Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10
FIERCE STRUGGLE
WITHOUT RESULT
George Washington and West
ern Maryland Battle Forty
Minutes Without Scoring.

Battling for two twenty-minute halves
the George Washington University foot
ball team and the warriors from the
Western Maryland College fought to a
standstill yesterday afternoon at Amerf-
can League Park, neither team making
a score.
The contest was the third meeting of
the two teams. In the first game, two
years ago. the Western Maryland boys
took the contest by a score OF L. to O.
Last year, however, the local gridiron
players took the contest by a score Of
Is to o. The game yesterday being the
rubber the teams fought hard for tho
victory, but they were evenly matched
as to weight and playing. and thus
neither team scored
The team put on the field by George
Washington does hot come within striking
distance of the representative of the uni
Versity last year. They are strong in
several Of the places. but are not up OH
the new style of foot ball. The Western
Maryland boys played all around them on
the new-Style game. At no time during
the entire struggle did the local team try
forward pass, and only on two occasions
was the Onsfde kick used. In the line the
local team showed good work. as the
visitors were unable to make any gains
several good end runs, and also made
several good gains on forward passes
which they tried on number of occa-
Sions.-
Braced Up Gamely.
The George Washington team had attic
difficulty In getting through the visitors
line when they were some distance from
the goal line, but when they got within
striking distance there was nothing do
ing. On three different occasions when
it looked as If the home team would get
a touchdown, the Western Maryland boys
braced up and held them for downs
Kelly. who was running the local team,
showed poor judgment in his plays when
the locals were within striking distance
Of the goal.
Although neither team scored, the
Western Maryland boys outplayed the To-
Gals when 1t came to up-to-date foot ball.,
Crafts, Sheridan, Ellis and Hart all mads
good gains for the locals. Bullough and
Elckhof were a tower of strength In the
line. Aston did a great deal of the
tackling for the locals. by breaking
through the visitors interference .g1,
For the visitors the entire backheld
played we'll. Thomas did the throwing Of
the forward pass, and in nearly every
Sprague and Leary played well. The lat
ter was relieved in the second half be-
cause of an injury and Graef went from
fullback to his position. eET bsH
Large Crowd on Hand. "a
There was a large sized crowd of foot
ball enthusiasts on hand. many of whom
came ito Washington with the Western
Maryland team and rooted for their rep
resentatives. The officials were right on
top OF all of the plays, and as a result
nothing I'm rough playing or infringement
of the rules was overlooked, the visitors
being penalized Is yards on a forward
pass play and 5 yards on another Occa-
sion for offside.
The game opened with Hart kicking off
for George Washington. He sent the
pigskin to Birdsall. who came back
yards. On a forward pass from Thomas
to StultZ, 45 yards was gained. Graef
took a run through the line for yards.
On an onside kick by Thomas. George
Washington got the ball on the 5-yard
line. After two downs with short gains,
Crafts punted 35 yards to Thomas. who
got back 10 yards before being downed.
After one down, Thomas threw for
ward pass to Stultz. but he was thrown
for a loss of 3 yards when Crafts broke
through and got him. Turner received
an onside kick and ran 30 yards before
being downed. George Washington took
a brace at this stage, with the ball resting
on the 2-yard line and held them for
downs.
After Crafts had punted 80 yards West
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