The Washington herald., 1913-11-05
Field Goal in Final Quarter
Defeats o Streeters- Black
smiths Played to Standstill.
POOR PUNTING HURTS
BY ..BUoK- HOWARD,

tapta1n OF NeSterus lSl- klereu-
Central. outweIghed twenty pounds to
the man. lost to Tech yesterday in the
| fourth game of the scholastic gridiron
series, 3 TO 0, but the defeat was in
reality a victory for the o streeters.
Tech, touted as sure winners. with the
heaviest line In the series and an ag-
gressive set of backs. failed to intimi-
date the sturdy wearers Of the dark
blue.
Central lost the ball game pure and
simple in not having a capable puntcr.
This weakness was evident to no small
degree throughout the contest, but
doomed up in the last few minutes of
play, when it's inability to boot the pig
skin enabled little ''Jaky" Roberts to
kick his field goal which won the fray
for the Manual Trainers.
Techs Line slow.
Techs heavy set OF forwards did not
show the class expected of them and
this was the real cause of the poor show
Ing made by the team. The Manual
Trainers did not have the punch neces-
sary for good attack, and the Central
iinesmen managed TO break through
quite frequently and throw the Tech
ing them for downs on six occasions.
Central presented a line which was
decided Improvement over the one which
failed to stop Western in its last game,
and at times outplayed that of the Man
ual Trainers.
Techs back field was the only formid-
able part Of the team, and it was due
TO them that the team made as good an
impression as II did. On various oc-
casions Steed and Gibson managed to
pull OF long gains which threw a scare
In the Central camp. but the dark blue
line showed class and held with a will
Central mad one glorious chance TO
score early In the first period when Nc
Kenny broke through the Tech line and
blocked one of Ochenreiter's kicks, the
Streeters recovering the ball on Techs
2-yard line. Central failed to gain OIL
three attempts through the center of the
line and on the fourth rush Acorn FUN
bled the ball apparently. costing the o
a touchdown.
Ochstadt Stars for Central.
Central uncorked a rafting good half
back in Ochstadt. who was outside of the
playing of the Central line. easily the
star Of the game. This lad added a lot
of strength to the o Streeters' back
ield, while on the defense his per-
was of exceptional caliber !
Ochstadt, ON the form displayed yester-
lay, premises TO be valuable man for |
he Central team in years to come. Acorn |
played great defensive game. |
Cnpoubtedly, Central's inability to punt |
sost II the game. On an exchange Of |
icks. Tech gained anywhere from 20 |
70 % yards, and the time when this weak !
hess proved most costly was near the |
lose of the game. Central was held for |
Towns on their own 2O-yard line and was |
orced to kick Acorn, who took up the |
ask Of kicking after the miserable at
tempts of johnson, only s>nt the pigskin
sbout 10 yards. This put Tech en- the % /
'treeters' 35-yard line. Steed made a run
II Il yards around the end, putting the
,all on the 2O-yard line and there the ball \
remained until Roberts was called upon.
0n the last down, to kick the goal from
ield. which won the afternoons engage
nent.
McKenny and Bassett. Centrars two
'uards, were the backbone of the OF
Streeters' defense, and IL was due to this
1air that the Manual Trainers did notI
core more points. McKenny outplayed
apt. White both on the offense and de-
ense, while 1t may be interesting to note
hat young Bassett, only weighing I2s
ounds, showed class against Hart,
'ech's left guard. who weighs around los
'ounds- The work of these two men was
he best seen in the scholastic ranks this
eason. The lineup and summary: