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SOCCER RESUME E soccer team deserves much credit for the rapid progress it has made in its six years of existence. The past season proved the most successful, only one game being lost and that to Army, considered the best team in the East. Much credit must be accorded the entire squad for its persistence and for its cooperation with Captain Beauchamp, who both played in the games and directed the team most successfully. The team opened its season by defeating Maryland State Normal 3-1 on October 5. Then, after nights of strenuous workouts in preparation for the home game with Franklin and Marshall who had won by close margins for two years, the Terrors met and defeated them handily. A few days later the Green booters scored their third win of the season by conquering Normal 5-0 in a return game. After another hard week of scrimmages, the Terrors traveled to the Balti- more Stadium primed for their test with Navy, a preliminary to the Navy- Michigan football game. In this game it was proven without doubt that an excep- tional soccer machine had been developed at Western Maryland, for the Terrors not only broke the two year winning streak of the Navy, but were conceded the edge throughout the game. The following Wednesday Western Maryland met the United States Mili- tary Academy at West Point. Handicapped by the injury of Hart, Benson, and Howard, and bewildered by the lights which illuminated the field when darkness settled, Western Maryland went down to its only defeat of the season. With Howard, goalkeeper, and strong point of the Terror defense, on the side lines for the remainder of the season because of a leg injury, and Captain Beau- champ also out of the game, the Terrors made a successful invasion of Pennsyl- vania territory. Lafayette and Haverfor::! were defeated on consecutive days by scores of 2-0 and 2-1. Lafayette came to Westminster for a return game on December 7, to lose once more to the team whose superior fighting spirit and passwork had brought them wide recognition on the soccer field throughout the entire season. page one hundred eighty-three