The Washington times., 1916-11-07
CLOSE GAME LOOKED
FOR At PARK TODAY
Eastern and Business Should
Furnish Plenty Of Thrills in
Title Combat.
By BRYAN MORSE.

The fifth game OF the high school
championship football series finds East
ern and Business battling today. Both
teams have met defeat in their opening
contests. Business falling before Cen
trails eleven by II to 9 and Eastern
dropping a contest to Tech by to g.
Both teams put In an afternoon OF
hard work yesterday In preparation for
the contest and todays game 10 ex-
pected TO prove one Of the most attrac-
tive of the series. The elevens are even
ly matched in weight and are expecting
to score on each other.
Flaherty. of Eastern, and Ready. OF
Business. are both rated as exceptionally
good drop-klckers, and II would not De
surprising to. see q field goal registered
At any time. In the first games OF the
series both teams were at a disadvan-
tags on account OF the green material.
Since their initial performances the
elevens have put In q deal OF prac-
improved. The Eastern team 10 one
OF the most aggressive elevens In the
series and can be counted upon to
carry the fight at all times.
The line-ups announced for today
Business-Held, left end; Allard or
Keenan,. left tackle; Mcdonnell or
" iliiams, left guard: Benton. center;
T 1hssi. r. rT&e Wise s4f ES; s TSGp
quarterbsck; Raedy, left halfbeck;
3 Wise, right halfback' and Mcpon'
Esstern%cummings left end; Brock
we'll. left tackle; Waldorf left guard !;
guard; ba ldwin. right tackle; Hunt,
right end: Thomas; Quarterback
halfback. and sweeney. fullback.
Other Elevens Work.
Central, Western. and Technical put
In some hard work yesterday. Central
received n Is to o defeat at the hands
OF the Baltimore City College eleven
Saturday. but will come back Friday
for its game with Technical none the
worse for Its Baltimore battle.
The Central lads have a clean LEAD
for the title and are expecting to serve
up Tech with a win Friday. Central
argues that II Is an improved eleven
over its performance against Business
last week. John Saxon will probably be
on tho left end at Central. which Will
give the Blue and White fine pair Of
flankers. Kaplan having more than
proved his value to the eleven.
Western put In light afternoons
game next week. The Westerners took
up several new plays which they ak
pcct to have working smoothly by next
week.
Eight Brothers Play.
II IL not unusual In football teams TO
find brothers on the same team or broth
, ers following brothers in school. An
unusual and peculiar coincidence IS
noted in the Western eieven this season.
No less than eight boys either playing
on the regular team or with the squad
have had brothers on former western
elevens.
curtis Fisher. with the Red and white
squad this year. had a brother on the
1907 team Alexander Mckelway' iuli-
back this year, had a brother who play.
ed guard on the 1914 team. Donald
| Pepper. who ran the team In the early
sea son. had a brother on the 1914 team
Ben Mackall. out with the team now. Is
brother OF John Mackall, captain OF
Virginia Freshman eleven.
| OF this years team Bernard Bridget
| Charles Hume, John O'Brieh, and
Charles Fenwick. all had brothers who
| were on the Wester eleven last year
| In addition there are two Stevens boys
with Western this season and two Da'
wilson boys. The older brothers on the
eleven have younger brothers who are
expecting to make good In another year
| Stranger still is the fact that there Il
another Mackall In Western and another
Hume who are waiting to grow up fol
Western teams.
Prep Teams Active.
Army and Navy Props are makini
preparations for Saturdays game with
the Shenandoah Military Academy. Th'
soldiers will have their hands more thar
full, for the Virginians recently defeatet
the strong Virginia Freshmen. Tecf
was scheduled to meet the Freshmen OF
Friday. but a shift IN the high schoo
sch eduie made It impossible to meet TIT
Virginia eleven.
Georgetown Props are hiding thei
time until their next contest. a gam
will be asked for from some Baltimor
eleven before the season IL done, as tn
Props are anxious to try out their skill
AGAINST the Monumental City team,
In the meantime coaches and man