Evening star., 1927-10-30

"a I InOL nan team, WtliCn APP
Wv parently has the Indian
v sign on the Maryland
eleven, defeated the Old
Liners yesterday at College Park, 13
to 6. 1t was the third win in as many
years for the Generals. the scores in
1929 and 1926 bein to 3 and 3 to 0,
respectively. And as in the past two
seasons yesterdays battle was hard
fought all the way
While Washington and Lee played
"heads-up" foot ball and deserved to
win the contest as it was staged the
mental and mechanical mistakes of
the Old Liners. mainly the former.
were factors that turned the tide the
way of the LcXingtonians.
Washington and Lee scored In the
second and last periods. leading to o
at the half, while Maryland got it's
core in the third period on sensa-
ional 55-yard dash by Roberts after
he had received a punt His failure to
k.ck goal prevented the game from
| beng deadlOCked at the time.
Generals Get Help.
1t was combination of mental and
mechanical slips. the latter. of course,
being one of the breaks of the game,
that gave Washington and Lee its first
score. Maryland had the ball in it's
| possession on its own 17-yard line.
talrd down and yards to so. Here.
| Tcnney. Maryland reserve quarter
| back. playing in the place of the in.
lured regular. Kessler. called for a
line plunge instead of kicking. and
| when Thomas let the ball slim from
his grasp. Tips, the WASHINGTON and
| Lee captain. recovered.
Washington and Lee got inside the
o-Nard stripe. but Maryland held. but
was not equal to the task a second
time. after it had punted out and the
Generals. making good a couple of
passes with SPOTS on the receiving
end got into scoring position and
drove across the line despite a game
stand by the Old Liners. White made
me score Lott added the extra point
with drop-kick.
Maryland held the upper hand for
the remainder of the half. and once
was inside Washington and Lees 90.
Sard mark, where apparent poor iudc.
! ment on plays killed all chances to
| count.
Roberts Thrills Crowd.
Maryland got back into the running
IN the third quarter when Roberts
p'llied his thrilling feat. The teams
nad been going along on even terms
Tor about 10 minutes exchanging
punts frequently. when Roberts GOT
his chance. He pulled the ball out of
the air on his own 45-yard line. and,
/ helped by almost perfect interference,
made his dash across the goal He
| also tried to drop-kick for the extra
| point, but. winded by his long run,
made feeble boot, the ball falling
/ short.
| From then on until about midway
of the final quarter the teams battled
on pretty even terms. Then the Old
| Liners got a grand opening, when.
after tossing the Washington and Lee
ball carriers for losses on two plays,
| Spots got off a rather ordinary punt
| This gave Maryland the ball close to
, the Generals 35-yard line. Gains were
made on a couple of running plays.
and then kessler and Snyder, who had
| been rushed into the game. attempted
! TO count with pass, the former
| hcaving the ball. Snyder was stand
! ing on the goal about to snare the
| ball when Lott, of the Generals, got
| in front of him and intercepted it.
From here the scene shifted sudden
! ~ to Washington and Lees second
| touchdown. Lott got around the
| Maryland right end for about 80 yards,
/ thrown for losses and forced to punt
kessler let the ball slip through his
/ hands and Dorsey, Washington and
/ Lee winGman. pounced upon it. With
! White GOing most of the rushing. the
| Generals soon crossed the line. White
again carried the ball on the final play.
! Lott this time missed the drop-kick
| try for the extra point.
Pass Goes Wrong.
| Maryland took the next kick oft,
and with only couple minutes to go,
tried passing game in desperate
effort to count. This almost gave
| Washington and Lee another touch
down. as Howe of the Generals inter-
! cepted heave and almost got loose
, As the game ended. the Generals had
the ball on Maryland's 15-yard mark.
! Thomas. Maryland's hackfield ace
was injured early in the second half
| and was forced out of the game. He
! suffered a badly bruised shoulder in
making tackle. but it is expected he
Will be in trim for the Yale game at
New Haven next Saturday.
One of the largest crowds ever to
see game at College Park witnessed
the contest. many in the big gathering
! being Old Line alumni. as the contest
"u, @ VIC ied'ute oi h'tne-comlnS uaE.
There was plenty of pep and color
to the game. each school having it's
band, the cheering being well above
the average and the struggle being so
close as to maintain interest to the
|. final whistle.
remarkable feature of the contest
was that there was not Il single pen
atty. except one or two for the use
/ If the forward pass twice in the same
lown.