Bell's Bombers Drop Second in Row by Steve Freind Which Moved the 'Cats 70 Yards Period in Villanova Territory
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George Washington Shocks Xats, 13-6 Bell's Bombers Drop Second In Row By Steve Freind which moved the 'Cats 70 yards period in Villanova territory. in six plays for a marker. Twice Only a goal iine Villanovan's bowl hopes were stand at the Andrejko hooked up with end 5 kept the '\* dealt a severe blow on Saturday 'Cats from falling John McDonnell for 16 yard more than four points behind, as as George Washington 's hustl- gains, then hit Dick Sernyak ing Colonials upset the heavily the Colonials were forced to set- with a 32 yard areial to put the favored 'Cats 13-6 at Washing- tle for Gross's 27 yard fidd goal Cats on the board. Jim Case's and a 10-6 lead. ton Stadium. The loss may well placement was blocked and Vil- be the kiss of death for any ideas Early in the final period, GW lanova owned a 6-0 lead. Bell Bombers had about a added 3 more on another Gross field goal, this time from 32 mm liberty Bowl trip to Atlantic With three minutes remaining Vol. 40^No. 8 VILLANOVA UNIVER! .NOVA, PA. Decennber 2, 1964 ^^•' ill yards out and the 'Cats found City.,'::- : :',•',;•;'.' r the half, Georg:e Washington themselves on the short end of Colonial quaterback Garry made its first offensive move. Starting at the Villanova a 13-6 count. With time runnnig /'' Lyle, a recently converted half- 35, the Colonials, led by Lyle, out, Villanova coach Alex BeU back, drove the 'Cat defense moved to a first down at the five. •nserted sophomore Jerry Bel- crazy with his passing and run- After two dives at the 'Cat line lotti at quarterback in an at- ning. The sophomore from Pitt- netted only 3 yards, Lyle rolled to his tempt to pull the game out with SPECIAL BASKETBALL EDITIOn sburgh, by far the best iback the right and appeared to be a late passing attack. Bellotti Wildcats have faced this year, stopped just short of the goal. connected with John Kelleher on ripped the 'Cat line for 57 yards The re- feree had other ideas and sign- a 47 yard bomb to give the 'Cats while adding 47 through the air. aled a GW touchdewn despite the a first down at the GW 17, but 'Cats Score First protests of the 'Cat defenders. the Colonial defense stiffened K-» As In every game this season, Mark Gross added the conver- and took over at the 9. the Bombers were first to rack sion and the Colonials took a 7- 'Cat Drive Stalls up a tally. After a scoreless first 6 lead to the locker room. After GW was forced to punt, period, soph quarterback Billy The third stanza was all *^he "Cats mounted their last Joe Santomauro straight arms a George Washington Andrejko, subbing for Dave Con- George Washington, as the "rive. Takiner over at the Villa- defender durinu^ the Colonials 13-6 upset of the 'Cats. Loss nell, unleasned an air barrage Colonials spent almost the entire nova 38, Bellotti marched the was Villanova's second in a row. 'Cats to the Colonial 22 on Sportlighf IllllllllllllllUliliilllilllUilJIUIIIIIUIIIlUUIUJIIUUIlW aerials to John Kolmer and Dick Fabrizio. At this point Bellotti's l^r. Tirotection crumbled, the rookie fireballer being dropped for In The Gloom bosses amounting to 30 yards as George Washington took the ball and the game. ^iHiiiiuiioHuiiniiiiiiminMununiiniiiniinNittinntininiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuniiiniiiiiin RusfV Miller For the first time this year, Last week this writeV stated that the flame of desire the 'Cats were outgained over- that hi.d so obviously sparked the Villanova eleven earlier in land as the Colonials racked up the season had come close to extinction in the loss to Boston 136 yards rushing compared to Colleg-e. It was hoped however that the flame would be rekindl- their opponents meager 50. Tom ed by those outstanding players whose desire is never more Brown led all 'Cat carriers with than momentarily dimmed. Unfortunately the dousing admin- 47 yards while Sernyak added istered by B.C. was worse than was apparent. Even the team 22. The Bombers outdistanced leaders tluough their example on tlie field were not able to GW in the air 203-57 with Bel- rescue the entire squad The team that faced George Wash- lotti accounting for 126 on 6 "completions. ington last Saturday was i\ mere siiell of what had formerly Kelleher was the leading 'Oat receiver, snagging beta the numbei- two team in the lEast. At times they might 3 aerials for 82 yards. have been mistaken for a team of bowl caliber—on their one scoring drive to the Colonial's 8, but on reflection it must Game Statistics have been only a vivid memory GW VU 11 First Downs 14 of the past that projected 136 Bushing Yardage 50 them as such. 6-12 Passes 10-20 because of a poor per- 57 Passing Yardage 203 193 Total Yardage 253 formance in last spring's tmal 8-36 Punting 6-43 scnmmage, Gerry liellotti, 25 Yards Pe^nalized 40 who had started in most of his freshman games, was rele- gated to the fourth string The man who wrecked the Tats. \>«^> lx)sition among four fine Sophomore sensation Bushing Gary Lyle prepares to shake quarterbacks. Thoug"h gener- off the ftrasp of an unidentified Player Att. Gain Villanova player en route to another big gain. ally considered the best passer Oonnell 4 15 on the squad, Gerry Jias seen limited action. In a passing Sernyak 7 22 ««^f.. \ Santomauro 7 14 siiuaiion jL wiis leit that the experienced Dave Connell or Brown . 12 47 Bill Andrejko, another ^ood passer, who had displayed a iiLLje hiuie pjise, wouid ue uetier relied upon. Poise Under Fire Last buLurcuiy in a situation tnat would have shaken Passing many an unlisted lield geneial, the balding ISophomore irom Player Att. Com. Uniun i^ity, x\ew Jersey, displayed ability before •'. his passing Connell 4 1 a crowd oi DOUU in tlie new D.C. Stadium, lie completed 6 Andrejko 5 3 of 11 passes for 126 yards and ran for a few. His out- Be HotU U standing contribution to the elfort was a 47 yaid pass play to Jolin Kehelier wiiich started a heart-breaking attempt at a comeback. Receiving Protection Fails Player No. Yds. Brown I 13 In a similar situation in any previous game a Villanova McDonnel 2 32 quarteiback could iiave expected all the protection necessary Sernyak 1 32 to lead a scoring di ive when passing the way Bellotti was. Kellther 3 82 Ferrainolo 1 11 On Saturday however he had two separate drives stepped Kolmer 1 23 cold by G.W.'s Paul Flowers, who threw Bellotti for 3 losses Fabrizio 1 10 total ing 28 yards. Buffalo Remains I A l.eait-brcaking defeat at the hands of a great rival ElNJSl does not, should not completely crush a championship team. READ Perhaps a lesson could be learned from last year's basketball team whirh wont dcwn in defeat at the hands of the Hawks b'lt crme bfick f)om defeat to wind up as number seven team THE in the rounlry. This week in Huffalo the 'C-its will have one moi'e ch'ince lo piove themselves to the fans who have sup- (Piiotos by Rich Dunne) ported them so well and perhaps that man named Dudley. VILLANOVAN 'Cat halfback Dick Sernyak is met head on by a GW end KRAFT'S MAGICIANS RETURN! as Joe Santomauro dives at another oncoming Colonial. 20 THE VILLANOVAN • NOVEMBER 19, 1964 J g<Mi!itii!!i!iiniii:iiiiii!ii!iiiiiiiii!iiii!iiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniMii!!;i!iiiiniiiiiiitniiiiiiiiin Tats Taikle Xavier Saturday; Look The Enemy A At | Fate Bradley's Boys Monday Steve Freind about be summed up in two I By F.l|i|ll!lll|i|;ii:illlllll!!!llllll!ll!lllltlllllllll|l|llllll!iri By Jim Proud ond Jerry Bruderle words — Bill Bradley. A consen- Villanova's fast-^breaking Wild- Toledo Seniors Ted Kotch, 6-«, and missed much of the experience sus All-American two years in cats make their first home ap- Richie Marquard, 6-7 should they might have gained in play a row, Bradley can do every- Toledo lost high scorer Larry pearance of the infant cage gather in plenty of rebounds and ing last season because of a thing. Last year the 6^5 senior Jones from last year's squad, campaign this Saturday as they will hold their own in the scor- ankle sprain and a twisted knee, tallied 936 points for a 32.3 which compiled a 13-11 record, tackle a rugged Xavier quintet ing. Junior Mark Turenshine, 6- respectively. averaged, placing him fourth in including a 63-59 loss to Villa- at the Palestra. Three days later, 4, who was injured last year, is Another of Canisius's physical the country. He shot a fantastic nova at the Palestra. Kraft's boys face another rough the top returning scorer with an problems is a lack of height. The 52.2% while finding time to hai^l This year Toledo has plenty of assignment as Bill Bradley and 11.1 average. Jack Crispd, a 5- tallest man on the starting tea down 360 rebounds and pass off height, from 6-8 Bob Aston to his Princeton Tigers invade the 10 junior, Alan Fisher, a 6-1 is John Brennan who is 6-4 and countless assists as the Tigers to 6-2 Bob Williams, the smallest Field House on Monday to lock sophomore, and George Stein- is the team's returning center.