Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-04
|G00D FOOT BALL
IN SCHOOL GAME
Western and Tech Should
Show High Class Play To-
day in TituIar Series.
BY H. C. BYRD.

Some of the best scholastic foot ball
of the year should be shown this aft
ernoon between Western and Tech.
The two elevens meet in the game
which should determine the team
which is to play Central for the high
school title, and both have been
primed for the occasion.
Western is not in as good cond1-
ton as it might be, according to the
report that came from over in
Georgetown this morning, while
Tech is said to be in tip-top shape.
Both teams are we'll coached and
know more foot ball than the average
scholastic combination. The members
of each eleven will fully understand
that they are battling for the right
to meet Central in the decisive strug
gle and the game therefore snou!o
Rave ali the aspects of a championship
match. 1u..+
ern by a slight margin, but not SUI
ficiently to count for much. iecn mas
shown good form in practically all lts
contests and Western has presented
a strong front against every team II
has faced. Particularly has western
nIayed we'll in developing an open OIL
tense. and Tech should have It's Wo.h
cut out for it tomorrow IN olu ;.;
nreuent the Red and White gaming
ground. .,s,,ad in the Cen
troll Stadium and begin at $3.50 O'CLOCK
In Neville and Kempton Yale ma mas
two wonderful running backs; me
FORMER ia fast. strong. a good dooser'
a fine defensive player-ln shor.. d
finished foot ball player; the iaS.e
uses splendid judgment in dEec!<e
ing the play of his team anu hl r.
is a splendid broken field runner -
rraced with such finished players, al,
most of the same caliber. Harvard
and Princeton will have to place on
the field against the Dark Blue some
wonderful ends if they expect TO stop
Neville and kempton running PACK
punts fifteen or twenty .n ya Rrsde ON
both in the Yale backfield now, were
rated in 1916 among the best backs
in the country.
Johns Hopkins is showing more
gradual Improvement IN us gliolron n
Accomplishments this season than in
any previous year within the memory
of the oldest Inhabitants Of the
Monumental city. The squad began
its schedule in a somewhat indiffer-
emit kind of way, but has developed
slowly and seemingly on a a. sound SCUM
giving day Maryland State is going
to face the strongest eleven that has
worn Hopkins colors in the last ten
years.
Despite the fact that st. Johns. the
first college in Maryland to be met
by Maryland State this season, has
not been defeated, the College Park
aggregation is not making any spe-
cial preparation for the game other
than to cary out the gradual scheme
team at its highest point of efficiency
on Thanksgiving day, when the an
nual journey to Hopkins field will be
made. When the State squad gath
cred on the field last night and s'took
stock" it was found that practically
and ready to play tomorrow, if neces-
sary.
If Georgetown's line does not play
better foot ball against the Navy than it
has in its previous games the Midship-
men are going to do some neat ground
gaining on line plunges. For the last
three seasons the Annapolis eleven has
been noted for the power with which it
hits the opposing forwards and nobody
knows that better than Georgetown.
line does not play better than usual, it
will not be because Of lack Of painstaking
effort, as Coach Exendine has been work
ing and thinking almost every minute
Of his time in an endeavor to build up
its defensive work and to get life into
it on the offense. What it shows against
Dobie's team Saturday will be demon
stration of how we'll he has succeeded.
Gurley of the North Carolina State
College is making a great record as a
running halfback. Last week against
Virginia Military Institute be scored all
the twenty-one points made by his team
after brilliant dashes around end.