Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
FORWARD PASS IS
| TO Be DEVELOPED
Play Will Be Given Much
! Greater Attention by the
Coaches This Season.
DEFENSE MAY BE TOO
&STRONG BEFORE LONG
Present Forms of Defense Will
/; |, Be insufficient to
p ): Stop Plays.
ny a. G. BYRD.

Foot bail is, likely to be more of a
passing game this Year than ever pre-
viously. While the greatest part of the
ground gaining vail have to be done with
the running game as medium. there Is
no doubt that greater attention will be
paid to the development of the forward
pass than has been done. The ground
gained by reason Of this play takes less
energy from the men than any other, and
variations of it will be adopted for that
reason if for no other
1 II seems reasonable to suppose that out
Of the four tries allowed at least one
forward pass ought to be successful II
is seldom that really successful pass
] nets less than 10 yards, which would
result in the first down being gained. il
that average could be maintained, in the
/ easiest manner possible. Here Is a pre-
. diction in regard to the forward pass:
| Within two years time it will be neces-
! sary to lessen the number of downs or
else legislate the forward pass out OF
/ existence. That seems to be broad
| statement to make and yet it will come
! true.
! The forward pass has not even reached
/ a fair state of development as yet, and
before long, when it has, the offense may
IS
which will so overbafance the power of
the defense that it will have to be curbed.
! The success of the forward pass de-
/ Ponds upon two factors: The ability of the
4 receiver to handle the ball cleanly and the
/ accuracy with which it can bs thrown
These two things can be developed in
men. undoubtedly. if there is time, and
4 with their development Will come such
| an offense as will be impossible for the
present forms of defense to stop
| The schedule of the Eastern High
eleven has been. announcSda 1t is as fol-
lows:
1 October 4-Alexandria High School at
Alexandria.
October 11-Gonzaga College. tpenains).
October 17-Army and Navy . Prep
| School. ->-.--.... :.
October aJ.-Briarley Hall : Military
School. -.
October 2s-Business. High, School
November l-Randolph-M Macon Academy
at Front Royal (pending),
| November 4-Western High School.
| November 14-Central High School.
November 21-Tech High School.
| November 22-Chariotte Hall Military
School at Charlotte, Md.
The first contest booked for the Light
| Blue and White should not prove difficult
nor should any of the other outside games
be very hard with the exception OF that
| scheduled with Randolph-Macon Acad-
| envy. That academy generally puts out
much stronger and heavier teams than
| Eastern, although they are seldom as
| we'll drilled.
Just what Eastern will do in the school
| series this year is a question. The team
| will be watched very closely. and, While
| it will be light, as it has always been
, in recent years, those in charge of the
| squads at the other schools are not ex-
pecting any easy tasks when tlfey.meet It.
Four games are scheduled to be play
| ed today. One is to take place between
one OF the big prep schools and an ath-
| Ietic club, but the others will be played
by elevens of recognized strength. The
prep eleven to be seen in action is the
Hill School; 1t will meet the Pottstown
A. c. The University of Pennsylvania
plays its last midweek game; its OPP
| ponent will be Franklin and Marshall.
| Lehigh has a contest scheduled with
Western Maryland. and the University of
Vermont is to go against the Middlebury
College eleven. -
Pennsylvania should have little trou-
BILE in beating Franklin and Marshall by
big margin. Franklin and Marshall,
| while 1t has a strong eleven for one of
/ the smaller institutions. ought not to
| have anywhere near the power of the
Quakers Lehigh will give Western
Maryland a good drubbing There is not
the least doubt as to. that. The latter
eleven is not in anything like the same