The Washington times., 1915-10-07
McEwan, TimberIake, and Bell
At West Point, While Navy
Has Kennedy and Hunt.
MORRIS NOW AT TECHNICAL
All High School EIevens Get
Action Saturday in Real
Start Of Campaign.
By BRYAN MORSE.

When it comes to producing ma
terial for big teams the Army and
Navy Preparatory School of this
city takes long step forward and
. salutes with grace for the pinning
on Of medals. Washington has been
fortunate in producing many nota-
bles in the atheletic world. but Of
recent years the Connecticut avenue
school has furnished the Army and
Navy with many of its best players.
Charley DAILY, head coach at West
Point, finds himself blessed with one
Of the best centers in the country
this season in John J. McEwan. Last
season McEwan was picked by many
Of the critics as the best in the
country. He was run closely by
: Cruickshank, of w. and j.; Des
Jardien, of Chicago; Journeay, of
Penn, and Peck, of Pittsburgh. This
year he should come into his own
without opposition if he is in the
best of condition.
Coach Newberry. of the A, y. p. team.
has sent Tim" Timberlakc, also a
varsity player on the West Point team.
position this season. Lawrence Jones.
another a: N. p: product. and former
Central High School guard. Is a fixture
on the Army team; while Tom Bell is
West Point: Three of these lads % are re
sure Of berths with the service eleven
on the Hudson this fall
At the Naval Academy Dunk" Ken
- hAr Ia = ~
down left tackle. Kennedy played last
year. and Is due another year of football
as regular Navy player. A recent add-
ton to the Navy squad from the a. n.
. L. school is Bob Hunt, well remembered
: here last year. Hunt is expected to
break into the lineup at any time
The scholastic football campaign gets
into Its first real skirmishes on Satur-
day when all Of the five high school
teams scrambling for the championship
meet on foreign fields. Techs cham
pionship team meets the Georgetown
freshmen on the Hilltop In prelimi-
nary to the Georgetown Reina Mcr-
cedes' practice battle.
Central is taking its eleven to An
napolis to stack up against the heavy
eleven met Tome last week. and was
defeated by - to :. Tome had heavy
team, and Central gained considerable
experience on bccfy line. Western
goes to Episcopal High School for a
game. while Business meets the Brarly
Hall team at Poolesville Md
Tech has been up against Episcopal
High School and tho Gallaudet team
with two rcverses. Episcopal won by
n score of 10 to Is, while GalIaudet
won by 10 to 0. The Tech boys are
pointing to both defeats as the means
or correcting weaknesses and dcvcl-
oping the team to the point where IL
approaches midscason form.
Eastern's eleven will meet the Con
zaga College team out on North Cap
itol street. Eastern has failed to
start as early as usual this season,
but Coach Kimbell maintains he will
be- In the running with scrappy
eleven.
Country" Morris we'll known as
one of tie host halfbaclis ever turned
ont Of the hi"h schools. viii con"h
season. according to announcement
made today Morris was captain Of
the Tech eleven in 1910 and won the
title that year. He went to NJ A. g.
later, whore he was captain of tho
team.
Wayne Hart is coaching the Gallau-
dot team and he's been in charge Of
Tech. Tho Manual Trainers viii ho
ont at Gallaudet most of the time in
rracticing, althOuch Norris will have
Immediate supervision OF the team.
Georgetown viii p'ohablv rot Dor
scy Griffith. on" ~ tn" bost snrintcrs
A. Western last season. Griffith ex.
poets TO enter the Hilltop institution
and should mako n good sprintor IN
year. lie won handilv indoors in
the sprints last winter. During the
snrine he was i'll and unable to do
himself Justice.