Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-10-25
ST. JOHNS VS.. AGGIES
NAVY VS.. PITTSBURG
Double Bill Offered Football En-
thusiasts Tomorrow.
COLLEGE TEAMS WELL MATCHED.
Each is Well Versed in Modern Game
and Spectacular Contest Should
be Result.

A double bill is offered football en-,
thusiasts tomorrow. one game being
booked to be played on the Sc. John
College grounds and the other at this
Naval Academy.
Though the Navy University of
Pittsburg contest will attract the
usual amount of interest from a pure
ly local standpoint, the annual setto
between st. Johns and the Maryland
Agricultural College is expected t.
draw an nusually large crowd. Foot
bali followers throughout the State,
in fact, have their eyes on the battle
to he waged on the College gIidiron,
because this game will have a ma
rerial bearing ia the fight for the
intercollegiate championship of the
,otats.
And that large gathering of spec
tators is anticipated, is due to the
fact that it will be the last game
for the local Collegians on home
grounds this season. 1t so happened
that in scheduling games this year,
only two home games were booked.
The other was the game with Rock
Hill, which was the season-opner.
The game with the Farmers will
start at 10 o'clock in the morning,
and should prove an interesting and
spectacular one, as the rival teams
have been showing much strength
this season. They are apparently
well matched though the Aggies will
be without the services of two of
their regular players, who are in
Chicago, in connection with part of
their practical training at the Col
lege Park institution.
Each team is particularly we'll versed
in the modern game of football and
good exhibition of open tactics
should be witnessed. The locals have
made very creditable record so far,
having defeated Rock Hill aud Frank-
lin and Marshall colleges by decisive
scores; played the strong Dickinson
College eleven to tie score-6-6-
though they lost to Washington and
Lee University last Saturday by "a
to ID.
The Farmers have been coming
along finely. Their most notable
achievement was the defeat Of Johns
Hopkins, which institution a week
previous, held the Navy eleven to the
small score of z to 8. So fas f. and
M. which was defeated by st. Johns,
won from Hopkins, it would seem
that the local Collegians and the Ag-
riculturals are about on par, though
comparisons of scores in previous
performances furnish little substan.
tial dope in football as it is played.
During the last few days, St.
Johns has been making special
preparations for the fray, and un.
doubtedly the toward pass will figure
conspicuously in the course of the
engagement St. Johns has nac
marked success with the play in the
earlier games. They have a good anG
varied crop of open plays which they
expect 90 uncork to the surprise OF
the College Park lads. In fact the
cadets have been playing a strong
game in general. 1t is expected that
the Farmers will bring good band oi
student rooters" along with them.
Over at the Naval Academy there
is undoubtedly disappointment ovei
the two consecutive defeats sustained
by the middies at the hands of LehigE
and Swarthmore, and though the
Pittsburg Varsity has been defeated
by a couple of the minors so far this
year, still the middies know not wha,
to look for in the lads from the
Smoky City. 1t will be Pittsburg's
first appearance on the Navy grid
iron.
The coaches at the Academy have
been driving their charges pretty hare
this week, but the makeup of the
eleven is still in far unsettled state
This, however, is largely due to tn,
experimental tactics employed by tn,
coaches, in view of the many gooC
men available for the several posi-
tions. The scheme has been to fore,
the candidates to show the best the,
have in them, hence there is keel
rivalry among the likely ones. Re
peated changes have been made il
the line as well as the backfield quar-
tette.
1t is expected, however, that the
lineup for tomorrow's game will b,
much the same as started agains
Swarthmore last Saturday. The gam
will, as usual, start at 2.3O O'Clock.
The middies had their last harl
practice yesterday in preparation 70
the game. The squad az well as fol
lowers of the team were encourage,
by the presence on the field in togs O
Captain Rodes, the fullback, who ha
been on the sick list for some time
The VARSITY and scrubs alternated ii
rushing the ball, and it is felt tha
the middies will be in better shap
for tomorrow's battle than at an
time this season. the feeling bein.
that the players have shaken off
great deal of the lethargy that ha
marked their previous work.
Coach Thompson yesterday mad
his final shifts in the line of tn,
University of Pittsburg for the figh
with the middies. Reese probabl,
will play left end and Pratt an,
Shapiro the tackles. Captain Gal
wins injuries viii hamper the team