Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-21
BY n. C. BYRD.

| Technical High did not have its best
team against Eastern yesterday in the
| first game for the high school foot
| ball championship, although it man.
aged to win rather easily. The
Manual Trainers were without the
services of three of their most capable
men-Ochsenreiter, Gibson and Rob-
erts. There are few better foot ball
players on any of the scholastic
elevens than the regulars who failed
to play with the victors against East
ern in the opening of the champion
ship schedule.
If Tech could win easily from East
ern without three of it's best players
then the other schools may expect to
meet a much more powerful eleven in
the final contests. Also in Roberts
Tech was without a very capable drop
kicker. That youngster won one OF
two games for his team a year age
and he will be dangerous factor in
the remaining battles for the scholastic
supremacy. With Gibson, Ochsenreiter
and Roberts in the lineup, the Tech
meal eleven ought to be 20 per cent
more powerful than it was when 1t
faced the Light Blue and White.
Gibson and Ochsenreiter are both
capable backf1eld men. while Gibson is
probably an even better lineman than
back. Ochsenreiter was rated as one
of the most reliable ground gamers in
the series last season, while Roberts
was splendid end and also a scoring
power with his rop-kicking ability.
just as was expected, the Technical
eleven proved superior to Eastern. The
Capitol Hill boys faced a much heavier
and more experienced team than they
had themselves, and it was not to be
looked for that they should win. Ex-
perience and weight are two factors
that are almost unbeatable in foot
ball, especially as far as light and
green eleven is concerned.
Tech had practically all the margin.
1t gained consistently by rushing the
ball. 1t played a much stronger game
on the defensive and generally out
classed Eastern.
The game of yesterday brought out a
new player who is bound to gain much
prominence during the coming season,
provided he remains eligible. He is
Taylor, who played fullback for the
himself as one of the most capable
backs the schools have produced in a
long while, and his work was of the
highest class all through the contest.
gamer yesterday, and he bids fair to
be dangerous factor for all the OPP
posing elevens in every game played.
Supplee of Tech. also showed great
capabilities at tackle. Supplee has
by many of those who have seen him
play. One map after watching a
scrimmage in which Supplee took part
not long ago had the following to say
about him:
That fellow Supplee could make al
foa 10 iS he q
fensive, and plays much better on the
offensive than any high school tackle
I have ever seen. If he does not play
a star game for some college team
within the next three or four years.
then 1 shall be greatly surprised. There
is no tackle in the high schools that
can diagnose a play as well as Sup
plee."
The Eastern eleven deserves credit
for the showing it made against far
stronger eleven. The Light Blue and
White could not have been expected 70
accomplish more than it did, and every
man in its lineup is deserving OF
much praise for his plucky work
wayne Hart, coach of the Technical
eleven, did not start Gibson, Ochsen-
reiter or Roberts yesterday. because all
have been recovering from sllgnt IN
juries. Hart did not want to take
chances of having his men hurt again
in a contest in which he felt his team
was going to finish ahead anyway. Had
those three players taken part in the
contest of yesterday they might not
the big game against Central next
week, and it is in that contest that the
championship of the series may be
determined-that is, unless Western
comes through with splendid effort.
1t looks very much as If the high
school title lies between Technical and
Central. with the possibility of West
ern winning the honor. Business is
very light, and, though 1t has won its
practice games. is not likely to prove
sufficiently strong to defeat Central OF
Tech. There is a great rivalry between
Technical and Central, and probably