The New York herald., 1922-10-28
FLAGSHIP ELEVEN
DEFEATED, 13 TO 6
Maryland's Sailors Outrushed
by Opponents Before Crowd
Of 10000.
.ADMIRALS WATCH TUSsLE
UprOar Continuous as Rival
ROOters Shout Defiance
Across GridirOn.
ny sAMuEL J. BRooKMAN.

ny sAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.
"Here No come. Get out of our
way!"
That was the air with which the
naughty sailors of the proud flagship
Maryland invaded the Polo Grounds
yesterday. Their football team was
about to go through the formality Of
winning the championship of the At
lantic Fleet, and they, pride of the
navy, were there to rejoice at the dis
comfiture of the challenging band of
the dreadnought Delaware as the
Maryland eleven swept their rivals
clean off the Polo Grounds gridiron.
They were there, every man jack of
them, officers, gunners. ensigns. bo's'ns,
machinists, electricians, firemen, en-
ginemen, coXswains, water tenders,
plain seamen and all the rest of the
personnel Of the flagship, but they did
Very little rejoicing, or rather they did
all their rejoicing before the game, for
10 and behold the hitherto invincible
football warriors of the invincible flag
ship went down to a clear cut defeat at
the hands of the despised sailors of
the,U. S. S. Delaware, after being out
played practically all the way. The
score was 13 to and navy day was no
holiday for the men of the Maryland
after that.
The work of the conquering Delaware
team throughout the game showed
smoother team play. both on offense
and defense. Their line was better
drilled and faster. their attach was
aided by good interference. and there
was greater variety and skill to Their
thrusts. But when it came to fight
there was little to choose between the
combatants, and 1t was this spirit of
never yielding an inch without tussle
that held down the score of the vctors
Cheers for the AdmirnIs.
Between halves Admiral Hilary IL.
Jones, commander In chief of the At
lantic fleet; v!ce-Admiral John d. Nc.
Donald, commander of the bat.leship
force, and three rear-admirals crossed
over from the Maryland side of the
field. where they had been sitting. 70
the Delaware stands opposite and CON-
bined cheers of Delaware and Mary
land rent the air III honor of the con-
manders.
Exulting with the victors after the
game were hundreds of sailors of other
batueships of the Atlantic fleet. who
had been secretly hoping something
wouIu happen to tumble the prid. of
the flagship crew. There had been no
holding the men Of the flagship ever
since they had beep given the honor
OF taking Secretary Hughes to the
South American Exposition.
Explosive Uproar.
Anyway, feeling ran high and there
was more explosive cheering spilled on
the scene than In all the games of tho
major league baseball season combined
The din was terrific from start to finish
with rival brass bands to add to the
uproar. The sailors cheered themselves
blue in the face. drums were smashed
and the musicians were gasping for
breath at the end With local high
school boys and other friends of the
sailors on hand, the crowd numbered
between ten end twelve thousand
The supreme pregame confidence OF
the Maryland crew was really a case OF
pride and loyalty being blinded to facts,
for while the Delaware gridiron players
had been through hard and earnest
preparation for the championship, the
Maryland men had Joined in the gala
festivities at Rio de Janeiro and had
more or less an easy time of 1t. with
little opportunity for practice
The second half was only two or three
minutes old when the first break of the
game set the Delaware rooters frantic
with delight. Delaware having failed
70
called on Rawlings for a punt from his
own 3S yard line. The ball sailed low,
escaped the outstretched hands Of two
Maryland backs and then rolled toward
the Maryland goal. And then followed
a foolish attempt of Maryland back to
pick up a queerly bounding ball with a
tackler almost on top OF him at the
goal line. Had he let the pigslSin 60
untouched there would have been no
harm done. But he tried to snatch II
and get away quickly. and instead FUN.
bled and lost II. Eastman. Deiaware's s
right guard. was on the oval I'M flash
and he rolled over with 1t for a touch.
down, while the Delaware stands went
Wild. German kicked goal and ii was
10
1t was Delawares turn 10 tumble
soon after and Maryland, retrieving the
ball. gained 30 yards on the play. A
10 yard penalty against Delaware for
holding brought II to Delaware's 40
yard line. Marvland made it's first
down In three rushes. and then Masica
broke away for a 80 yard zigzag run
around end for n touchdown, being
downed right under the goal posts. The
cheers of the Maryland sailors must
have been heard for miles There was
dismay. however, in the Maryland sec
ton a minute later. when Masica failed
TO kick goal.
Delaware was still in the lead and
happy Their single point ADVANTAGE
was augmented to seven points I'm the
fourth period. when an intercepted for
ward pass and run back Of 20 yards
gave Delaware the ball on Marvlands
81 yard line. At this point Delaware
developed a splendid line attack. in
which Patterson. Harris and Lewis
shared equally. and the ball was swept
over in half dozen PLAYS. German
failed to kick goal but the score was
10 TO 6. and there II stayed. The lineup
MARYLAND. Delaware.
Scrimminger. Left end. ..Afattsar
Edmunds. Left tackle. .......... Ryan
tenero. ....Left guard. ...J. J. Seaman
Csrdini. ........ Right guard. ..... Eastman
.lrricke. ........ Right tackle. .4.. .Gorinar
1farborth. .Hlaht end. .......... TAYLOR
Lewis. ......... Quarterback ...... .Rawiings
Rice. ........... Left halfhack. ........ Dennis
Daiuto. ........... Fullback ...... .Pattersor
Score by periods:
Delaware .......''.'...." Q e-1,