Marston School - Howler Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Foreword Tl1e season of 1917 was very unsuccessful as far as the winning ol' games goes. lVe did not win any games, and tied only one, but it has taught the men how to play the game, and 11C2ll'ly all of this yearts squad will be back. lVe ,were much handicapped by the loss of most of last year's team, only three men having remained. Mr. Bosley, our coach of former years, was not with us this year, and at first it seemed as if we would be the coachless wonders1 but Mr. Woodrutf came to the rescue and brightened things up. Soon we were down to hard work. Everyone came out regularly tllltl worked with a will, with the possible exception of a couple, who were slightly hindered by a. dislike ot Mt. Washington mud. The squad was not as big as it might: have been, but in proportion to the number of big fellows it was pretty good. GAMES. The season started oll' with the Donaldson game, and, for a team which had never scrimmaged and only a few of the team having played before, we made a pretty good showing. lVe were beaten by a score of 6 to 0. lVe were rather shaky at first, the backs were afraid of the ball and stopped when tackled, not because oi' any fear, but merely because they were new and nervous. For once, the line had something harder than air to buck, but soon caught the stride. lllltl both teams settled down to hard lighting. I11 the end, however, they were a little too good for us. The Dunham game was the best we played. Being natural rivals, it was a hard-fought, cleanly played game, with a tinal score of 0 to 0. The Loyola game brought us another defeat to the tune of 25 to 0. There was not any luck on either sideg they beat us by straight foot. ball. The reason for this large score was partly due to the fact that We had three men in the line-up who had never played football before.

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'Forward pass was The keynole le The Frienels' game. Several times we hall them on the go, but lhey always came hack with passes l1lll'0llQll a Tackle of nnnsnal height. The Iinal sc-ere was I-L to 0, and we were fairly well saiislieml. NVe reachefl our low-water nnark in the Mellenegli game. We were 0llt0l2lSSlf1l in every 1l01Hll'l'lll0lll' el' the gilllllf anfl were tlmrengllly trenllceal. hy a 58-to-0 score. Stuyvesant K'illlll5 np from 'Virginia in play ns one Satrnrmlay morning. 'We went into the game like a whirlwinrl anal soon hall Then: To a 7-li score. All of a snllmlen everything went wrong and we were beaten by 7 to 18. The last game of lhe season was with ST. -lanies. Again we seeniell te have our opponents on the rnn, and again we were beaten. lt rieelned like hard lnck. The score was 12 te 6.