Evening star., 1919-11-13

despite the dope-and Princeton may
be one of them.

be one of them.
Central High won from Western yes
terday in the high school foot ball Sc
ries. The Blue and White squad was
too heavy for the Red and White. par
ticularly in the back field. In fact,
Westerns line played just about as
good foot ball as CentrarS, and it was
only the greater weight and skill of
the men behind the Central line which
proved the decisive factor. Central
won by 16 to Z.
The first touchdown made by Central
was registered in an unusual way
When Western lined up after receiving
the kickoff. it seIs an end out near the
side lines. Apparently the end was not
seen by Central players and was un-
covered. Coach Metzler then called in
from the sidelines to have somebody
cover the Western player. Whether or
not Central players heard the call is
not known. but. anyway, Strohecker.
Central halfback, moved out to cover
and subsequently intercepted the for
ward pass and ran for a touchdown.
Had the officials heard Metzler's call
Central would have received a fifteen
yard penalty instead of score.
However, unusual as that was, Cen
trail undoubtedly would have won the
game anyhow, even If the field had
been dry. The Blue and White back
field is much too formidable for the
by far is the heaviest and fastest quar-
tet playing behind the line of any of
tlfe five high schools.
Centrafs victory yesterday places
ii in a commanding position in re-
gard to the championship. 1t has
won from Western and on compara-
tive scores is better than Tech. The
Blue and White should win from
Business without much trouble, un-
less some kind of a miracle tranSpires
between now and the time it>taces
the Stenographers After Central has
will rest on the final game between
Central and Tech, with the victor
emerging undefeated and holder of
the title.
Tech plays Business tomorrow IN
the school series and should win. The
Manual Trainers are much stronger
than the Stenograaphers.
Gallaudets eleven easily won from
the Camp Humphreys eleven yester
day by IS to 0. The collegfans were
considerably outweighed. but their
greater cleverness and experience and
better all-round work was too much
for the soldiers. Gallaudet's substi
tutes played during the third period
and while they did not get a touch
down, they were not scored on either
Catholic University will be stronger
for the game Saturday with Maryland
State than it has been for any pre-
vious contest. Three new men have
Joined the squad this week. and each
of the trio has had considerable ex-
perience. Two of the players are
husky liemen. The Brooklanders IN.
tend to put forth mighty effort to
beat State, notwithstanding they
know they will be against an eleven
which has faced the onslaught OF
some of the best teams in three sec
tions of the east
Georgetown's squad left this morn
ing for Atlanta. where it is to meet
saturday. The Atlanta eleven does
not seem to be near so formidable
since 1T was vanquished last week by
Washington and Lee, but Georgetown
has no illusions about the game The
Blue and Gray realizes it will be up
against what probably is the strong
est combination in the south, except
ing possibly Georgetown itself
While Catholic University and Mary
land State are battling Saturday aft
ernoon in the Central High stadium,
Gallaudet will be playing Washing
ton College at Chestertown. The Ken
team by almost any
score they please, within reason, of
course.
Maryland State and Catholic Uni
versity. each has one man on its
squad Of the teams which battled so
desperately against each other at
Brookland, in 1916. in that 1a to 9
game. Pat Rooney, end. is at C. u,
and Ike Macdonald at State.