Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


year were strengthened considerably by
the return of Boetler, the elongated
pitcher Of the Blue and White nine, who
took up studies for the first time this
year at the o street institution Tuesday.
Menefee, the star catcher, is also back at
Central, and If the eligibility rule does
not prevent II Central is at least as
sured of a clever battery for next spring
Menefee, who has several standing fiunks
against him, Is out for the foot ball
eleven, and has a very good chance of
representing Central on the gridiron this
fall, provided the new eligibility rule Is
passed allowing a player to participate
In the High School scrimmage if he is
up In his studies at the close of the first
advisory marks. He will play the line,
perhaps tackle, If he is fortunate Of
being cleared of his failure, and, together
with Spransy, should prove a tower of
strength In the line for the Centralites.
Since the afternoon classes of Business
have been abolished the Stenographers
now have almost twice as many candi-
dates out for the eleven. The team put
up a scrappy exhibition against the M.
A. c. reserves and overwhelmingly de-
feated them last Wednesday by large
score. Coach Peet used nineteen players
in the lineup, and it begins to look as
If Business will turn out a fairly good
team after all the drawbacks Rathbone
has been shifted from end to tackle.
Richards taking his place at end, and
both players are playing q nifty game
for Capt Davis.
The high school season will start Tues
day. with Technical and Eastern sched-
uled to compete.
Capt. Macdonald Of Central appears to
be injured more seriously than was ex-
pected. and from present indications does
not have much hope of returning to the
stay in bed, as his leg is severely
wrenched. Hamilton. halfback of the
team, has been elected captain to sue
coed Macdonald, and should prove a good
one. as he is a hard worker The whole
school is sympathizing with Macdonald.
VINO Is one of the most popular fellows
In the school, his good nature and habits
winning him host of friends at Central.
All hope for his speedy recovery. Thir-
kieid Is being worked in fullback now
FOR Central Reuter- being shifted to one
OF the halves along with Hamilton. This
gives the Centralites a very fast combi-
nation in the back field, and the line
also gives promise OF holding it's own.
Capt. Hamilton will most likely do most
of the teams punting during MacDonald's
absence. Mike is the third brother of
the Macdonald family to receive an in
Jured knee owing to foot ball scrimmages.
The showing of Western against the
heavy Props was at the least very credit
able, as the boys across the creek dis
played the fighting spirit in this con-
test that Is bound to win out. Capt Guy,
beside playing an excellent game on both
the defensive and offensive. also showed
the large crowd present that the dimin-
utive quarter knows something about the
art of drop kicking. Although Guy missed
on three different occasions to boot the
ball across the bar, he made excellent eff
forts on each trial. missing the goal by a
few feet. Western played this game with
one of their heaviest men in the line
missing. owing to sprained ankle.
Donovan, Westerns tackle, was also
much in evidence during the scrimmage.
Capt McCarthy's stand against the av-
erage weight question, which Eastern and
Western are strongly urging, is strongly
supported by large number of the high
school followers. Why should a player
weight bar him from athletic competi-
tons? Then again, what high school
wants to win a championship when it
knows certain high school was not per-
mitted to put it's best eleven on the
field? The proposition seems to be far
fetched. and If such an action is passed.
very few will blame the Machinists for
dropping from the high school foot bali
scrimmages. If the supporters of this
proposition only knew the effect it would
have on the foot ball games this season
1t would be dropped in hurry. A ma
jority of the coaches Of the high schools
claim that if they cannot beat the best
team at Technical they would rather lose
than take any unfair advantage. Besides
this question certainly seems to have been
considered rather late in the season.
The Blacksmiths are playing an ag-
gressive game this season. It was re-
Gently reported that the boys from Tech
ncal held George Washington to a 5
to 5 score In two ten-minute halves. 1t is
few of its best players, but at that it is
quite a showing for high school boys.
Bu!lough and Farmer played a very CLEAN
cut game for Technical in this game.
Macon of Central is making strong
bid for one of the end positions this sea-
son and his playing has been very i'm
pressive on his teammates. Hunt and
Henry are also promising candidates for
end, with quite little knowledge of the
game. Central has quite few former
track men on the team this year. and for
this reason alone is expected to display
speed. Coach Kirby is also training the
Centralites to acquire accuracy. and II
these two qualities are combined properly
Central has chance. Macon is brother
of the fuliback on Technical.
Rawlings, end for Business is rapidly
learning the pigskin game, and this. to-
gether with his ability. has almost as
sured him of a position on the eleven. He
made some good gains on the plays around
the end for Business in the NJ A. c. con-
test, and was also there with quite few
neat tackles. Hinwood, in fullback, is
playing a good, consistent game for the
Stenographers. and is especially we'll up
on the art of recovering fumbled balls.
which is of great aid to a team, especial
ly in an evenly matched affair
The punting for Technical this season
will be done by Spencer, the right half
back of the eleven. His spiral kicks are
predicted to be exceedingly ruzz!ing to
the man who receives them, and. as the