The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-26
Eastern Will Make Debut
Against Business Eleven
Tomorrow Afternoon.
REAL FIREWORKS
SET FOR FRIDAY
entral-Technical Skirmish Will
Eliminate Loser in Fight for
Scholastic Title.
By 7. R. HILDEBRAND.

Though the season is comparatively
young, the present week win eliminate
all but two contenders for the high
school football championship.
Tomorrow a dark horse. around which
is centered a whole lot OF interest. viii
cavort around American League Park
in an effort TO put Business IN last
place. And the followers OF the game
llD AZ Business and over at Eastern are
about as enthusiastic about football
team that can edge out Of the tail-end
position as Washingtonians are OF
baseball team that can finish seventh.
Jimmy Kerr has the Eastern High
school squad in charge and If the team
measures up to the caliber OF the coach'
II should not only shove the StenogTa-
piers down 10 last place but give Cen
trail and either Western or Iech
run for consolation honors- But IL IS
useless 10 try TO dope" out the last
End squads chances. As far as actua4
playing goes they are unknown quanu-
ties. They were badly beaten IN baill-
more recently, but that was by team
said to be out OF their class IN point
OF weight and experience
business likewise presents something
of a problem It's showing against
Technical in the high school curtain
raiser was a disappointment 20 its Eol-
lowers. The defeat last Tuesday was
attributed TO a discrepancy in weight
and the comparatively brief period Tor
practice afforded the Ninth street school'
il remains 10 be seen what the team
can do against rival in what S-lo1ia %
a pretty evenly matched game.
F3ut the real fireworks will be let loose
nj n
nv its defeat at the hands Of the light
Western aggregation last TUESDAY, -
likely to come back like a whiriwind'
Ivith every ounce Of its fighting spirit.
for the double purpose OF retrieving
itself and putting its old rival out OF
the running for the title.
should Central win, a pretty three
conered race between the . street
school, Technical. and Western would
ensue- A Technical victory would put
the Centralites hopelessly out Of the
running, and the outcome would hinge
on the Technically estern skirTnish,
which Will, In any case. mark the high
water enthusiasm.
high school peuuauJ is one OF the pref
ties III years. and the only one for
some time when the winner has not
been q fOregOue conclusion before the
Most OF Us are proud Of that George
Washington team.
AS stated before in these columns the
team this year marks new epoch In
athletics at the downtown school. and
the track team promises in every way
10 live up 10 the reputation built al
mos, in a night, by the football squad.
Perhaps this praise may be prema-
ture The HatcheJites have gotten the
glad hand from so many quarters that
they are in imminent danger OF turning
turtle about the middle OF the season
with that very common complaint
overcOnhdenCe. Such things have hap
pened.
The team should go into the Navy
game Wednesday in its best form and
should do all this with the full eXDecta-
tiOn of being beaten That defeat
should not mean encouragement The
MldQles on Saturday showed that they
have team which ranks even ahead
Of their stellar product Of last year.
and George Washington should not
bank on a victory unless the Sailors
SuHer remarkable reversal after get
ting the best of Harvard in every re-
spect except the score, 1t Is, however,
perfectly permissible TO expect the
Hatchetltes TO hold down their oppO-
nents next Wednesday to a low score
four tOuchdowns at most. With the
form shown on several occasions this
season, and with the exercise OF good
JN-e7A-+NiA NA4A1 - 440 AotsoEA nope
After another Saturday of surprises
Tor members Of the big -Four" Vale
remains the only member Of the elect
cleVens that has not yet had its goal
crossed.
Both Navy and Harvard lost that hon
or in the drawn battle at AnnapoIfs-
It Is no new thing for varsity elevens
70 fan down miserably in early games
with Inferior teams, but for three con-
tenders for the collegiate title To end
up with a tie on the same day against
colleges out OF their class sets a Drece-
dent which has probably not been
equaled in football history.
The most curious urOblem of the
whole fraternity is presented by Prince
ton. The team magnificent defense
scored on when Hodgson kicked a field
has kept its goal intact though II was
goal IN the Y. I. l. game. on the
other hand the Tigers showed them
selves the veriest amateurs when il
come TO any preconcerted methods of
attack.
The team has fought Syracuse and
Lafayette. Infinitely weaker teams. TO
standstill, but was able TO chalk M
victory over neither because of rs
poor offensive work.