The Washington times., 1915-11-22

with this In view. II was borne out In
the games that It was easier to stop
the other fellow than to gain ground by
either forward passing or employing the
running or kicking game. Notably
weak teams on offense like Eastern and
Central sustained a fine defense against
teams pounds heavier.
During tho past eight weeks Of foot
hall struggles. scores were uniformly
low and margins Of victory slight.
When It Is remembered that Tech
might have lost the Princeton Cup and
the high school title had three goals from
touthdowns been negotiated. 1t can be
seen that there Is little to choose in
selecting players for an all-star eleven.
so close has been the com petition.
Battles between the high schools and
preparatory schools have served 10 give
good line on an all-scholastic eleven.
Those who are in the habit OF seeing
lost sight OF the fact that Georgetown
Prep. Gonzaga. St Al bans. and the
Army and Navy Preps should be drawn
seSoastie sIo1 IGc team of Washlnston
The high scools form closed cor
poration as far as football and baseball
are concerned. The Georgetown Preps
held two high school teams to fairly
teated two high school teamr. while ST.
Adams was defeated bv a single touch
down in another battle. Gonzaga won
out over Georgetown Preps by as de-
Cisive a margin as Tech. Failure to
play a longer schedule keeps several
Georgetown and Gonzaga boys out Of
consideration.
The task OF picking an all-scholastic
eleven and an all-high school eleven Is
more or less easy save in the matter
OF guards and halfbacks. The state
nent that there were no good guards
in the 1915 season may come as a sur
prise. There were any number Of OK
cepuonally good centers. There were
tackles galore and good ends. some fine
Quarterbacks. and one or two ideal full
backs. Halfbacks suffered somewhat
in comparison to other players as there
were not more than four who might
be classed as first rate material
6arman. OF Eastern Taylor and Will
l,ams. OF Tech: Saxon and Chamblis.
OF Central: Mackall. Rohrer. and West.
or Western: Ralph Wise and Berlin. of
business; and Sweeney and French. of
\. \. p, were the best OF the year.
Taylor and Macka II showed to greater
advantage throughout the year. al
though Saxon came forward rapidly in
his last two games.
OF tackles there were many whose
ability stamped them as possibilities.
Hart Brawner. Young; of Tech; Gray
Weller. A.. n, p: Wallace, St. Al
bans. and Davidson, OF the same school;
Tabor and Kaplan. OF Central. and
Macdonald. Of Business. were the pick
II the lot. Weller. of A. n. p. and
'irayson. OF Western. are chosen for
he all-scholastic team, while Mac
donald. of Business, and Grayson. of
Western. are the all-high selections.
I.t,
sentence. For this reason, Mac
Donald, OF business. and Wallace. of
st. Albans. are chosen in the guards
positions over all others for the schol-
astic eleven. l.anahan. Of Eastern.
and Hart. OF Tech are given the
positions as guards in the high school
choice.
Eric Hauser OF st. Adams. has been
the best center in every department.
OF the game that has appeared this
season. His work has been closely
approa ched and bettered at times b;
that OF MCKelway, of Western. Wass-
man, OF Business; Pfeiffer, OF Tech
nical: Graeves, of Eastern; Carey. Of
Central, and Royal, A. y. p, are all
good. but none have played n rowing
center AS well as the two lads select
ed. On account OF Dave Pfeiffer s
work In two games he was looked up
on as the choice for the position
Wassman. too came in for a deal OF
credit as the system of play employed
at Business involved an accurate pass
"r and hcady player. M"kelway
outplaH cd WasSman in the supreme
test when Business had a chance to
tie with Tech by defeating Western.
Followers Of high school football
have come TO look upon Bill CulliRan
az tn" best Of the Quarterbacks Those
who have seen Waters. OF Army ami
Navy Prep. perform claim much for
the service school lad. Culligan ma !
have better head than Waters. but
his individual ability is shaded 10y
that of Waters whose tsCkling is
deadly. In addition Waters runs well
forward passes accurately from n
masked play and drives his team as 10
~ther quarter does In tho city. Jake