Evening star., 1917-11-07
BY n. c. BYRD.

Central will win the high school foot
ball championship. OF course. proviso
might be placed in or after that sem
tence, some such perhaps as unless
Wilson and Long break their legs.
or unless the linemen all drop dead"
or unless" some other equally re-
mote contingency arises. The efforts
of the other high schools are proving
punitives in the superlative degree
against the machine developed by the
honorable C. A. -Metzler: we imagine
that truck horse and cart would have
made good comparative showing
against Ben Hurs steeds and chariot
at Antioch.
Yesterday Technical essayed to clog
up the wheels. to hemstring the horses
and by devious other means to impede
the progress Of the Central chariot.
Its efforts were about successful,
though, as an attempt to stop an
eighty-ton locomotive by placing a
chip on the track. Prospective students
of engineering when they begin to de-
stroy a structure should learn more
about the margin of safety" allowed
by all good builders.
:. Right at the beginning of the game
Tech showed judgment that would have
caused blush on the face of Herr
Zimmerman. one of the esteemed Giants
of base ball fame. Winning the toss,
it chose to receive the kickoff. though
why 1t did SO will always. remain one
of the deep, dark mysteries of scholas-
tic foot ball. Perhaps it thought to
disconcert the enemy by doing the un-
expected. A similar situation would
exist If a fairly good fighter entered
the ring with veteran, opened wide
his arms and said. Here. give me a
good wallop on the jaw before we
start"
Technicars guards, after about three
minutes of play. took on the express
sionS Of men sadly perplexed in trying
to solve most difficult Chinese puzzle.
haven't Playing too wide, Techs
guards were also too high. Instead of
throwing themselves under CentrafS
shifting mass plays and cumming them
mage they stood up almost straight and
were showed over backward. Probably
they had the heroic feeling that they
would rather die with their faces to
the enemy than with their backs to him.
1t was grand old exhibition of a
abetted by excellent teamwork and
good judgment in the direction of the
play. proving undoubted superiority in
every department. MessrS. Wilson and
young Mr.. Belnap, gained ground about
as they pleased. The aforementioned,
though he has been a consistent ground
gamer In every game. was not afflicted
with the thought that he could whip
Technical single-handed. though evil
IDENTIFY Techs eleven was directed
some with the vice versa of that
idea uppermoSt.
was penned something Of an apprecia-
ton of the virtues of Wilson, Central's
left halfback. Right now the same
opinion of him holds good-that he is
the best back in the high school series.
Also the following was penned about
the Central eleven:
ITO get down to brass tacks: Central
last year won the high school cham
pionship. defeating some of the teams
by big scores; this fall it has an eleven
about 20 Pc cent stronger right now
than its team was at any time during
1916. Excellent ends. Il line strong
enough, at least, to more than hold its
own against any of the school forwards
developed here in the last three years,
and a backfield likely to be much su-
perior to any in the high school ranks.
form a combination for the Blue and
White that is not to be relished by the
eleyens it may face. Central looks bet
ter than any Central eleven has looked
for years. It's team should he one of
the best it has ever developed
This also holds good with one eXcep-
tion. In the last sentence the words
should be one Of ought to be elm
mated and sis" substituted.
As far as the actual account of the
game between Tech and Central Is con-
cerned, there is little to tell. Central
had the better combina ton from every
standpoint Had not Tech shown sucn
poor judgment in receiving kick-offs
and In other ways Central would not
have yon by such big margin. but
the victory would have been Centrals s
even If the Manual Trainers had been
directed with perfect judgment Cen
trail won by 30 to o. a score which in
Gicates that It will run up the largest
total ever attained In "A high school
series. No discredit is reflected upon
Techs men-they fought hard and a.
best they knew. and nobody could have
done more. Also. Tech has in its line
up some very capable players, Clark.
Bosley. Carpenter and Guervich meas
uring up among the best in the series.
While Fordham gets credit for hav-
ing played Georgetown to a standstll
in a great part Of yesterdays game
in New York, in all probability the
Blue and Gray performed well within
itself during most of the time. With
the Fordham contest practically tucked
away after the first fifteen minutes
Exendine was not going to let his
men go out after a big score while
Navy scouts sat in the stands with
eyes pealed wide open for every scrap
of information they could gain. Repox,
says that Gilmour Dobie, Navy coach
was in the stands. and Dobie probably
saw everything there was to be seen
Il was felt before the game that
Georgetown was superior and that ii
would win without much trouble
which In all probability it did, not
withstanding some press reports to
the contrary.
A better showing in yesterdays game