Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-08
CENTRAL TO OPEN
SCHEDULE OCT. IS
Blue and White Plans to Be-
gin Its Gridiron Season With
B. C. C. Contest.

Central High plans to open its foot
ball season a week from next Friday
October IS. The Blue and White is list
ed to meet the Baltimore City College
on that date, and figures it will just
about be able to begin practice again in
time to get in shape for that contest.
The team was listed for a game last
Friday with the Alexandria High School
and for one with the Baltimore Poly
technic Institute this coming Friday.
The game with Alexandria was out of
| the question. and, due to the closing of
the schools, no meeting will take place
this week with Baltimore Poly. In Or
der for the game with City College to
be played it will be necessary for the
schools to reopen by next Monday.
With the dlScontinuance OF practice
because OF the influenza epidemic, Cen
trail was compelled to take its squad off
| the field at time when it was just be-
ginning to round into good shape. Coach
Metzier, though some what discouraged
at the opening of practice, was begin
ning to realize that he had in the pro-
cess OF development 4 mighty compe-
tent squad. About sixty boys were out
for the team and probably twenty or
twenty-five of them stacked up well
with the best squads Central has turned
out in the last three or four years. The
boys have been anxious to continue
their practice, despite the epidemic,
holding that there is little danger of
spreading or catching influenza while
working out in the open air. However,
the school authorities will not listen TO
anything that SaVorS Of a resumption OF
any school activities until the schools
reopen.
Central is scheduled to play it's first
high school game october 25' with
Western. 1t is not probable, though,
that the contest will take place, as
the interruption Of practice is likely
to cause poStponement OF the hlSh
school championship schedule. The
first game OF the championship sea-
son is booked between Tech and Bust
ness. 1t was stated last night by 4
member of the faculty committee on
athletics that the whole schedule of
championship games probably would
be showed forward into the month of
November
Jay Long. star fullback of the Cen
trail High foot ball team last fall, is
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Long went out for foot ball and on the
third day broke his shoulder. He,
therefore, is hors de combat. as far as
the gridiron is concerned, for the re-
mainder of this season. Long prob
ably was the clevereSt man carrying
the ball in the high schools last year.
Bob Folwell, coach of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania foot ball team
is i'll with the Spanish FLU" During
his absence from the gridirop Bill
Hollenbach, former Pennsylvania man
who played on the same team with
Folwell, is handling the squad.
Cornell, despite previous an
nouncement that it would have no
athletics this year. has decided to de-
velop a foot ball team. Athletics at
Ithaca will be conducted as elsewhere
this fall and winter. under the aus
pieces of the commanding officer of the
military establishment
Gurevich, who won an all-high DO
sition at guard for Technical High
last year, is going to get a chance to
play halfback at Maryland State this
fall He is the kind of player who
ought to develop into capable man
behind a line.
Maryland State gridiron squad n
pretty heavy blow in the last few
days. Five members of the squad are
guaranteed in the hospital because
of the epidemic, among them being
Knode, last years quarterback.
After considerable delay in reaching
a decision it is reported that New
York University finally has decided
to have foot ball team this fall.
Navy yesterday wired Maryland
State offering foot ball game at
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