The Washington times., 1914-11-30
Only Three Lads Reporting to
Coach Green Knew Anything
About Football.
By BRYAN MORSE.

I'VE had but three boys who had pre-
vious football experience and about If
teen or 50 youngsters knowing abso-
lutely nothing of the game to start the
season." is the way George Green. coach
OF the Mt. st. Adams football team, puts
It, in speaking OF the successful grid
iron season just closed.
st. Adams, or Cathedral as It was
formerly known. was without a football
team last season and at the start of the
| campaign this year the prospects for an
eleven were almost hopeless. Several
OF the youngsters were in doubt as to
| the positions on the team, knowing little
or nothing of the relative merits of line
| playing or work in backheld
Day after day these youngsters were
repeatedly told their positions at the
| start of the afternoons practice and by
the time the first game started mad been
whipped into shape for the battle which
resulted in a 12-to-2 defeat of Eastern
High School, later a runner-up in the
| high school championship race this sea-
son.
Stories told on the members OF the
team rival that told by Logan Cunning
ham, a former Central High boy, coach
of Princeton two years ago and present
coach of the North Carolina team.
Cunningham says one OF his candi-
had never seen a football until he had
watched the team practicing the day
before Coach Green relates that his
players did not know the positions and
that one of them, after watching prac-
tice. said he thought he might learn to
like the game If he played 1t This
same youngster played center all sea-
son and developed into a remarkable
defensive player and accurate passer.
~
And 80 II went until the team came
through with two record scores which
landed the point total for the city
schools and esta blished in two games
what is thought to be a record in
either high school or college football
in this section Of the country.
During the season Cathedral won
FIVE games and lost two. scoring 275
points to 80 for opponents. The rec
ord follows:
st. Adams. 70; Eastern. 2.
st. Adams. Z; Western, 10.
st. Albans, Z: Gilman c. s, 10.
st. Adams, -; Fredericksburg. s.
St. Albans, 20; Army and Navy. %.
ST. Albana, 80; I'unham Latin, 0.
St. Adams, lis; Fredericks burg o.
In the Durham game Cathedral was
outweighed all across the line by
something like ten pounds to the play
er. The larger score rolled up against
Fredericksburg was due TO the fact
that the regular players Of the Viz
GINA eleven which had held the team
TO the closest sort Of battle earlier in
the SEASON, failed To come up here
with the team.
Cathedral played its best game
against Dunham and uncorllcd a num-
her Of plays. notably those in which
Holmes hurled the forward pass from
distances varying from fifteen to thirty
five yards. that would have done credit
to many a more experienced eleven.
The majority of plays were naturally
built around Tiny Holmes. ''Untz"
Brewer, and Cliff CleybOurne. the three
players who had had previous expert
ence. These players were used as the
backs. Holmes playing fullback and
Brewer and Ueybourne playing right
and left halfback
Billy Northrup played quarterback
and ran the team efficiently at all
times. Northrup proved to be an ex-
cellent player for Interference, clipping
Off the end many times and enabling
the back to make good gains.
On the ends, Gray Stubs, Worth
Daniels. and Ted Cleyborune were of
great value to the eleven. Stubbs was
used I'm the backfeld at times and gave
a good account of himself. The line
was light in comparison to the back
field. PeytOn March, at left tackle.
showed up as well on the defense as
any of the scholastic players this sea-