The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-31
Holds Technical in Second
Half, But Fails to
Score.
WINNERS EMPLOY
ATTACK ON LINE
o Street School Fails to Show
Mettle Until 1t Is Hope
lessly Beaten.
BvLR. HILDEBRAND.

Face to face with the possibility Of
being hopelessly swamped, Central High
school. after allowing Technical two
ro1,chdowns in the first half, rallied
psmaly and had a shade on their op-
Uonents in the second session. though
neither scored.
The score. u 10 0. would have been
much higher had the Central war
riors continued the style or play started
IN he ouenins round It likewise falls
"a tell the tale of that game rally In the
latter mart of the game when the Man
nal Trainers goal was all but crossed
and the team outplayed' Juoseu ny '''0
standards of new football.
# was tacital error for the Blue and
,,-bita eleven to keep their repertoir OF
,ricIs nIaNs IN the background ul I
basfen Greatly outweighed, central
liDa eove way like paper before the
Srnirhies' terrific ouslauShts- II was a
sheer battle of Drawn CehlL@l les
baeu trained IN defensive Work iliucil
better than in offensive plays But an
things being equal, It's me coulu ~ ~
have been expected 10 hold betoie -, ~
slIuerior strength OF its opponents. - -
rv5I.s entire strength was always con-
,-a,+ra+ed ON the effort of checking
Techs rushes. Again ana again ~.
Manual Trainers would plunge sJTalsnl
for the center, for an instant luS ih 49,
would sway. then Central Woulu slNe
away, and through the tangled web d
Tech man Wound carry the bail TOT
I'VE or ten-yard gain.
Work Triple Pass.
The delayed triple pass was success
fully operated by Central twice IN tho
second half. a forward pass was pulled
of so effectively that for an instant II
looked as if Central had a clear tue 90
q touchdown. But Grippe was slow IN
handling the ball and he was downeo
before ne could get a good start
In protecting itself against gains oy
means of trick plays Technical showed d
surprising weakness, weakness ina
NAV cost them the High School ute II
thew display the same lnaplltude asalLI9N
Western next week Technical is dlSo
too slow 10 stack up against team
that could work some OF the plays puIl9u
on bv Central with swiftness and &C
curaCy. II may have been an oNetColA.
f1denCe born Of superior weight lildl 10 20
a bad effect on the team YesteEGaEr DuI
at all events il viii have 20 brace up
in the matter of speed before II can
hone to cope with the iightning-lke III
tie Western eleven.
Lack of Generalship.
Under these conditions Central showed
q glazing lack of generalship in noI
trotting out. in the nrst half, the trick
plays that had Technical puzzled in the
second. The team must have realized
early in the game that it could hope TO
do little with straight line plunging and
that its only chance, no matter how
slim, lay in Out-guessing its OppOn-
ents A team should not have TO wait
until IL gets giIt-edged instructions be
tween the halves before it can inject
a little headwork into the play.
4 piece of poor judgment which marx
ed TechnicaIs play throughout the
game, and which cost the team points
was the continued holding. PenaIues
were inflicted repeatedly. but they seem
ed 10 make little impression on the
Manual Trainers.
Fumbling was frequent by both teams,
especially in the first half.