The Washington herald., 1914-10-28
D. aBUcKD HoWARp.


scored during the closing moments Of the
first period. Tech triumphed over Central
yesterday in one OF the greatest grIdiron
battles ever Witnessed by the followers
OF scholastic football When supplee
failed to kick goal. the final count stood
to O. This marked the first time Tech
has crossed centrars goal line in five
years, Jakey Roberts having scored a
victory for the Manuel Trainers last year
by kicking a field goal late In the final
period.
Until the last few minutes of the final
period. when victory for Central SEEM
of this great battle for scholastic hon.
ors was always in doubt. II Is true that
Tech kept their opponents on the run
from the start but by fighting to the last
ditch a Central victory was quite within
reason during most Of the fray.
Yesterdays engagement was marked
by the open style Of attack used by the
Manuel Trainers. They gave the finest
exhibition OF forward passing ever seen
In the schoolboy ranks, being greatly
aided by the poor defensive work Of the
Central backfield In covering up the Tech
men eligible for the pass.
CentraFs inability to handle the ball
cleanly' was the greatest disadvantage
over which It was working to score a vic
tory. A tumble on the part Of the Blue
and White was recovered by Sabine in
the opening period which paved the way
for Techs touchdown. During the entire
fray the Central offense was suffering
from the effects Of this ineapability. Upon
one Of the few occasions that Tech dis
played inaccuracy in the execution Of the
forward pass, Ochstadt OF Central had
a glorious chance 10 avert q defeat, a
pass. was thrown directly into his waiting
arms with an open field In front Of him.
However the fleet footed halfback lost
a great chance to avert q defeat by
dropping the ball
As was predicted in these columns.
Tech showed considerable Improvement
over It's last engagement and presented
a speedy and well drilled eleven
The Manual Trainers showed the old
punch on the defense which resulted In
but four first downs by the opposition.
On the offense Ochsenreiter, Gibson. and
Roberts coped well with their splendid
exhibition OF forward passing and in
these few words a Tech victory Is ex-
planned.
Central came up to expectations in
every way showing a strong and heady
football eleven. The o Streeters used
The most striking bit OF judgment came
during the second period. With the wind
at their backs the Blue and White punt
ed with great frequency which kept the
opposition inside their S0-yard line. BY
using this policy it was plainly seen that
Tech could hardly rush the ball up the
field for a score against an eleven so
near its equal On the other hand a
tumble or failure TO gain would put the
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goal
Centrars best chance TO score came in
this very period when an advantage in
punting gave the o Streeters the ball
on Techs O-yard line. Central at this
Ame was showing an aggressive offense
and appeared TO be On the way to tying
up the count At this point an illegal
substitution was made which resulted in
penalty Of half the distance to the goal
for Central
The lone touchdown which won the fray
for the Manuel Trainers came about by
recovering a tumble on Centrars a-yard
line. shortly before the close Of the first
quarter. Long end runs by Supplee and
Ochsenreiter placed the ball on CentraIs
25-yard line. Herr a forward pass was
successfully executed by Supplee and
Steed which netted but few feet from
the goal line. At this stage Capt. Glib
sun HuTleo himself lnrOuBn the right side
OF the Central line for a touchdown
which spelled victory. for the Black
smiths.
Supplee and Ochsenreiter were Techs
best performers on the offepse as well
as doing creditable work on the defense.
Both OF these Tpen were directly respon-
sible for their teams capable forward
passing, throwing the oval with startling
accuracy when called upon TO make the
play. ochsenreiter's punting was also
big asset to the Tech team. In the last
period, when Central held his team for
downs on their own 3O-yard line, he
booted the pigslxin over Roberts head
which rolled over the goal line for a
touchback. This is probably the Iongesa
kick ever made in the school games, but
was accomplished by the aid OF the wind
The. work Of Stokes and Richards in
the Central line was worthy Of special
mention. Each Of these men made II
fairly impossible for the Tech backs to
make any headway through the Blue
and White line, and in view of the fact
that the Manual trainers have always
been successful IN this style Of attack,
IL can plainly be seen the effect Of the
work of these two men.