The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-24
tech and Central START
WORK FOR final CONTEST
On the Blue and Grey's Defense Hangs
the Fate of Thanksgiving Day
Game-Rote Practices With His
Team and Expects to Play

Will Central High goal line be
crossedf
Will Central lose to Tech after ten
years of successesf
Will Central's marvellous come back
powers of former years be repeated
again this year9
These and many other questions are
being asked of football fans as the su-
preme struggle between the Central
High and Tech High teams on Thanks
giving Day draws near. There are
many repeated number of long standing
records to be broken by Tech and the
same number of records to be main
tanned by Central. The Maroon and
! Grev has never won from the older
school at football, although she tied
the score last year and moreover the
goal line of the repeated victor has
never been crossed although Tech was
within eighteen inches of it on one oc-
casion.
The game means everything to both
schools. Central's indifferent success
this season would turn the football sea-
son into a grand success if she should
win, while victory for Tech would
crown a successful season as 1T has
never been crowned before. Central
has a habit of playing its strongest
game against Tech but it will take ex'
traordinary playing to come out on TOP
in the Thursday struggle as Tech viii
prove the hardest proposition Central
has been called on to meet this season
A machine such as Tech as developed
is rarely seen in high school ranks
while Central's work behind the line
is more or less problematical.. Injurie;
to the Blue and Grey's stars have
hampered the coaches in getting the
proper kind of teamwork, while on the
other hand, Tech has been comparative
ly without injury playing the SAINT
backs all season until now it is fin
ished machine, a credit to the Teachings
of Coach Dunkle, a man of the Cockil
type, from the same football school.
Comparative scores favor the Tecl
team to such an extent that its fol
lowers can see nothing but victory O.
the most decisive sort, but the hopes O.
the Central High fans are not entirely
unfounded, as the, showing agains
Wilkes-Barre on Saturday was NJ
meager accomplishment. Central show
ed no mean amount OF defensive pow
ers in the game with Steelton although
poor Judgment lost the game. An at
tack similar to Steelton's is employe,
by Tech in sending a runner away for
wide end run or through between tao
kle and end. Central had a capable de
, Tense for this play against Steelton blt
it went to pieces after the intermissiol
whereupon Steelton scored and won tn
, game.
On Central's defense hangs the fat
of the holiday pastime.
Both football camps yesterday pre-
sented busy scene. Elevens were pu
through signal practice although Cen
tral was given light scrimmage just be
fore the close. Rote is out with tn
: Blue and Grey and expects to get int
the big game. If he does, Central wi
be in the best shape, so far this season
, Tech formations are being used by Ger
} trail Scrubs to perfect varsity d.
fense. A signal practice and hgh
scrimmage was the order for to-day.
All of the Tech players came out Q
:, Saturdays game with Steelton in el
cellent condition and all of the play
ers were out yesterday for early prat
tice. Many plays that Coach Dunk
has been working out during the pas
few weeks of the campaign are bein
perfected and Britsch will use thes
plays against Central. Defensive pla
, is being perfected. >