The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-24
CATHEDRAL BEATEN
Eastern Wins Second Place
Title in Scholastic Circles.
CRANE STARS FOR LOSERS
Smith Scores Capitol Hill Boys
Points by n TOuchdOwn-Tennaiiy-
town Eleven Outweighed the Win
ming Team-CIOsest Game Wit
messed Between Two schools.

Eastern High School defeated the Ma
tional Cathedral School football team in
a close game at National Park yesterday
by TO 3 Both teams went az full speed
throughout the game. and neither side let
up until the final whistle sounded
/ The game was in doubt all the way, and
when Crane put the ball over the bar
on a drop kick from the 45-yard line. the
Cathedral followers had bright hopes of
his duplicating the feat In the final
period This is the first time that the
Eastern eleven has beer scored on since
| Central defeated them in the first game
OF the interhigh school series. 1t was
battle between the two heady quarter
backs, Parker and Crane. neither one
gle. but both showed that they knew the
game when their teams were In danger
Gus positions McCaffery. who played
right end for the winners. with tho help
of Parker and Weaver, worked the for
ward pass to perfection, and was also the
cause of Cathedrals forward passes be-
ing broken up.
Crane had shade the better OF Defan-
dorf in the punting line. bat for that the
teams played about even The Cathedral
team outweighed the Capitol IFill lads by
1 a good margin, but the Eastern boys
have been playing against these odds ali
/ through the season and showed they
could handle the big fellows as well as
the light Crane played the stellar role
/ for the losers. while Eastern's honOrs
were shared between the back field and
| McCanery and Defandorf in the line.
Parker won the toss. and chose to de-
! fend the north goal. receiving the kick
/ off. Crane, Cathedrals speedy little
! quarter back sent the bali sailing down
/ the field TO Case, who ran II back Is
yards, Eastern gained first down on line
| plunges and end runs, but on the next
| scrimmage the Cathedral line held them
| for downs. The Cathedral boys made
/ the second first down of the game on
| the same plays Eastern used, but they
| lost the ball on downs on the Capitol
| Hill boys 9-yard line. Defandorf punted
/ 10 Lockwood. who was brought down
after he had gone yards Eastern then
| held for downs when they had to go
/ yards for a first down, Harding making
/ a bad pass 10 Crane Three successive
/ line plunges Melted Eastern first down.
| but on the next lineup they were forced
| 70 punt, DefandOrf sending the ball TO
Todd. who rushed ii back yards.
| Eastern recovered the ball on tumble
and on a forward pass. Weaver 10 De-
1 fandorf, gained first down. The 'syal was
/ on Cathedrals 3-yard line then, and the
/ TennallytOwn team put up stone wall
/ defense, holding Eastern FOR downs
Crane punted out of danger 20 Parker,
who brought the oval back yards. Line
plunges brought the ball TO Cathedrars
/ il-yard line when time was called for
/ the first period.
The Second Period.
The second period saw the Capitol
Hin boys score their only points. on an
end run by Smith, who went over TIE
! line for a touchdown Eastern mace
! first down on line plunges and end
runs. but Cathedral braced and received
/ the ball on downs. Crane punted out
side on the next lineup and Eastern
made two first downs on line plunges.
The ball was then on CathedraTs s-yard
/ line, where Smith went around Cathe-
drals' right end for Easterns' score. Chase
missed an easy goal Score: Eastern,
| 5; Cathedral O.
Cathedral received the kickoff Me-
Caffery tried a short kick, which had
worked early in the season, but Crane
fell on the oval before any of the Capt.
toll Hin boys could get 10 it, Line
| plunges and end runs netted them first
down
Cathedral punted. Crane sending the
ball TO Weaver. who was brought down
after he had covered s yards. A for
! ward pass, Parker TO McCaffery. netted
them first down, and on line plunges
they gained another Eastern was forced
I - lit.
who brought the bah back yards.
Crane punted and Weaver mlsjudged it
Sohlke recovered the oval Cathedral
tried a forward pass on the next scrim-
mage, but Chase intercepted ii and rush.
ed 1t back yards. A line plunge was
tried. with no gain, ana time was called
for the first half.
The Third Period.
The third period saw Cathedral score
its only points from a beautifully exc
cuted drop kick by Crane from the As
yard line. Chase kicked OF TO Crane,
who was downed after he had covered
yards. Todd went around end for a
first down. but on the next play Ca
thedral lost the ball on downs. Defan-
dorf punted and Hayden recovered the
ball Cathedral worked its first sue
cesSful forward pass Of the game on the
next play, Crane to Todd, for a first
down. Crane dropped back on the next
lineup and sent the oval between the
posts for three points.
Cathedral lined up to receive the ball,
and Parker sent il sailing TO Crane, who
was brought down after he had travelled
s yards. A forward pass was tried. but
resulted in Eastern getting the ball as
the wrong man recovered the oval. Three
successive line plunges netted them first
down, but they were forced to kick,
Defandorf punting to Todd. who brought
the ball back Is yards. Eastern received
the ball minute later on an attempted
forward pass. Defandorf punted to
Todd who was downed in his tracks.
Crane punted to Parker who brought
the oval back IA yards before he was
brought down. Time was called for the
third period.
Eastern tried a forward pass on the
first lineup, and Crane intercepted the
ball. making 10 yards.
Line plunges and end runs Melted Cathe-
dral first down, and on the next play. a
forward pass, Crane to Sohlke, gained S
yards, but Cathedral lost the ball on
downs Defandorf punted 10 Todd, who
brought 1t back from where 1t was kicked
But Cathedral on the Eext play lost the
ball on tumble. A forward pass, Parker
TO McCaffery netted Eastern first down.
Line plunges added another, but they lost
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