Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-03
NAVY THE BIG VICTOR
ST. Johns DOwned BY Score OF
10 To 0 In Initial Game On
WOrden Field GridirOn
Saturday Afternoon
LITTLE OPEN PLAY TRIED
Only Variation From Old Time Fooiba
Was Seen In A Few Toward Passes
Which Middies Used For Gains

Under a hot sun that reminded one
more of baseball than football wealth
er, the husky Navy team in its mi.
tial football game took the St. Johns
aggregation into camp on Worden
Field Saturday afternoon to the tune
of 16 to O.
The game was one in which the St.
Johns boys, though greatly out
weighed, put up a stubborn contest
and managed to blank their opponents
for the first quarter of eight minutes.
After that the middies gained the
ascendency and tailed once in each
of the succeeding quarters.
The collegians, however, were man
ifestly green, and could not handle
themselves as we'll as the middies.
However, they lost a strong man when
Captain Johnson was retired arly in
the game y ith badly wrench led leg,
and with his going to the s. le lines
all hope Of any open play or forward
pass work was lost, as he was the
main stay of the team in receiving
this fancy play. They did nc at any
time menace the Navy goal line.
This was due to the frequent fumb-
ling, inability to gain consistently,
and the effective punting of Dalton,
for Navy. Nor were they stool j
with as many forward passes al i
trick plays as has characterized the
college teams of former years.
Only twice did they attempt the
forward pass. This was toward the
close of the game, and both were
dismal failures. On the other hand,
the middies completed the play twice
for gains of 80 yards, Clay making
accurate passes to Hamilton and Gil
christ, which, coupled with the bril-
liant work of Carey and Dalton, con-
tributed much to the touchdowns.
In the second period Clay made a
forward pass to Hamilton for so
yards. placing the leather on st.
Johns 5-yard mark, from which point
Clay went through tackle for the
score and Dalton kicked goal. In
the third session King blocked an at
tempted punt by Melville, on st.
the ball for Navy. In two plays,
Carey went over for the second touch
down, Brown failing at goal.
Another forward pass from Clay to
Gilchrist put the ball inside of st.
Johns 10-yard line, when time was
called, but play was resumed there at
the opening of the last period. The
Collegians made a. valiant stand to
hold the big fellows, and the Middies
we're forced to go to the limit in get
ting the third touchdown. Dalton
made it, but the kick for goal was a
failure.
Like Cummins Carey starred for
Navy, so did Fredie Melville an An
napolis lad, shine for st. Johns. He
seldom failed to gain a few yards in
rushing; ran back from kicks in
splendid style, and his tackling was
sure and hard. He played along
doggedly, and just before the close of
the game the coaches, noticing his
groggy condition, urged him to retire.
Though the work of the Middies
was not up to expectations, the
coaches realize the splendid material
offered this year and it is felt the
sailor lads will begin to hit the proper
stride within a couple of weeks.
Everyone is we'll pleased with the
new rules. There were some heavy
scrimmages but barring the injury to
Johnson's leg, there was no other
hurt of consequence.
On next Saturday the Navy Will
meet Rutgers at the Academy and
st. Johns Will go to Gettysburg, Pa. =,
to play Gettysburg College