Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-15
MARYLAND STATE IS
SWAhPED BY M|DD|ES
sailors Pile Up Total OF Sixty-two
Points.
MUCH IMPROVEMENT SHOWN
Navy Lads Had All Kinds OF Speed
And Reeled Off All Kinds
OF PLAYS.

The Navy football players ran riot
over Curly Byrd's aggregation of the
| Maryland State College here Satur-
day afternoon. They rolled up a to-
tai of 62~points to their opponents
nothing, one of the largest scores that
has been registered by Navy eleven
in recent years. Nine times the sailor
lads invaded the foes goal line, and
Ingram was successful at eight of the
tries for goal
The Middfes uncorked all kinds of
football, played a dashing game all
the way, and at nc stage of the con-
test did the College Park lads have
real look-in for a score. Their only
chances to register possibly tally
were through field goals. Three
times either Mcdonald or Mills tried
to drop goals from the field from past
the 40-yard line, but all of the at
temps were miserable failures.
State brought to Annapolis a fairly
heavy, an apparently a well ball
anced team. but it developed in the
early stages of play that they were
hopelessly outclassed by the future
| naval officers. The Middies simply
ploughed through the line, skirted the
ends, and reeled off forward passes
almost at will. And there were sew
cral long sprints around the ends
ssndwiched in between A fake for
ward pass was. one of the features of
the Middies' attack, and they exploit
ed for gains on two or three occa-
sions But that was not all. The
Middies' attack seemed to have more
vim and dash than that which has
characterized Navy teams in recent
years. The Farmers may, or may not
have much weaker team than that
which visited Annapolis and faced the
Mid6ies last season, but that does not
take one whit of credit from the cali
bre of football which the sailors dis
played. They were there with the
goods and it takes good combination
of players to pile up big score, even
against the poorest of teams. In
short, it looks as though the Middies,
in spite of the fact that several of the
players are green, are beginning to
hit their stride, and show the results
OF the tutelage of Gilmour Dobie,
whose reputation as a football men
tor was much heralded in the Far
West.
As before stated, the Farmers at no
stage of the contest endangered the
Navy goal line Only on three occa-
sions in fact were they able to reg
lister a first down, and one of these
was the result of wide end run by
Mcdonald after he had fumbled pass
from Coster on a play that called for
punt. Mcdonald, by the way, did
all Of the kicking for the Aggies, and
| he was quite the equal of Roberts,
who did the punting for the Middies.
Ingram in the backfeld was not only
one of the most consistent carriers
of the ball, but was a bulwark in the
defense of the Middies, and besides,
proved something of a wizard in the
! kicking of goals. Eight of the nine
times after touchdowns had been reg
! istered, he booted the leather square
| ly across the bar. He also got away
| for several short end runs. and
| ploughed his way through the line
like demon. The whole Navy back
field in fact played brilliant game,
Boberts, Martin and Butler sharing
the honors with Ingram. The Mid
f, dies showed their strength in ali four
quarters of the game, as the summary
OF the score indicates. They went off
to flying start an maintained the
1 race until the end.
The Farmers. however, put up a
plucky fight, but the Middies showed
such superior form that their cause
was a hopeless effort from the start
Long runs by Ingram, Roberts and
| Martin. that eliminated in touch
downs. were among other features Of
the game. For the Aggies. Mills, at
left halfback, was virtually the whole
show. Though small fellow, he put
up a strong efensive game, and was
the mainstay for his team when it
came to advancing the ball.
The Ifnp-l1n and summary