Evening star., 1914-10-25
HIGH SCHOOL GRIDIRON TITLE
MAY BE SETTLED TUESDAY
Tech and Central Meet In What May Be
Crucial Contest-Comment on Re-
suits of Yesterdays Games.
Harvard only tied Penn State.
Syracuse handed Michigan a trimmii

In response to a wire late last night
relative to the defeat Georgetown SUI
fered at the hands Of the University Of
Pittsburgh yesterday, Graduate Manager
Charley Cox sent the following reply:
Georgetown was unfortunate in to-
days game. A tumble, an intercepted
forward pass and a blocked kick re-
burgh, the only scores of the game.
In three periods Georgetown clearly
outplayed the heavy Pitt team, but
breaks in the game We're against us:
inside the 10-yard line. only to lose
it on fumbles. I do not want to de-
tract from Pitts victory, for 1t scored
the most points and won the game, but
cannot be considered earned. The Blue
and Gray line from end to end clearly
outplayed the forwards on the home
team and the backfield played a power
was defeated. but not disgraced. The
men played with a spirit Of deter
mination which never before has been
present and the board of coaches feels
proud of them
Georgetown seems for some reason or
other to do an exceptional lot OF fum-
bling and loose playing of various
kinds. 1t has lost two games this sea-
son apparently for that reason and no
other. There ought to be some way
by which the coaches can eradicate
these crudities. and it is up to the
coaches to flnd It out, if the Hilltoppers
are going to win any games. An eleven,
the backs of which cannot hold the
ball. cannot expect to register many
points, and 1t Is always in position
where 1t may render itself liable to
just what happened at Pittsburgh yes
and carry the ball across the goal line
for a touchdown. Georgetown has a
more capable team than has been yet
shown this year.
The most surprised school that ever
existed was Johns Hopkins yesterday
after the defeat at the hands of the
Maryland Aggies. Realizing that their
team was outweighed and composed of
green material almost entirely, the
students at NJ. A. c. were not over
fident Of their chances, by any means.
And Hopkins followers figured they
were going to have things easy, to
Judge by what was said for days be-
aggressively fought their way to a
clean-cut victory against team that.
by the figures published in Baltimore
paper, outweighed them about eight
pounds to the man.
1t is worthy of mention that four
former Washington high school boys
held down places on the NJ. A. c. eleven.
Coggins and Mess had some experience
at Tech and Central, respectively. Both
these did very well. but it was Oberlin
and Derrick. Central and Business
players of two years ago. who bore the
brunt of the Farmers attack and de-
Tense. Both these last mentioned
players stood out in a game in which
it was really difficult to pick an indi-
vidual star.
The University of Nebraska must
have an exceptionally powerful eleven
this fall. It's team defeated Michigan
Aggies yesterday. "a to 0, and the
Michigan Aggies have been rated as one
of the greatest combinations In the
west.
Frank Greer, former Eastern High
School athlete, is attending the Catho-
lie High School Of Philadelphia Greer
wS-J Exeter early in the year. but
left there to go to the institution in
the Quaker city. The former star of
the local high school base ball. basket
ball and foot ball teams is holding
down the position at left tackle for the
Catholic High eleven, which is coached
by John Greer, who was in charge at
Catholic University a year ago. In a
recent game with the West Philadel-
phia High School Frank made two
touchdowns, causing his team to get
tie score.