The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-11-15
WESTERN MARYLAND VS.. JOHNS
HOPKINS.
The Scrimage on College Hill Last Satur-
day Afternoon.
Reported by A N Expert.l

Football is game in which the foot plays
a very small part and the ball is simply a thing
to be contended for. This what the reporter
concluded after seeing struggle between the
teams of Western Maryland College and Johns
Hopkins University last Saturday on College
Hill. And foot ball is dandy game, too.
When the elevens lined up they presented
an appearance of frogs, wearing masks. Johns
Hopkins won the kick off, and some fellow,
with number 16 shoe, sent the pig skin upin
the air and down toward the Western Mary
land side, where it WIS caught by a fellow
with an artificial proboscis that looked like
the ram of the Merrimac He started to run
back with the ball and was tackled by full
back, half back and a hold hack, and was
grounded. Then the whole Hopkins team
piled on top. It was an awful mix-up. Arms,
legs and nose protectors was all that could be
distinguished. Half dozen of these mix
ups occurred, and then Western Maryland got
the ball, and there were more scrimmages
Hopkins got the ball again, and after several
downs long legged fellow got the pig skin
and ran down toward goal, if you know where
that is at, when hold-back caught him by
the hind leg and downed him, and the whole
Western Maryland pack was soon on top of
him. Finally Hopkins got the ball to goal
That counted 5. At the end of the gridiron-
not the kind you broil steak on or bake buck
wheat cakes, but large piece of ground
marked off into FIVE yard strips with white
wash-is horizontal bar. Hopkins kicked
the ball over this and that gave them another
point, making 6.
The Hopkins team, it is said, are old play.
ers. and most of them are medical students
They were more hefty than the college boys,
some of whom were not on the team until this
year. Now, in pig skin russell weight counts
and the University team had the advantage
not only of WEIGHT, but were rushing the ball
down hill.
The game is divided into two halves. We
do not know why there were only two, for
such sport as that could be enjoyed whole
afternoon. A half is play of twenty min
utes, and Hopkins made the in eig hteen
minutes A two minutes further struggle did
not result in anything.
In the second half the College boys took
the top of the hill and kicked off. Roberts
did the trick. Some Hopkins fellow caught
it and ran ten yards with it. Then Hopkins
rushed it Is Yards more, and things looked a
little blue for the colegians. The latter took
BRACE and got the ball. All squatted down.
The fellow in the centre had the ball. He
called out Ali "A and threw the ball to fell
low behind him, and then there was mix.up.
The half back, full. backs, pull backs, tackles
and others jumped their opponents. A gain
again. The centre called out leone come
H." and again threw the ball behind him.
The left guard of the right center caught it
and ran like streak of lightning until caught
and downed by the Hopkins right quarter
back Another gain, and more gains, with an
occasional squable with the umpires-cussing
the umpire, we believe, goes as part
of football as well as base ball-and goal was
reached. Western Maryland had made 5.
One more was needed to tie the score. 10
get this it was necessary to kick the ball over
the horizontal bar. The ball was not in
position to make it certain that it could be
elevated over the bar, and Western Maryland
wanted to kick it in front of the bar and then
try for kick lover Hopkins objected and the
matter was discussed with the umpires, while
the rooters, not hogs, but the fellows who
shout for their respective sides, made the air
resound with their yells, and the gals on the
grand stand Joined in with the College boys
in singing and shouting, too.
On the College contention the College boys
won a decision. Up went the ball and was
caught by College player right in front of
the bar Now all was expectancy. The
nerves of the players and rooters, including
the gals, were at their highest tension. Silence
reigned moment. Roberts stepped back a
few feet, then crash went his horse hide shoe
against the pig skin and over the bar it went.
The one point necessary to tie the score was
made then pandemonium was let loose. The
shouts of the College rooters must have been
heard around the world. Uncle Sam thought
there was another outbreak in the Philippines.
John Bull thought there was uprising OF the
Dutch in South Africa. The Gar thought
there was "a rebellion in Poland, and the
'Sick Man. though, there another mas
sacrc in Armenia, while Que Lung feared the
allied armies had again invaded his sacred
realms
The game was well contested from start 10
finish The teams were well matched. What
Western Maryland lacked in hett they made
up in spirit and determination. Six 10 six was
rather victory for the College.
In the many scrimmages no one was hurt.
A few fellows had the wind in their bellows
exhausted, but IA little rubbing soon filled the
air bags colored man with a sponge and
bucket of water kept the tongues cool, and
no hot words escaped to mar the game.
Before the game began the rooters INDUCED
in singing, college yelis and marching. The
favorite song of the Collegians was Hang
Johns Hopkins on Sour Apple Tree That
of the University boys was something that
sounded like 'Soapsuds Over the Fence"
but the leader invariably got it two cocktails
too high.
Foot ball is hot game. Take in the next
one this afternoon, when the College boys
will meet the Maryland Agricultural College
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