The Washington herald., 1912-11-07

cover something tricky in their. attack
fof with such evenly balanced combina-
tions doing their utmost to win II II
only to be reasoned that straigik plays
win not prove the medium for q great
deal Of ground gaining. and something
more strategic will necessarily have to
be resorted TO.
Owing to the death Of one Of the inc
ulty at the Mckinley School. the Central
Tech contest has been postponed until
Saturday morning at 1919. instead Of
the regular scheduled date. tomorrow.
when the funeral Of the teacher takes
place. The short postponement not only
serves TO respect the deceased teacher.
but will incidentally afford the two
schools one more afternoon Of work.
Jack" Gass, the regular referee Of the
series. will be unable to oficiate at this
important battle, because Of q previous
engagement to referee q college contest
In the South Lieut.. Land. Of the Navy,
has been selected by the board Of faeul-
ty advisers to serve. Nelson. ~ usual.
WIN umpire. Lieut. Land has omciated
in high s6hool games before. and has
given general satisfaction. The early
starting hour was made that the high
school contest might not conflict With
the afternoon games of the local col
leges. all the latter institutions having
games a& the later hour.
Tho early start - not expected to De-
tract from the interest centerinG around
the game nor the size Of the anticipated
crowd. As has been the case in the past,
the meeting between Central and its
Manual Training rivals has always at
tracted Q great gathering to the scene Of
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precedent viii continue. The champion
ship has most always, for the last six or
seven seasons At least. resulted from the
winning Of. this game for the ono school
or the other. and this season. with Bust
ness. Eastern. and Western charged with
one or more losses apiece. the winner, al
though they have each played but one
game. viii have the decided advantage.
Through the failure of . few Technical
regulars and the alleged lack Of physical
fitness OF others. Central. which has been
moro fortunate In both respects, b .
slight favorits' for first honors. though
high school football. ever teeming with
reverses and upsets In dope. may spring
surprises in this game, but either team,
II II =, Is not too prominent a factor. has
a. good chance as its opponent
Getting the jump on an opponent u IN
important thing in every branch OF
athletics. In football It generally means
the victim At Q disadvantage while in
track circles it may be applied to sever
al phases Of the running game. The
team that can appreciate this fact II the
beneficiary In nine cases out Of ten. For
the first time IN many years. Central
High School is almost wholly devoid OF
any veteran track talent and in such q
depleted condition that II had not the man.
At the end Of last season, whom It could
elect a. the leader Of its running forces.
Realizing the position which circum-
stances have forced them into. the
younger boys at the o Street school
have begun work with q vim and daily
workouts have anywhere from twenty
five to forty athletes going through the
routine Of Coach Foley's Instructions.
The first figure. . conservative mini
mum. has gotten the Jump IN this man
ner and are now q month or more
better than any Of the squads Of the
remaining schools As a rule the latter
do not begin training until the end Of
the Christmas holidays or at the earliest
after football season. This does not
give them sufncient time to get in
proper work to onset the early start Of
the Blue and White teams and by the
time baseball season rolls around the
track sport suffers more or less because
Of the latter sport drawing on the other
for much Of its material. True, the
track squad IL diminished more or less
by the baseball team but Central has
been affected less than any OF her sister
schools in this way. The Wisenbergers
are again looking forward to the MAIN
tainance Of Central supremacy in this
sport n has been the instance since its
Inauguration.