The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-27

one Of the best In the local scholastic
Capt Lanahan's overanxiety to break
UP the Western off-tackle plays was re-
sponsible for the second touchdown reg
istered by the Red and White eleven. In
the shadow OF the goal line on the four
down the Eastern pilot pulled into the
play, but could not get onside before the
ball was snapped, which gave Western
first down and new life at a chance at
scoring after the Light Blue and White
team had made a brilliant stand on their
own goal line.
Penalty Hurts Eastern.
In the shadow of the goal post on this
occasion the Eastern team held like a
well-trained varsity eleven and forced
Western to make six PUSHES to gain the
yards which was necessary to cross
the goal line. The penalty Of off-side
was mainly responsible for the counting
OF the Red and White eleven.
When the Eastern team took the field
In the second half with Capt Lanahan
in quarter back, there was a marked
Improvement in their work, as he made
great interference for Barr In his line
rushes and directed the team well The
entire Eastern team seem to take life
with their captain directing the plays.
and during the final period with but four
minutes to play they rushed the ball 70
yards, only to lose II within the D-yard
line, when Roher intercepted a forward
psss directed at Jonscher.
Failure to punt on the fourth down in
the first period gave Western its first
change to score. and a ls-yard penalty
put the ball within striking distance.
o'Brien and Boyer made good gains on
the tanks. and Peck smashed through
right tackle for the first touchdown
seven minutes after the first whistle.
Graves In LimeliEht.
Graves, at center for the Capitol Hill
team, was a tower of strength on the de-
fensive. and time and again II was he
who smashed the Western center-line
plays.
Western fooled the Eastern secondary
defensive on three occasions with a
occasion Newman was compelled to run
back to get the ball which had bounded
away from him.
The Western tackles were the shining
lights on the defensive as both Hume
and Grayson were in every play and on
many occasions they grabbed an East
ern runner behind the hne OF scrtm-
mage.
Western won the toss and chose
TO defend the south goal. Capt
Lanahan of Eastern kicked on TO
o'Brien who brought the ball back ten
yards before Barr tackled him. On this
play Eastern was offsIde and the bail
was brought back. Lanahan kicked Oh
this time yards back to Smith who
gained ) yards. Peck punted sixty-five
yards to Newman.
Garman punted to Smith who fumbled.
Eastern recovering the ball. Barr failed
to hit the line. Sweeney fumbled on
the next play and Smith recovered. but
Eastern was penalized is yards for hold
ing and then Garmsn punted to Boyer
who failed TO gain.
Smith made yards on the right side
of the line. Peck made IL first down
with an s-yard plunge. O'Brien failed
to gain. Smith failed to gain. On the
last named play Lanahan was offside
and Eastern got the usual penalty max
ing il first down. Peck shot through the
center of the line for the first touch
down. O'Brien kicked an easy goal.
Score: Western, Z: Eastern, o.
O'Brien kicked off to Barr who gained
20 yards through the broken field Barr
failed TO gain. Cummings fumbled on
the next play and Western recovered
the ball Eastern was orfside. O'Brien
made 2 yards around end. Peck failed
to gain. A forward pass was attempted
but was incomplete. Peck punted over