Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-12
HIGH SCHOOL FOOT HALL TEAMS.
The Boys Getting Ready for Some
Lively Scrfmmuges.

Lively ScrfmmaEes.
The foot ball teams of the respective
| High Schools have been late in beginning
practice this year, as only a few of the
boys who played on the first team last year
| returned this year. and it has taken quite
| a while to recruit new men.
Practice this week has been sharp. The
men are rapidly getting into form and play
| ing in regular positions. By the middle of
| next week it is expected that all of the
| teams will be decided upon, and the men
| assigned to their regular positions. and then
| the struggle for the championship of the
High Schools will begin.
| On Wednesday the Potomacs, a very
promising amateur eleven lined up against
| the Centrals and defeated them by a score
| of to in a half an hour game. The
| team, as represented in this game, was E.
| w. Demar, center; Mr.. Kimmell, left guard
Mr.. Ketchum, right guard; b. Wason. right
| tickle; n. Underwood. left tackle; Charles
Smith, right end; NJ. C. Maxwell, left end;
| Guy Oyster. full back; PHI. Tindall, right
| half back: F. w. Albert, left half back,
| and Wade l.. Jolly, quarter back. This ar
raEgement, with the probable substitutions
| of VIM NJ Shuster for Watson, who is op-
| posing Maxwell for left end and Alfred G.
Maddren for Demar. who is to take Ketch-
um'S place, is the most likely to be decided
upon.
The average weight Of the Central team
| is l54 pounds, the heaviest man being De-
mar, 1S5 pounds, while the lghtest is Jolly,
40 pounds. second practice game with
the Potomacs was played Thursday, In
which the latter again came out victorious
with score of to o.
Prospects at the Eastern this year are
much brighter than for several years past,
as they nave better material and are prac-
ticing under the guidance OF Mr.. Wilson, a
member of the faculty. who has had much
| experience in foot ball and looks after the
boys regularly.
AS yet no games have been scheduled,
but challenges have been received from
| the first and second Kendall Green teams,
| from the NJ. A c. team and the Central
and Business schools.
OF the dozen and half boys who are
practicing. those who have the best
chances for position on the team are
| Meigs, center; Miller, Linger and McKen-
zie for guards; Chapel for right and Smell
for left tackle. with Wagner and Price as
close seconds; Williams and S. Maupin
for ends, with Shilling a second choice;
J. Nfaupin as full back, Parson left half
back, with Hurst and Pierce having equal
chances for the position of right half back
and Kelly, who is captain, as quarter back.
s. Miller, who carries 135 avordupois. is
the heaviest man, and Kelly, with a weight
of 125 pounds, is the lightest. The mean
weight of the team is 145 IL pounds, which
is IL pounds less than that of the Cen
trail.
al tHe DuSiHeSS, dS DIT llle Eastern, most
of the men are recruits. there being only
a couple who played on the strong team of
last year. Their practice does not show
up as well as that of their brother schools.
because of a lack of coaching, which will
be looked after as soon as Chas. Lyman
| gets into the game.
From present Indications the boys most
| likely to get on the team are: Moore, CEN
| ter; Amiss and King, right and left guards;
Ferree and Mckee, left and right tackles;
| Monroe and Councilman, left and right
back: Golf, right half back, and Clark,
! left half back. After school next Tuesday
| a meeting will be held, at which captain
| and manager will be chosen and the eleven
| positions filled by the most desirable men.
| Buckingham, Kelly and Sheperd will prob
| ably be the substitutes.