The Washington herald., 1913-10-29
By buck HOWARD.
cavt.in Of western. ,s,s Eleven.

When little Earl Roger kicked a goal
from field late in the last quarter. Cen
tral was beaten by Western for the first
time in i've years, in the second game of
the scholastic series yesterday in Vigil
liant Park. Lots OF grit and nerve were
displayed by Westerns pluciy little field
general. Handicapped by a bad pass. and
with a couple OF Central forwards charg-
ing in. Royer wen the matinee for the
West-Enders by a beautiful drop kick
from the twenty-five yard line. which set
the final figures at to 0.
This il the first time Western has de-
feated Central since 1900 in football. and
the first time Central has been scored
on In four years.
Western presented a team which was
considerably stronger than last years
eleven. and Coach Morse deserves a great
deal of credit for the showing made BY
;he Red and White aggregation- He
has shown the followers of scholastic
football that Western is not out of the
race for the title.
Western Outplay. Central.
The Western team won the game be-
cause It outplayed the o Streeters in
every department. gaining almost three
times as much ground as Central, tack
ling cleaner and showing a strong de-
fense whenever its goal was In danger.
On the other hand Dutch Acorn was
the backbone of the Central eleven. He
was practically the only man who could
gain consistently through the Western
line. and from that. played won
Gerfuily on the defense. Time and again
the Western backs would break through
the line only TO fall in the grasping hands
of Acorn.
The work of ehe Western line was a
good example of the old-time Western
spirit The entire set OF forwards had a
sterling attack, and on the defense the
work was, cf equal caliber. smashing
through the Blue and White forwards on
many occasions and throwing the Central
backs for a loss.
Although the Central line did not ap-
pear as aggressive as their opponents.
at times IL showed UP to advantage and
managed to, hold Western for downs
Western threatened to score on more
t6an one occasion, owing to the inability
OF Rich to kick. but the Blue and White
forwards made up for this weakness and
forced the Western team to punt On the
other hand. Acorn was their whole Of
fensive strength. He was called upon
time and time again to carry the bail
and responded nobahly on all but one at
tempt and that was when a criss cross
was tried, at which time Adams threw
him for a loss.
DOxon and Pepper star.
Walter Doxon. in full back for the
West Enders. gained most frequently
for his team, making many long plouses
through the center OF the line. He was
directly responsible for most Of the first
dCwnsN registered by the Western team.
and besdes this proved a tower of
strength on the defense.
Young Pepper IN right half back also
die some brilliant work. This kid pat
the ball within striking distance Of the
goal posts when Royer came into the
limelight by kicking his field g,al After
holding Central for downs late In the
final period. Pep caught one Si Rush's
kicks and ran il back Is yardsl putting
the ball on centrars 25-yakd line
and giving Western just the opportunity
looked for. At this point Royer was
called upon to dropkick and provid to be
the man OF the hour when he $nt tn.
oval through the goal posts for he only
score of the game
Good head work was shownellon the
part of Johnson. who was Having
quarter for Central during the last few
minutes With only a few mInRes to
play and the score against the o Etreet-
ers, he Immediately proceeded ID opeI:
up with forward passes. Two siccess-
ful passes were made and nettd 20
yards for Central, putting the hll on
Westerns 25-yard line at which time
the game was called with Western vic
tcrious
With few more minutes to PLAY Gen.
trail would have thrown a scare Il the
Western camp as when the whistle blew
for the end of the game, the o Stteters
were travelling up the field at 4 fast
clip ard things began to look BID for
Western The line-up and suInn4v: