Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-29
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
IS WON BY ST. JOHNS
Defeat Washington College by an
Overwhelming Score.
END MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
Loci Lads Again Demonstrate Their
Mastery Of the Forward Pass
Lose But One Game.

st. johns overwhelming victory
over Washington College not only
settled without question the State In
tercollegiate championship, but it
demonstrated that the local institu-
tion is entitled to take front rank
with the big teams of the South.
= II was the closing game of the sea-
son and furnished another example
of the fact that the st. Johns play
ers mastered the forward pass and
the open style of the game in gener-
al, in manner that was not excelled
by any other team in the country this
year. The great variety of the for
ward passes, and the accuracy of the
left-handed tosses by Wilson are
calculated to puzzle the most versa
tile gridiron warriors.
The game with Washington Col
lege yesterday was played at 0riole
Park, Baltimore. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to mention the score, which was
the big figure of 62 to z. The victory
was hailed with great delight by the
friends Of st. Johns here as we'll as
all over the State.
This game closed one of the most
successful seasons il the history OF
football at the old College. Only one
defeat was sustained at the
hands of Virginia Military Institute,
and the victories scored were over
such teams as Haverford. Washing
ton and Lee, franklin and Marshall,
Maryland Agricultural College and
Rock Hill College. And, in addition,
scoreless tie was played with the
strong Dickinson College eleven.
St. Johns outclassed Washington
in every way. The superiority of
their playing was dominant through
out the game, and, in fact, Washing
ton College would not have scored at
all but for a severe penalty which
was inflicted against St. Johns when
Captain Mellon was caught slugging
and sent to the side lines, for at no
other stage of the contest did the
Chestertown lads menace the st.
Johns goal line. The removal of
Mellon from the game seemed to de-
moralize the st. Johns players for a
time.
st. Johns was penalized half the
distance to it's goal and loss of the
ball. This gave Washington posses
sion of the leather on st. Johns
l0-yard mark, and in four plays the
Eastern Shore lads carried it across
for a touchdown. The victory of st.
Johns was clean-cut. There was no
fiuke connected with any of the scores.
Washington was outplayed from be-
ginning to end. and did not make a
first down in the first quarter.
st. Johns forward passes were little
short Of marvellous. Besides working
them to perfection, the collegians
ran the ends at will and made fre-
quent long gains. In hitting the line,
however, they did not do so well, but
it was not necessary for them to re-
sort to line-bucking tactics because
Of their successful open style.
Twice st. Johns, after receiving
the kickoff and on the first down,
worked the forward pass for touch
downs. Both resulted from 50-yard
runs. On another occasion the win
ner carried the ball for a touchdown
from midfield. st. John's also dem
onstrated that it could score without
the use of the forward pass and end
runs. At the end of the first quarter
Captain Mellon dropped back to the
20-yard line and sent a drop kick
squarely over the bar fer three points.
When Washington had possession
of the ball she did not show any
attack, save hitting the line, and
then only several downs were made.
Her forward passes failed to work,
and Wilkinson was called upon to
punt frequently. Clark, Mellon,
Wilson and Claude did great work
for st. Johns, though each of the
players shined in one way or an
other.