The Washington herald., 1913-11-22
WESTERN Wins
FROM BUSINESS
Failure to Kick Goal Costs
Stenographers Chance to
Tie the Score.
FINAL COUNT IS 7 TO 6
Capt. Harris, Of Orange and Blue
Team, Easily the Star-Western's
Touchdown Fluky.
BY "BUCK" HOWARD,
n Of Western's lsi2 Eleven.

Captain Of Westerns 1917 Eleven
In the hardest fought game Of the pres
ent interscholastic football campaign.
Western triumphed over Business yester-
day by one point margin score, to 6.
The Stenographers were beaten when
big "Joe" Wise failed in an attempt to
kick goal after a touchdown. but the
Orange and Blue put up a grand exhibi-
ton of football. and with Capt. Harry
Harris at the helm looked better than
at any time this season, while Western
did not play its usual good game owing
to number of injuries which handi-
capped the West Enders with telling re-
suit.
Although coming out of the fray with
the short end of the score. a great deal
OF credit must be given to the Business
ming up points the Orange and Blue out
played the Western team during the
greater part OF the game.
Business gained more ground than did
Western, showing more offensive strength
than any other team this season with
well executed forward passes and long
end runs by Capt. Harris. The Stenog-
raphers also played well on the defense
In that Western did not gain with con-
Sistency, registering but four first downs
throughout the contest.
The Red and White warriors, while not
as impressive as heretofore, did play
well In the emergency, and whenever
their goal line was in danger forced their
opponents to kick.
Western started the scoring in the
third quarter. After being held for downs
In midfeld, Peck, of Western, punted to
the Stenographers' 1O-yard line and when
Wise dropped the bail Adams recovered
1t and ran II over the line, but when
tackled he fumbled. only to have Nichol-
son, another Western man, fall on the
oval for touchdown. Roger kicked an
easy goal.
Business counted a little later in the
same period.
Western kicked to Business. and on
long gains by Harris and Lloyd, also a
1O-yard penalty, landed the ball on West
ern's 2O-yard line. At this point the
Stenographers executed a perfect for
ward pass, Harris to Wise. which netted
a touchdown. ]. Wise failed to kick
goal.
Harry Harris, the pluck little Business
captain, was the real star OF the game
Harry" gained more ground that any
man on the field and aside from that was
the big factor in the Stonegraphers' open
style OF play. throwing forward passes
accurately in the waiting arms Of Ped
low. who figured in all but one of the
passes, the one which scored the touch
down. His performance was noteworthy
from every standpoint. and without him
the Orange and Blue would hardly have
put up the excellent showing in yester-
days engagement.
Peck, in left half back for the Red and
White team. along with Capt. Brady,
were the best performers for Western,
the former gaining most for his team
and showing good defensive work, while
the latter was the backbone OF the West
ern defense and played until he was
hardly able to stand up. and was relieved
by Mathews late in the last round.
The outcome of the series now rests
on the result of the next and last game
between Tech and Eastern next Tuesday.
II Eastern wins Western and Tech will
be tied for the honors, while IL Tech
wins, the Manual Trainers will be the
champions OF the series.
I nd