The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
LOCAL
GRDDIRON
GOSSIP
By
C. w. SWAN.

against the NigilantS Yesterday was
good, to say the least, as the men never
extended Themselves enough to hurt, and
every man, with the exception of Billy
Sitterding, is in perfect condition.
Fury, Magner. White. and Dunn ad-
vanCed the ball by straight line plIInges
time and again. and if the backs can
penetrate the Virginia line there will be
no stopping them, for once clear of the
line, Fury and Magner can dodge most
any ttckler in these parts.
"Country" Morris again demonstrated
that he is one ct tie best football play
erS ever turned out of d District high
school, for it was his work, mbre than
any one else, that held the Georgetown
team in tn" second half Of the game.
'Country" played an cnd-a position that
he Is not familiar wth-und showed uD
great.
There is movement on foot to have
an All-IIigh School team play the crack
Nigilants Thanksgiving morning in Capi-
tai City Park. This game would h, a
'"rker. a. it would serve to show the dit
terence between INDEPENDENT and high
school football and their teams
You have to hand it to Joe OIiveri. the
huStling business manager OF the ViEi-
Iants. Always on the job. Joe is A worker
from the word 60. and it is due to the
unuTlnE efforts Of this capablc leader
that the NtEiiants are now one of the
best elevens in the District.
Techs eleven sure did put up GOOD
gam" against Central, and when all is
said and done a sCOrrlcSs tie was none
To" good for the BlackSmiths. True. the
. Strcet"rs OTtnlaycd the Manual Train
"rS' hut when "COuHtry' Morris. who is
team 10y himself. is taken in considcra-
u"n. the Technical team was not so far
behind
Teen is almost sure to finish the season
tied with Central for top hunors, as only
the greatest reversal of form in the
world can cause their defeat at the hands
of the Business team. The. StrnOCraDhers
are hardly in the same class with the
Machintsts. and Tech should win at least
by two tOuChdOwns
The playing of Fisher the Eastern end
In the Western game. .wus of the highcst
order. the diminutive end getting the
heavy Western backs, for they were
heavy compared to him. in great shane.
III - a ~ AAlA'llIN luluIt dl''du OF ms
lad on the gridrOn. for this is his first
year N mOleskins.
Buck" Howard. Westerns half back,
played one OF the best games of his life
against Eastern Friday. and it was due
I" him and McArdIc that Western was
not defeated, for time and again one of
these men would stop the man with the
ball on his way TO the goal line
Jimmy MCElfresh. the stOcky tackle of
the crack Villgant eleven. is one of the
best offensive tackles in these parts and
II Jimmy was on college eleven instead
OF club team would take the eve of
more than one coach. As 1t is, Jimmy
mas to be content With independent foot
ball
Another member of the Vigilant foot
ball team that is a corker is Joe GeibeI
Of Savannah baseball fame. Joe is on,
Of the best football players that ever
wore " on his jersey. bar none, and
will be this lad that will win the indie
pendent championship of the District for
Buck" Oliveri's team.
Reds" Wilson. the giant Business
tackle, is at last rounding into form. and |!
from now on should be able to give :, |
good account of himself Wilson is one |
Of the hardest men in the scholastic /
ranks to cover up. and II will be this
lighter. II any. that will take Business |
out Of the cellar position, for a victory /
over the Western team would put them |
10 the good.
Murph" King could not break through |
the Tech line. Wherein lies a tale. |
Three men played King all the time, !
and 1t is plain to be seen that he was !
'ovcred up pretty we'll Good as King is,
here Is no man in the high schools |
hat can do anything with three men
playing him all the time.