The Washington herald., 1914-11-04
By BUCK HOWARD.

Another thrilling football contest was
afforded In the scholastic series yester-
day. with Central emerging from the bat
tie victorious over the speedy eleven from
Business High. The final score was
to 0. Young Ike Mcdonald, who is not
the first member of the family to gain
fame for himself and Central, inter
cepted a forward pass near the close Of
the first period, eludeG several opposing
tacklers and sprinted 50 yards down the
field, planting the ball on the Stenogra-
pliers IO-yard line with the Business
eleven fighting to the last ditch, Central
was held for downs. However. Ray
Wise, punting from behind his own goal,
hit the uprights with the ball. and White,
OF Central. recovered the pigskin on his
opponents 5-yard line, giving his team a
second chance to score. After three
rushes by the stalwart Central backs,
Mcdonald smashed through the right side
Of the Business line for the only touch
down Of the game. and, Immediately
kicked a beautiful goal from difficult
angle ~
Business put in. the field the same
speedy and well-bslanced team that met
Western some few days previous. Al
though. defeated. the Stenographers put
up a spirited game, and while not as
heavy as their opponents. they were full
Of fight from the opening OF hostilities
and were fighting pluckily when the final
whistle sounded. Although at this time
the Cenral eleven was showing a power
full attack and seemed to be on its way
for another touchdown. having the ball
on its opponents 2O-yard line.
The early turn of fortune on the part
Of Central seemed to spur the Blue and
White warriors to even greater effort,
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Stenographers and made them fight
correspondingly harder. MeDonald's run
which paved the way for a Central vic
tory was the most spectacular of the
game. although Culligan at quarterback
for the losers, displayed quite a clever
bit Of broken field running throughout the
contest.
With the Business eleven. performing in
a creditable style the Central contin-
gent was willing to admit that II must
battle to the finish to land the honors.
Central was inside of the Business %
yard line no less than three times other
than when its touchdown was scored.
With a victory over Central giving them
glimpse at the championship the Busl-
ness players hurled themselves at the
Central attack and failed to let out an
inch. Once a forward pass was attempt
ed by Central with the ball on the oppon-
ents, 20-yard line but Il was intercepted
by Buck Wise. while failing to gain on
the other two occasions. when conditions
were the same, Mcdonald failed at a
goal from placement each time.
Central shows Improvement.
Notwithstanding the fact that Central
can hardly be termed stronger than. when
II met Tech last week, the Blue and
White showed more punch and played
more consistently. Its back field while
not showing a diversity OF attack.
smashed through the Business forwards
with determination and were rewarded
accordingly with substantial gains.
Its heavy bunch OF forwards charged
with the old dash and go, taking advan-
tage of every chance TO break through
and throw the opposing backs for losses.
The work of Hill In right tackle. and
incidentally taking the place OF Bailey.
showed that he was an able substitute
and managed TO convince the Central foi-
lowers that be Is quite capable as lines
man after performing during most of the
season in the backfield. Although the
whole Central line is worthy OF praise.
Belcher on left end and Stokes in left
guard probably had more opportunity to
show their mettle, and for this reason are
pointed out as the particular stars In the
Central defense Being on the alert AT all
times. these two men smashed play after