Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18
HIGH SCHOOLS BUSY
Work of Squads Promises
Some Classy Foot Ball.
NEW CODE is IN FAVOR
Speed and Cleverness Sought by
Both Coach and Players-An
Abundance of Material.

At the completion Of the initial weeks
workout the squads at the high schools
of Washington are beginning to round
into shape in preparation for cam
paign that promises to develop cham
pionship race that should rival all pre-.
vious in point of general interest as well
as class Of competition.
The code of new rules seems to have
struck the right chord, evoking favorable
comment from coaches as well as play
ers, who are firm in their conviction that
the game will prove more attractive
than ever
So far the training has been light, con-
sisting mainly of preliminary stunts
adopted for the object of conditioning the
candidates. Work such as passing and
falling on the ball. punting and slow jog
ging around a prescribed course has
been the order 20 date, with but little OF
new foot ball. mixed in. Several of
the coaches have given the players an
idea of the new formations, out outside
of this no practical work has been at
tempted. Oral drills have taken a promi-
nent part In the daily routine. AT the
beginning of the week the majority of the
coaches rehearsed the rules of foot ball,
old as well as new, interpreting the I'm
portant clauses and explaining certain
fundamental plays by the use Of the
blackboard. Since then daily examina-
order, and excellent progress has been
noted in the majority of cases.
Prospects point to one Of the most
evenly balanced races in many years.
the championship. The predictions as to
logical winner of the championship
series, SO evident in past seasons, have
not been voiced. Every coach and player
realizes that the game is vastly different
from that Of the past few years; that
weight is no longer the prime factor
in ascertaining the strength Of team,
and that speed and cleverness will un-
mistakably play stronger part than
ever before. With this in mind, the
the so-called light and speedy Stock"
heretofore used principally as a target
for the players more fortunate in point
of weight.
The authorities are reticent as to the
strength of their teams, and when ques-
toned as to the same will invariably
give an evasive answer. There seems
to be an abundance of material at each
of the schools. the squads being aug
mented daily by the addition of new
Corners, and at the present time appear
fit to tackle good. hard practice.
The early part of the coming week will
probably bring about continuation of
the same program that has been mapped
out for candidates during the past few
days. All of the coaches have expressed
themselves as unwilling to attempt sig
nal practice before giving their men a
definite idea of the game as 1t will be
played, and several more days will be
required for drill along these lines.
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At Technical the conditions are lust
about as expected. Coach HecoX, who in
the past three seasons has been favored
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Gus proposition and realizes that he will
be compelled to concentrate his efforts
on building up what will practically be
new team He will have but four vet
Grams as a nucleus for his eleven, and
of these only one played regularly last
season. This fact. together with the ne
cessity of teaching new game. will
make the task Of the coach an exceeding
ly difficult one.
Manager Harold Bullough. who has
years. but who has been ruled out this
season because of the four-year eligibility
rule, Is at present completing schedule
which will include games with the ma
jority Of teams met last season, with a
possibility of several additional ones. Ar
pleted for games with the Episcopal
High School. Woodbury. Forest and GAL
laudet and others. with Fredericksburg
College. Maryland Agricultural School
anu HailAiAoic lily SolcSe uHoer con-
Sideration.
The players are at present working
out on an open lot at Sd and r streets
northwest which is we'll adapted to the
purpose. Later Manager Bullough ex-
poets to complete arrangements for the
use of McDevitt's Field or possibly
American League Park.
The squad in its present makeup is
composed of Norris, Gill. Tew and
Thrall. veterans. and the following new
comers: Howard, Parke, Pascallis, Pitch
er. Heinie, Chamberlin. Haight. Ecken-
dorf. Peake, Ord. Moore, Kelley, Carl
ton. Cogg1ns. Delahunt, Henry, Tilton,
Fink and Lewis.
Rapid progress has been made at Gen.
trail and every morning during the past
week the side yard which Is being used
as temporary training quarters, has been
the scene OF uninterrupted activity
Coach Thomas, the former Lafayette