The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-10-06
EASTERN HAS
GOOD CHANCE
TO WIN TITLE
Capitol Hill Institution Will Put
Fast, Aggressive Eleven on
Field Against Central.
MocArrREY DOING WONDERS
BY c. w. SWAN.


Unless the present team is badly Grip
pied Eastern will give Central a tough
battle when they meet at Union League
Park in the second game OF the scholas-
tic calendar. October - Coach McCaf-
frey has done wonders with bunch Of
green men, and with a little luck will
develop a team which will be in the
running for the championship from the
start
Thursday. the Light Blue and White
squad, numbering twenty-six. worked
hard at the Rosedale Fairgrounds. the
first and second teams lining up for fully
an hour in rough scrimmage. Wells, who
will more than~Nlik hold down the
quarter back position in the series games
was showed on the scrubs go as to give
Hughes a chance with the first team
Wells is at present handicapped, owing
to a bad shoulder. but Coach McCanrey
is confident that the speedy little fellow
will be in shape by the middle Of next
week.
Two Good Half Backs.
McCaffrey has two good half backs in
Smith and Capt. Cohill The former is
one of the fastest men in the high
schools, and once away from the field
there is hardly a man who will catch
him, while Capt. Hooks" will give a
good account OF himself in the battles
TO come.
There are several men trying for the
full back job, but Reilly and Armstrong
loom up as the most formidable. The
former is a little slow starting, but nits
the line hard. while Armstrong is good
tackler backs up the line well, and does
not avoid scrimmages- Watson is an
other candidate for the place, but will
hardly be given chance, owing to In
juries. He broke an ankle In baseball
last spring, and is now on the hospital
list with a wrenched ankle.
Fisher is playing right end and is put
ting UP the same classy game of last
year. Thursday, during the long scrtm-
mage. he pulled several neat tackles and
also worked well with Capt. Cohill in re-
ceiving a forward pass. Little Shin
made his appearance yesterday and will
more than likely be sent in at left end
in the first practice game.
In the line Coach Mccartney will have
several big men, his center. Greer, tip
ping the scales at $50 pounds. Greer is
also clever youngster on the defense
and will prove a good man to the Capt.
tol Hill aggregation
williams in Back Field.
SLEEPY Williams. picked for an-high
tackle last year, is again putting UP a
good game, although being used in the
back field on the scrubs by Coach Nc
Caffrey. Williams is big. husky chap
and with little experience may turn
out to be a good full back. He hits the
line well and will be a valuable man to
have around. Mccartney will most
likely use him in a tackle position at the
start of the season, but will shift him
TO the back field II the occasion arises.
The present squad at Eastern is one of
the largest in the history of the school,
and as only one man on the team has
a condition to remove. the loss to Nc
Caffrey when the advisory marks come
out will be small. If he loses any at all
Eastern will put a fast. speedy, little
team on the field: one which will depend
upon forward passes and trick plays to
gain, using a straight line plunge but
seldom Thursday Capt. Cohill and
Hawley Smith got away several times
for long runs around the ends and this
play will be feature of the Light Blue
and Whites attack during the scholastic
series.