The Washington herald., 1918-11-28
MT. Pleasant Eleven Are
& Forced to Extend Them
selves in Scholastic
Game; Score, l3 to 6.
By :. III. BAKER,


It's all over now: Central I3.
Western s.
This abbreviated football season
was brought to a close yesterday
in the Stadium by a victory over
Western OF two touch downs to one
by the Mount Pleasanters. The
contest was hard fought from the
first whistle until the final when
Central came through in a blaze of
glory, but there was no disgrace
in the defeat for Western. as they
presented a game team and did and
gave the best they had in them.
II was one of the best and cleanly
played games of the year in which
neither team had very much advant-
age over the other with the final
result in doubt until the whistle
sounded which ended hostilities and
brought victory to the Mount Pleas
ant team by 13 to 6.
Western opened the game by
kicking to Central and Capt. Cullen
returned the ball 25 yards before
he was downed. The pigskin sea-
sawed up and down the field, first
one side rushing it and then the
other. with play in Westerns ter
1ritory most of the time. Shenos
attempted to rush the ball for Cen
.trsl. fumbled, and Hume recovered
the pigskin. After one rush by
Western. Wight attempted to for
ward pass. which Dasher intercepted
and raced down the field for
touch down. The right end sprinted
65 yards for this first marker.
In the second period with only
little more than a minute to play,
Western by line plunges and for
ward pass worked the pigskin down
to Centrars S-yard line when on an
OF tackle play Wight ploughed his
way through the line and was over
for Westerns only touchdown, but
a minute later he failed to kick goal.
The half way mark found the two
teams struggling in midfeld with
the Mt. Pleasant lads on the long
end OF a 7-to-6 score.
q After the intermission both teams
struggled hard to break the close
ness Of the score but there was no
action in the third and in the last
period Central took the oval down
the field. A forward pass by Cen
trail netted ten yards and a line
plunge made it first down and the
ball on Westerns 5-yard line. Cullen
was given the pigskin on a criss
cross plunge through the tackle
from which ne scored the winning
marker and gave Central the vic
tory.
The aerial attack of both teams
met with little success as they were
in. most cases intercepted by the Op-
pOuents. one of the first attempted
by Western was turned into touch
down. Another was taken by Mills
who ran sixty yards for a touchdown
but WIS forced out of bounds and
the ball was put in play in the cen
ttt of the field Wight heaved a
fu1 ward pass into the arms of Read
who spiinted fifteen yards before he
was tackled by Dasher.
= ice Central Wa Letd by Western
ia the center OF the field and the bail
EsUs siveu over to the lads from across
tbt creek. Western was forced To punt
the -rcatrr number OF times and her
kicks avc.aG,d better than those OF
Central. but this advantage gained
them very little, as they could not
consist Utlv gain through the Central
lire Central on straight football
made nine Il st downs to five by West
eru. Western used the forward pass
ten times, which was successful three
t1ncs, whitc central attempted TOUR
passes and completed one of them.
Westerns baCkheld was not as sue
G. ssfui in carrying the Iigskin as the
men used by Metzler. who made short
gains in carrying the ball down the
field. Wight. who ran the Western
team. used good judgment i'm selecting
his plays and turning back the Cen
trail punts Newby. Mills. Russell and
Capt. Cullen. of the Central back field,
were in every play and made several
tackles that stopped the rushes of the
Red and White backs. The lineup