The Washington times., 1914-11-10
BUSINESS CLAIMING
LOOK.|N FOR TITLE
Eastern, However, Expected to
Put Up Scrappy Contest To.
day in School Series.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Business High School may be forced
to face Eastern in today's champion
ship battle without the services Of
two Of its strongest players. Keech,
who has been playing fullback for the
Orange and Blue all season, and whose
work has stamped him as one of the
best line plungers. has a strained shoul-
der and may he forced to remain Idle
Ray Wise. the Stenographers' dashinE
halfback, has water on the knee, and
is likely to be out of the game.
While the Business march to the
title was blocked when Ike Macdonald
G. Co.. of Central High School, de-
feated the eleven last week. the Stenos-
raphers are in no way disheartened,
believing that If they cannot win the
title affair being fought out at vigl-
liant Park this year, they can at least
get tie out Of It.
Business is expected to outweigh
Eastern in todays title scrap and looks
for the margin of victory. The Stenog-
raphers claim that theyshad an off day
when Central was met and believe that
they are in better shape to meet East
ern and Tech in the final scramble for
the flag.
This much, however. is certain: When
IL SOiItS ~ sCidpplIlG against lDOun-
tain of odds, Easterns plucky little
eleven will take nothing from the best
Of them. Outweighed in every battle.
the Fasteners have kept standard
of play that has been a pattern for
some of the heavier elevens. Coach
kimblc has put lot Of pep" into his
team. and is deserving Of great credit
for the way in which the youngsters
have fought through the season.
Last Saturday both Eastern and Bust
ness We're trounced. The Fasteners
thol ght the Georgetown Preps would be
easy picking but We're forced to take
the short end Of a 25-to-6 score. Busi-
ness on the same day went down before
Ncwberrys Army and Navy Prep team
by 7-to-0. but neither Keech nor Ray
Wise were In the lineup.
Business will outweigh Eastern in to-
days game, although Leo Lanahan,
Eastern's big man who has been out
of the series so far. will get a chance
to show his worth. Lanahan was picked
for guard on some of the All-High Sc
Iecticns last season, and looks to be
just as good this year.
In picking A'l-High teams this year
Tech should come in easily for a ma
jority of the Positions. 1t will be
reiter, Roberts. Supplee, Gibson, and
MacCarthy out of the running. In ad-
ditiDn. Taylor. Snyder. Eastern, and
one or two others will bear watching.
II would be a fair idea to include
Cathedral. Army and Navy Prep. and
the Georgetown Prep for an All-Inter- |
scholastic football eleven. These teams
have met practically al of the high
school elevens save Tech and have
shown consistent form in the battles !
against them
The Georgetown Prep eleven is jour-
neyihg TO Baltimore on Saturday for a
game with Loyola College. The Loyola
eleven is taking on the Props In what
is expected to be an annual encounter
On Thanksgiving Dav the Props VIII
go to Philadelphia for the annual con-
test with St Joseph's.
Central and Western are meeting on
Friday in the title game. The Blue
and White team has come forward rap
idly since the Tech game. and, with
several new players out, succeeded IN
handing Business q beating. Last year
Central lost two Of its games on drop,
kicks, Western winning by the small
score of 3 to O.
One of the large factors in the sue
cess of the Maryland Aggies' trium-
phant march to the Maryland state
title Is the work OF three WasnlnstoE J
bows. Derrick. who formerly played
IA
to play at Central, with "Obie' Oberlln'
have provided the bulk Of the offense
and defense of the Aggies this sea-
son. ,
place at NJ. A. {; Tor MS woFk this
nlayed rings around Wilkinson. the
right tackle and captain OF the Hopkins
eleven, who was the choice for the state |
position last fall.
After the Western-Central game Busi-
ness is due to meet Tech, and after !
that central and Eastern are scheduled |
to appear in the final battle or the sea
son. Western will be the first high
school team to close the championship
series Eastern was the first 10 start
and will be the las. to finish.
It is more than likely that Western
will run its football up TO Thanksgiving
Day. Charlotte Hall Is scheduled 10
be met by the Western eleven on that
date. and games are now under way |
with the Army and Navy Prep and the
Prep team for the weeks
the AlI-High team Jim Stokes, OF Cen
trai. will surely get a look-in. stokes
has played great defensive football this
season, ranking with the best of them
Jeff Richards at left tackle. Is another
Central man who has played consis-
tently all season.
While the weather has been excep-
tionally good for football this season
Vigilant Park. during the dry spell has
become as hard as concrete. Superin-
tendent Martin. of the Washington
Association. has promised
to soften up the field II possible The
dust with any sort OF breeze blowing
has made it uncomfortable for the play
ers.
Episcopal High School. OF Alexandria.
which has romped and trempled pretty
much over everything 1t has met this
year might prove an excellent attraction
for Tech If the Manual Trainers CON
template playing a post-season battle.
n is true that Episcopal defeated Teen,
mt the Manual Trainers would like an