The Washington times., 1914-10-15
TECHNICAL IS MINUS
SEVERAL HUSTLERS
Roberts, Hart, Boryer, Ochsen-
reiter, and Captain Gibson
Are Out of the Game.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

| Quarterback Bullet" Steed for the
championship series. according to re-
ports from the Manual Trainers. Steed.
: last year selected by many as the
] choice OF All-High quarter and All
| High catcher in the spring is suffer-
ing from an injury received in baseball
and from all accounts will be lost to
the eleven.
For the past two years Steed has
| been capably holding down the quar-
terback position. having succeeded
Donald Mckinney. Mckinney and
Steed were second-string players to
'Mooch' Peak, now captain of the V.
| P. I. eleven. After Mckinney gradu-
ated. Steed played quarter. and was
! one OF the surest handlers of the ball
, seen In high school circles.
Tech at present Is minus the serv-
ices OF several veterans. Roberts, Hart,
Boryer. and Ochsenreiter have failed
to appear In the games recently, and
Capt. Percy Gibson has also been
among the missing. 1t is thought that
with these vets in the lineup Tech will
present the same formidable array that
swept on to the title last season.
After handling last years champion
ship eleven IT was thought that "Hag
gy" Ellis would again be at the helm
at Tech. but Wayne Hart was chosen
and he has brought the team forward
with rush. Blessed with seasoned
material, Hart has piled on work until
the Tech eleven Is rated every bit as
good as that Of last year.
Several shifts In the team have been
necessary owing to the failure Of the
veterans to get into the lineup. Easter.
who played guard and center last year,
has been at left end. while Reed, a
new player In high school circles, has
been on the other flank. While Roberts
and Mccarthy, last years ends, have
been out. Mccarthy has been shifted to
the backf1eId. In the tackles are Supplee
and Young. Sabins and Chase have
held down the guards positions. while
Rooney has appeared at center.
Snyder, Taylor, Sabins. and Rooney
are new at Tech football, while Hardell.
the same whose track work created
such a sensation in company with that
of his brother, is now at quarter.
Tech will have the bulge on any of the
others when 1t comes to beef alone.
There are those who maintain that the
team is faster than the aggregation
which won last year.
Business is playing a number Of its
early games out of town. In covering
up its plays the Stenographers hope to
spring a surprise on the others and the
game to be played october q with
Western will be practically the first ap-
pearance in town for Business.
Eastern and Tech hook up in the first
game of the high school championship
series next Tuesday. These teams
fought out the last battle of the series
last fall. and Eastern was unable to
stop the Manual Trainers. Several for
ward passes were dropped by the East
erners, and once the ball was fumbled
after it had been carried over for a
touchdown.
meet Cathedral, Tome. Western. and
probably Central before the football
Campaign is over. Coach Newberry has
a likely looking squad of fairly heavy
players.
Dutch Peck, Westerns most con-
sistent ground gamer. will be out of
the game for some time with bad
wrist. The youngster received a bad
Jolt in Baltimore Tuesday. and probably
will be held out Of the game with Ca
thedral on Saturday morning.
ViSilant Park. where the series will
be played this year, will present
new appearance when the teams get to-
gether. improvements nave oeen mace
year the playing field will be wired in
and none but those actually participant
ing in the series will be allowed In the
Enclosure.
Some time in the near future the
faculty advisers will get together to
perfect the plans for the series. The
price, has been raised on admission to
the battles this season. and 1t Is ex-
pected that the athletic associations will
be benefited. Time was when the
tickets for the games could almost be
had for the asking, but the advisers
decided to tighten up all along the
line.
Tech found in Supplee formidable
runner when the Georgetown Reserves
were encountered last Saturday and |
worked a fake punt formation to ad- |
vantage Supple did the kicking credit !
a bly, and frequently reeled off many |
yards on the ends from punt forma-
ton.
The first three dates OF the high |
school series are october .. Eastern |
vs. Tech: October q. Western Vs. Busi- |
ness, and October 30, Central VS.. Tech. !
The advisory marks go in on the week |
of November .. Central Is the only !
school having but one game before the |
advisory marks
Harry Brennick, a former Harvard !
player and well known as an official +,
here, is coaching the Baltimore City |,