Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-21
BY H C. BYRD.

Unless Technical High can stop tn
Central team when the two elevens meet
it is certain that the Blue and White will
win the foot ball championship of thu
high schools. The Manual Trainer
have the only team which stands a ghos
of show to stop Central from winning
first honors. it being almost surety thai
the latter can overwhelm both Business
and Eastern by sheer advantage iT
weight.
Whether or not Tech can defeat Cen
trail remains to be seen. The one thin:
on which the result of the Centralized
game will depend is whether or not thu
latter can get Morris eligible when thu
first advisory marks go in. If Morris be
comes eligible to play in time to go il
against Central that fact will preclude
any possibility of CentraIs having {
walkover in the game, but would rather
cause it to seem that the same even bat
tie that took place in the deciding game
for the championship last year will be
the result of the meeting Of the two
elevens this fall.
Tech, without Morris, will probably play
a great game of foot ball against Cen
trail, but with him in the game it will
stand almost as good a chance to win as
will the Blue and White. Morris will
make the Tech team. in that he will
supply much needed strength to the Of
Tense. Last year Morris played about
half the game against Central, and this
fall his team needs him even more than
ever.
Western yet has a chance in the high
school series. 1t demonstrated yesterday
that it is much better than was thought
it would be, judging by it's showing in
its practice games, and that the eleven
will improve is certain: If Western
could manage to defeat Tech and Tech
should defeat Central the Georgetown
lads would again have look-in but
that is figuring long way around. with
both Eastern and Business to reckon
with.
Strange things happen in the series for
the high school championship. Nobody
ever thought that Eastern, after having
been defeated by both Tech and Central,
would win from Western, which had won
from Tech and Central decisively, but
the unexpected happened, and Western
lost the high school base ball champion
ship after practically having it won.
Had not Zappone fallen on a fumbled
punt at critical moment yesterday it
Is possible that Central would not have
won from Western When Lascoa
punt from behind his
goal line Aappone was down on the ball
fast and recovered It, Had Central not
recovered the ball at that time 1t is prob
able that Western would have scored a
touchdown. as it would have had the ball
inside Centrafs 20-yard line
The main factor responsible for West
ern's defeat was the inexperience of the
team. which was especially noticeable in
the handling of the ball. That surety in
20 FOL fr,or sir
the oval which comes from long expe-
rience in the game was lacking in the
play of the Western team. Three or four
times long forward passes were dropped
by Western players who had received
them after having been caught and sew
eral others Were blocked by q single Gem
trail player who was aggressive enough
to worm his way in and block the ball
with four or five Western men standing
around him ready to receive it, Inexpe-
rience was the direct result of Lasco,a' s
fumbling Of the punt which gave Central
the ball when Western had it's best
chance. Instead OF watching the ball
alone the Western fullback took his eyes
from 1t to get look at the men coming
down to tackle him, and that moment of
inattention was his undoing.
After having had some of the best men
in the country to teach ii plays, the Gen.
trail eleven depended on one originated by
Georgetown last year, for the gains
which won it the game yesterday. 1t
was the play which placed the ball with
In striking distance of the Western goal
when less than two minutes were left to
play. 1t seemed impossible for the West
ern team to diagnose the play even after
it had been used several times and even
though the quarterback gave 1t away
every time 1t was tried.
One poor feature of CentraPs play was
the fact that the men gave the PLAYS
AWAY before they were started Euorx