Evening star., 1936-09-27
PLAY OF j. Of NJ.
RAGGED IN OPENER
Sophs Lead in 200 Victory
Over st. John'S-Make
Plenty of Yardage.
BY WILLIAM NEEDHAM,
Associated Press Writer.

~OLLEGE PARK, MO, Septem-
Der ga trio of clever Soph-
omores, Charlie Weidinger,
~ Jim Meade and Fred Hewitt,
led the University of Maryland to a
20-to-0 victory over St. Johns Col
lege of Annapolis today.
A crowd of about 1000 fans saw
the game, first of the season for both
teams.
Weidinger, subbing for Charlie FL
linger at quarterback. led Maryland's
so-called second-stringers into the
field in the second quarter and gained
the offensive for the first touchdown,
netted on a pass from him to Bryant
Early in the fourth, after his
heaves to Mccarthy and Bryant put
the ball on st. Johns 6. the soph
quarter personally accounted for the
third tally Of the game on line
buck.
Ellinger. back in the lineup dur
ing the third, together with most of
the first string, scored after a As
yard touchdown drive engineered by
Meade and Coleman Headley in
straight line plunges.
Gets 81 First Downs.
MARYLAND rolled up 81 first
AA downs to three for the John
nies, for a total of 345 yards through
the line. st. Johns gained 81 yards
by rushing. The Terps, largely due
to Weidinger, picked UP s5 yards by
aerials to St. Johns 13.
Maryland seemed frequently jittery
and suffered numerous off-side PEN
alties.
The first period was total loss for
Maryland. Coleman Headley, who
played a consistently brilliant game,
did virtually all the leather Juggling.
Three times the Johnnies held and
ne was forced to kick. with Lambros
returning the punts for good gains.
weidinger's shock troops, with an
other sophomore, Fred Hewitt, JAM
ming his way through for penetrating
yardage, started their second-period
scoring march from their own 20
yard mark.
On wide end runs Hewitt advanced
the ball to the 80. and Egan went of
tackle for 13. A pass, Weidinger to
Bryant, picked up IS yards, and
series of line bucks put the ball on
the st. Johns 18. Weidinger heaved
q long one to Bryant, who caught it
on the 2-yard mark, and went over
for the score.
Meade hit his stride later in the
same period. ripping Off one gain Of
27 yards.
Johnnies Show GameneSS.
WITH the first-string in action
again, and the Johnnies rapidly
fading. the third-period scoring was
held down only by desperate defense
tactics, Lambros' punting, and Mary
land penalties. Meade took the ball
on the st. Johns A at one point and
eluded the entire Annapolis defense
to romp across the goal line un-
touched-only to have the play called
back on Terrapin offSide.
A furry of passes by st. Johns
were grounded in midfield. Surgent
recovered a Johnny tumble on the
opponents 43 and Headley and Meade
rushed it to the st. Johns 5-yard
line in five plays. Snibbe tossed Head
ley on the 2-foot mark. but Ellingel
snaked through for the score two
plays later.
st. Johns never held the ball past
its own 46 throughout the fourth
period. Burns and Buck hit the line
repeatedly for small advances, until
Buck finally punted out from his owr
"a. Hewitt returned the punt to the
AZ, and a Weidinger-McCarthy pas
was good for yards. Weidingel
heaved to Bryant a moment later, tc
put the ball on the 6. and tumblec
across on the next play for the score
Line-ups and Summary.