Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
GENERALS ROUTED
BY AERIAL BLAST
63-Yard Advance on Three
Plays Is Victory Kick in
Homecoming.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.

IN
~ in the second period scat
n tered asunder Cfre valiant
foot ball forces Of Wash
ington and Lee in a Maryland
Homecoming battle at College
Park yesterday and when the dust
had cleared the Terrapins stood
revealed the champions Of the
Northern department. OF the
Southern Conference and fifth IN
the general rating Of that sprad-
ding body. =
Moreover, O clean-cut 1877 triumph
COMPLETES for them O grand slam over
the major elevenS Of the Old Dominion:
Virginia.. v. M. /. and v. p. I. preceded
the Generals as victims OF one OF the
finest Maryland teams OF recent times
The big explosion occurred early IN
the second quarter and was starving an
view of what had gone before; through
the entire first period neither team
showed the semblance Of o punch. The
ball moved I'D and down the held mo-
notonously on kicks exchanged by
Chalmers Of Maryland and Bailey OF
washington and Lee.
Terps Get Hot.
Spectators, sweltering in tropical
weather. were becoming restless Wnen
suddenly the Terrapins put the enemy
to rout. Halfback Berger MADE o leap
inc catch of a 16-yard pass from Chal-
mars to start the excitement, which
quickly became q frenzy as Chalmers
4red another to Berger for q long gain
and then took a third from Poppelman
to plant the ball on the 2-yard> llne-a
63-yard advance on three plays. FoP.
pelrnan plunged for the touchdown ana
after that the issue never was IN ooupt'
The Terrapins drove 80 yards ior Gee
ond score In the final period TO make
certain of victory, with Poppeman an1
Chalmers again leading the way ano
PonneIrnan repeating his line buck
It was after this that Washington and
Lee. capitalizing on Terrapin careless
ness. counted its points. A wild pass
thrown by Chalmers was gathered IN py
Voc Sawyers. who scampered 80 yaros
10 a touchdown without an enemy lay
ing hand on him. This same SEWERS
intercepted q pass to beat V. l.. anI
was on the receiving END OF tne oeflaI
that last week whipped PrlnceOon'
Stopped Three Times.
Marvland's victory was more decisive
+I,er shown by the score. When the
$inaI whistle blew the Terrapins were on
fhe Generals 2-yaYd line and on three
other occasions had been within the
Onward line A penalty stopped them
oyc. and twice the brilliant play OF the
General fiankrnen, Mosovich and Han
Lew broke their marches. Repeatedly
these two sneared the Terrapin pacAs
for losses.
Chalmers, who put the bah IN scoro
toaIchdowns, and Poppelman, VINO
seemed ever ca the gallop-he had
rms of 20, 90. 81 and 81 in total
yardage of 175-soaked up the glory,
hut carrying more than one man
share of the burden was Al WOODS
Quarterback. It was Woods flrst ap-
pearance starting game since MS m
ilIry October IL in the Kentucky game,
and the dynamic former Marine ie1
Oh lot Of sayed-up sSe s,n:.,c nA O'0'A
Mattox at right half was the Gen.
ersis' most effective ball carrier, but
was never permitted to travel 1ar nor
often. The lads from Lexington were
unable to carry on a drive worthy o.
the name.
Comeback interrupted.
Their defeat interrupted o brave
comeback which had endured Tor 1our
games in which the Generals haont
6een scored on. After early season re.
verses they rallied to beat Virginia ana
v. p. l., tie William and MARY ana nc,
create something Of q sensation py
downing Princeton, albeit the Tigers
are fangless this year.
Maryiand's famous passing attack.
which defeated the Navy, tied KENTUCKY
and featured nearly all its other games
this year, functioned smoothly only
for q short period yesterday. Time Time
and again perfectly directed heaves
were INJURED by unhampered receivers.
It was the third straight Terrapin
victory over Washington and Lee,
which, however, remains one up on the
series. The crowd Of about 5000 was
rather small for Maryland nome ne
coming. Many foot ball fans OF tne
Old Line State passed 1t up IN IaVor
Of the Navy-Southern Methodist clash
at Annapolis.
Line-ups and Summary.