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Resume 1924 Football Season T HE football season of Western Maryland this year was by far the most successful season that the Green and Gold has witnessed in many years. Under the direction of Coaches Shroyer and Speir and backed by the in' domitable fighting spirit which caused Washington and Lee University, the year before, to call them The Green Terrors, the football team swept forward, in spite of heavy odds, playing the hardest schedule of its career, to an impressive string of victories. The season was opened with a game with Bucknell University, led by the redoubtable Moran of Centre College fame, and the score was 6 to 0 in favor of Bucknell. This was by far the biggest surprise of the season, for the entire football world was looking for a 30'point score by Bucknell. The work of Western Maryland in this game can be seen by the fact that Western Maryland lost to Bucknell by the same score that Bucknell defeated Navy. The following week the Green Terrors met and defeated the team repre- senting the United States Tank School by the score of 20 to 3, although the Tanks' team outweighed Western Maryland fifteen pounds per man. An unexpected reverse came the following week, when the Green and Gold men lost a sluggish game to George Washington University to the tune of 19 to O. This reverse was caused, first, by over-confidence, and second, by the fact that George Washington had in its line' up several graduate students who were foot, ball stars, one of whom was our own redoubtable Lyman Long. The Home-Coming game was with St. John's College, our ancient rival, and was played before the largest crowd that has ever attended a football fracas on College Hill, and was resplendent with thrills from start to finish. The Ter- rors outplayed the Johnnies from start to finish, more than the score indicates. The ball was never in the possession of St. John's and at the same time within striking distance of Western Maryland goal. The score: 13 to O. Catholic University was the next on the list and was met on a neutral field. The Terrors maintained a slight edge throughout the entire contest, but the mar' gin was never enough to give more than an inkling of the outcome. Our men played brainy and hard football, fumbled but once and were alert for mistakes by the opposition. Catholic University got five first downs, three on forward passes, Western Maryland nine. The big tackles and guards of Western Mary, land were a bulwark which stopped Catholic University's rushing game. The [157}