St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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The second game for the championship was postponed on account of rain until December 2. The third game for the championship was played on November I 3 with Maryland Agricultural College. The game was very uninteresting and poorly played. The features of the game were the long runs of Blanchard, Spates and Peterson. St. John's kicked off. M. A. C. made good gains, but soon lost the ball on a fumble. Blanchard was given the ball and made five yards. Whitsoii was sent through a centre twice for three yards. Blanchard, Sinclair and Spates each made good gains. By these rushes the ball was brought within a few feet of the goal line. Whitson ' Sr. JoHN's . . . then made a touchdown. Blanchard kicked the goal. M. A. C. kicked off and Blanchard caught the ball, but made small gain. St. john's lost the ball on downs when they were near the goal line. Peterson of M. A. C. made a run of thirty-five yards. Q Time was called, with the ball near the centre of the field. In the second half M. A. C. kicked off. St. john's was unable to make the required number of yards, and Blan- chard in attempting to kick fumbled the ball, Speak, of M. A. C., getting it, made a touchdown, but failed to kick the goal. Neither side scored after this. Score. . . . . 6 MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE . 4 ST, JOHN'S vs. IOHNS HOPKINS. The fourth game for the championship was played on Thanksgiving in Cambridge with Johns Hopkins. Both teams were on the field and ready to play by 2.30 o'clock. Hopkins won the toss and chose to defend the goal. St. John's kicked off and downed the man with the ball before he had made ten yards. Hopkins began to push the ball towards the middle of the field, but lost it on a fumble. St. John's then had a chance to' score, but fumbled on Hopkins' ten-yard line. Hopkins then, by fine interference, brought the ball out to the centre of the Jonns Hopkins . ST.JOHN'S . . ,. -l' 140 field, where it remained for some time. Hopkins, by hammering St. j'ohn's tackles, carried the ball down within two yards of St. John's goal line. Then St. john's took a brace and played ball as they should play and as they had played before. Hopkins was unable to make an inch, and St. -Iohn's got the ball on downs 5 thus the good hard work of Brady and long run by Blanchard carried the ball within twenty yards of Hopkins' goal, but then fumbled it, and Hopkins got the ball and kept it until the first half ended. S core. . . 0 . . 0

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league games. T. JOHN'S opened the championship season with the Western Maryland College, defeating them by a score of I6 to o. During the game several of the Western Maryland players were overcome by the heat and were obliged to retire. St. John's showed her supe- riority in this game, none of her men being overcome by the heat. Reynolds, Spates and Sinclair of the new men did particularly well. The features of the game were long runs by Brady and Blanchard. St. john's kicked off, and Western Maryland brought the ball back to the centre of the field by a long run of one of their men. This position they lost in a fumble. Brady and Reynolds made gains of live yards. Blan- chard was then given the ball and made a gain of two yards, after which the ball was lost on a fumble, but was immediately regained again on a foul. By small gains St. Iohn's had the ball for some time, most of the gains being made by Brady, Blanchard and Mackall. The ball was lost by a fumble on the six-yard line. Western Maryland was prevented from advancing the ball by a fine tackle of Torbert. She lost the ball on off-side play. Blanchard then succeeded in making a touchdown eleven St. fohn'.s. Positions. Western Maryland. REYNOLDS . . . Left End ...... SMITH. W1-u'rsoN . . . Left Tackle . . C- Lglfizzi TORBER1' . . . Left Guard . . . . HonNER. PENNINGTON ..... Centre . . . . TAGG. SrA'rEs . ..... Right Guard . . . DUKES. Umpire-MR. MACKDERMOTT, of Hopkins. minutes after play, and Brady kicked goal. Score : St. John's 6, Western Maryland o. At the kick-off Blanchard made a run of sixty yards. St. John's was then given ten yards for off-side play. Blanchard made a gain of twenty yards. The ball was then lost on downs. Western Maryland carried the ball to the twenty-yard line, but lost it on downs. Brady then made the star play of the game by a run of eighty yards around right tackle. Blanchard then made the second touchdown. Brady failed to kick goal. Score : St. John's Io, Western Maryland o. Western Maryland kicked off. Brady made a short gain 3 then made a good gain around the right end. The ball was then lost on a fumble. Western Maryland then lost the ball on downs. Spates and Torbert made good gains. Blanchard made a run of fifty yards. Spates then carried the ball within one foot of the goal line. Mackall carried it over. Brady kicked goal. Score : St. 1ohn's 16, Western Maryland o. Time was called, with the ball in possession of Western Maryland. The teams lined up as follows : St. fohnlr. Positions. Western Maryland. SINCLAIR . . . Right Tackle .... H. BAKER. WINCHESTER . . . Right End ...... Ti-xonv. DOUGLAS . . . Quarter-Back . . B' O'gX:::,': BRADY . . . . Left Half-Back .... STAUFFER. BLANCHARD . . Right Half-Back . . . ZEPP. MACKALL ..... Full-Back . . . WELLS. LlHCSnlaH-MESSRS. OREM AN'D Tyson. Referee-MR. ELY, of Gallaudet. Fifteen and twenty-five-minute halves. - 39 I

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Hopkins kicked off in the second half, and by fumbling St. .Tohn's was unable to advance it more than five yards. St. Iohn's worked the ball little by little to the centre of the field, where they fumbled. Hopkins worked the ball back to St. John's ten-yard line, where they were forced JOHNS HOPKINS . S1'.JoHN's' . . . St. Iohn's kicked off, but Hopkins was unable to ad- vance the ball beyond the centre of the field. Here it remained for the rest of the game. Hopkins was in pos- session of the ball when time was called. St. Iohn's lost the game by fumbling. Hopkins did not hold them once Jonns Homcms Sr. JoHN's . . to kick, but the kick was blocked and the ball went over to St. John's, who after a few rushes again fumbled, and this time Hopkins took the ball down the field and by a very open foul made a touchdown. Hodges kicked the goal. Score. . . 6 . . . O for four downs, but every time they got the ball it was by a fumble. It was not the fumbling only that lost the game 5 the umpire was decidedly in favor of the Hop- kins and did not mind showing it. Final Score. . . 6 . O Umpire--Mn. MACKDERMOTT. Referee-M R. Crusw. Thirty-minute Halves. ST. jOHN'S vs. GALLAUDET. I The last game for the championship was played on December 4 with Gallaudet. This game decided whether Gallaudet should get the banner or that St. john's tie for iirst place, which, if they had, it would be necessary to play' another game to decide who would be champions of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The day for the game was very disagreeable, and the grounds were covered with water and mud. The Gal- 'I' I4 laudet men outweighed St. John's about fifteen pounds to a man. The features of the game were long runs by Brady and Blanchard. St. john's kicked off, Gallaudet catching the ball, and by mass plays and rushing the centre brought the ball to the centre of the field. Here they lost it on downs. Blan- chard took the ball and made a long run around Gallau- det's right end. After several attempts, St. john's lost the