Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-19
By n. G. BYRD.

By H. G. BYRD.
| There seems little doubt that the most
closely contested high school series In
years will be played this fall. There
does not appear to be suff1cient strength
in any Of the teams to warrant pre-
diction that either Of them will win the
| title, though 1t may seem that one or
| two are favored over the others. NO
| matter which eleven finally Is declared
| the victor, it ia certain that 1t Will De
only after a grueling struggle.
Central won the championship last
year, but 1t is not likely that II Will
be able to accomplish that th.s season.
The Blue and White aggregation lost
every man Of it's team but one,e ana
has been compelled to build an out ana
out new combination. Whether or not
1t will make the right kind of showing
against the more experienced SQUADS IS
questionable, but there is not mutn
chance tor the school to be represented
by as strong an aggregation as II mao
last fall 1t has lost three OF ats most
powerful and valuable men-zappone,
Oberiin and King. the last mentioned
was the most valuable. 1t will be I'M
possible for Coach Thomas to replace
was in a class by himself last year
among the scholastic elevens, and he
would probably be the same this year
| IL he were still at Central. One man
of his caliber means much 70 schooi
and IL Central could by any means I'M.
cover such a player 1t would mean tnaL
t will be in the running from the start.
| The odds seem to be against the Blue
and White, though, as far as cnam-
pionship is concerned.
Western and Eastern appear to De
stronger this year than last. especially
the former. The Red and White bunch
has not been talked much about, and has
not been talking much about itself, but
IS expecting to make a whole lot better
showing than anybody IL looking Tor. one
of the youngsters playing behind the
Western line. when questioned relative 20
the prospects of his team yesterday SAID
| that he was not going to say that they
| were going to win out or anything IKE
that, but he did state that the team was
stronger than anybody thought and thai
| it would be heavier. It was that young
elevens would be made to travel at a
mighty fast gait before they. would be
4 able to secure victories over the George
town school. =,
Eastern has been showing we'll In Its
practice games, much better in compari.
son than Central or Western, but, OF
| course that does not count for a sreat
| deal. However, it is the only method Of
gauging the strength OF the teams which
will play. Eastern did much better work
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trail, and it also showed superiority IN the
contest in which 1t won from the Army
and Navy Prep School. The Lieht Blue
and White will probably be just as hard
| a nut to crack this season as 1t was last
fall, when it came near getting victory
over Central High In the opening game.
The eleven from Capitol Hill is generally
| light, but it is a gritty aggregation and
gives its whole self to the contest.
1t would not be surprising II the cham
pionship were decided in the first game
of the series-that scheduled between
Technical and Business, Tuesday. These
two teams had an abundance OF materiai
| last fall and did some creditable work.
/ both of them showing q great deal more
| lower than was developed. Business mas
d heavy backfield, the majority Of the
men having had quite little experience,
and 1t is making no boasts. but feels con-
fluent that 1t will manase to finish In the
fore. Capt. Harris, in speaking OF the
prospects, said that he could not tell
what his team was going to do, but thai
| f it did not show mighty well he would
the statement that the eleven that beat
his team would be the one to win the
championship. He said: II am not say
ing anything positively, but you just
| watch us in this series.
Tech has a stronger and more aggreS'
| sive team to put in the series this year
| than 1t had last. The Manual Trainers
| are more powerful this season by far
| seeming to have better men from every
| s andpoint The eleven is playing better
| foot ball, is showing more aggressiveness
| and is developing into a formidable com
| bination. This prediction may be marked
that IL Tech wins from Business Tuesday
it will be the team which will win the
championship, provided 1t maintains Its
| standard. which there is no reason te
| believe it will not. 1t has two gooc
backs. about as clever as any of thu
schools possess, In Gibson and ochsen-
ritter. and Steed will use bette: Judgment
| IN running his team from the quarter
| backs position than will the majority OF
| the other generals.
OF course. it Is impossible to give an,
accurate prediction relative to higf
| school athletics because he teams seldom
play true to form. One eleven may lool
/ much stronger than another, but whef
the time comes for them to appear or
the field an entirely different result may
| be seen from what should have beer
and what was expected. Teams in thu
| past have looked good enough to walk
| away with the championships and We
| they have failed to do anything like
as well as would have been the case haG
they maintained their true form.
l The series may be decided Tuesda.
opening game. or the winner may not bt
known until the last period OF the las
| game. 1t Is impossible to foretell wha
is going to happen. but everything seems
TO point to a very even series with the
e'evens scrambling for the highest hon
ors. It would not be surprising to se<
some Of the best and closest game Of
recent years, and certainly 1t will b.
surprising If one team runs away with
the title and wins the honor easily.
The one surprise sprung yesterday In
the foot ball game played between the
so-called big teams was the loss which
the Carlisle Indians sustained In their
ZANE with the University of Pittsburgh
The Indians dropped their game. for the
first time in years being unable to score