Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-11-27
ONE CENT
SATURDAYS FOOTBALL.
ST. JOHNS VS.. JOHNS HOPKINS.
The Last OF The Intercollegiate Games
Rivals BY Score OfII Too.


The game between Johns Hopkins and
st. Johns in Baltimore Saturday was
one OF the finest contests seen in Mary
land this season. Both teams were play
ing for the championship of the State
and the glory of their alma mater and
both victor and vanquished did honor
to the institution he represented. All
throughout the IS minute halves the
contest was waged holly and when the
final whistle blew each team knew they
had met ioeman worthy of their steel.
1t was hard game for St. Johns to
lose, for, with tremendous odds against
them, with hostile umpire and strange
grounds, with almost all Baltimore city
against them. the team outplayed their
opponents and played such fierce, al
most heroic uphill game as won them the
applause, not only OF their own faithful
rooters but OF the neutral spectators as
we'll.
In the first halt St. Johns kicked off
to Griffin. of Hopkins who was downed
on his as yard line. Hopkins was unable
TO advance the ball and was forced to
kick. st. Johns got the ball on her 4s
yard line. and after advancing it for a
short distance kicked TO Hopkins. BY
runs of Saylor and Griffin. Hopkins got
the ball on St. Johns Ave yard line from
where Saylor made touchdown. no
goal was kicked. II was now at this
point of the game that St. Johns did
such fierce hard work in advancing the
ball that ittook their opponents complete
ly off their feet and gave them touch
down which they thoroughly earned.
The ball had been carried for fifty yards
by these terrific plunges and it seemed
certainty that ST. Johns would win the
game. On Hopkins kick off an unfortu-
nate misunderstanding arose as to who
should take the ball and St. Johns was
downed on her FIVE yard line where il
was lost to Hopkins on a tumble. Saylor
was again pushed over for Hopkins,
second touchdown, and Griffin kicked
goal.
The scond half was nip and tuck. both
teams playing each other to a standstill,
until an event happened which robbed
St. Johns OF a touchdown and the game.
Griffin tried for goal from the field for
Hopkins and failed. the ball going over
the goal line. Mackall got the ball for
ST. Johns but instead OF downing the
ball behind the goal line choose TO rush it
out, which he did, and had succeeded in
getting past all the Hopkins team except
Kidgsbury who downed him on Hopkins
IS yard line. From this point it would
have been comparatively easy matter
for ST. Johns to have pushed the ball
over for touchdown, considering the fact
that Hopkins had before been unable to
resistthe onslaughts of St. Johns rushers.
But. the umpire. Hopkins man, SO in.
| fuenced the referee. who was a compare
tive stranger. that he would not allow
the play and had the ball brought back
amidst the bitter protest of the St. Johns
men.
After the game was over the referee
came up to Prof Cain and Capt. Mackall
and acknowledged that the play was
perfectly legimate and expressed his sor-
row that he was forced, through his ignor-
ance OF the rules. to make such an unfor-
tunate descision. But the damage had
been done and St. Johns left the field
sadly disappointed crowd. but consoling
| themselves with the knowledge OF the
fact that they had fought great uphill
| fight and had done credit TO themselves
and TO their old college. .
The lineup was as follows: