Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-19
BY n, C., BYRD.

" ID. =. BY KID.
The series of games for the foot ball
championship of the high schools be-
gins tomorrow with a contest between
Technical and Eastern. Play will start
at $3.50 o'clock, and the scene of the
battle will be the old Union League
Park, the place where the series was
staged last season.
Just which team will open the series
with victory is hard to foretell. 1t
is very difficult TO make predictions with
regard to scholastic contests, anyway.
and either eleven may finish with the
long end of the score. 1t is almost
certainty. though, that Eastern will be
considerably outweighed and will be
against more experienced eleven.
Whether that advantage in experience
and weight will be sufficient to decide
the contest in Techs favor is matter
of conjecture, although it would appear
to place the Manual Trainers in decided
~ the better position. But it will be
remembered that Tech had pretty near
ly as much of an advantage in weight
and experience year ago. and yet bare
ly won.
With the exception of one or two
men. Tech has back in it's lineup the
nucleus of the eleven that won the
high school championship last year.
Eastern, on the contrary, has lost the
two players who were the strength of
the 1913 team-Greer and Thornett.
These two boys were the brilliant per-
formers for the Capitol Hill team, the
former on the defense and the latter on
the offense. 1t is sure that Eastern has
found nobody capable of playing as
well as did these men.
Indications are that Technical will
win; at least, everything seems to IA
vor the Manual Trainers. If they fall
to get the long end of the score 1t I'M
been outfought and outshone in two of
the prime requisites of foot ball-in-
tell1gence and nerve.
There Is every indication that Central
is going to put up a great battle in the
series. The Blue and White has been
showing more consistent form than
any of the other elevens, and it is
known that, with a possible exception,
1t has the heaviest aggregation that
VIII be seen in the games. Tech has
some hefty youngsters, but many of
the Manual Trainers are very light.
central has few small players in its
whole lineup. and the majority of the
boys went through last season.
The Blue and White developed its
this season has been such as to indi-
cate exceptional power Central has a
punch of boys who are going to fight
Tor the scholastic title, and If they fail
to win It will not be because they have
not tried. The splendid showing
against the Navy Plebes last. Saturday
practically places the team in a posi-
ton where it must be considered, right
now, at any rate, the strongest of the
nve scholastic organizations.
incidentally it might be mentioned in
this connection that there is another
Mcdonald playing on the Central team,
which is rather a favorable omen. The
name Mcdonald and good teams at
this year may be another such case.
1t is Ike" brother of ICY" and Mike"
who is doing the good work this fall,
and he is holding down the halfback's
JOB In a manner that admits of no crit
icism: Ike" is playing splendidly on
the defensive. and Is doing his share
in advancing the ball. 1t might also
be said of Ike" that besides being a
good foot ball and base ball player he
possesses all the splendid qualities Of
his older brothers.
Georgetown will have to exhibit a lot
of improvement this week If it is to
hold the Pittsburgh eleven Saturday to
such a score as will show well. That
Washington and Lee was able to score
two touchdowns on the local team is
evidence that the slashing attack Of
such a combination as must represent
Pittsburgh will not be withstood unless
there Is great power developed. Also
1t is probable that Pittsburgh's defense
will be- such that the Blue and Gray
will not be able to penetrate it, unless
the uncertainty in handling the ball Is
eliminated Fumbling is said to have
been the chief fault of. the offense of
the HilltopDers against the Lexington
eleven. though that is one bad feature
that can be eliminated by consistent
practice.
Georgetown, according to the COM
narrative scores made against the Navy,
will be against the most powerful
eleven it has faced this year when 1t
lines up in battle with Pittsburgh. The
Pennsylvan'a have humbled every
team they have faced this fall. includ-
ing Cornell and the Navy. and any
eleven that can whip these teams on
successive Saturdays must be away