The Washington times., 1915-11-15
,Two.Day Holiday This Week
Brings Advisers to Consider
Shift in Dates.
TECH MEETS EASTERN
Manual Trainers Expect 0ppo.
sition From Capitol Hill Lads
In Contest Tomorrow.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Western and Central may play
their annual football game sched-
uled for Friday on the day following
the Eastern-Tech contest Of tomor-
row. Owing to the fact that there
will be no school Thursday and Fri
day Of this week, teachers being in
attendance at the annual institute,
the idea of advancing the date has
been broached.
The championship will in no way
be affected by an earlier meeting
Of the schools. Tech is meeting
Eastern tomorrow and a win for the
Manual Trainers will give them
three wins and no losses with one
tie for their portion of the series.
Central and Western will be scrap
ping for a possible tie or to keep
out of the next to the last position
in the race.
Coaches of both teams will take up
the matter today. and IL arrangements
can be made with Georgetown to have
the game Wednesday and the players
arc fit for the game, the advisers may
act upon the suggestion. This Will be
the final battle OF the 1915 season in
football.
Basketball officials and coaches are
expected in attendance at tonight's
meeting to be held at the Army and
Navy Prep School, Connecticut avenus
and Upton streets. for the interpreta-
tion of the new basketball rules. Col
icge coaches and captains are asked
to attend. as the meeting IL expected
TO make clear several OF the features
of the now game which have been in
Corporated from the rules of three
codes used last season by different Or
Save in one game this season. no high
school team has shown marked advan-
tage over another. Beginning right at
the start of the season Eastern held
Central to a single touchdown. holding
UP fairly we'll throughout the game.
Then Tech and Business fought out
scoreless tie. Western looked better
than Lastern, showing more power on
defense. winning by two iouchdowns.
from which goals were kicHed. busi-
ness then got in ahead of Central by
a touchdown. making a score of IL to b.
Tech defeated Western chiefly because
the ked and White was in poor condi-
iion. Two Of Techs touchdowns we're
unGarned in that they were made on re-
covering blocked punts. The score was
10 to 0. Then Eastern came along ana
held Business to single touchdown ana
goal. Central and Tech were separated
by single point In their l3-to-R contest.
while Western and business drew even
with q single touchdown. No team has
run up a large scoro In this series, and
for the most part the scoring has been
done on forward passing instead OF
straight football.
We first heard Of jitney buses. titney
baseball. and other things too jitney to
mention. and now comes jitney basket
ball. for. that's just what the charge
will be for the Interscholastic Basket
ball League games at the Arcade this
season. Members Of the various athletic
associations of the high schools will be
allowed to see the games and take in
the other attractions for half thin
dime. and judging from preparations
this year will be great one for the iloJr
game.
Rest assured that Eastern will put up
the gamest kind OF battle against Teen
tomorrow on Georgetown Field. The
Customers are short on weight and ma
Esxial, but they more than make up for
THAN Eastern would do well to COPY that
fAsting Instinct manifested at the
CAnitol Hill school.
The high school football players are
about ripe for picking. that is perform
ances are being gone over for candi-
dssct FOR the so-called All: High eleven.
Tech has williams Roberts. Hart
Young. Pfeiffer. aster and Daley to
offer. while Central thinks John
Saxon. Jake Macdonald, Ochstadt
Tabor, Stoner, Moll Roberts and Jones
capable players. Business has nomi-
mated Wassman. Buck and Ralph
Wise. Perry Dowrick. Keech. and Bill
Culligan as candidates. At Eastern
herty are looked upon as good men,
while Western wants Peck. Whelchel,
Grayson. and Mackall looked over.
Tho Army and Navy Props and St
Albans get into their annual clash on
Satterlee Field at the end of the week
and from indicatio the battle should
he one Of the best scholastic contests
Of the year. Both teams have capable
playa
Peyton March. who attended the st.
Albans school last year. Is holding
down q regular end position at LAfay-
ette. March is u siX-footer. a hard
football player and bss flled out con-
siderably In tho last year.
John Field. of Eastern High School,
was the last Washington boy to land
"Y' at Yale. Field earned his let
ter In 1909 and now Buck" Church,
Western, 1911. will sport his.