Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-10-07
HOPKINS PROVED REAL
TARTARS FOR MIDDIES
Sailors Narrowly Escape Defeat in
Opening Football Game.
VISITORS GOT FIELD GOAL.
Then Played Locals to Stand Still Until
Closing Minutes When Touchdown
and Goal We're Registered.

Johns Hopkins University's foot
ball team. viewed as an easy prey,
sprung a decided surprise upon the
heavy and veteran Navy football play
ers in the initial game of the season
Saturday afternoon, holding the mid
dies to the small score of to 8.
In fact so bitter and stubborn was
the contest Saged by the Varsity
players, that il was not until the
closing minutes of the lest period
that the middies were able to turn
victory into defeat by scoring a
touchdown and the resulting goal
The visitors had, during the early part
Of the opening period, tailed it's three
points when Gillet, the big fullback
and captain, booted the leather
souarely between the uprights for a
field goal.
And from then on, Hopkins played
the middies to a standstill, several
times forcing the sailors to kick, un-
til towards the end Of the game, the
sheer wait of the middies, and the
continued substitution of fresh men,
they were moved dow., resulting in
the invasion of their goal line. The
touchdown came ia a short time after
Alexander sprinted around Hopkins
left wing for run of 35 yards, the
longest run of the game. But for
that feat, there is strong element of
doubt whether the middies would have
scored at all.
Hopkins played desperately, and on
the whole used good head work. But
probably the biggest blunder of the
game was the failure of Gillet to
resort more frequently to kicking
during the last half of the contest,
as it developed the Navy backfi I'D
men, particularly Alexander, hshdled
kicks miserably, thus not only keep
ing the leather we'll into Navy's zone,
but also Offering splendid opportu-
nifty for an alert Hopkins end to re-
cover a tumble.
There was flash of brilliant often
sive work by the miGdies soon after
the first period opened, and forecasts
were general that they would have a
real walkover But Hopkins checked
things in short order, and few min
utes later when their own efforts
were interrupted after getting the
ball as far as Navy's 2J-yard line,
Gillett's right toe put decided crimp
into Navy's hopes when he dropped a
pretty field goal from the 25yard
mark.
Hopkins "rooters" weIt wild with
JOY, and as the gamesprogressed it was
long time before their enthusiasm
was dampened. Twice during the
early part of the game the sailors had
the leather inside of Varsity's Is
yard mark, only to meet strong re-
sistance and lose the ball on an incom-
pleted forward pass.
From a football standpoint the game
was a niserably ragged exhibition. 1t
was replete with open tactics, each
side employing the forward pass sew
eral times. Hopkins succeeded for
short gain twice, but the middies'
attempts were miserable failures.
Both sides showed decided tendency
to tumble, in the line of scrimmage
| and in handling punts.
For Hopkins, Gillett and G. Pen
nimar did most of the ground gain
| ing, while Branham, Liebensperger,
La Mott and d. Penniman were es-
pecially strong on the defense, fire.
quently breaking through and down
| ing the runner for a loss. In the
kicking department Alexander and
| Collins hal something on Gillett.
There was one unfortunate Incl.
dent during the game, which, how
| eer, caused more amusement than
anything else, though it resulted ir
the disqualification of Connolly, OF
Hopkins. 1t occurred during the
third period, when Connolly got into
a mixup with Walker, the Navy cen
tire, during a scrimmage, and while
all of the other players were gather
ed at point where the play had beer
stopped Connolly and Walker wer,
rollihg about on che ground pImmel
ing each other. Connolly2seemed tn,
aggressor and was sent to the sid,
lines by the officials, Hopkins suffer
ing a 15-yard penalty as a further
/ concanuence The linp-un.