Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13
LOCAL TEAM MAKES
A STOUT DEFEkS:
George Washington's Crippled
Eleven Defeated by West
ern Maryland College.

George Washington University drew a
taste of the citrus fruit at the formal
opening OF It's foot ball season Of 1907 on
the gridiroa field at Van Ness Park yes
terday. gong down to defeat before the
eleven from Western Maryland College by
the score of u to o The local couegians
never had chance to score. and the flnal
total does not entirely spell the tale OF
their humiliation, because all of the pay
OF both halves was in their territory, and
on two occasions, bes.das the ones on
which the boys from Westminster do
place the pigskn behind the goal posts
the visitors missed scoring by inches: Inc
final total might well have been 70 10 u.
on behalf of the George W Washington
eleven it should be said that it went INTO
the game in a weak and crippled condl-
zion and almost without practice IN team
play Close followers of the fortunes OF
the Hatchetites declare that the eleven
did better than was expected III holding
the score to two tOuchdowns and as many
goals. particularly in view OF the fact that
Western Maryia land came to the Capital
city fresh from the practical victory OF the
week before, when The strong Dickinson
eleven vanQuished them by bare margin
Of Is to o.
From the very opening of play, when
Capt. Turner won the toss FOR the WIS.,
itors and elected to defend the western
goa, with sun and wind in favor of his
team, it was obvious that George W ash
iugtCn faced an almost certain defeat.
Many times the forward pass and the
quarterback kick were worked success
fully by the Westminsterites, and only by
good fortune and a rare brace in the very
shadow of their goal did George Wash
ington come through the first half un-
scathed. y blocked punt and the lucky
recovery of a funblod ball resulted in
two touchdowns for the visitors in the
second half.
No Score in First Half.
Right Halfback Carver took the ball
from the kickoff on his own ffteen-yard
line and ran back twenty yards before
lie was downed. Two p.unges into the
line netted little ground and upon Capt
Turner's punt Western Maryland's good
fortune began. because the ball was fun
bled, and the kick netted fifty unearned
yards. Successive line plays by Carver,
Sanderson and Fulback Adkins barely
produced the necessary ten yards for
first down. Brooke broke through on the
next lineup and threw SandersOn for a
loss, and Capt. Turner tried for goal
from placement, but the kick went wide.
Written punted out from the 25-yard
line, and after the visitors had made only
one first down the Hatchet squad took a
brace and acquired the oval and immedi-
ately punted out of danger.
From the center of the field Capt. Tur-
ner made a sensational fifteen-yard rum
and two successive forward passes fairly
bewildered the home team and brought
its line again in danger Once again
George Washington held hard and took
the ball and Immediately kicked. Tur
ner made another dash around left end
for ten yards and Carver and Adkins
together contributed the next first down
but on the next play Western Maryland
was penalized fifteen yards for an I'M
completed forward pass. and 1t could
not negotiate the lost ground. McDer
mott signaled for a forward pass but 1t
resulted dsastrously, and when Baker a
moment later missed an excellent OPP
portunity to seize the oval on a quarter
back kick from Turner's boot. the home
goal was again threatened. Turner and
Carver contributed twenty yards on a
forward pass, and with six yards to go
d score seemed certain. Carver and Adj
kins on two line plunges reduced the dis
tance to a scant six inches, but the
George Washington boys reused their
classmates to enthusiasm by superb
rally. which held Adkins in his tracks for
the fourth down. Written tried to punt
out of danger. but the only result was
a fair catch by Turner squarely in front
Of the goal and only twenty-five yards
distant. The visiting captain failed to
take the breeze into account however
and missed the goal by a foot The half
ended a moment later with the ball, after
punt. on Western Maryland's thirty-yard