The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-30
TowsoNs FOURTH DEFEAT.
Spilcker Parades Through Towson's Line
and Knocks the Local Men About
like CorI>s in a Heavy Sea

| TOWSON'S FOURTH DEFEAT.
Spilcker Parades Through Towson's Line
and Knocks the Local Men About
Like Corks in a Heavy Sea.
Those who braved the driving rain and cut
ting wind last Saturday when they trudged out
| to Highland Park, Towson, to see the football
game between Catonsville and the local squad
of rushers went home with knitted brows and
cenched teeth. The reason was obvious.
Towson took another defeat, it is true, but that
is not the reason for the kick, for the victors
had the upper hand both in weight and that
time-worn factor, "luck."
This is the fourth straight loss Towson has
sustained. and it cannot but be felt that there
is something wrong on the inside of the team.
Manager Fox has worked hard to get fast
team together, and with his present bunch
there is no reason why he should not have
winning team. Individually, they play fast,
snappy game for about the first twenty or
twenty-five minutes, and then-well, that is
where the rub seems to come. 1t will be re-
membered that in the game at Walbrook with
team outweighing them at least % pounds to
the man, they fought like fiends and succeeded
in holding their hefty opponents to no score
for the first ten minutes of play. After that it
was q case of first one and then the other
dropping out with either an injury or from
practically being played out.
The lack of interference for end runs in Sat
urday's game was sadly in evidence, and the
only substantial gains were made by line
plunges The reason of this can be summed
up in three words-lack of practice. Every
one will agree that two hours of good, hard
work during the week and the elimination of
cigarettes, from the day before the game at
least until the whistle has blown at the close
of the second half, will put the boys in posi-
ton to do themselves justice.
The game started with heavy sky over
head and there were few to dig down and pro-
duce to the gateman. Parks kicked OF to the
10-yard line and the man was downed almost
on the spot. The ball went over on downs
when on about the 30-yard line and Towson,
failing in two attempts at the line, tried for
field goal. The kick went wide and Green
broke through, and, securing the ball on
bound, made quick sprint for the goal line.
He got there all right for touchdown, but
some one said the ball had hit the goal-post
before touching the ground and Gainesville
refused to play unless they were given the ball
on their 25-yard line. The bunch of loyal
rooters could not be turned away without
seeing whole game, so Manager Fox gave IN
and the play went for no score. For about IL
minutes it was a nip-and-tuck battle, but beef
told and 275-pound Spicker took the ball over
for the touchdown, which eventually won the
game. Landstreet kicked an easy goal.
On Landstreet's kick off, which started the
game again, Richards took the ball on the five
yard line and made beautiful 75-yard run
who barely succeeded in getting half Nelson
hold as be sped by. Had he ducked the
slightest he would have eluded Spilcker and
with clear field, a touchdown was a certainty.
Ifs don't count in football, though, and the
half ended with the ball OH Catonsville's 30
yard line.
The second half started with Towson receiv-
ing the kick on their 10-yard line. The ball
was run back about Is yards and then began a
desperate battle to overtake the visitors score
of 6. First one and then the other of the
swift Towson backs was sent.ramlike, through
the line, and after Richards, Halbert and Parks
had been decorated with beautiful black eyes
and bruised shins the leather was placed ON
the seven-yard line for the first down. Some
rough work had been gotten in, though and
it told its own tale. Richards had to retire.
Parks was just strong enough to stand from
a vicious kick on the side of the head near the
left eye, Halbert and Bruf were stretched out
with paiDfullybruised ankles and knees, and
others of the local squad were beautifully fres-
coed with neat collection of black and-blue
welts and crimson scars. Monohan took
Richards place at full. Although he could
hardly stand on his pins Bruff gamely held on
to his end, and although the backfeld made
gallant rally it was utterly impossible for them,
in their crippled condition, to do anything
with their opponents beefy line. The ball
went over when Bruff gamely tried to take it
around right when he could not run three steps
without stumbling. The game ended with the
ball in Cations possession on their own 20-yard