The Washington herald., 1916-12-03
NO CINCH TO NAME
ALL-HIGH ELEVENS
Players in Local Series This Season
Are Very Evenly Matched.
BY JACK EAsTEH.
Captain of Tech 1915 eleven.

the games in the High School series and
watched the work of each individuai
player my selection has narrowed down
to about twenty-five players whose
work stood out above the others 1t
was the hardest job imaginable to choose
q first all-high school team, as the
players were so equalized that it was
necessary and only fair that / should
PICK first and second team.
The series. both from a players and a
spectators point of view. has been the
closest and hardest fought in years.
Every game was close excepting the
Central Eastern game in which centrals
team ran away with its lighter op-
ponents, 43 to 6.
Central won the championship and
owes her victory to the fact that she was
coached to take advantage of her OPP
ponents' mistakes. l don't want to en-
phasize that Central has not played great
football because she has, but her play
ing did not stand out so far above her
opponents that IL she had not been
coached to the minute to take advantage
probably have been another champion.
Coach Metzler deserves all the credit in
the world for tutoring his players In this
respect
Business presented a well coached team
and showed improvements as each game
was played, but she got a>bad start In
her opening game against Central
which was lost 10 to 6. Business won
Its remaining games. which put this
school in second place.
Western also presented a well-coached
team. depending mostly upon her open
football plays. Western was well drilled
In this respect and took advantage of 1t
at all times.
The showing Of Tech was a bitter dis
appointment to its followers. being de-
feated by Business for the first time
In the history of the school. Western
also took our measure for the first
time In many years, we Just managed by
sheer luck to beat out Eastern, the
lightest, but scrappiest team in the
series
With a world of good material to start
the season, a jinx seemed to follow US
during the series because the showing in
outside games was well above the stand
ard but as soon al we hit the series hard
luck seemed to follow, as Dave" Pfeif-
fer, our star quarter, was stricken with
blood poison and laid up for the season.
The only real high school game that we
played was against Central. when upon
the verge of scoring Sam" Gottlieb
grabbed a tumble on his own 2-yard line
and ran es yards for touchdown which
was enough to win the game. Eastern.
the lightest team in the series. and the
scrappiest of all. deserves great credit
for the fight she put up all the way
against her heavier and more experienced
players.
Credit should be given to Capt. Flath-
ers. of No. s, for the orderly and fine way
the series was run of. he being on the
Job at all times to put down the least
quarrels that started over the games be-
fore they had risen to unlawful conduct
The work OF Right End Kaplan, Of
Central. stood out so far above the other
ends Of the series that he is my best and
first bet for one end. His accuracy In
receiving the forward pass was the best
seen in years: he was a sure and hard
tackler, which marks him as a good de-
fense player. He was fast In getting
down the field under punts and spilling
his man in his tracks, often tackling so
hard that his man often fumbled; in two
cases he recovered the tumble, which re-
suited both times in a touchdown for his
team.
Capt. Buck" Wise, of Business, 10
given the other end position, because Of
his good defensive playing. Although an
offensive half back. I have given him q
position on end because of his all-around
playing In both positions. Wise has
proven to be the most consistent punter
In the series, an accurate forward passer
and great ground gamer in a half back
Capt. Saxon and Capt. Cummings, of
central and Eastern, ran my first men
so hard that have to give them Jobs on
the second team. T. Wise and West, Of
Business and Western, did some fine
work. and deserve honorable mention.
The work Of Capt. Willis, OF Western
stood out so prominently that he was
my first choice. big" Mcdonald. of
Business. although only playing defen-
sive tackle. deserves the other job be-
cause OF his good work at offensive full
and defensive tackle. Tabor. Of Central.
and Davidson. of Western, did some fine
work at times and deserve to be on the
second team. Barnes, of Technical, also
deserves to be mentioned for his good
work
Clark. Of Technical, stood out far above
the others in this position that he Is
given first choice in this position. Al
though playing his first year of football,
flark outplayed every man he faced,
often breaking through and spilling his
man before the play got started. Wal
dorf, Of Eastern. playing against men
superior in weight and experience, held
his own. very few gains being made
through him. Guervich, of Tech, and
Towles, of Business. would probably
have made the first team if they had not
oeen laid up on account Of injuries
The job of picking a center narrowed
down to three men, every one having q
decided weakness so 1t was hard to
choose one. Nash. of Central, seemed
the best because of his all-around play
Ing, although weak in passing the ball
ne was strong on the defensive. Parker,
Of Tech. raA him a close race, but his
marked weakness of passing the ball
kept him of the first team. Myers. of
western. played good football in flashes.
The work of Jack o'Brien, of West
ern, stood out above the other men in
this position so he Is my first choice
Tor this job. O'Brien proved to be one
OF his teams best ground gamers; he
ran back punts in great style and used
rare judgment in running his team. Guy,
Of Central. proved to be a good ground
gamer. but used poor Judgment at times
In running his team. The work of King,
OF Business, also deserves honorable mem
ton.
The hardest job of all was the work of
picking my first team halves because no
one stood so high above the other to give
him an easy selection.
Long, my best bet. was Central man,
factor in winning the championship be-
ing the whole life of the team at all
times He proved to be its most depend
able ground gamer and defensive player
Although he payed at full back. have