Evening star., 1914-10-26
WASHINGTON AND LEE ELEVEN
IS MAKING BRILLIANT RECORD
Has Scored 282 Points In Five Games, With
out Being Counted Against-Central
and Tech Play Tomorrow.
BY n. C. BYRD.

BY n. c. BYRD.
The Washington and Lee J-niyersit,
eleven is making a record for scoring
this year that is second to none 1t i.
doubtful if there is another team that
has crossed its opponents goal line az
often as have the Generals. and if they
continue their splendid work they are
mighty likely to finish the season with
more points to their credit than any
other combination.
In five games played Washington and
Lee has totaled 2S2 points and has no,
had single count registered against
IT. In the first contest, September 26
the Firginians defeated Marshall Col.
iege of West Virginia by "a to 0. Oc-
tober they handed Morris-Haryey
college an awful trouncing, running ur
JOB points. The following week Roam
oke College had a score of SO made
against it. October IL Georgetown
was beaten by Is, and last Saturday
Wake Forest was swamped under an
avalanche of touchdowns that netted
13 counts.
VI course, some of the elevens against
winch Washington and Lee has been
making Its scores have been below the
average IN strength, but it is coinci-
oeht mat the counts against those
same teams by other schools, supposed
70 be in the same class with the Lex
ne.ons' nave been much less. Wash
Iiston and Lee undoubtedly is one of
the strongest combinations in the
south.
Iechnical and Central are to play
tne game tomorrow which probably
VIII decide the high school champion
snip Business is the only eleven thai
Central or Tech, whichever may win
tomorrow, will have to fear, and it is
not probable that the Stenographers,
uespite their aggressive play, will be
capable OF defeating either of these
heavy combinations. Technical and
central will each outweigh Business
pS good deal. and this will be a big
FACTOR when either of those two elevens
Iace raul Whites aggregation.
Whether Tech or Central will win is
something that cannot be foretold. The
FORMER would appear capable of play
ing the Blue and White very even
game, but the latter has one advan-
tage, all its payers have been work
ing we'll together all the year, while
many of Techs have watched the
practice games from the side lines.
Tech undoubtedly has had out of all
Its games its most capable men, and
whether the team will be working as
we'll as a whole with them in the line
up tomorrow cannot be known until
after they have played while. Cen
traIs advantage in this respect cannot
be underestimated. Tech has players
capable enough to put up at least an
even contest with the Blue and White
had they been working together all
the year, and the cohesiveness of Cen
trails play is mighty likely to be much
greater for that very reason
But it is always game, interesting
battle whenever Central and Tech meet.
There have been contests in the past
in which Central has appeared to out
<.l.s, H.
through with much better exhibition
than has been looked for. Whichever
team wins tomorrow. it Will be the
favorite in the race for the champion
ship. with the chances good that 1t
finally will win out.
1t is rather interesting to note that
the Pittsburgh papers seem unanimous
in their declarations that Georgetown
did not appear to be decisively out
played by the University of Pittsburgh
Saturday, even though the latter got
the better end of the score-21 to o.
Here is an excerpt from an account of
the contest published in the Pittsburgh
Dispatch:
THE final outcome was not brought
about through the superiority of Dun 3
gladiators. To give credit where credit
is due would be to congratulate
Georgetown in having exhibited its su-
periority over a team which we were
led to believe ranked with the leaders
in college ranks. Pitt was up until
yesterday admittedly weak on the de-
up to it's expected form. We were led
to believe during the week that great
improvement would be shown in the
game staged yesterday. But We were
all too quickly disillusionized- If the
fray yesterday can be taken as a cri-
terion. PITT proved itself wanting in
almost every department. In defense
and offense, open play and straight 1oot
a1r 49, hi L
ity and familiarity with various phases.
"Pitt got the breaks, and Dame For
tune was at all times on her side A
tumble, a blocked kick and an inter
cepted forward pass gave Pitt three
touchdowns and victory.
This is the second game Georgetown
has lost solely through its inability to
handle the ball we'll. 1t was defeated
by Washington and Lee Tor the same
reason that it lost to Pittsburgh. its
backs being unable to hold the ball
Whether this fumbling will continue
is, OF course. not known, but whatever
the cause it should be eradicated, if
possible There is no foot ball team
that can do enough in any contest
against an eleven with which it is
evenly matched to Offset continual FUN
bling The Blue and Gray has done
that in it's last two contests, and 1t
seems to be the more experienced
players who are so guilty. There is
little excuse for fumblins all the time
after the season is we'll on and the
players should pay a great deal more
attention to their method of handling
the ball. If the Blue and Gray can
learn to handle the ball in a more
clean-cut and accurate manner. there
appears little doubt that it will more
than hold it's own, even against power
full opponents.
The Maryland Aggies have a very
difficult task in front of them tomor-
row. After having played hard game
against Johns Hopkins Saturday they