The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
EASTERN LOSES
TO TECH team
Plucky Capitol Hill Tribe
Shows Brilliant Aerial At
tack@Score 20 to I.

Defeat does not>Always emphasize
good beating. Eastern High Schools
plucky and spirited eleven was de-
feated in the Central Stadium yester-
day by the Manual Trainers, 20 to z,
but even in the fact of this defeat
all the glory from an outsiders view
point belongs to Coach Burnett's di-
minutive warriors from Capitol Hill.
These hearty Manual Trainers were
called in the line of football to chalk
up this victory and it was only earned
after desperate and grueling strug-
gle in which this Eastern tribe fought
for every inch that it yielded to the
winners.
Although Tech is credited with
gaining twice the ground at rushing
the ball to that of the Capitol Hill
team, Coach Burnett's warriors for
ward passed the Manual Trainers out
or the league as they completed nine
OF the fourteen attempts at heaving
the pigskin< The forward passes used
In the attack of the Eastern team
were the best that have ever been
witnessed in the history Of scholastic
sport.
Eastern's defense considering the
fact that they were out-weighed 10
to Is pounds was remarkably good,
but it crumbled before the vicious at
tack of the Manual Trainers and
were forced to take three tonchdowns
from the Maroon and Gray.
To Bill Thomas, the diminutive
Eastern half back, goes all the credit
and glory in Eastern's defeat
Thomas was the most consistent
ground gamer for the Capitol Hill
tribe, and time and again he brought
the spectators to their feet by wrig-
Cling and squirming through the Tech
forwards and secondary defense for
brilliant open field runs.
1t was Thomas ability at catching
forward passes and brilliant open field
work that plased Eastern in a position
to score on three occasions. 1t was
this same Thomas who on the third
occasion camped under a forward
heave from Newman for Eastern's
lone touchdown Newman and Thomas
had Tech baffied during the entire
battle by their sensational work at
the aerial end of the game.
In the third period Thomas hung on
TO short forward pass and sprinted
seventy yards before being brought
to earth. while time and again he
would grab the pigskin out of the air
for ten. fifteen and twenty-yard gains
Technical played a brilliant game
defensively, and its heavy back field
made many yards through the line
and outside the end BY consistent
plunsing Tech was able to gain many
yards in short gains in plays inside
tel -
ton to shift play around the ends.
Neither eleven was able to cross the
goal line in the first period. Tech
started a march down the field in the
first period. but after working the ball
to the Eastern's three-yard line the
Fasteners brached and took the ball
away from Tech and kicked out of
danger.
In the second period. after recover
in a blocked kick of the Easterns in
midfield by plunges into the line, Tech
worked the ball up the field and
Gurevitch was showed over for the
first touchdown. Adams failed TO kick
goal Tech kicked off to Eastern.
After two tries at the lise Eastern
kicked. Tech started another march
up the field and by gains from Bosley
took the ball over on plunge through
tackle. Adams kicked goal.
In the third period Tech rushed the
ball up the field, but lacked the old
punch TO put it across the line. In the
fourth period Tech scored one touch
down with Carpenter carrying the
ball. Adams kicked goal After the
kickoff Eastern started a succession
Of forwarded passes from Newman TO
Wingfeld and from Newman to
Thomas that netted the boys from the
hill a touchdown.
Eastern held Tech three times in the
shadow of the goal post for downs
and took the ball away from them.
The iine-up and summary