Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31
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his left arm instead of his right, as it
might have interfered with his throwing.
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his left arm instead of his right, as it
might have interfered with his throwing.
Central High has organized a second
team, which should afford the regulars
the mucil-needed Scrimmage work. Tech
meal will not he given much credit Tor
coming out on top this fall. as the Ma
chinists are booked to cop the laurels
without much hard playing on account
of their weight. but the, team that fin
ishes second will deserve much praise.
1t is up to the other high schools to work
hard for this position and play good,
clean foot bail. TO offset some of the farce
games Tech has PLAYED with its small
opponents in this series.
When business lines up against Cen
trail Tuesday the team Will he minus the
services OF Scott. the speedy haifback.
who has been forced To give UP foot bail
owing to parental objection. This VIII
increase the chances of Central for a
victory. as Scott WAS one of the best
players on the Business eleven and war
especially noted for running back puntS.
IL * not known at this writing whether
Capt Davis will be eligible in time for
the Central contest or not, bat lac IL eN-
pected 10 take another examination in the
near future and has an even chance OF
passing of the condition.
Farmer appears TO have the quarter
back position on the ali-high team -incil-
ed. With Cant. Davis out of the series
he has only Guy of Western as close
competitor. but II he continues TO -Gi
the Tech eleven in the manner i'm which
he has and keeps up his star end runs
he will be awarded the job unanimously.
This is Farmers first year as d q"trter-
lack. and the position seems tn suit him
from every STANDPOINT. He played end
for the Machinists last fail.
Georgetown will have Young battery
just from The high schools out for The
Ii st.
and Menefee. The. one bright tight of the
Central nine bac,- "f In" bat last season.
are al present taking up a course al the
West End College. Menefee should eX-
perience very little difficulty in making
the team. as he is steady player an
an excellent batter. With "a little coach
ing he can easily be raised To the college
standard nf base hall playing. Meme"
and Cy Macdonald. the captain of the
Blue and Gray this year. We're teammates
on a Central High nine Il few years back.
Unless great improvement is shown in
his condition. Lully, now acting captain
of Business. will b" una'le To participate
i'm the Central game. owing Ia illness.
He has been confined 10 his home the
greater part of the Week past and ii Is
doubtful l. Ia" will bc allowed TO enter
the contest against the Centralites. Ra III
't.ont has been working in halfbacll AMI
has demonstrated that he is "A back OF ."
mean ability He will most likely he
Coach
of Scott II begins Ia look il tn:
Stenosraphers will again be subject tn
the hard luck omen that has been fol-
lowing the foot ball teams Of this institu-
tion for the past few years. Central and
BUSINESS have been struggling urder a
disadvantage this fall. sickness. accidents
and the funk rule robbng each school
of its best players
Central surely lusJ a good man in Abb
bott who was slated tn play the center
station for the Centralites, but failed to
pass off his condition Il few days before
the game Stack has been substituting
as the snapperhacli, but is not as fully
developed for the position "a Abbott
Morsel was also considered a good man
for the position. but he, too. was COM
PEELED to quit the team owing Il sick
ness.
If the BOYS entering the high schools
from the grades continue to be the SIZE
Of thos. who have been entering the
n, CHER classes for the past few years II
begins TO look il all the high schools
will turn out very light teams and the
best team will win on speed alone. Very
few of the teams can boast of many
large men this season except Technical.
When considering the number OF boys
Technical has from which tn choose am
eleven il can easily be seen that an eN-
cellent combination for the pigskin game
usually forms itself. Ii will he interest
ing to watch what sort of "A team Tech
nical turns out on the gridiron next fail,
as the Machinists lose most of their stars
this year through graduation.
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