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" 15 18 WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE MONTHLY

,, ~ letics of our college and it is a great pleasure to know that we have their sup-
port.
~:,r1I\THLE T~C~.S J
1-,... :1,t Let us not lose our "pep" Western Maryland, and even though we ha~e
lost our chance for the State Championship we have had our best season m
\ years, and everybody . get together and pull for our champio. n team m. 1917.

Suffering from the defeat of the preceding Saturday,

at New York, and with the remembrance of two succes-

sive losses at the hands of Delaware College, the ,Green ITERN Three Cheers!

and Gold went to Newark with but one aim-to decisively. rrime seroes EVELYN BAUGHMAN
beat Delaware-and they succeeded. After the first ten. interested
minutes of play W. M. outclassed the team that had the } competent ltimore p Three cheers for our gridiron heroes!
week before beaten Penn Military College three touch- Who upheld the green and gold
jteam usii And who dared you, Johnny Hopkins
downs, While the line held Delaware safe the backfield were scoring two With your team so great and bold.
and dars Yes, you beat us there at Homewood
touchdowns and one field goal. The final score was 16-0. But you needn't be so proud,
.ne stretch . s season} When against our brave eleven
You arrayed your M. D. crowd,
For the first time since 1911 George Washington University and Western hints, that 1 studen} But we hope you saved some doctors
Maryland opposed each other on the gridiron and the game was somewhat most sue- For think, when the game was o'er
similar to that played in that year stated above. Both teams played loose ague com- the coIl
football and the Green and Gold finally was turned in the winner by a 3-0 ested from
score. The only redeeming feature of the game was in the first quarter when [mires fi~
W. M. held G. W. on their own three yard line for four downs after it had i
been worked down the field on straight football. lhe spirif I
Day.
J common- d does 1
ia speedy,
ationall (
his is due
re alum Thirty-five men you had taken.
rt~ng ~pi.
Iseason- ctIOn m ' To pile up that winning score.

The Eastern College game was merely a practice game for Western fefense.on ~arYland If in numbers there lies greatness
Maryland who ran for touchdowns almost at will. Coach Beall used over the best
two teams in the game and even then the team from Manassas was unable iof the op- Surely, you have won a cheer .
to get within scoring distance of W. M.'s line. The score was 61-0. The 'has' mg m. - (
game although won was costly to W. M. as Woolford the brilliant little hafl- But we know, for all your boastmg,
back fractured his wrist and may be kept from the rest of the games. y covering e drawn,
unt of The quality we have right helle.
rIn the part imes am
line, in to test HGW we held you for two quarters-

Say, wasn't that nobly done? .

lue on the When you'd played three teams ageinst us

The first State game that Western Maryland engaged in was with Mt: y defense By whom was that great game won?

St. Mary's and the battle took place on College Field before a large crowd of directed. Three cheers for our spunky heroes!

Green and Gold supporters. Although W. M. had showed flashes of a re~l I The best the goo For the team that dares to fight!
football team up to this time it had always played out of State teams and this What's the matter with the whole team?
game was looked forward to with great interest by all the football followers 1
'06, all' Sure I say-They're all, all right!
lout them n '09, a Rani Rah!Rah! for Western Maryland,
ecking I And for Kester's sturdy men! .
j
h. Gil ,And we'll get you, Johnny H.opkms,
)get start- sive.foi
Play and beat you once again:
in Maryland as the outcome, naturally eliminated one of the two teams ~n ect inter- F formi

the race for championship honors. The game was played in a drizzly ram te of this re coml

but nevertheless fumbles were few and good, hard, and clean football w~s of four or

played by both teams. From the scoring standpoint the game was a dIS- between

appointment, but from an observer's standpoint it was a treat. The Mou~- real point It hanr
taineers were naturally disappointed at the outcome but it can be truly said ,v.igor and

that they fought up to the last second of play and made Beall's men keep on y tucked ive tac1
vantag
necessary

ce far be- e and

f the ele- he tea'

~ lighter t posit

lame sort th vig

. and suc- arry 0'
ceeding years. For the present team the amount of space given in daily
Franl
at that is.euer 18 !lUL WGU "'-I,,:.t't'-~

rrI needed to be the best quarter III thd
on his ability as a field general an
st the weakest spots in the defense.