The Washington times., 1912-11-18
BUT THREE GAMES
RE MAIN IN THE
SCHOLASTIC SERIES
Eastern and Technical Meet
Tomorrow in Eighth
4 Game.
CHAMPIONSHIP is
AIMED FOR CENTRAL
Capitol Hill Eleven Has Been
Surprise to Followers of
4, ElevenS.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

With the high school championship
virtually decided in favor OF Central,
and the battle for second place between
Eastern and Technical taking place to-
morrow, but three games remain In the
series. Western and Central Will meet
on Friday. and from indications the
Blue and White Is not calculated to be
opposed by even a hard practice. Tech
and Business will wind up the series
Tuesday week.
Central was able to come through
by the narrowest OF margins. 1t may
be affirmed by those who have seen
the games that Eastern now has the
better team. but II Central were to
play Eastern again the Blue and White
would undoubtedly triumph. At the
time Eastern met Central, Cohlll was
not in the game. Had the Eastern
captain been playing the result might
have been in Eastern's favor.
Central, however. started without a
backfield. The eleven has been a make
shift one all season, King and Oberlin
being far and away the best tackles
in the high school ranks, but were
forced to play in the backficd on aC-
Nohhl VI OF material. Inc
line has been well coached, and with a
pair of good ends and Kings strength
the team has been able to carry every
thing before 1t.
Eastern a Surprise.
Eastern has been a surprise. McCaf-
fery started with an abundance of first
class material, whipped his eleven
quickly into shape and sprang the
greatest surprise of the year by hold
ing Central to lone touchdown. Had
King been out of Centrars lineup and
Cohill in the Eastern backfeld the re-
suit would have been different.
In Cohill and Smith. Eastern has a
pair of experienced halfbacks who have
worked consistently. Cohill and Smith
are undoubtedly faster than any other
backs in the high schools. run well in
an open field. are alert all the time and
pick their holes IN the line instead OF
hammering
OF the others. although 1t has one OF
two light men. Greer at center, Pope
at tackle, and Williams at guard. APP
pear to be in the same class with other
high school star linem"n. On the end
Fisher comes near to being one of tho
best of the ilankers. lie has not been
circled this year and he j. able Il
tackle hard and surely
Had Heavy Team.
At Business Coach Farmer started
with II heavy team which failed to get
going properly. Great things were cx.
peCted OF the StcnOGraphcrs after West.
ern was dcCislvcly beaten, but the team
has been unable to com" through auc.
cessfully. Harris. in the backticld, with
Hunt at quarter are as good as any
other backfeld men IN the high schools
today. while Wise and Wool make ur
a well balanced pair Of ends Weak.
ness at tackles proved 70 he Business
down fall
Tech failed to get speed into the team
smiths have been unable to deliver
Western should have been beaten al
least thirty points and tn" fast Eastern
eleven is likely to show the team up or
tomorrow unless much Improvement Is
noted. White, Eskendorf Mckinney
and Ochenrcitcr look best among the
Tech players but failed to deliver In tn,
crucial game against Central
Western has been Il failure this year
Starting off with hcttcr material on the
average the players dIorp"d or Via til,
funk rule and parental objection unit
the team Ia little stronger than a fas
eighth grade team. Av,rag.ng less thar
40 pounds at present, the team canno
hope to give Central a stiff bettle even
Western Loses Many.
Smith. Pate. Jones, Captain Howard
Leetch. Mcintyre and Brooks, of las
years team, now in school, were los
30 that anv sort of CrCdItablc showing
was almost hopeless with the men oil
hand.
Ono of the noticeable things in tn,
High School advisory marks this yea
was the fact that tn" teams who's,
showing in the first game was poo
failed to qualify men aftcl the first ad
ysory. Whether or no the players los
heart cannot be determined but the fac
remains that many players on losinj
teams failed signally. Will" the winners
with but few exceptions, carried thei
teams through intact.
What will probably never happel
again In the high school series is tn
mistake made by the high school facul
Nv advisers in failing tn provide tn
nroper number of officials to conduc
The games. BY reason Of being shor
! handed the games have suffered to som
: cxtent and while no effort Is made t
criticise the work of the officials II mus
he admitted that they could not success
! flhlly cope with the almost insurmount
able difficulties encountered in run