Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-17
WILL TRY TT AGAIN
High School Foot Bill Teams Failed
to &&e.
A sruBBoRHLf Contested GAME
Death of Bob lsom, the Well
knownIJockey.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

The foot ball championship of the High
Schools is still in doubt. and another game
between the Eastern and Central teams
Will be arranged at once to settle the ques-
ton beyond all dispute. The teams met
yesterday at National Park for the decid-
ing game in the series. but during the forty
minutes Of play not single point was
gained by either side.
When play was called the west grand
stand was mass of spectators, the great
er part of them of course supporters of
one school or the other, and most of them
young ladies in bright colors, waving rib
bons and making a scene bright and i'm
pressive The cheering that forms such an
important part of all High School contests
where one school is pitted against another
began early in the afternoon and kept I'D
with scarcely an intermssion until the final
call of time During the intermission be-
tween halves the enthusiasm of the Cen
trail exceeded all bounds when Capt. oyster.
who had been doing splendid work. was
presented with a handsome bunch of
MOWERS, and carried around the field on the
shoulders of a dozen of his admirers.
The first half began with the Centrals at
the KICKOFF. After little preliminary Skin
mishing, the Easterns secured the ball
near the center of the field, and, by steady
ana persistent ruShes. in which "Soc''
Maupin figured prominently, carried it
boys from uptown made firm stand. and
did such good defensive work that with
put hve yards to go for a touchdown the
Ia Tern warriors were unable to advance
the ball an inch. and lost it on downs, The
Dali was advanced to the twenty-yard line.
Where oyster made splendid kick for over
forty yards After more skirmishing the
Centrals again secured possession of tn.
ball, and placed it on the Eastern's thirty
yard line. Here a tumble was made. and
>. Maupin secured the ball after "heId'
mad been given, and carried it the length
of the field for touchdown, but the run
was disallowed, and the ball brought hack
On the very next play, however, S. Maupin
again took the ball and went through the
G o,enu al me almost unopposed and with
clear field before him again started Off for
arother touchdown. Curtis started after
him, however, and on Centrals twentv
yard line tackled the fleeing Eastern chief
sure and hard After the ball was down,
however, Maupin passed 1t to Licarione
VINO promptly placed it behind the goal
Inc, unopposed. The touchdown was dis
alowed. however. it being forward pass
t en pan on Downs and Oyster again kicked
Ior about forty yards,sthe end of the half
coming with the ball in the Eastern field.
The Second Half.
In the second half the bali was in the
center Of the field, or III the Eastern terri
tory, almost all the etime. Short gains
through the lire for either side. with one
long kick by Smell, tells the story of this
half, which ended with the ball almost on
the center line
- In the first half the splendid work OF
team, was plainly apparent, as was Cant.
Maupin's fine work for the Easterns
oysters kicking was also a feature of this
nalf' while Shuster, j. 4Maup:n. Smell, Bo-
billions Of how the game should he MIA vad
In the second half the feature was OYSTERS
persistent and hard line buckng. 1t seemed
indeed as though the Centrals could make
unless Oyster had the bali for an attemnt
at the line. His work was almost on a mar
with that of Larendon. who PLAYED such a
me game with the knickerbocker Athletic
CLUB Saturday. In this half S. Maup!n also
did good work, while in the line ChanJvn
Tor the Easterns, and Barnard for the
central, put up games that could hardly
De exceliea: Oyster was hurt several times
through. Had he been taken out of the
contest. the Easterns would have won
easily.
General Companion.
Both teams put up a good defensive
game but the Easterns managed their in
reference better than the Central team,
oyster would get the ball, but his interfer-
ence would be slow in getting away in
front OF him, and he invariably had to
"AAe LII lHeHi, anu CnuS lost several wards
a number of times
Inc game was exceptionally clean and
Tree from smuggling. and from all objection
able features, except in one instance, when
the captain of the Eastern team, perhaps
unintentionally, hit a Central PLAYER who
was down on the ground
Inc Eastern aggregation showed evil
dence early in the season of being excep-
lonally strong while the Central team was
much of disappointment to the support
ers OF the school until few weeks, up to
that time the Eastern team seeming tn
have walkover in prospect The play at
the Central School improved greatly, how
ever, In the last two or three weeks, ana
the game put up yesterday was in the ma
ture Of surprise, even to those who had
the highest hopes for the teams success.
The lineup:
Central Position Eoe+ar,