The Washington times., 1913-11-17

The hope Of both Eastern and West
ern to get a look in at the high school
championship lies in the ability of the
Light Blue and White team to come
through with a win over Central and
Tech and the ability of the Red and
White to down Business in the re-
naming battles for the 1913 title.
Eastern is undertaking quite a pro-
gram in defeating Central and Tech, but
the Capitol Hill lads are firm in their
contention that their team is better
than that of Tech. Eastern makes no
bones about saying that Westerns win
was lucky one and points to the fact
that Tech was unusually lucky to get
the breaks against Western though dis
playing a better all around brand of
football.
Tomorrow Eastern is meeting Central.
The Dark Blue has lost all of its starts
in the high school series, something un-
known to Central followers, while East
ern has won and lost. This game with
the contest booked Friday betweensW
ern and Business will leave the Tech
Eastern contest for the title on Fri
day week and there are those who are
COCK sure enough to predict a win
Tor Eastern tomorrow and a repetition
or the win in the engagement on Friday
week
No series in recent years has been
as well contested as that now being
fought out in the schools. While there
is no chance to make anything more
than a rough estimate of weights, it is
thought that Tech, Business, Eastern,
Central and western run in the order
named in relative weights.
In no game has any marked superb
or1ty been noted, the strongest team
being forced to the limit TO win. In
but one game has there been any scor-
iEg to amount to anything. In years
past taking last year for example,
scores OF more than twenty points were
not infrequent. This year no team has
gotten that number, in fact the total in
the series for Only one team has ex-
ceeded that number. Teen having made
twenty-one points in its three starts.
The scores for the series follow:
Tech, s; Business, Q.
Western, 3: Central, O.
Eastern, 13: Business, 0.
Tech, 3; Central, o.
Western, 10; Eastern,
Business, 10; Central. j..
Tech, u; Western, Z.
\ glance at the scores will SHOW
that Tech has scored p points: Eastern,
in two starts, 20; Western the same
number: Business, I9, and Central 13.
Business total was made in one game,
that against Central, when nineteen
was recorded TO the Is for Central.
More points were made in this contest
than in any other in the series.
In scoring ability Eastern shows to
advantage. The Light Blue and White
has gathered in twenty points and still
has two games to go. II might be
pointed out that Eastern has done
better work in that II scored as clean
q touchdown against Western as Tech
did and was able to better Techs
mark against Business
Rover and Brewer, of Western and
Roberts, of Tech. have all won games
by dropkicks for their schools. After
last years 81 TO defeat at the hands
of Central, RoyeT turned the trick
this year with q neat kick against the
Blue Brewers dropkicE and his touch
down gave Western the win over East
ern, while 'Jakcy' Roberts dropkick
i'm the last two minutes Of play decided
the game for Technical against the old
rival.
So evenly matched have been the
teams in the present series that none
of the players have shown any marked
superiority over any others, with the
result that the selection Of players
for the All-High School award is like
ly to be difficult.
Many of the boys have played we'll in
one game only to prove an exploded
phenom iE the next contest. Much being
expected of a player in another contest
has made II impossible for him to come
I'D to scratch in the start. In two in
stances, those of Ochsenreiter. of Tech
and Brewer, Of Western, have much
hcraIded players come To grief
II WIS not until the Western game
that Ochsenreiter proved worthy of con-
sideration for the All-High team. His
work in the Central and Business
games fell far short of the standard set
last year but in the Western contest
the youngster came through with A
rush. Brewer played brilliantly against
Eastern, but went to pieces against
Tech.
This wears stars developed siWe the |
start oC the season narrow down TO |
Some eight or ten out of the seventy
two or seyenty-thre players showing in
the series. Ochstadt. Rich, and Rush. !
of Central; PcdIoc Of Business. Mackall |
and ROyer Of Western. Roberts and
Steed of Teen, Baldwin Of Eastern. and
Gibli3 Of Western, show signs of great |
promise for next season.