Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-20
HOPKINS THE WINNER
St. Johns Was Up Against Too
Stiff A Proposition With Men
In Hopkins Line-Up Who
Are Ineligible.
A SLOPPY FIELD TOO.
Hopkins Authorities Took No Steps To
Prevent This Advantage Being
Taken From Blue And Black.

When, after putting up wonderful
game and outplaying their opponents
in the first half. st Johns went down
to l6 to defeat. at the hands of
Johns Hopkins on Saturday, once
more was demonstrated the fact that
the light local have no real business
breaking into company where men
who are ineligible for other games
and that such teams as the Univer-
sity Of Virginia will not meet are
rung in on them. Whatever the
amount of money brought into the ST.
Johns Athletic Association treasury
as the result of this big game. there is
a serious question whether the loss of
athletic prestige by such defeats does
not offset this advantage.
during the first and second periods
of fifteen minutes each, the teams bat
tied iiercely, with the Annapolis Doys
having decidedly the better of the ar
gument from every angle. But ia the
third and f. Irth Hopkins rev ersed
the tables and did all it's scoring.
Despite the fact that Hopkins was
reinforced by a quartet of its stars
and veteran kept out of the Virginia
game a week ago, st. Johns plowed
through them in the first and second
quarters. The Hopkins management
did not make any provision to protect
the field in case of rain. Probably
they preferred soggy field, and if
they did so Coach Lynn's hopes were
fulfilled. Three inches of mud COW
cred the field in spots, and in some
places it was deeper. Solid footing
was nowhere, although along the side
lines and in front of the goal lines the
turf was the firmest.
Although it is bad form to try to
take away the glory of any team s VIC
tory, the fact remains that St. Johns
College would have given Hopkins a
mighty hard run for its money had
the ground been in better condition.
Many of st. Johns rooters who know
something about the game of football
almost gave up hope Saturday when
they visited Homewood and surveyed
the battle field-a sea of mud.
With such sloppy ground st. Johns
was placed at great disadvantage,
for she was unable to use any trick
PLAYS, practically all of which require
quick starts, and while they had con-
siderable success with the forward
pass in the first period, the play was
almost abandoned afterward.
Because of his splendid work on
the defense little Thompson, left end
for the local team. who weighs just
l36 pounds, was the star of the bat
tie. He was everywhere unless his
strength gave out, and his tackles
were brilliant pieces of work. He
broke up the interference at times
and still nailed his man, something
that no Hopkins man had been ac-
cused of doing until this game, when
Musser accomplished the feat.
But the presence of just such men
as Stollenberck, Bridgman and Musser
on Hopkins team is not fair to st.
Johns. These men have played their
limited number of years and should
retire. st. Johns has the same right
to object to them that Virngiia had,
and Hopkins should see the Justice of
S uch a request should the boys from
Annapolis ask that these stars of the
Black and Blue be barred in future
contests. If Hopkins is so willing to
give in to Virginia, she should be
just as willing to please her time-hon-
ored rival, st. Johns.
On the whole all arguments show
how decided an advantage it is to
Hopkins to be able to play its gradu-
ates and men who have played four
years on other college squads.