The Washington times., 1911-11-22

interest In the Tecn-Centr9I High
School game on Tuesday, for the bene-
fit Of the Fairgrounds Association and
the Boy Scouts. is Increasing as the
date for the contest, which will virtually
.rdecide the championship, approaches.
-, Those in charge of the sale of seats
are receiving the greatest sort Of ell
I7couragement, and among those who
tohave already purchased boxes ere the
,,,British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Porter, Mr.. and
3iMrs. A. A. Birney. Mr.. and Mrs. A. p.
-pGordon Cumming the Assistant Secre-
1totary Of War and Mrs. Robert oliver,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Heumick.
"iH A special Invitation has been ex-
tetrnded to President Taft to be present,
NJ and II he does not attend some repre-
i,sentative from the White House will be
sent to show the approval of the
-SExecutive to the worthy cause of the
Stplaygrounds. The Navy Department
has placed its seal on the occasion by
ordering out the Marine Band for the
shafternoon and 1t is expected that that
ddbranch of TIE service will have at least
etone representative present.
All talk OF likelihood Of the game be-
ing called off because Of trouble over
--certain players seems to be untrue.
The game has been arranged OIL the
= - - these teams when tie resulted ard
the officials of both schools are deter
=, mined to stand by the original agree
:, y ment. Tech is practicing daily in Po-
I'd, tomac Park. while Central will this
~. afternoon start a special course of
so " preparation for the game.
,sisdhe remaining days Of the week. OF Of
,9rLLogan Cunningham, head coach of the
>, Princeton team, which has just finished
'O''the history Of that university. Cunning
ham will teach Central soma Of the
'roogIlays which brought success to the
~, The original agreement called for the
same eligibility code, the same officials.
10 sand the same length Of halves, so that
''s' 'tsir. tsiins points to a most successful af-
'sh1 Georgetown's football squad may this
: afternoon have a light scrimmage to try
out some of the special formations that
. :, nare being worked UP for the Lehigh
al game on Thanksgiving Day.
r." After a two-day rest the squad was
'h's called out yesterday, but the work was
So of the lightest Sort and consisted prin-
., cipally Of explanation Of the defects
~ of the Virginia game and a drill In
-'' signals and formations. No attempt
whatever was made at rough work, as
=" the men have not yet entirely recovered
from the grueling contest with the
~ Virginians.
= +, Billy sitterding. the only Georgetown
!, 4, man who was forced to leave the field
~ in the Virginia game, has not yet re-
.aan covered from the battering which he
Sitterding was in none too
!, good condition when he started Sat
.sccurday. So yesterday he was excused
,nT from the practice. He will be ready
% sto resume work either today or to-
1r,, morrow.
- Harry Costello, who has scored in
3r,Eevery big game Georgetown has won
aa& in the past two years. was also among
the missing yesterday, but his injuries
are in no way serious, and he will be
ready to begin his final streech of prac-
- tice this afternoon.
''' The easiest sort Of game Is expected
- against the University of Maryland on
Saturday, and it is not unlikely that
- most of the game will be played by
Az substitutes in order to save the regu-
''e lars for the finish Of the season.
That Central Eastern game yesterday
?. In the high school series was much
.TI closer than the score Of 16 to would
III lNsrindcate.
,Cf BY the successful negotiation of the
?sh forward pass Central won, but in
i. ~ straight football the small Fasteners
!,sn fought their heavier opponents to the
ioIGimit. Coach Shea's eleven from Capitol
a1S Hill has won many friend during the
season which 1t has just closed by It's
spirited play, and yesterday was no
-. exception. Even with the score against
tGIadkem none of the Eastern players
Iof were beaten, and, while Central won.
~ Eastern got the honors OF playing re-
l 81 markably plucky game
borc Centrars heavy backs cut the light
ysf Eastern line to ribbons, and 1t was this
Gas fact that put the winners In the posi-,
unC passes that won. In most or the games
InIr this year Eastern has played a loose,
"a secondary defense but when Central
commenced to tear up the forwards yes
terday the backs came up, with the re-
ss, suit that Central was placed in a posi-
'tsh ction where 1t could get away with these
: forward filings. Each time Central tried
- the play 1t usually found the receiver
~, far removed from any man who might
'Ij Interfere.
=" Aside from the forward passing Cen
SS trail found reason to be happy over the
work of two of its players-Schoenfed
and Van Dyne. The former directed
the team in excellent shape and used
IsSs ward passes which won the game His
.7Bj handling of a slippery ball on the punts
n. was consistently good.
.hA 1t has been thought all season that
fsst7=ss not until yesterday that he awoke
sayGand extended himself. The result was
Ssslthat all during the game he was promi-
nent both defensively and extensively,
and was really the star on Centrars 8
Ss side.
~ For Eastern Captain Weaver was
"a sonce more the star, although the clever