdown, the first of his football career. The GW ' s evened the score in the second period, when end Dick Koester looped a pass to Frank Close in the end zone. The b-b score remained unchanged until the blitz work of Surman and Bonforte in the final stanza. Despite the -ictory, Georgetown was out- played in many departments. The GW ' s seemed to roam the field at will, except when in sight of the goal line. One GW attack was halted on the 10 in the third period when Buddy Spiess recovered a fumble for the Blue and Grav. 119

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i5M. 35 cranton 7 )a ' EFORE a crowd of b.OOO Scranton Stadium spectators, Georgetown ' s Hoyas staged their wildest scoring spree of the season, isiting an inferior Scran- ton Unixersity team with 35-7 destruction. The Hoyas. making their first appearance in Pennsylvania, capitali ed on e ery Royal mis- take, scored in e ery period, and climaxed a bus ' matinee by registering two touchdowns in the final quadrant. Before the first half had ended, Babe Baranowski had fiung two pay dirt passes, one to Lou Surman, near the end of the first quarter, and another to Surman at the start of the second. The Royals scored their lone marker in the first half, clima.xing a 70-yard sustained dri -e with a spectacular end zone catch of a long pass. But the Hill- toppers couldn ' t be stopped and they entered the third period with a 14-7 lead. Touchdowns seemed endless in the second half. George Benigni recovered a Royal fumble on the Scranton 3b, and moments later Con- nie O ' Dougherty hit the goal line chalk from the 4, making the total 21-7. Another Scran- ton fumble on the l ' resulted in the 28-7 touchdown, as Graham scored on an end sweep from a spread formation, a play which had mystified the Tommies all afternoon. Jack O ' Connor provided the final TD, when inter- cepting a Royal pass on their 41 stripe, he leather lugged it all the way to the goal line. Baranowski converted 4 times, each time via drop kick, and Bus Werder collected another point with placement.