Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-09
WALLOP HOPKINS
Middies Score Almost AT Will On
The BaltimOreans In Opening
Game Of Season.
THE SCORE. 81 TO S.
Blocked Kick However Allows Score
On Navay In First Period OF
Contests. Johns Next.

Taking full advantage of their great
er weight, and relying on slashing
tackle-end dashes or irresistible
plunges to the center of the line. NAVY
walloped the game little team of
Johnny Hopkins on Worden Field. in
the initial contest of both elevens'
schedule Saturday afternoon. The sail
ors piled up q points with compare
| tive ease.
The game furnished more than usual
interest in view of the fact that Hop
kins' work is always watched CLOSELY
by st. Johns, because of the intense
rivalry between these two. The work
of Hopkins against the heavy Middies
so early in the season showed clearly
that st. Johns will have her work
cut out for her when the two Mary
land institutions clash later in the sea-
son. Another chance to compare the
two teams by the Navy standard will
be given on Wednesday of this week.
when the Middies and St. Johns plav
their annual game.
The game on Saturday was PLAYED
on soggy field, due to the rains
of the morning, and a drizzling
rain, that gave every indication of
heavy downpour at any minute,
which fell during most of the time of
play. Consequently, there was much
loose work. The Hopkins lads fun
bled frequently, and two of their
miscues, which We're made near their
own goal line, proved costly, as the
Middies found but little difficulty in
pushing the leather over for touch
downs. But while the Baltimoreans
were faulty in the fumblin line, they
played a clean game throughout.
The visitors saved themselves from
shutout by blocking one of Dali
tons punts, the attempt being made
on his own 10-yard mark. On this
occasion, when the Middes put the
ball into play Hopkins forwards
charged splendidly, and Dalton, after
juggling the ball, could not raise it
clear of the mass of players. 1t bound
ed behind the Navy goal posts, and
after much scrambling McCabe finally
fell on it for a touchdown. The try
for goal was failure. The score was
made shortly before the close of the
first period. After that the Hopkins
lads did not seriously worry the Mid
dies. In fact they were forced to take
the defensive most of the time, as the
Sailor boys found that they were able
to gain sufficient ground by short end
runs and tackle plays to keep the ball
on the go. They resorted to kicking
on several occasions, however.
1t was not long after Hopkins open
ed the game by kicking off that the
Middies scored their first touchdown.
Rodes received the kickoff for Navy
and ran the ball back IL yards. Dali
ton Immediately punted to Hopkins
35-yard line and Fulton recovered 10
yards before being downed Hopkins
lost the ball on the 45-yard line by an
attempted forward psss, and from that
point Navy began a steady march
down the field. Line plunges by Rodes
and McReavy and short-tackle PLAYS
by Dalton and Sowell soon cut down
the distance. and Sowell finally went
over for touchdown. Brown kicked
goal and the score was Navy, 6, Hop
kins, 0. Shortly after this the visi-
tors scored their touchdown, and the
first quarter ended with the score
Navy, 6, Hopkins, 5. The Middies
increased their score to IL points in
the second quarter by another touch
down and goal.
Just after the opening of the second
half the Navy coaches started the
substitutions, but the new men did
equally as well as the others and
piled up Is more points before the
close of the game. Despite the
heavy condition of the turf, Navy
led an attack that had plenty of
gnger in it, and as the game wore
on, the lighter Hopkins lads, though
putting forth all that was in them,
gradually yielded to the onslaught.
Dalton and Brown, of last years
successful team, displayed their old
time form, while the work of Col
Inns, plebe, who was substituted a
halfback, was very credible. Het
is fast in getting off with a play
and clever at lodging, but handles
the ball rather loosely. De Rode, an
other plebe, who was given a chance
at tackle, also showed up well. Ham
ilton and Gilchrist, on the ends, were
as keen as ever, while Rodes and Nc
Reavy showed to somewhat better ad-
vantage than last season.