Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-26
ST. JOHNS TRIUMPHS
over ANCIENT RIVAL
Wins Annual Football Game From
Hopkins by 6 90
LENTZ AND COOK THE STARS
Former Played Wonderful Game in the
Line and Latter Showed Way
on Offensive.
BY FRANCIs o. WHITE. JR.

foe at bay all the while, the football
team of st. Johns College scored a
signal victory over their ancient ri
walls of the Johns Hopkins University
on Saturday by score of to 0. The
game was played on Homewood Field.
the grounds of the University in Bal
timore. 1t was a crowning triumph OF
what had otherwise been an inglori-
Gus season.
Not much football of the high class
order was shown by either of the
teams. On the contrary. both exhibit
ed decided tendency TO tumble and
there were other elements of ragged
work, but the game bristled with that
never-say-die lighting spirit that al
ways characterizes contests between
| these old rivals
The Cadets delivered the telling
punch right in the opening period of
play, when they bowled over the Hop
kins forwards and plowed their way
| to touchdown. That was sufficient
to put the game on ice, and ever after
the score, the Cadets showed them
selves masters of every situation that
developed. While the Varsity lads
fought along valiantly with the hope
of overcoming the tide, and made sew
| eral good offensive spurts, the Cadets
always managed to rally together and
stop the assault when the Baltimore
ans got the ball past the centre of
the field. Not only was the st. Johns
goal line never seriously threatened
at any stage of the battle, but Hop
kins did not even get a good chance
to hang up few points by kicking a
drop or field goal, because at no time
did they have possession of the
leather past the st. Johns 40-yard
| chalk.
Football tactics of the old time or
der-that is, plunges through the
line and cross-tackle bucks-prevailed
throughout the game. Little atten-
tion was paid to the aerial attack.
The Cadets who, in former years, have
been adopts in the exploitation of the
forward pass, tried the play only
twice, and on both occasions the ball
was grounded. Hopkins attempted
only one, and it was intercepted by
Cook of st. Johns, who ran back for
gain of II yards
The score was not large enough to
indicate the superiority of the st.
| Johns boys over their ancient foe.
They should have won out by at least
two, and possible three, touchdowns.
but there were miscues and other
faults that demoralized their chances.
Errors of judgment wherein Sem
Ter, the doughty little st. Johns
| quarterback. on two occasions at
tempted to kick drop goals from the
field, after his teammates had bat
tered their way inside of the Hopkins
2O-yard zone, probably prevented the
Cadets from invading the opposing
| goal line in each instance, for it ap-
| peared that while they had been COW
ering ground so successfully, there
was really nothing for them to lose
had they continued the rushing game,
even though the attempt to cover the
required distance for a first down
may have been a failure A third try
| for field goal by Semler in the clos
ing stages of the game was entirely
excusable. This time the Cadets had
again worked the ball to near the 90
yard mark, but they were sent back Is
yards for an offense of holding. The
brisk wind that prevailed throughout
the game probably hampered Semler
in his kicking, for on neither occasion
did the spheroid rise more than six
feet from the ground. Semler's failure
to score through this means, however,
was more than Offset by the general
ship he displayed in other respects,
and particularly his cleverness in the
handling of kicks. and running them
back. He was little prince in this
regard and coupled with his running
from formation he gained many yards
for the Orange and Black
Every man in the St Johns outfit
played creditable game, but If there
is to be any bestowal of individual
praise, it must fall to Captain Dutch
Lentz. who was the main cog in the
line, and Cook. in the backfield The
former was stonewall on the defens-
i've and frequently got through and
smeared the Hopkins attack before it
could get under way, and in addition
he could always be counted upon to
open up hole for the man carrying
the ball Then too, he continually
kept his teammates keyed up to the
spirit OF the battle. Though both
Plassnig and Watson played a great
game, Cook was dc cidely the most con-
sistent ground ga ner. Time and
again he was called upon to carry the
leather and he never failed to register
a gain Of l to yards or more. His
longest gain was sprint OF % yards
when he ripped his way through Hop
kins' left tackle. And in backing up
the line he tackled hard and fiercely.
1t might be said he was the stellar
performer OF the struggle. For Hop
kfns, Jones, husky ha1fback, is en-
titled to the laurels Of praise. Like
Cook, he was the most reliable man in
gaining ground and was a bulwark n
the secondary defense Soon after the