Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
HATCHET|TES PLAY
SECOND 90 GAME
Have Hard Time Keeping ST. Johns
College From Scoring in
Third Quarter.
HART AND EICKHOFF STAR
FOR BUFF AND BLUE TEAM
George Washingtons Defense Shows
Strong, But Play While on Of
fensive Is Ragged.

fensive Is Ragged.
In game in which miSplavs were
frequent, George Washington failed for
the second time this season To cross
the goal line of minor team, when
its eleven played ST Johns College OF
Annapolis yesterday to a 90 score.
A heavy downpour of rain during the
morning caused the field To be sloppy,
rendering the footing precarious.
The lads from Annapolis played good
| foot ball, and gave a fine exhibition
of team work. Although outweighed
and against men considerably older than
themselves, they did some excellent
work, both on the offensive and de-
fensive.
In the first and second quarters they
were clearly outplayed, being able 10
make only one first down, and that Oh
a penalty for holding. The third and
fourth quarters were St Johns.
Melville and Clayton Stars.
Melville and Clayton did the best
work for the Collegians. The former
handled punts well, and gained ground
often on line plunges. The latter's
punting was the feature of the game.
and several times he tore off long runs
around the ends from kick formation.
Ruhl ran mis- team fairly well, but wa<
off in handling punts.
Very little forward passing was at
tempted. st. Johns was the biggest
ground gamer from this mode OF at
tack Three forward passes were pulled
off by that team for a total of 4: yards.
George Washington was successful IN
one of two attempts at throwing the
leather.
a mix-up occurred in the first quar-
ter, when Crafts received d punt IN the
middle of the field, and crossed the
goal line without a st. johns man
making an effort to stop him. A long
discussion followed, in which the An
napolis boys claimed that the reIeree
had blown his whistle because a foui
had been committed, and that all play
ceased at that moment. The touch
down was not allowed on that Srouno-
Hatchetites' Offense Poor.
The same old thing was evident IN the
Hatchetites' play; presenting strong de-
Tense. they were unable to do anything
while on the offensive Twice the Mary
landers had the ball on their 6-yard line,
but the Buff and Blue line held solid on
each occasion. Once when they had an
opportunity to score they did not have the
reserve power to shove the ball across
the line While their defense could NOT
be penetrated consistently, their onehsi'e
play was very ragged
The only opportunity the local scnooi
had tn score came i'm the first quarter.
when q recovered punt and lJ-yaro
penalty gave it the ball on ITS opponents
toward line. 1t looked easy iof lhe
Hatchetites, but the ball went over U"
Hart and Eickhoff were in the limeight
for the Buff and Blue. Each of the big
fellows gave splendid Exhibitions Oh oe
fensive work. charging .nuou nt a ha
downing the man with the BAH BEFORE ne
reached the line of scrimmage Langley
showed great deal OF Improvement III
the way he ran the team. crafts rah
back punts we'll. e.o,,, ,b.
inf;ct;on of penalties, the majority or
them being for holding. In the tllro
quarter a penalty for holding ana wv
for off-side put the ST 1ohn teain eoni
scoring distance of the Hatcheutes soa'.
FLASHES of real strength We're SHOWN py
ho,h teams. but neither seemed to be able
to hold together long enough TO score
The Game in Detail.
CLAYTON started the game by kicking on
To Langley. who ran the ball BACK twenty
wards On the first two downs George
Washington failed TO gain, Crafts puhtea
and Ruhl ran the ball back ten YARDS
The ST Johns backs did not make an iih-
pression OH the Buff and Blue line ana
Clayton punted. Crafts returned the pls-
skin ten yards. On the hrsl hhe-up
Johnson made ten yards around ieit eilo'
and White made six around right The
gains counted for little, as George WASH
ineton was penalized fifteen yards FOR
holding. On the next play Johnson WAS
thrown for loss. Hart punted TO Rum,
who was downed in his tracks. Clayton
kicked to Crafts, who pade hve YARDS De
fore he was downed. \ st. john man
caught one spf Harris io1"a ara o., PASS s'a,
The Hatchetites held and Crafts Was
downed in his tracks after catching
Clayton's punt. Moore made ten yards
Through center, but here the BUN anu
Blue team was again penaHzed Tor hol1-
ing. Crafts punted to Ruhl, who brought
the leather back five yards The period
ended here with the ball in ST. johns
possession George Washington 40
yard line. . u.
The second period was repetition or
the first with st. Johns unable to make
first down and George washington
failing TO gain consistently. The quarter
resolved itself into punting duel De
tween Crafts and Clayton, with the odds
in favor of the latter. The period ended
with the ball in the Hatchetites posses
sion on the Marylanders' 2O-yard line.
st. Johns showed strong oHehss 1t
did it's best work The quarterback had
found that it was impossible to hit the
opposing line and he had Judgment
enough to open UP the play. From fake
kick formation a forward pass and sew
eral end runs brought the ball to tho
Hatchetites 6-yard line twice, but here
the quarterback began to hammer tho
line again and it held. Crafts punted
out OF danger each time. The period
ended with the ball I'm st. Johns pos
session on George Washington's 3O-yard
line.
During the fourth period neither team
had an opportunity to score. One or two
long gains were made, but the opposing
defense always stiffened in time to keep
the ball out Of the danger zone. The
game ended with tie ball in the Hatch-
cities possession N the middle Of the
feld The lineup:
George Wash. Positions. st. Johns.
White, Farmer. LEFT end ~..~...-- Morse
Hart (capt) 9, Left tackle .--.... hutchinson
Smith, Herndon. legt guard ..-.--....... Drske
Eickhon Center .....-...-...... Welsh
Richardson. Right guard ...........-H Harris
Smith. Right tackle ...-....... White
Hamlin, kinyon. Right end .-Johnson
Langley. ........ Quarterback ............. Ruht
Crafts. ..-.... Left halfback .........- Wilson
johnson, Waller. Right halfback ....-...Claytoa
Moore, Hooten. .Fullback ..-......... Melville
Summary: Referee-Mr. Morse, @. W. u. Ums
pire-Mr. Krider Swarthmore Field jmge-Mr.
Alston, G. w. L. Time Of Quarters-l2 minutes