The Washington times., 1905-11-05

were steady and consistent workers.
although first choice goes to Bland be-
cause Of knack of breaking through the
line and interfering with plays. The
trio was unusually reliable in passing.
Several Good Quarters.
The fight for quarterback was between
Bowles. OF Business, Evans of Central
and Muir, Of Western. With a strong
team the Business captain would un-
doubtedly have shone brightly. but as
he did nothing Of especial note except
on the defense. the position narrows
down 10 the Central and Western play
ers. and finally goes to Muir. Both are
OF the lightweight type and both are
fairly reliable Open-feld runners, bur
Evans poor geueralship lost him the
place Crooks. of Tech, showed up well
for Tech early in the season but ne did
not play in the big gaines.
at halfback Field, the Eastern lead
er, was without peer The most re-
liable ground gamer on his team, he
was a hard plungins back, who was
seldom started without a gain. on
the defense ne scented the ball better
than any of the other players. and
often crossed from his position and
dOwned the runner for a loss.
Aggressive Halves.
Benedict, of Central. gets the other
haIfback position. Like Field, he was
good defensive player. and was one
of the Blue and Whites best in ad-
vancing the bail. He picked his open
ings nicely, and in the Western game
made his teams most substantial gains.
Coswitch, Benedicts running mate.
and Farmer, of Eastern. showed Up
we'll
Although it was his first year on
the team Dawson made good at West
ern. Judging from some of his work
In hn crnF lE %
could be developed into a good half
back. Tech had trio OF good backs in
Hoover, Small and Garvey, who were.
however, below the standard set by
Benedict and Field.
Duganne FuiIback.
Captain Duganne is the choice for
fullback Although ne has been tried
at tackle by Tech, DuEanne could un-
doubtedly be switched to fulIbaclc with
success. In playing the line the big
fellow was badly handicapped by hav-
ing TO leave his position 20 back up the
forwards, and ~ a result many gains
were made through his tackle. Du-
game is one OF the best line smashers
in the league, and working with Field
and Benedict on a second defense
could undoubtedly do brilliant work in
backing up. Willis Of Central, Thomas
OF Western, and Bender Of Eastern
were the three regular halfbacks
whose work attracted attention VIII
lis was especially good i'm bolsterng up
the line. while the other two showed
to advantage IN advancing the ball
HOTner, of Tech. has the making OF \
good fullback.
With Wo~thington, Harrington, PyIes.
Hodgson and Bland forming Il front Of
forwards and Bristol and Phelan guard
ing the TANKS. with Field Benedict and
Duganne on the second line. the Wash
ington all High School could present a
defense through which any schoIa site
team would experience trouble in gain
ing When IL came To gaining ground
Dugannes line smashing. Ffeld's 8 plunges
through quick openings. and BristOI's
slIirtinE OF the ends, together with
Worthington ana FaTrinGton bucking
off tackles Muir could drive into the
OPPOSING defense plays which would
cause the leading scholastic teams of
the country 10 exert themselves to the
utmost. Whenever held, Worthngton' $
long spiral punts would send the leath-
er out OF danger.