The Washington herald., 1906-11-28


quick succession, and finally the boys
from across the creek pulled of a play
that came as the biggest sort OF surprise
to the 20O0 spectators.
On sudden SHIFT the Western center
kicked the ball as it lay on the ground,
and II went nearly fifty yards before II
was recovered by the Red and White In a
wild scramble. This play completely
fooled Central, and placed the bail on the
20-yard line. in a position from which
Howard stepped back and sent the ball
between the uprights for the four points
that sent Centrars chances for a cham
pionship title glimmering. Like oil plays
of the sort, II could be used successfully
only once, but on the single opportunity
1t was so well timed and executed that
IL more than compensated for the three or
four times in which it was blocked by
Ceatrars center. who placed his foot d.
rectly against the ball
Westerns Defense and Attack.
Not only did Westerns attack advance
the ball steadily. but on the defense West
End eleven proved equally as strong. Big
Cy Macdonald, Bureh, Hamilton. and
Fleming. who ripped through Technical
and Philadelphia Central High for good
gains. found It utterly impossible to ad-
vance the ball consistently against the
light and inexperienced, but scrappy and
fast line OF her opponents. Western =
forwards refused to give, and her ends
were so fast In diving into attempted end
runs that Central soon gave up hope Of
getting outside the fanks when distance
was needed
While the palm Of victory and glory
goes TO the winners, the losers were not
without their need of praise. Before the
| first half had ended Central players had
experienced the biggest surprise of their
athletic careers. when they found that
they could not gain ground Undaunted.
the o street players never waveTed, but
the final whistle found them battling hard
to defend their goal line from Western s
persistent charges. Centrars players
never gave up hope until the game was
over. and when a realization that they
had been actually defeated by Western
came over them they were completely
/ broken up.
Whatever individual houors there were
went 10 little Howard. Westerns 120-
pound fun back Although this Is his
/ first year on the gridirOn. this diminutive
| player put up a remarkable exhibition for
/ his school, and his hOnOrs were suitably
CAPPED when he dropped back from the
/ 20-yard line 10 the 30-yard line early in
/ the first half and sent the ball spinning
/ through the posts for the only points OF
the game. A few minutes before this
/ feat Howard had gathered in a punt on
/ his own 40-yard line and wiggled his way
/ up the field for - yards before, he was
| finally brought down on a tackle from be-
/ bird. Osgood, Babcock, Capt. Radford
and Morse, whose punting was feature
also starred for Western, while Capt
| Macdonald. Burch, and Hamilton did the
/ best work for the Blue and White.
Dispute over the Rules.
/ Before the game commenced there was
a dispute over the rules, Western con
I tending that under Rule 16 none of the
/ linemen could carry the ball BY their in
/ depreciation. the West Enders hoped tC
/ keep Fleming from carrying the ball. An
other point brought up was that under
Rule the center could use only one
| hand in swapping the ball. On both OF
! these disputes the officials ruled against
Capt. Bradford. All Of the passing BY
/ Catchings. Westerns cepter. was done
with one hand.
! Western kicked of, and after hoIdine
Central, an exchange Of punts followed
Then Central took TO rushing. and wa.
soon forced to boot the ball. Macdonald
kicked to Howard. who gathered in tn,
pigskin and evaded tackler after tackIer
until he got 10 the 25-yard line. Centra
put up "A stih defense and regained tn,
ball on downs. The ball was worked I,
[ midheld where Western once more tool
the offensive. and after one play Catch
( ings pulled of the center kick. which
1 went 10 the 0-yard line. where Westerg
/ fell on IT, Central once more refused I,
have her goal line crossed, so Wester1
formed for a try at goal from the field
Howard received the pass and deliberate
" sent the ball directly through the up
rights several yards above the bar.
Western at once went on the defens
and punted the ball out Of danger unit
time was called
At the beginning Of the closing perio,
Central started OF with rush an,
Burch, Macdonald, and Hamilton wer
used TO work the ball TO the 90-yard line
Here Western held. and her goal line wa
never again in danger Western worke,
her way into Central territory. and sev
eral times seemed likely TO score bu
CentraIs defense grew stronger as he
goal was threatened, and there was n
scoring.
As a result Of yesterdays victory. tn
Princeton Alumni Cup. emBlematic of tn
championship will remain at westerI
another year
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