Evening star., 1927-10-23
ny III. C. BYRD.

RICHIOND, va, OctoUeI
Playing desperately in the closing
moments Of the game, University ot
MARYLAND STAYED off an impending
score by v. NJ. l., and then punted out
of danger to win by 10 to ..
No Two teams ever fought throueh
more interesting, more bitter, yet
. sportsmanlike struggle. than the Old
Liners and Cadets.
MARYLAND began che first quarter as
if 1t would be an easy victory, scoring
after about five minutes, but long
run by Barnes, fleet and clever V. IN.
/. halfback, put the bali on the l0-yard
line late in the period and from there
a forward pass put the pigskin across
Barnes missed the drop-kick and
Mryland still led by point.
About the middle OF the second
period Thomas got away on q So-yaro
sprint that put Maryland WITHIN
striking distance. from where Roberts
drop-kicked for 3 points. The nan
ended with the count 10 to 6 in favor
of Narvland and that is the way the
game wound up.
Plenty OF Thrills.
That was all the scoring, hut the
remainder of the game is story OF
short, sharp. dashes and long runs
with both teams in striking distance
ut times. but neither able to score.
v. NJ. /. as team seemed unable TO
gain, but 1t was the feet and brilliant
Barnes who kept the Maryland de.
fense worried nearly all The time.
Several Maryland tacklers would have
him by the neck and legs yet in some
unexplainable way he would get loose.
1t was one of these long dashes. or
rather two of them consecutively. that
nut Vi M. /. in it's position to score.
Late In the first quarter Barnes got
around the end and ran 80 yards to
Naryland's 30-yard line. After two
failures to gain. Barnes attempted
forward pass, was caught, had nobody
to throw to. then reversed his 1eid
and ran Maryland's 5-yard mark. from
there v. III. l., lost yards In TWO
plays.
At this point an accident in the
stands, resulting in the injurying of
many persons The game was inter
rupted fer nearly 40 minutes. On the
resumption OF play, ". M. I. threw
n forward pass and while Maryland
playera seemed to be all around the
man who caught the hall. 1t was
grabbed and held for a touchdown,
=, Barnes starred as few players star |
oi, a. foot bau field. There, was moth.
ing in the wsiole category of good
foot hall that he did not do. and II |
he did anything wrong only his coach |
knows about it, because 1t was not |
apparent from the side. lines. He /
caught punts and ran them back for |
an average OF 10 yards. and twice |
came within an ace of running them /
hack for touchdowns. He punted and T
hunted so well he was continually /
gaining ground for his team on such /
exchanges. He threw passes. and in /
short he was NY far the outstanding
player on the field .s
Plays Peculiar Game.
Maryland played q peculiar game.
At times its offense was nearly per-
feet, and it seemed to have little
trouble gaining ground, but after it 1
got four points ahead it seemed to
feel that was enough to win and sci
dom. ran the bali more than once or
twice on any attempt 70 make nrse
down. ssssres = sss -
During the entire. third quartet ii
kicked on first down and never at L
tempted to hold it for gains. That
rame within an ace once of being A
catastrophe, too, because Barnes once
gained 80 yarGs on exchange that gave
his team the ball On Marymnd'sa 40
Yard line. ". NJ. /. could not gain
and Barnes punted the ball high in
The air. 1t went TO Maryland's Ave-
yard mark. where Tenney, attempting
% catch 1t instead of letting 1t roll
across the goal for touchback.
rumbled and v. NJ. !. recovered.
v. NJ. I. made two desperate tries at
he line, lost 2 yards, then failed
on an end run after a double pass
and lost the ball by grounding itabe-
hind the goal line on pass.
That was the only time v. NJ. I.xgot
he ball in dangerous territory, ex,
.ept In that last three minutes, when
Linkous interfered with a ". NJ. ]. re.
,eiver trying to catch pass and the
,enalty gaye the Cadets q gain OF % !
;aris and put the bali down on Mary.
and's 20-yafd mark Ffem there .
mother forward pass by Barnes
rards from Maryiand's goal. How.
.ver, getting the bali across was yet I
,nother thing. and when Roberts (
,unted from behind his own goal line.
he ball got away from Barnes and
-niled to- ". Mills 3D.yard mark.
0odson was on It like fash. ". NJ. /.
rot the bah, hut the game was pracv IL
ically over, as two plays which re- !
'ulted in no gain were run and time i
vas up. Ia
The ". NJ. I. backfield was brilliant
It all times. and the line played above
The average Maryland seemed >atj
lines to be caring little. what hap !
,ened and team as q whole appeared j