The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-22

Enlistments during the summer N.Y.
the army and navy and the fact that.
many boys Of high school age ard@n.-
still at work on farms and in shopsh0
and factories, may seriously Affect
high school football which formally :
starts here tomorrow with the callS7of
ing Of candidates. a.
Many boys finished the schooiro9
year last summer and went into
some branch Of the service. Others, sss
sensing the opportunity offered toIoz
get into college, were credited up 81,
for the larger institutions during the 80
summer Coaches at the local s-
schools will count noses tomorrow zoo
with an idea Of what can be done
toward putting teams In the field foGs-IS
the annual high school Champion
ship series. us7E
Central winner Of last years titieaN
will be unusually hard hit, according tos :.
Coach c. A. Metzler. AS far as can
learn" says Metzler. Cullen Is the onlIsSTa
veteran to return We lose practically
every man from last years team s'is
Second Men Gene. NOS
1T would not be so hard II could
depend upon my second string mep1os
coming back. but I have learned THAI,
few OF those who were to be ready
this fall. will be coming back for thSI09.
football season. The loss OF suehs'
players as Long. .Stans1eld, Maeden-4-,--
aid, Wilson and Belknap In the back ~
field, to say nothing OF the frst-class-2-
linemen was bad enough. The fall
hurt US badly" 4
William NJ. Apple, chairman OF the ~
board OF faculty advisers. says thu
series will be played as usual -There1H
Is every idea OF playing the series this
year. The games are listed as usual
and there Is every chance that th0iUb
series may not only be closely con-. z
tested but one OF the best In recent
years" says Apple iutt
The Tech team. coached BY Apple =
will have good prospects II all Of
those counted upon to make the team
return It Is reported that sally g.
Bosley, captain OF the team. and
Mich" Gurevich are headed for Mary ~
land State College. Tech turned OUT
a number OF promising players lasfET
year and as they were third year boys
are expected to form q strong combtIrs-
Fg
Western may have a heavy team
this year and one strong enough To-
cope with the other elevens on sve1T
terms. Charles Fenwiex. Harry N.Y.,
ers. Norman Conlon. Donald PeppoTt.-
and John Groves will be missing. ss,-5
Pepper and Groves were due back 20
this year but are trying to enter,
Maryland State and may be lost The -.
team will be fairly strong with piay~ora
ers OF one years experience but win 80
be weak in backfield material. --st-
Coach Louis Battersby's team ST.
Eastern will be OF fyweight caliber. -
I'VE will have the lightest team IN
the high schools and in high school ~
history. I believe" says Battersby.
THE loss OF practically all OF last ~
years players win mean that we witt.
have to start from the ground. i
know our boys will be unusually light
but we will be there for competitionas
just the same" -
Business In Line. 10
Last spring 1t was reported that &
Business High School would drop out ..uv
Of the series this fall Coach W. NJ
Dorman reported at the summer ses- "
sion OF coaches that his team would d..
be in the field =.
war conditions and the demand for.
boys with business training robbed
We expect to compete just the same
provided there are boys in school who
have been in long enough to becoms
eligible" says Dorman-
The faculty athletic advisers are
to meet some time this week
to arrange details OF the football
series a big drive will be started
at the schools tomorrow for football
candidates and all sports and the mil
itary program will get under way 1t
once.