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One of the Few Times the Eagles Stopped Shepherd new team. Following his axiom of having the eleven best men regardless of position, much shifting was done in order to balance the material. New combinations were tried, new men were coached for new positions, and the "fran Team" was the result. Although the team realized the odds against it in the opening game with Villanova, both in size and experience and in consideration of the fact that Villanova had pared out her rough spots in a previous game, it was a determined Terror team that fought the Wildcats to a 0 to ° deadlock at Villanova. The entire team fought every minute of the game, with "Bill" Shepherd and a newcomer, Louis Lassahn. outstanding. Albright furnished the first victim for the voracious appetite of the Terrors when they were trounced 49 to O. Several years ago Albright eked out a tie with Western Maryland and this year that tie was avenged. When the final whistle blew "Bill" Shepherd had crossed the Lion's goal line five times and "Jack" McNally had scored twice. Every kick for the extra point was successful, an unusual thing in a football game. The Terrors laid heavy hands on gridiron fame when they scored one of the outstanding upsets of the year by trouncing Boston College 40 to 0, the worst defeat the Eagles had been dealt since 1921. and the first time a Terror team had defeated a Boston College team. Again Shepherd was out- standing. He scored three of the six touchdowns .while Lipsky, McNally and Schwieker made one each. Continuing on their victorious march, the Green Team won an easy victory over St. Thomas when they avenged last year's defeat at the hands of the Tommies. and battered out a 20 to 0 win. The Scranton eleven had their attack bottled most of the rainy afternoon. Shepherd opened up a new field as he made two field goals and a touchdown. Gorski made a beautiful run, after taking a bullet pass from Shepherd, to score the first touchdown. One of the hardest fought games of the season occurred when Western Maryland met Catholic University in Washington and won 2 to O. The Cardinal's line, thru which a first down had not been made all season, was split time and again as the Green and Gold backfield slashed thru for substantial Shepherd Finds a Hole in the C. U. Line