Evening star., 1917-11-11
MARYLAND STATE
BEATS OLD RIVAL
Takes Measure of st. Johns
in Annual Grid Struggle
by 13 to 3.
CONTEST is HARD FOUGHT
BY n. C. BYRD.

Unable to score in the first
three periods of its annual grid
iron struggle with St. Johns yes
terday at College Park, Mary
land State twice battered its way
across the goal line in the fourth
and won by Is to 3. State went
into the fourth period with the
score 5 to o against it, but the
Annapolis eleven was unable to
stand the gruelling pace and
crumbled in the closing minutes
of play. St. Johns gave the COT
lege Park eleven real struggle,
so real that it looked for a time
as if it might win, but it took
much the same kind of beating
in so doing that a boxer would If
he led against a better man IN
the early rounds through sheer
aggressiveness and fighting quail
tiles. Better physical condition
of the State players was brg
factor, and when they started
driving desperately in the closing
moments of the game tor the
score needed to attain victory st.
Iolln's could not hold up.
Game Full of Interest.
No more interesting game has neen
played on the State College neIo IN
Years. There were threats to score oy
both teams early in the contest. LOT
of ground was gained before the con-
test was many minutes olo. YET liz
first half ended with neither team nav
ipr a noint to it's credit. ST. Jonh b
famed for its use of the forward pass,
devoted almost it's sole attention TO
the running game. 1t did not ry
forward pass in the first half; in ms
third quarter its. only at aeteinp nnrnniete
one during the day. State tried enIee
passes One was incomplete, anosnes
gained about 20 yards and she ehiio
gained about 8.
During the first three quarters ot
the game State played sluggish foos
ball, while st. Johns was on its toss
hehting for every possible advantase'
There were times when 81 1onh -.
ried the ball half the length OF tne
field. but always when the plgskln
was driven down into danger territoIy
the College Park men seemed aple %
have the facility to stop the aavancst' g.
Right at the start of the contest ss
Johns showed exceptional onensise
strength by hammtring the State iine:
after receiving the kickoff, straight
down the field to the l-yard line. lhe
Annapolis men looked to be In Tor q
touchdown right off the reel. but tne
Old Gold and Black players braeed on
their own goal line and hurled PACK
four charges OF their epponemI; nnI;:
eleven able to get inside the ~
ward line Once near the end OF tno
third quarter. the visitors rushea tne
ball 40 yards from their own Terri
tory to states 2o-yard line. but were
held and Semler dropped back ana
booted a perfect drop kick between the
bars for the only score OF the game up
until that time. st. johns stuoenIs
went wild. because it was the first time
since 1912 that one of their elevens had
been ahead Of State in any game
State Loses Its Punch.
Several times in the first half State
arted to gain consistently, but when is
got down in st. Johns territory cIu.1 1
across. In the first quarter II was on ST;
:John's seyen-yard line and in the second
quarter it had the collegians on the de-
fensive on their own ten1yard ta line ,ine. s,s,. 81
in the third quarter, brilliant gains oy
Pdasniz featuring. The fourth quarter
was ali States st. Johns began to sue
cumb to the hammering 1t had been re-
on the thirty-yard line the State crowd
started pounding its way touchdownwaru.
It was steady march until Fietcher
drove his way through the 81. n, J9nn lo .oa-
arated the ball from the goal shorty
after that St. Johns began to throw for-
ward passes Unfortunately in its own
territory and lost the ball on downs on
its thirty-five yard line. State started an
other march to the goal line and. though
it got flfteen-yard penalty as a setback
during the trip. ffteen-yard run by
Snyder made up the distance with the
bali down four yards from its goal. st.
Johns covered Fletcher and stopped him
dead on the first play. but on the next
Arthur took the oval across. knode kicked
the first goal but missed the second.
st. Johns Fights Hard.
With the exception of the last quar-
ter. when State started something that
looked like real foot ball. about all
the fighting done in the game belongs
to the credit Of St. Johns. The An
foot ball and some of its men did
splendid work. Pfasnig was the only
man in the visiting backfield who could
gain ground consistently, and II his
performance of today. when he ripped
off long gains through the State for
wards, is any criterion, there is no
better back in Maryland. Fletcher did
the most of the ground gaining for
state. He and Knode ran back punts
much better than the visitors. With
these exceptions there was little in the
way of feature to States play
Immediately after the game the ball
with which the victory was won was
presented to DIR. w. w. Skinner. an
alumnus of the college who is menu
ber of the board of trustees. DIR. Skim
ner played quarterback on the first
state College team to meet ST. Johns
back in 1892.
Lineup and summary:
sto+. Position. st. John's.
EicI Wisemau Left end Turner
srliiran Left tackle ........... Beatty
stevens Left guard .Munder
Caster Center Recher
Smith, Wescod hient suIra ;.....'., WIsson
StubbS. night toeAAes.AEness Vtaess
Macdonald. Ae1G
AitcheE0n. hiGht emu. 0aetxSefs ~ S15es
Knode. Quat.et1S .cS@see
Fletcher. Lei. n.hu1A: An@sAA6s 1yssL
Snyder. nAxne .Se.,S
Arthur. AitoAcA " eenons |" eIneAua
Touchdowns-Fletcher. Arthur. Goal from
touchdown-Knode. Goal from neld-Semler.
Referee-Mr. Hoskins. Umpire-Mr. Morse.
IIa.a IireSman-Mr Metzler. Time of periods