Evening star., 1913-11-19
FIELD GOALS OFTEN
DECIDE THE GAMES
That Scoring Factor Has Been
Prominent in Many High
School Contests.
GREER is BRILLIANT
AS DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Rated as More Valuable Than
Any Other Member of the
Scholastic EIevens.
By n. c. BYRD.

been season within the recollection
of those now following high school
foot ball when as many games have
been decided by field goals as has been
the case in the schedule now being
played.
| Western won from Central by score
of to 0, a field goal by Roger being
the only point registered by the Red
and White. Then Western beat East
ern by the same method. each eleven
securing touchdown, but another field
goal giving the former the, margin.
The Technical team then went against
Central expecting to win rather easily,
but it was able to eke out a victory
only in the last few minutes of play,
and that victory was secured by a
field goal kicked by Roberts. Yester-
day, when it was thought that Eastern
would win from Central and stand a
chance to beat Tech. which would have
caused three tie. it lost in
stead. and the margin by which it was
defeated was a goal from the field.
! The high schools have taken advan-
tage of their lack of driving power
| when the defense closes UP in it's own
| territory. always to try place or drop
kicks. with the result that many have
failed; but several have been made
which decided games.
There will be only one game here
this week. Gallaudet is to meet the
Maryland Aggies in what should be a
| game worth seeing. Gallaudet has a
| team that has been rated as the strong
| est minor college aggregation in the
i south. and 1t is betting odds of five
| to three that it will defeat the Farm
| ers
| There is no doubt that Gallaudet has
one or the strongest secondary elevens in
the south. If not the strongest The Ken
| Gall Greeners have made a record of
which they may well be proud. Some
thing of their strength is shown in the
| fact that they beat Wake Forest by AZ
to :, while the A. and NJ. eleven. which
| beat Georgetown by two touchdowns
could only win from it by 20 to g. Gal
| laudet has an excellent line on NJ A. C's
plays. having had representatives at
tneariy every game In which the Farmers
(, have participated, and it will have that
advantage.
Il central has shown a lot of improve
i ment In almost every game it has
! played The Blue and White has been
probably be able to put up a mighty
| strong front against any of the other
elevens; 1t has already done that, but
it would stand whole lot better
same teams again The Blue and
White began the season with a very
\ green lot of material. There was
hardly a man in the lineup who had
one being left from the eleven of last
year. The problem was before the
coaches to build an entire new team to
| combat veteran aggregations. They
i partially succeeded, in that their goal
line was crossed In only one game and
| a defeat was registered against one
| of the seasons strongest elevens in the
| last contest
| Frank Gargan and Wayne Hart are
being complimented by everybody con-
nected with athletics at Georgetown for
having brought the team up to a point
i where 1t could beat Virginia The Blue
| and Gray followers never lost faith in
Hart and Gargan, nor did they figure
that their team was worse than Virginia.
/ Barrett, manager OF the Blue and Gray
eleven, said. few days before the game.
| that he knew Virginia was right strong,
| but he went further and stated that he
| thought it would have to be at least 30
per cent more powerful In order to win.
| as the Georgetown fighting spirit was
/ worth that much. When a bunch of fell
lows has that kind of confidence placed
| in II, 1t Is not easy for 1t to lose. Gar
/ gan and Hart developed that spirit and
played IL up for all 1t was worth, and the
1 fierceness with which the Blue and Gray
| lads went into the game was in large
degree responsible for the victory. Gar
| gan and Hart deserve a lot of credit. as
does every member of the squad.
l for the last game on its schedule, which
! is likely to be one of the hardest Holy
Cross always is represented by power
| full eleven, and 1t is probable 1t will come
down here to make good. The Worcester
collegians have been playing the big uni
4 versities. They have been receiving de-
feats, but that Is no reason to believe
they are not strong. The secondary col
nd OF
generally rated as stronger than the best
in this section, and a chance will be had
by local followers Of the sport to see the
class OF foot ball that is played in the
north.
The fact that many high school games
have been decided by field goals means
that the teams have been more evenly
Predictions were made at the start OF the
| season that the series would mo tne
schools fighting on more even terms tnan
in long while, and such proved to be the
nearly all the games. There was not 9
contest In which one team had very
decided advantage over the other
GEORGETOWN will not play this week
though Catholic University has a game
scheduled away from home. The Brook
landers will go to Westminster to play
Western Maryland College. Coach Greel
a good showing, Notwithstanding the fac'
that 1t Is in q very crippled condition.
There is no doubt that Greer the East
ern High center. is about the most val
| liable man of the school elevens. 1t has
| been stated by those who have watched
him closely all the year that he Is one OF
the best men ever developed In the local
institutions. His work has been brilliant
all season. and he has not met man
anywhere near his equal. There is no
question about his ability to cover more
ground on the defense than any other
player. and he has proved himself to be
the bulwark of the Eastern defense His
work on the offense has been correspond
ingly good.
CentraFs 3 TO victory over Eastern
was more or less unlocked for. After
losing to Business by q margin OF one
touchdown, and Eastern having beaten
Business by two touchdowns, 1t was not
thought that Eastern would lose. The
opposite happened, though, as has been
the case very often this season