The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
AGGIES Land GAME
FROM penn CADETS
Chester Military College Is Beaten
in Final Period by Maryland
Farmers, IL to IS.

Speer and Aitcheson are the names be-
| ing cheered whenever mentioned at Mary
! land Agriculture College today, for
the young men who bear these cognomens
are almost wholly responsible for the
Farmers victory over Pennsylvania Mill
tary College yesterday by a score of II
to L.
The one-point margin tells a tale of
costly Aggie fumbling and aggressive
| Pennsylvania attack in the opening half
of the battle. 1t tells also of the resist
ance of another threatened Pennsylvania
| onslaught by the visitors in the third
| quarter by the revived Farmers and Of
/ the latter's brilliant recovery in the final
period when victory came through the
wonderful individual play of Half Back
| Speer and the alertness OF Center Aitche-
son.
When the first half had ended there
were none to be found who would con-
cede the Marylanders the barest chance
of ultimate success. Had not the sturdy
lads from Pennsylvania battered the de-
Tense of the Farmers almost at will.
plunging through line and sweeping ends
time and time again? Added to the su-
perior strength of the visitors was an
advantage due to the Marylanders' loose
play and the poor generalship of its
quarter
Fighting gamely the Aggies STAYED off
the Penn attempts for lengthy gains un-
til the middle Of the second quarter. I'm
able TO make any consistent distances
through or around the visitors at that
time. the ball was passed to Speed for
a punt The kick reached the ground
about > yards from its starting point
but bounded back toward the Aggies'
goal and Melted little more than 10 yards
This gave Pennsylvania real oppor-
tunity and Wilson quickly skirted
right end for twenty yards: Whitaker
went through right tackle for five and
Campbell with 4 ten-yard plunge
placed the ball on Aggies' five-yard
line. Maryland braced for two downs
and threw Penn back for a ten-yard
loss. Campbell then shot a splendid
forward pass to Wilson. standing be-
hind the Aggies' line, and the in
vaders' count was boosted to IL
Siegel failed to make a fair catch of
Campbelrs punt-out. falling to the
ground when Whitaker. his own
teammate. stumbled against him. This
lost opportunity for a try at goal |
proved costly.
The individual plays of Speer and !
Cramp were pleasing features of the |
game. Rarely has there been wit
messed around this vicinity such a !
startling offensive performance by a |
secondary college player as that ex-
hibited~ by Speer yesterday. Directly |
through his efforts came Aggies' first |
touchdown in the last quarter With /
the ball in Aggies' possession in mid
field, Speer was assigned to carrying
it in ten of eleven rushes and on all
but one occasion responded with a
gain. finally skirting right
end for the remaining seven yards
and a touchdown. He also kicked the |
goal.
Cramp the husky captain and Gem
ter of Pennsylvania Military College,
was a wonder in defense and easily
overshadowed every one else on the
field in that department of the game
however, he erred at a
critical moment in passing and paved
the way for the Aggies to tie the
count in the dying moments of the
final period and win the game with
the resultant goal Lineup and sum-