Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
GALLAUDET BOYS NO
MATCH FOR ST. JOHN
Annapolis Lads Run Away
From the Kendall Green
Team.

The foot ball eleven OF st. Johns Col
lege journeyed from Annapolis. Md, and
trimmed the GalIaudet University team of
this city at Kendall Green yesterday
afternoon. score 4S to O.
The Mutes suffered the loss of Fullba ok
Brick and Capt. HOVER two of their best
players. and very seldom gained first
down against the victors, who were very
aggressive all through the contest. On
the other hand, st. Johns had things its
own way and seemed to gain at will.
Quarterback Ruhl signaled for end runs
most of the time with Brown and Grove
carrying the pigskn, and all through the
runs for substantial gains. Although both
halfbacks played the stellar role for the
victors, it should be stated that they
were afforded excellent interference by
their teammates on the end runs Ruhl
also was much in evidence with long
runs through broken fields. and never
failed to annex good gain on the quar-
terback run around end. He was forced
to retire early in the second half, owing
to sprained ankle. Fl. Johnson taking
his place. Both players ran the An
napolis boys in faultless style and en-
ployed mostly straight foot ball tactics.
IL was Il case Oh running brown ana
Grove around end till within striking dis
lance of goal. when Melville, the full
back, would be brought into play with a
rush through center for a score. St.
johns was extremely weak in the art of
goal kicking, only bOoting three success
full tallies out of nine trials.
For Gallaudet BattiSts the Indian end,
played the best ball. He made first down
couple Of times on an end crisS-cross
This play was the only one used by the
yni ,r,l,at
soever. The st. Johns line although not
beefy. was OF a sturdy caliber and the
losers never accomplished much in line
bucking. The speed and splendid inter-
ference of st. Johns completely baffied
Gallaudet. This was noticeable after the
first five minutes of play had passed by
Acting Capt. Bailey of Gallaudet also
played consistent game on both the de-
fensive and offensive. He interfered
greatly for the Mutes on the end runs
Very few were successful. however, and
seldom got fully under way. st. Johns
employed the Onside kick and forward
pass on two or three occasions but no
benefit was derived from either OF these
two plays.
In Brown. who is playing one of the
halves for st. Johns. the Annapolis boys
certainly have plucky player. His work
in the scrimmage yesterday was easily
the ball more than any other man on the
team and never failed to gain. He is ex-
tremely fast and is also we'll up on the
art of lodging. and by this method often
shook off sure tackle He is from
Laurel High School and this is his first
year as member Of the st. Johns. Capt
Hauver has a splendid collection of foot
ball players. VINO are up to date on the
game and know how to play it. The
team has played both Annapolis and Vir-
ginia to close scores. and this alone
speaks well of its caliber. 1t was re-
ported that the game ST Johns had
scheduled with Georgetown has been
called off by the Blue and Gray man
ager. in order to give the Georgetown
players a complete rest before the game
with Virginia the following Saturday
Iine-,1p and summary.