Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-22
BY H. C. BYRD.

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Central and Tech appear to he the ia
vOrites in the scholastic foot ball series,
which begins today The Manual Train
ers and Blue and White elevens have the
margin on the other schools in weight.
experience and general playing ability,
according to the opinion of those who
have seen all the teams in action.
Although Tech has fairly heavy eleven
this year, it seems from the scores that
have been made against outside schools.
that Central is the logical favorite to win.
The eleven representing that school has
by comparison shown that it is above
teh strength of the mother institutions.
and unless it finishes in front at the end
of the year there will be a big surprise
in store for somebody.
By compa rison of the games played SO
far the results stand as follows: Business
was defeated by the Georgetown Props,
20 to o: Western also lost to the George
town youngsters by Il score of Is to o.
Central won from the school which de-
feated Business and Western by a3 to q.
While there is, of course. a lot of fault
to be found with comparative scores as a
basis of figuring the strength of two
eievenS, when the comparison is as broad
as that in the scores of the three games
mentioned it cannot be overlooked as
being a solid factor by which to judge
the relative strength of the elevenS.
Technical High barely won from the
Army and Navy prep eleven by = to 81
Eastern was defeated by the same pre-
paratory institution by one touchdown.
That would place those two elevens about
on a par with the odds in favor of Tech
slightly. Tech lost to the Episcopal High
School by a score of four touchdowns,
while Central was only defeated by the
narrow margin of three points. The
Episcopalians were able to tally only six
points against the Blue and White,
whereas they made twenty-seven on the
Tech aggregation.
The odds, on a comparison of the teams
on the mentioned basis. appear to favor
Central to finish in front with Technical
a close second. OF course, there is no
telling what may happen in high school
game. but there is every likelihood that
the order of the finish of the first two
elevens with Eastern. Western and Bust
ness fighting it out for third honor, the
chances favoring the first mentioned.
Western and Business will start the
scholastic series this afternoon. The Red
and White and the StenOgraphers Will be
ready to do battle to the end because of
the fact that Business has never won
from the West Enders in foot ball, and
than ever previously On the other hand,
there is not much proba Utility that West
ern will submit easily to a defeat at the
hands of the Stenographers.
Business will probably outweigh the
Western eleven by a fair margin. the
baokfield of the latter being very light.
Larkin, who is about ten pounds under
the bantamweight limit. is at quarter;
Bethel, who is not much heavier, is at
full, and two lads who ran on the midget
relay last year are being used at left
half. Capt. Howard is the only man in
the Western backfield who can lay claim
to a weight commensurate with the backs
of the other elevens which will be played
The Western line should De very nearly
if not quite as strong as last year. 1t
has some of its parts filled by better
men than those who held down the jobs
last year. while the men who are back
have undoubtedly improved enough to
show superior form to their last seasons
work.
Business will present an eleven that
will probably be more capable than any
that has represented the school since
1909, and probably it will be stronger
team developed fairly well and showed
very creditab V, and If it has improved
correspondingly since that time IT Is
liable to give Western all it is looking
for to win.
Both Tech and Central have much
heavier elevens than have the other three
schools unless Business is composed OF
much larger men than usual. 1t is re-
ported that the Stenographers have line
which averages 10 pounds. but that is
likely an exaggeration, as it is probable
that it would be difficult to select team
out OF all the schools which would total
that mark in average weight.
Unless Virginia shows remarkable i'm
provement it will be in for good trim
ming at the hands of the Vanderbilt
eleven, which il meets in Nashville, No
vember >. Virginia has an eleven. which