Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-28
By II. c. BYRD.

Tho showing of the Eastern High
eleven yesterday against Technical. In
tho second game of the school foot ball
series. was = real surprise. In fact. II
Is doubtful II any game to be played
will develop moro Of the unexpected
than did that between tho Manual
Trainers and the Light Blue and White.
Whether It was overconndencs on the
part Of Tech or whether Eastern was
playing better than II knew how
makes little differences: the game re-
fleets great credit on Eastern and will
cause some Of the other elevens t.
think more than they did before about
tho Capitol Hill aggregation.
There was only one department In
which Tech had something on Eastern.
Its punting was a little better. but In
rushing the ball the lighter team had
more than the Manual Trainers. Its
work being of high order throughout.
From the beginning of the play until
the end 1t was q real struggle. with II
very apparent that either might win.
Eastern played this kind Of a game
against Tech despite the great physical
superiority Of the latter. Techs great
er weight was marked the instant the
two elevens walked out on the Held :
hut the weight did not put damper on
fought through the four quarters as II
II were against boys no older and no
more experienced
The result of the game causes NC
Caffrey to stand out as one OF the best
Of the high school coaches. His sue
cesses at Eastern. with light and In
experienced material. have been SO
marked that there is no doubt about
his ability to handle schoolboy squads.
Yesterday his team used shift With
combination of one developed by War.
ner at Carlisle several years ago and
he Minnesota play taken to Yale BY
Tom Sheviin.. The two tackles stood
close behind center. and the four backs
lined up In a straight line behind the
OF scrimmage. At given signal the
two tackles would swing up Into line
on one side of center and tho four
hacks shift in behind them This
would throw ia P, rep ,,ds a. e ~, OF
mage. and generally result In the Tech
forwards being swept back. The Man
ual Trainers were never able to dag
nose the play completely. and their
tackles were completely smothered
Tech suffered more from penalties
than Eastern, but 1t had enough ad-
vantage In physique to make up for
that. The other teams Tech Is to face.
though. need not feel that they Will
have a walkaway. as the members OF
the squad will not approach the con-
tests with Central and Business with
the same attitude as that which char
acterized them before the struggle
with Eastern.
-Four local foot ball teams are in
games today which will prove dinicuit
for them. George WASHINGTON Is at
Baltimore to meet Johns Hopkins. Gal
laudet at Emmittsburg for q combat
with Mount st. Mary's. Catholic Uni
versity at South Bethlehem to play Le-
high and Maryland State IL entertain
ing Haverford at College Park. All
these meetings are pretty sure to de-
velop close struggles
George Washington has In It's game
with Hopkins a medium whereby 1t
may accomplish something really
worth while. The Baltimoreans made
quite q reputation for themselves last
season and II the Hatchetites can take
their measure tomorrow they will at
tain standing which they could not
have won In any contest they have 90
far played. There will be little differ
ence in weight Of the two teams. Hop
kins possibly having a slight advan-
tage.