Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-11-08
ST. JOHNS TRIUMPH
OVER ". N. c.
In Spite of Crippled Team Locals
Gain a Victory.
SCORE 2l TO 7.
Friends Of Cd St. Johns Encouraged
by Saturdays Result---A Chance
for Locals in Hopkins Game.


In pite of crippled team. but play
ing with steady determination to gain
a victory, st. Johns College defeated
Western Maryland College at West
minister on Saturday yb 81 to z.
The victory is most encouraging to
the friends of the local institution
They feel certain that Washington Col
lege VIII be defeated next Saturday.
and that there is a reasonable chance
of victory over Johns Hopkins, in
5pite OF the feeling in Baltimore that
institution outclasses all the other
Maryland colleges
Western Maryland won the toss and
chose to receive. st. Johns broke
and Woolford was downed on the 81
yard line. Garret made eight yards
on the first down. On the next PLAY
there was a fuble, Western Maryland
recovering. 81. Johns line braced
here and held Keller punted; West
ern MARYLAND held st. Ionn's for
downs. and got the ball Garrett, Kel-
Ter and Woolfort in quick succession,
5ained % yards. Here Garrett pulled
Off a S5-vard dash around ST. Johns
end and placed the ball on st. Johns
Syard line On the next play there
was a tumble and st. Johns recover
ed. St. Johns kicked out of danger.
Here the quarter ended
Soon in the second quarter St.John's
recovered the ball and by end runs
and line plunges took it to Western
Maryland's 4-yard line. On the next
play Darley carried lit over and Heise
kicked goa Western Mar lai re-
ceived the bal and Keller was forced
to punt Turner and Stromeyer hit
the Western Maryland line for good
gains. 1t was at this period that Tur-
ner received hard tackle and was
taken from the game. Cook replaced
him. Then St Johns uncorked a
beautiful, forward pass. Heise to Stro-
meyer. who took the ball over after a
20-yard run. Heise kicked goal. The
rest of the quarter was a ba,tlo. with
honors about even.
In the third quarter Western Mary
land kicked to St Johns. On the
first play st. Johns was thrown for a
5-yard loss Garrett and Keller. on
successive runs. gained 22-1s va.as.
respectively At this period of the
game, Crum, left guard, received n
dislocated hip and vas taken from the
game Woodward took Crum's place.
st. Johns tried several forward passes
in this quarter. all of which failed
When Western got the ball its back
Geld began to shcw speed ana on
clever end runs and trick plays car
liei the hall dIsta2ce of so yards
to St.Johns Sgd. line. The st. Johns
line braced acd held Western Mery-
land for downs. st Johns kicked out
of danger to the 99-yard lire. West
ern Maryland funbled and ST. Johns
recovered. ST. Johr's, by line buck
ing ana end runs, took the ball 10
Western Maryland's 10 yard line
Then Darley broke through for q
third touchdown. Heise kicked goal.
At the besinnine OF the fourth quar-
ter st. Johns kicked of TO Western
Maryland and the ball seesawed un
and down the field with the advantage
about even. With the ball in the mid
die of the field in Western Nary!ana's
possession, a march was started for
st. Johns goal line. which was never
stopped until Keller tolx the ball over
on a plunge through center. The
touchdown was due to line pluhges
of Garrett and Wingate.
Western Maryland then kicked 10
St. Johns mad the game ended with
the teams battling desperately in the
middle Of the fiel d.iwth the ball in
St Johns possession. To sum up.
ST. Johns won because she had the
punch when near her opCnents goal
line. which Western Maryland lacked
on two different occasions, when il
was within easy scoring distance.
For ST. Johns, the stars were Heisc,
1t halfback; Darley. q, quarterback,
and Noble. at end
The summary