Evening star., 1914-10-24

of the best and headiest field generals OF
recent Years. and can be counted on to
get every ounce of power out of his men
Capt Whitney is playing better than ever
this season. while Gerrish and Thielscher
are clever. dashing backs even If more or
less unknown, who are almost sure to
write their name in bold. foot ball let
ters before they are graduated. Curtis is
sure to play part of the game, and he
ranks highly.
Princeton also has an abundance of
riches in the backfield, but up to this
time has been lacking dependable quar-
terback. Ames, son of Snake Ames
who made foot ball fame at Princeton
twenty-five years ago, may make his marll
today. If he fails, however to rise to the
necessary heights the result of the game
may hinge thereon. Otherwise the Tigers
are better on behind the line than in sew
era years, Delng remarkably strong both
IN regulars and substitutes In ali proh
aoility CLICK, Moore and Law will start
.ne game. but Fred Trenckmann, Boland
Iibbott and briggs are likely to get
cnance TO show their ability"
Inree OF the local high school elevens
VIII play games on foreign fields to-
DAY. Eastern will go to Front Royal
Va, to meet the Randolph Macon Acad-
emy; the Army and NAVY Preparatory
school is to try conclusions with the
Tome Institute team at Port Deposit
while George Green's st. Alban aggre'
cation will be the opponents of the Gil
man Country School in Baltimore. IL
would seem that st. Alban and Eastern
have an even chance for victory, but
that the Army and Navy Props should
be outclassed.
Much of a surprise was sprung yes
terday when the Business High eleven
defeated Western by IS to o. The
Stenographers were not thought to
have team that much superior to the
Red and White, which probably would
have been true had Western not lost
three regulars by their failure to make
good in scholastic work. To take men
off high school eleven just before the
beginning of contest is sufficient to
lose for a reason other than the mere
loss of their capabilities The psyche
logical effect of the absence of players
on team composed of youthful fell
lows is too great even to be realized
by those that have not had such COM
bination in charge.
1t was mentioned in this column that
Business had a shift play which might
work havoc with Western. and sure
enough it did. That play was the one
on which Business did nearly all it's
ground gaining. and it was worked
even more effectively than might have
been expected by inexperienced young
sters.
Business deserves all the credit that
can be given it for it's splendid victory
The Stenographers played the game
Wlthout their most capa BILE man in the
lineup, Joe Wise. and with him their
defense would be much stronger and
their oHense more effective. But as i,
was. the Wise boys figured very proni-
nently. t. Wise played right end. Ra.
Wise held down the job at left and r.
Wise did the honors in the right half $
position. Had Joe been in the line-up
the team would have almost belonged
to the Wise family.
The whole Business eleven worked
well together, and gave evidence of
having been we'll coached by Paul
White. The boys were in the game for
all they were worth, and the combina-
tion that was on the field looked strong
enough to give the best of the scholas-
tic teams hard fight for honors. The
played really better foot ball at times
than might have been expected and
the result shows the good prepa ra tion
the boys have had in development for
their opening contest i'll the big series.
Judged on what he has been showing
in his practice games and in yeSter-
days conflict, Cullgan of Business is
likely to prove the most capable quar-
terback in the whole series. His work
has been of such a character as to in
still confidence in his players, and he
has shown that he can
carry the ball well. and can run his
team as a whole much more capably
than the majority of quarterbacks.
Only one game is to take place on a
local field today. Gallaudet is sched-
uled to play that, and it's opponent
will be Rock Hill College. Catholic
Maryland Aggies go to Baltimore to
meet Johns Hopkins.