The Washington times., 1913-11-11

Central and Bushes are playing in
the sixth of the high school champion
ship games today, and the Orange and
Blue believes that for the first time in
high school history it stands fair
chance to be returned a winner over the
Dark Blue.
Bushes has never beaten Central in
high school football history, has never
come near beating Central, and the fact
that the Dark Blue has dropped two
games to Tech and Western gives the
Business followers a hope that this
year will find a win for the Rhode Is
land Avenue school.
The loss to Tech In the first of the
series was breaker for Business
II was maintained that if a certain
play had been allowed by the officials
the Business team would have had a
chance to get even or better Tech s
score by a POINT. After that Eastern
players ran rings in and around the
team, and had no difficulty in rolling
uu the largest score made in the series
50 far.
Busines is maintaining that it cen de-
feat Central, just as Tech and West
ern have done, while the Blue feels
that its loss to Western was due TO the
tact that the team was green, and
points to the Tech game as an indica-
ton of coming back rapidly.
Ii was thought that Tech would roll
up more than twenty points on Central,
but the Manual Trainers were fortu-
rate in getting a dropkick over "Jakey"
Roberts, turning the trick in almost the
last minute of play. The Central team
Tech defeat, and il is expected to show
more against Bushes in today's battle
than it has at any time this year.
'"The high school football series this
season is as close as any that / can re-
member" said one of the high school
faculty advisers at a game recently.
The teams appear TO be fairly evenly
matched, and the fact that two touch
downs is the largest score that has been
made bears out this statement
Five games have been played. and
the margin of victory in three games has
been by a dropkick, Eastern rather sur
prised Business while Tech scored but
one touchdown against Business"
The fact that the line work has been
much better than the offense work of the
backs has shown repeatedly. None of
the teams have the same scoring ability
that characterized the work of the back
fields in last years series.
Candidates for the all-high school
team are looming up with every game.
For the backfield, Thornett, of Eastern !;
1T quarter. with Steed, of Tech, and
whelchel, of Western, look good. In the
backfields, Brewer of Western; Ochsen-
rsiter, of Tech; Reilly, of Eastern: Har-
rfs OF Business Hardell, of Tech, and
Acorn and ochstadt, of Central, look
particularly good.
OF the ends, Roberts and Felt. OF
Tech Mackall. of Western; with Peck,
Rick. and Macdonald, of Central, and
Watkins, of Eastern. all appear to be
fairly evenly matched.
Tech and Western take the field on
Friday and a great battle is in sight.
If Western is able to make up any
speed in the backfeld II will stand
show to win. Tech is formidable and
has failed to show its true strength
against either of the teams that IL has
battled in the games so far. The Man.
ual Trainers are due for a rush for
ward for the title unless all signs fail.
They are picking Eastern TO throw
the hooks into the Tech tribe when the
teams get together. Western won from
Eastern by a dropkick. while Eastern
failed to get going until the last min
ute or two of play. II is maintained
that IL the Eastern team had gotten
into its stride earlier in the Western
game there would have been a much
different story to tell.
There will be no school on Thursday
or Friday of this week for the high
schools owing to the fact that Teach
ers' Institute will be held Tech and
Western will take the field at the
usual time on Friday despite the fact
hat there viii be no sessions at the
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