Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-09
HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL.
Central and Technical Teams Clash To-
morrow.

at American Leogue Park field. when
Technical will line up against Central High
School, In this contest will come the tug
OF war sure enough. Technical would
rather be beaten by any high school team in
the city than by Central. and the White
and Blue takes the same view of matters
so far as Tech IL concerned. In the game
Saturday with the team of the Army and
Navy Preparatory School, Techinal sur
prised a great many Of the wise ones who
thought that the manual training boys
diers and sailors. Technical Is playing a
different style of foot ball, that at a glance
SHOWS that 1t is more adapted to the play
which the dark red and gray should always
put forward. and those who believe that
Central is going to put 1t over Technical
would do better to think the matter over
more than once. Coach Hecox has been
working technical hard since the Army
and Navy Preparatory School game on Sat
urday, and when the contest with Central
Is called Technical will be there with the
goods. If the predictions of many of the
manual training enthusiasts do not fail to
come true ANY one who Is aware of the
ability OF Coach Hecox to put a team in
winning condition knows perfectly we'll that
at thls time he may probably spring a sur
prise on the followers of local high school
srldlron and develop Technical into win
nlhs aggregation which cannot be headed
IL must be borne in mind that Coach Hecox
TINS season had an entirely new team to
develop from what may be considered not
a likely lot of players at the beginning, and
10 see the work that he has done deserves
nothing but credit
me local high school world expects each
season SO far as the championshin
IS concerned that Technical is surely going
10 be one of the Its" and when the same
GOES not come true apparently on the first
Jump then Technicals coach is regarded
as not having developed the manual train
ing boys to the extent that they may be in
condition to show their ability as gridiron
warriors This year Technical has only
lost to Western, and this Is no disgrace
for the red and white has one of the fast
est teams that has ever represented the
school from the heights. In the game with
Eastern 1t could be seen that Technical
was improving in her foot ball and though
this game was a tie 1t might have been a
victory If Technical had done. much end
running instead Of assaulting the line of
the baby blue and white At line as
saulting and withstanding assaults Eastern
Is one of the best among the high school
| teams of the city, and with her fast backs
was more than match for Technical. This
game viii be played over at some date In
the near future and Technical. with her
advanced style Of play, Will again have
the opportunity of winning from the East
erners. The crucial test will come Friday
| In the contest with Central and those who
attend the contest can depend upon II that
the fur will fly, for Coach Hecox Is going
to send Technical in to win the game and
IOi tlllS CCHieSt leCHIlCd1 needs but little
encouragement to play the best game that
they are capable of putting up The only
trouble that Coach Hecox has as yet en-
countered is that several of the Technical
players fail at times to show up for prac-
tice. When there is another high school
game being played several of the Technical
players have way of starting for the
scene of the gridron contest just about
the time that the practice at the Manual
Training School begins. OF course Coach
Hecox Will not play those players who
leave the practice, and some of the pronis-
ing substitutes may be seen in the next
lineup with Central.
Captain McDonald's men from Central
will come into the contest with Technical
with every hope of winning. and to those
who have watched the teams closely since
the beginning of the season It Is apparent
that old Central will end running ga
lore In the contest. Many believe that
Technical will outweigh Central to such
a considerable extent that the blue and
white viii have a hard time getting through
the dark red and white line, but this Will
hardly be true, for. after all, Technical Is
not 80 heavy as many believe True enough.
the manual training boys have some beef
in the line when such men as Mccarthy
are considered but when the mention Is
made by Tech. s opponent of being hope
lessiy outweighed the statement will stand
investigation, unless perhaps the remarks
be made by the Business aggregation or
possibly Western. the latter claim being
disputed by the Technical management.
central mas SuCN players IN the line as
Mccormick and Captain Mcdonald, the
former one OF the best tackles in the high
schools and a first rate punter. while Cap
tain Mcdonald, in the game with Western.
showed that he is one of the most dashlng
pigskin warriors on the local high school
gridiron. In his end runs and line assaults
in the game with the red and white Nc
Donald did fine work. and so far this sea-
son seems to be the only player who could
smash the Western line at times for sub
stantial gains. Benedict showed up well
and in nearly each down made q gain
His lodging was Of the kind that brings
a football player to the front. and during
the contest several times he had Western
guessing as to whether they could stop
him. 1t is more than probable that q large
attendance will be present, as the contest
will decide which team is to occupy sec
ond place in the high school foot ball cham
pionship race. The lineup will probably be
as follows:
Central Positions. Technical
Bristol. ..-....... left end Ellsworth
Mcdonald. ........ left tackle .DuGanne
u ftlnI ieft guard .Sturgis
Iayior. -----....-... center .Doran
FleniIIs right Euafu .toWlanu
Mccormick right tackle Mccarthy
King. .............. right end ..........,.. Bell
Evans. ........... quarterback .......... .Thiele
kcsehweh. left halfback .......... Small
Benedict. ....... right halfback .....,... Barnes
Willis. .......,..... fuilback ........... Garvey