Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-19
BY II. c. BYRD.

| Central High and Western tomorrow
play the first game of the high school
championship foot ball SERIES The con-
test takes place at American League
Park and begins at 3:15 o'clock. Jack
Gass. who had charge of the series sew
I eral years ago. will referee the games.
| The opening game should result in a
| victory for Central. The Blue and White
will have a much heavier and more ex-
perienced eleven the field than the
| Georgetown school, and those two factors
usually mean victory in foot ball. West
| ern, perhaps, is starting the series with
the lightest squad it has had in three
years The players will not average much
more than 1876 pounds and the majority
! have had little or no experience. Some
| thing of how hard Western was hit by
graduation last spring may be known
! when it is said that twelve letter men fin
iShed.
Westerns backfield will be particularly
light. 1t is likely that Pepper will start
at quarter, Wight. and Simpson at half
backs and Heron at full. Probably 1875
to 40 pounds would be a fair average for
this quartet. Mckelway, center. and Will
lis, tackle, are the only members of the
1915 eleven who will be in the game to-
morrow
Central's players behind the line are
much faster and heavier than those
who will play for Western. Long, at
fullback, and Gottlieb, at half, carry
more weight than the average high
school backs, and the other members
of the Blue and White lineup will be
more powerful physically than those
who wear the Red and White of West
ern.
The majority of the other high school
squads will be on hand tomorrow to
get peek at Central's team. The Blue
and White combination has caused the
Tech and Business coaches to do lot
of thinking, and the mentors of the
Manual Trainers and Stenographers are
not going to let go amiss chance
to get a line on the individual and
team strength of Prof. Emory Wilson's
students.
The Business High eleven is to meet
the Army and Navy Prep team this aft
ernoon The game Is to be played on
the Friends School field. on Wisconsin
avenue, and will begin at $3.50 o'clock
Berlin. who is playing fullback for
BUSINESS, seems to have the natural
ability for fine performer. Coach
White, even before practice began, said
that he thought Berlin would come
through this year and do fine work.
White said that he expected Berlin
to develop into one of the best backs
of the series.
Technical High scrimmaged against
the Gallaudet reserve team yesterday
at Kendall Green. Tech showed better
form than the second string college
men, having a better developed attack
and much more powerful defense.
Georgetowns squad this morning
left for Haverhill Mass, where it is to
meet Dartmouth Saturday in what
promises to be one of the biggest games
of the year in the New England states
The Blue and Gray has large follow
ing in New England and SO has Dart
mouth That being the case, it is ex-
pected that one of the largest CROWDS
that will attend the games between IN
stitutions in that section, excepting,
of course, the Yale, Harvard and
Besides Charley Cox. gradu2te man
ager of athletics. and Coach EXendine;
Physical Director John OReflly and
Manager Eagan, the following players
Green, Showalter. Gilroy, McQuade,
Leighty, J. OBoyle. Wall, Whelan: Sui
Ivan, Maloney, Smeach. Cronin. WARD,
sanche zas Gorma md 0 TcSarty D. so'
1t is not likely that Georgetown VIII
be able to win from Dartmouth. Al
least it's showing against the navy Two
weeks ago would not seem to indicate
a victory though one is possible. Dart
mouths eleven is powerful physlcally,
its line being much more capable imam
that which represents the Hilltoppers'
if reports are to be believed. however,
the Blue and Gray entertains the hope
Of putting up a fine struggle against
seemingly big odds. Georgetowns
backfeId is almost, if not quite, as
good as that of Dartmouth, but unless
the forwards show improvement they
will be outmatched by the big green
aggregation. Georgetown. anxious TO
atone for it's defeat at the hands OF the
Navy, may show a remarkable reversal |
of FORM The Hilltoppers have shown
time and again that they can recup-
crate from a setback easily, and what
ever they may do against DARTMOUTH
will not come big surprise. IL
clever runners like Gilroy and McQuade
can get loose for a touchdown or so
early in the game the scores would be
a great stimulus and might cause the
defense to stiffen sufficiently to hold
Dartmouth's offense and thus exc out
a victory. On the general aspect OF q
comparison of the two teams, though.
Dartmouth ought to win Dy a toucn-
down or two.
There is a possibility that the Mary
land State team may be compelled to
play it's game with the Virginia Mill
tary Institute Saturday with two OF its
best linemen out. Kishpaugh. one OF
the guards, has been called home on
case of urgent necessity, and Williams,
star center of last year. will not be
able to play, in all probability, because
Of slight attack of tonsilitis. Will
liams has not been in a game this year.
owing to. a slight operation he was
compelled to undergo at the start of
the season. but has been working out
for about two weeks and it had been
planned to use him against v. NJ. /. for
the first time. There is a possibility
that Kishpaugh will be back in time
for the game Saturday. 1t is very
likely that Ike Macdonald and Bert
Coggins. who started at the halfback
positions against Dickinson, will begin
Saturdays game. The liabilities are
that two entire sets of backs will be