The morning times., 1896-11-28
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
Championship Series Will Be
Opened Next Wednesday.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEAMS
They Are Evenly Matched and Some
Exciting Combats are Looked for.
Georgetown Interclass Game To-
day-ColuInbia Trying to Arrange
Christmas Day Game.

Although the football season is supposed
to terminate with Thanksgiving Day, the
Washington High School promoters OF the
sport evidently disregard that tradition.
as tile first game OF the inter high school
championship series will not take place
until next Wednesday.
This contest was scheduled for today,
but owing to the difficulty in securing suit
able grounds 1t was found necessary to
postpone the game. 1t has been definitely
arranged to take place on Columbia Field
at Seventeenth and c streets northwest.
The other games of the series will also
be played on the SAME field.
Three game swill be played between the
Central and Eastern teams, as IL is recog
nized that the race lies between these
elevens. In the event of the same team win
ming games, of course the third
likely be played.
URGED BY SCHOOL RIVALRY.
Interest in the coming games runs high
among the adherents Of the respective
teams, for everything indicates that the
race will be exceedingly close.
the Eastern boys. but it is believed that
the dash and activity of the latter will
more than counterbalance that advantage.
weIl-known player in local football circles.
this being his fourth year on the team.
Heis aneXcellent player and VIII DO doubt,
have his team in fine shape for tine coming
contests.
Captain s. Maupin. of the Eastern team,
is n first year boy but he has already
gained reputation as player and cap.
tain. He has liau some previous lootDaii
experience and seems to get very sats-
factory results from the players under his
direction.
Mr.. Emory Wilson. OF the Eastern faculty.
is an enthusiastic promoter OF fOotDall In
the school, and TO min is greatly due the
credit of developing SO strong team from
the limited amount oI materlai ~ Iaha;
The strong rivalry between Eastern
and Central, both in matters military and
athletic will serve to awaken the most
intense interest in the games and they are
sure to he attended by the entire student
body of both schools.
GEORGETOWN CLASS GAMES.
Class teams of '9S and 90 will line up
against each other this afternoon ON
Georgetown Field. and hot game is ex-
pected Because of the superior weight
OF '9S, that eleven is generally looked
upon as the winner, but the ramc may be
another OF the surprises which have been
sprung in these contests.
From the games played lndlcatlonS are
that the race for championship honors
The latter team has not shOwnup as was
expected, but IL is believed that they VIII
shortly strike their proper form ana glve
'97 the hardest kind OF race for honors-
The Columbia thletlc Cluii football team
broke training with the Thanksgiving game
and all practice has been discontinued.
However, there are rumors afloat that one
nlcrc game Of considerable interest VIII
shortly be arranged, in Which case the
Winged Arrow kickers viii again don the
moleskin and resume the chase oi the Pig
skin A Christmas game has always
been q feature of the dayit years gone by,
and il is very likely that one viii be ar
ranged this year