Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-28
AGG|ES GET GOOD START
DEFEAT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS IN OPENER, IL TO o.
Game Marred by Frequent Wrang-
ling Over Rules-Open Play
Much in Evidence.

The local foot ball season was given a
start yesterday when the Central High
School team went down to defeat before
the eleven of the Maryland Agricultural
College by a score of IL to O. The game
was married by much wrangling and dis
cussion over the rules. and by the spec
tators interfering with the progress of
the play.
After the first three or four minutes of
play it was plainly seen that the Gen.
tralites did not have a chance to win.
Receiving the ball from the Kickoff on
their 2O-yard line, the Aggies, by a
series of straight-line plunges and fast
end runs, carried the ball to their OPP
ponents 5-yard line, from where Bin
der was sent over on q split play for
the first touchdown five minutes after
the game had started The other touch
down was scored near the end of the
fourth quarter. when. after an exchange
Of kicks, M. A. c. secured the ball near
the middle Of the field, and by two well
executed forward passes and hard line
plunging carried the ball oyer. This Sec
ond touchdown was the direct result of
an oversight by the referee, as the man
was undoubtedly hiked across the line.
Shipley kicked both goals.
Central could make no headway against
their more experienced opponents. They
did not gain q single first down. While
their backs did not seem to work well
together while on the offensive. they did
some classy work on the defense. Time
and again they broke up the interference
and dropped the runner for a loss The
line played a good game throughout. but
the right side seemed to be little weak
King put up the best game for the for
wards. while Reuter- and Van Dyne
starred in the backfield. the last named
getting away on the longest run of the
game-about forty yards.
The high school boys were without the
services of their best halfback Hamilton.
Had he been in the game it would prob
ably have made quite a difference in the
showing of the team
Shipley. at quarterback. is the best man
the Aggies have. He gets his plays off
in good style and keeps his men on the
move all the time. Binder showed up
exceedingly we'll at right halfback. Hit
ting the line low and hard and getting
around the ends fast for long runs, he
proved himself one Of the most valuable
men in the lineup.
The Farmers line played good foot ball
straight through the game. On the Of
tense 1T opened big holes for the backs
10 plough through, and on the deIense
always held solid.
Many crudities Of the early season ap-
peared in the work of each team. The
backs seemed TO nave dec1ded tendency
to cut backward with the ball on end
runs, resulting several times in being
thrown for a ten or fifteen yard loss.
There was much fumbling of the ball,
holding and getting offside.
Both teams depended mainly on the old
style Of play for the majority of their
gains. The forward pass was tried five
times-three by M A. c. and twice by
Central. Each of the high schools passes
was q failure, while the collegians got
away with two Of theirs. CentraTs backs
played in an open formation that will
probably be very effective when they be-
come more familiar with receiving the
ball from center and are up against a
lighter team.
AS soon as the rough edges are worn
off the Suburbanites and the Blue and
White will each have a team that will
be very effective in it's class. 1t is a
foregone conclusion that Central s
backfield will have no superior in the
high schools. and the only question as
to their winning the scholastic cham
pionship will be whether Techs heavy
forwards can smash their plays before
they are fairly started or not Coach
Aston has the Aggies in better shape
than they have been for three years.
They are going to make the other
teams in the state hustle to trim
them.
Iiue-np.