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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-24
VigilantS~ Tackle Cardinals
for Independent Title To-day

The vigilant football team, independents
champions of the South, will meet the
Cardinals, OF Alexandria, Va. this after
noon at Union League Park, Fifteenth
Street and Florida Avenue Northeast, at
8 o'clock for the championship Of the
District and Virginia.
This game was arranged several weeks
ago by Manager oliver, OF the Yigilants,
and plans were made to put the best
Maroon and Gray eleven from the Vir-
ginia city.
Last night Coach Wayne Hart sent the
team through an hours hard work at
the Vigilapt clubhouse, and new forrna-
tons, which were given the team Tues
day night, were worked with good re-
suits. Ray Brown. the former University
of Rochester star, who will play half
back this afternoon, made several long
gains by means OF this trick formation.
and Coach Hart stated after the practice
that unless this play netted the Vigilants
ten yards every time 1t was tried he
would be greatly surprised.
The Cardinals will come over strength
ened by the addition OF several former
University Of Virginia stars It Is said,
and one OF the best games Of the year
Is looked for this afternoon at Union
League Park
The Nationals will tackle the Nary
land A. c., Of Annapolis. prior to the
big game This contest will start prompt
~ at Lao O'Clock Mr. CIfftord. OF George
town. win referee, while Hi" Dugan'
VIII umpire.
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ENGINEERS PLAY
FORT MYER TEAM
Big Football Game Scheduled at
Washington Barracks This
Afternoon.

This afternoon at Washington Bar
racks, the Engineers will attempt to du-
plicate their victory Of two weeks ago
over Fort Myer.
The Bridgebuilders have been pushed
at top speed during the past week by
Lieut.. Atkinson. being coached particu-
larry in breaking up forward passes and
the running back Of kicks. Sapp and
Martin are again back In the tackle po-
sitions, both having been temporarily
laid up on account OF injuries to their
knees
This game. in all probability. will be
the last before that with the Vigilants
on December l, and every effort is being
made to whip the team into shape for
that game No one is over confident.
but all expect a victory over Mr.. OIL
yeri's team.
Speaking of the. Vigilants last night.
Jack Nicholson, a former Engineer, and
end on the team OF 1903, said: Il think
Oiiveri has a good team, but II Is over
rated. True he has won all of his games
this season, but with the exception Of
two games he has been up against only
second rate teams. He has made a
great deal Of talk in the newspapers and
most OF the teams he has played were
bt aten, before they started. He will find
the Engineers a different proposition. Al
though the Holy Name team lost TO the
Engineers last Sunday l am confident
that with a little more practice Holy
Name could trim the Vigilsnts TO a
standstill.'
The game this afternoon will start at
2 O'Clock.
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HARVARD WINS
CROSS-COUNTRYRUN
Defeats Cornell Speeders for First
Time in Eleven Years in
Stirring Contest.

Ithaca. n. Y. Nov 2s-For the FIRST
time in eleven years Cornell lost the an
nual collegiate cross-country champion
ship when the strong well-balanced
team of Harvard. coached by Al. Shrubb.
was victorious in a stirring contest held
on CornelTs hin and dale course to-day
Harvard's score was won by g points.
CorneIrs IS and Dartmoath's s.. Brown
was fourth with III and the others fin
ished as follows:
Pennsylvania. 154; N. J. T. l5s: SYRIA
cuse. 174; Princeton. 1s9; Yale. DT: c. c.
Ny, 312. Colgate only entered two men
and had no team score.
Shrubs runners won by punching five
men across the tape inside of the first
ten. Cornell gained vast consolation.
however, from the brilliant running Of
Capt. Paul John Jones. who settled up
his grudge against Norman E. Taber OF
Brown. the intercollegiate and Olympic
rival. by beating him fully 90 yards for
the Individual championship Jones went
ahead at the first mile and was never
headed. He ran a beautiful race and nm
ished the distance of the course IN
32:29:l5 Taber and Copeland of Har-
ward fought II out for second place but
in the last 800 yards the Brown man
forged to the front and won by nVe
yards. Weather conditions were ideal
and thousands OF spectators cheered the
runners.
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GROVER HUGHES A
WINNERATNORFOLK
Captures Monticello Handicap from
Good Field-Tartar Fails to
Run Good Race.

Norfolk, Va. With the bookies show
ing to ] against him, Grover Hughes
went under the wire an easy winner in
the Monticello Hotel Handicap for all
ages at the Jamestown Jockey Club
track to-day. This purse was worth
S1,5OO, and is the largest to be offered
at the present meeting. Tartar and La
hore were the favorites, and were heay-
lily played. Grover Hughes ran the mile
in 1:39 3-5, and was a length ahead of
Tartar at the wire.
Malaga was an easy winner in the
helter-skelter steeplechase. He took the
jumps easily, and was never caught
after clearing the third hurdle in the
first time around. The summaries:
FIRST RACE-Two-year-old selling; FIVE and a
half furionES. Genesta, Ill CTofD, II to 10,
won; Coy, Ill tBuKton), TO l. second; Insurance
Man, lOi Teahanl, to l, third. Time. In Is.
KGwassa, Ancon, Chad Buford, Wanda Filter,
Early Light Mamma johnson also van.
SECOND -Three-yeSroIds and up; short
course, about two miles. Malaga, IE3 tChartrand),
10 !. won: Lizzie Fiat Is2 Henderson, TO
?. second; DR.. Hurd. IF CHeder to l. third.
Time, go IS. Sancttm, Calm. RenaHlt, BenOrs,
THIRD CE-Three-yezr-olds and I'D; si1 fur
longs Aviator, loi (Fergusonl, to L won; Cop
pcrtoWn, ne peak, to 2, second; Sir Blaise
III tBnGtOnl, To l. third. Time 1:4 IS The
Gsrdngr. Monty Fox Onager, Psttrick s. Gold
Cap. Chiffon Queen also ran.
FOURTH RACE-oBe mile Grover Hughes,
Us tGEnzl to J. won: Tartar IS udcCaheyl
70 l. won; SsbaGn. 10 CTehanl 10 TO 1. third
Time, IN Is His Maje4y. kOrmak Lochief.
Uif Edgc, Carlton G. Lahore also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Three-year-ol and up SIX fur
le==- Sherwood. lis tButEeID, to l. won;
Joe knight. Ill CDaTisl. 70 J. seoond; Beu
LoyG loq tDoyel, 3 to L third. Time las IS.
Joe knight ana Ben LozaI ran dead heat Time,
Us 35- Winning Widow, Black Chief, Right Easy,
Ivabei Holman also ran
SIXTH RACE-ThreeyoaroId and Up, mile ana
siIfsenth. Hilarious, III CTehan), to 5, WOE;
Blaaford l6 tButweil), to S. second; James
Dockery. lol CBuItoB). Is to /. third. Time
lE Ia Spring Mass. Supervisor, Working Lad,
AitzmahI. Eloro also ran.
SEVENTH RACE-Mfle and seventy yards.
Den. III fFsirbrother1. Il to ], won: SerEieeuce,
IL BHxtonl. tn l. second; ManRsSeh loI tCzr-
teri. % 70 ]. third. Tine. IE IS Fly By
Night Ella Granny, Irish Kid. BredEell -Oaliphs
Sir cieses. Troy Weight. Frog also ran.
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ing to their inexperience. Reeves for the
same reason. and It now narrows down
to Ochsenreiter ad Harris. Ochsenreiter
did not play in the first game Of the sea-
son. and until the Eastern contest did
not do anything wonderful. It was his
drop kick from the 25-yard lie which
won the game. while Harris has played
great football during the entire season.
Harris is given the preference over
ochsenreiter as he is better broken
field runner. Is faster. and more expe-
rienced. ~. '-s--
Mckinney In Quarter.
For quarter back there are FIVE men
in competition. Not one OF the five ran
his team with good Judgment during the
past season, while only two appear to be
natural football players. Mckinney and
Wells are. the best of the lot. although
Fowler, OF Central, is a pretty good man.
II Fowler could handle punts as well as
Mckinney he would have been selected.
but his failure to grab the pigskin lost a
good deal Of ground for Central and for
this reason he Is eliminated. Wells, Of
Eastern, Is a good man, but used poor
Judgment in the Easter-Cetral game
which cost q touchdown and the chance to
beat the o Streeters. With the ball on
the 2-yard line and four downs to make
touchdown, Wells kept pegging at the
line, instead Of opening up and attempt
a run around. an end. Mckinney Is the
best Individual player Of the lot. and for
this reason Is given the position. Mac"
Is SLOW running the team. and did not
work his plays any too well against
Eastern, but at that he is the best In
the series.
Selecting the ends is the hardest task
of the lot. McDonough Is the best end
in the series, but he did not play his
game in the past contests The only
exhibition in which he did anywhere
near the same work he did IN 1911 was
the Western game, and that could not
be called real football struggle. Wise.
Of business, although playing in the
Central game with badly injured hip.
managed to get away with run OF 10
yards before being downed, and in the
entire series played sterling game He
is one o. the best defensive ends in the
series, while on the receiving end Of a
forward pass he is one OF the leaders.
Wise is placed on left end In preference
to McDonough, on his work In the games
Just played. as he broke UP more plays
directed at his wing than any other end
and at that while PLAYING on a team
with very weak line.
For the other end We have Carey
Steed. and Country Fisher. Of Eastern.
Fisher has aaclear title to this position
although Carey. OF Central. played a
nifty game. Fisher was shifted to the
back field on the defense, and played a
rafting good game. while on the offense
he simply tore things Up. Even in the
Central game Fisher was a wonder
oftsn stopping King at the line OF scrinn-
=
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to play his team against either the ALI
High or Central in a benefit game for
the Fairgrounds. The game will never
be played.
Paul Cohill is selected to captain the
Herald's An-High eleven, as he Is the
best leader in the series. With Cohill
out OF the game. the Eastern team loses
half its speed and aggressiveness, while
with Paul back in the lineup a new lease
on life Is taken.
Norman e. Brown, who handled the
Central team so ably the past season. is
chosen 10 manage the stars. Brown did
not overlook a single point for the COM
fort and care Of his men, and at every
game was on the job. ready TO help any
where needed.
For coach OF the All-High eleven Speed
Bill McCaffrey is chosen. Mac coach
cd the Eastern eleven the past season
and turned out a rafting good aggTega-
ton. With the material at Central and
Business Mac" would have had a cork
ing eleven. but with the limited men
at his disposal the former Light Blue
and White Nstar did wonders.
The majority OF the All-High men this
season win leave school IN June, and
next year. we will have another crop
Of All-High material
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Greer fought hard, and with a little ex-
perience will make corking good man,
but Stokes cannot be beaten out for the
position, as he has the experience, the
speed, ability. and nerve. Stokes Is the
best center Central High School has ever
had,
The Washington Herald AIl-High team
could put up mighty nifty article of
football. and that il could defeat the
1911 aggregation, is the opinion Of many.
King, Stokes, Jones, Mckinney, and Will
iams were picked last year. and il is
thought that the eleven selected this
season would be faster. more experienced,
and better balanced than the 1911 out
fit
1t is true that Country Morris. that
wonderful Tech athlete, would not play
this season, but with COhill, Harris,
King. and Mckinney in the back field.
Morris would not be missed TO any great
extent
Plans were made at the start Of the
season TO have the AIl-High team play
the championship eleven. This fell
through, owing to the opposition of many
OF the men in charge Of athletics when
the Business-Eastern game was post
poIed. Now Manager Ohveri, OF the
Vigilants, comes forward with an offer
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DATESANNOUNCED
FOR CATHOLIC ..
BASKETBALL TEAM
rwenty-one Games Now on Brook
landers' Schedule, Including
George Washington.
MAY PLAY NAVAL ACADEMY


The faculty athletic committee n
Catholic University approved the basket
ball schedule yesterday. Manager
Thomas Ryan, has arranged the finest
array OF games that has ever been pre-
pared for the BropkIanders. There are
twenty-one on the list, thirteen at hons,
and eight away.
Arrangements have been completed
with George Washington for two games
to be played at the Arcade This Will
be the first time that these two institu-
tons have ever had any athletic rela-
tons.
Several short trips are 70 be taken,
but there is only one long trip on the
list This Is all that Is allowed by the
faculty.
The team that Catholic University will
put in the field to play this schedule will
in all probability. be the best that ever
wore the Red and Black in this branch
of sport At the close Of the football
season. the squad will be augmented by
several men who are now on the football
squad. Durby and Mccarthy, both Of
whom are playing on the football team,
are reputed to have been among the
best of the New England prep school
stars last season. Keegan. OF Pittsfeld
High and Dobson and Carter of last sea-
sons freshman teams, are also showing
up well. Coach Fred Rice announced
last night that after the close Of the
football season, Thanksgiving, practice
would be held every night in order TO
round the squad into shape for the open
ing contest which takes place at Ken
dali Green, December Z. The schedule:
Dec- T-Gallandet COLLEGE Kendall Green.
Der. e-BaltDore Medicos At Baltimore.
De-. H-Frederick CoIleze. Frederick. Nd.
Dec. 1-GeorEe Washington At The Arcade.
Jan n-St. Johns Annapolis. at Washington
jan B-Baltfnore Medicos. al Washington.
Jan list. Johns Of Brooklyn. AZ Washington
IAN E5-LoyolS CoIlese At Warrington.
Jan "a. & NJ. Al Washington.
Jan g-Washington ColleEr. at Washington.
Feb. I-UniTerHity Of MEylEnd, at Baltimore.
Feb. 7-GaIlsudet Collese, at Washington
Feb. s-Tnnity On CT. at Washington.
FEB. iI-Loyola Al Baltimore.
FEB. l3-FordhAm University. al NEIhingtnn.
Feb. H-vfrziniA- at Washington
FEB. D-DelaHare. a. NsElrk
Feh 4-Fordhzm. At New YORK.
Feb. E-St- JOINS, Al Brooklyn
FEB. 8-UniTersity Of Maryland at Washington.
Feb. 2S-George Washington. at The Arcade.
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ends as YOU could ask for. Two
only can be placed on the ALI
High team, and the selection OF the
right pair is difficult one.
OberIIn n star Tackle.
The tackles are the same way, although
none of them has anything on oberiin'
of Central. But two or three good guards
have been seen in the series, and the
selection Of the men for these positions
is not very hard. u
Starting in the back field, "Murph"
King, the had who scored seven touch
downs against Western, is played at full
back. He Is the only full back in the
scholastic ranks who played any kind
Of a game, as the other teams shifted so
often a real line on one man could not
be secured, with the exception Of Arm
strong, of Eastern, and he did not do
much work. as Cohill and Smith carried
the ball the majority of the time. King
Is said by many to be the greatest foot
ball player ever turned out OF local
high school, and he has good right to
that title. King played a wonderful
game the past season. and had IL not
been for him II is very doubtful II Cen
trail would have won the title. Not only
in carrying the ball does King star, but
he is good punter, great defensive
player, and leader who can put great
deal of pep" in the game Kings abil-
ity to smash through the line and around
the ends Melted him more than one touch
down in the series, and he is fast, once
clear of the field a score Is certain
For the half back positions we have
Smith and CohilI, OF Eastern; Reeves,
of Central; Harris. OF Business; ochsen-
reiter, of Technical, and Bethel and
Fuller, Of Western. Hawiey Smith and
Paul CohiIl the sterling Light Blue and
White speeders, are perhaps the best
Individual stars Of the series. Smith is
one Of the best defensive backs In the
equal in broken field running or in d.
recting a team.
COhIIl IL Picked.
One Of these men must be placed on the
All-High eleven. and not casting any re-
flection on Smith, who is a great foot
ball player, better fellow and steri-
ing athlete, Paul Cohill is selected. Coz
hills broken field work IN the series was
sensational as ne broke away on several
occasions for runs OF sixty and seventy.
yards without the Slightest interference.
Now We have Reeves. Fuller, Harris.
Bethel, and Ochsenreiter for the other.
half back Job. F'uiier aud Bethel, al
though playing with a team which was
oukclassed at every stage of the series.
fought hard all the time and never QUIT.
Reeves<did not get a chance to show
his real worth to the Central team, as
King did the majority OF the ground
gaining. while Harris and Ochsenreiter1
both played nifty fp6tbAu
Bethel and Fuller are eliminated, ow-
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mage Steed is a good man, but lacks
the experience Of Fisher
Now comes the tackles. Oberlin and
Babcocl, Of Central; SLEEPY Williams,
of Eastern: Reds Wilson and Capt.
Schaffer, of Business; Bureaugard, of
Western and white and Gibson, OF
Technical, aISplayed good football, but
Oberlin and Sleepy Williams are the
best OF the lot.
Oberlin played two games in the back
field but was later shifted to tackle
He is the best tackle in the schoiastic
ranks to-day, and had little opposition
in making a place on the Au-High. On
the offense Oberlin is a demon, tearing
through the opposing line and often
breaking UP the play before 1t had got
ten good start, while seldom was a
gain made through his position. A big,
husky chap, Oberlin was seldom injured.
and played a hard game throughout the
season. g
Babcock, the other Central tackle, is
too light to be considered, although he
played a good game. Wilson and
Schaffer, of Business, played on team
which lacked the steam, while White and
Gibson did not play any too good game
against Central. williams. the Eastern
tackle Is the best man for the other
tackle position. SLEEPY" is a good de-
fensiva player, while on the offense be Is
Ncorking good man on an oh-tackle
play. He made several good gains
against Central and Technical by this
play, and his work throughout the season
has been Of the highest order. White, of
Technical, Is a good mana man who
carries the ball well, but he lacks the
speed TO make him Of All-Hish caliber.
y Zappone in Gaard.
Zappone and Jones. Of Central. are
easily the best guards In the scholastic
ranks Zappone is wild man In the
line, tearing through and often getting
the man with the ball before the play
has started. He is down the field on
punts as fast as an end, makes . good
interference for the man with the ball
ana works hard all the time. Zap Is
fast, plays hard, and is one Of the hard
est tacklers in the schools Beef
Jones, the heaviest man In the series. -
placed at the other guard position. Jones
Is piugger, never doing anything spec
tacular. but always being in the right
place at the right time. He played every
game. was injured but once and never
slowed up. Had 1t not been for bad
ankle Jones would have played better
game, but weak leg caused him to go
slow at the start OF the season. Bureau
gard, who played a guard the firstltwo
games for Western. worked hard with a
losing team, and was by far the best
iinesman on the Red and White eleven.
Baker, Of Eastern. fought all the time,
but neither OF these men compare with
the Central guards
Johnny Stokes, Centrars weli-known
center man, is again chosen for the pivot
position on the AIl-High aggregation.
This season Johnny had quite . lhtle
opposition for the position in the person
Of young Greer; OF Eastern. VINO played
a whiriwind game through the year.
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Ralph Myers who stole lIs bases for
spokshe. drafted by the Boston Braves.
is playing FIRST for san Diego. ia. the
California Winter League.
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PEAKE, FORMER
TECHNICAL STAR,
Up. |. REGULAR
''Mooch," Half Back on Manual
Trainers Last Year, Will Start
Georgetown Battle.
OTHER SPORT AND COMMENT


'Mooch' Peake, who last year played
a baekheld position on the Technical
High School eleven of this city. is at
present holding down the quarter back
job on the V. p. L team, which tackles
the Georgetown aggregation Thanks
giving Day on the Hilltop gridiron.
While at Tech Peake played rat
Ting good game, both in a half-back
, position and on the end. 'Mooch" went
out for the team at the beginning of
the season. and until two weeks ago
had been running the second team, but
he was showed in in the University Of
West Virginia contest last Saturday,
and ran the team in great style.
Branch Bocock, the former George
town star. who is coaching the v. P. I.
aggregation, wired the following last
night:
Sporting Editor Herald:
"Blacksburg. Va, Nov. 2S.-Yes.
PsaRe on first squad. Will start the
Georgetown game in quarter back
BRANCH BoCOCK."
Four hundred tickets for the George
town-V. P. /. game Thanksgiving Day
have been sent TO the Blacksburg insti-
tuition by the Blue and Gray manage
ment. and il is understood that the en-
tire student body will board a special
train, together with band, to witness
: the game here Thursday afternoon on
the Hilltop field.
Yesterday a light signal drill was in
order for the Hilltoppers, and Coach
Gargan will start real practice to-mor-
row for the final game of the season.
No standing room tickets will be sold,
and it is expected that the crowding
on the side lines will in this way be
avoided
Dick Harley the former Eastern Leag-
uer. will more than likely coach the
Georgetown baseball team next spring.
Il was learned last night from one OF
the Blue and Gray ball tossers. Should
this prove to be true, the Hilltoppers
will have secured a man who knows
baseball from every angle, and one who
will not allow any Sinking on the field.
Manager Oliveri. OF the Vigilant foot
ball team, has partly arranged a game
with the Gallaudet eleven for Thanks
giving morning at Union League Park,
to take the place Of the one scheduled
with the Maryland Aggies. The Farmers
Cancelled the game yesterday with the
Vigilants and will meet the Pennsyl-
vania Military College team in Chester,
Pa.
c. W. SWAN.
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CHAMPION CENTRAL TEAM HAS FIVE MEN
ON THE HERALD 1912 ALL-STAR HIGH ELEVEN
Paul Cohill, Eastern's Star Half Back. Picked to
Captain Aggregation. with Bill McCaftrey as
the Coach-Two Business Men Picked.
BY c. w. SWAN.

IE task of selecting the Aigh eleven this fall is one
of the most difficult problems of the year as there IS
a wealth of material to pick from, and fully fifteen
men should be selected for the team As there are
only eleven places, four of the will have to be
content with second team berths.
The majority of the backheld material in the past
series did not show up any too well: The teams did
not seem to have the smash that has been feature OF
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the high school eevens play the last three ana Ou
one team Eastern showed speed Central fairly last
but its main strength its defensive work The Sreee had
one of the best defensive high school Their
threatened but twice the entire SERIES and then the e
arose to the emergency and did not allow score
Never many good ends played the same season
Take Wise of Business Fisher Eastern; Seed of Technical and
conough and Carey Central and you will have five of nifty
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nah champ. Rewarded.

Tether ball at the Emery School is
growing in popularity. Flag prizes
were yesterday presented TO the Misses
Theresa Mcdonald. Beatrice Grady. and
Meta Wischusen- Roy Slater won the
running trophy.