Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27
WESTERN, CENTRAL
HAVE EASY GAMES
Should Defeat Eastern and
Business This Week by
Good Margins.
BY II. C. BYRD.

Western and Central are due for
something akin to q lot-of running
practice when they meet Eastern and
Business in the high school foot ball
series this week. Tomorrow Western
is to go up to the Central stadium to
hand a beating to Eastern, and FRI
day Central will give Business the
same kind consideration Western is
likely to entertain for Eastern, At
least, that IL the prospective status
OF the two contests. judging by the
While Central did not get an OBJ
portunity to show its wares last Fri
day against Tech. everybody comedies
that the Mount Pleasant eleven stands
At least an even chance with any
other eleven to win tho championship.
Also, since beating Business by moro
than nifty points. Westerns stock has
gone up above par.
All followers of high school foot
ball are awaiting the games in which
Central. Tech and Western ngurs
against one another. These are the
the games in which two of them meet
are sure to produce some mighty good
scholastic performances, both on the
part Of the teams as a whole and by
individuals.
Central and Tech have definitely
OF the season, which likely will make
1t come some time during the week
previous to Thanksgiving. The game
last week was called Oft after an
agreement between the principals Of
the two schools. 1t seems that both
test to be held. despite the rain, but
the principals could not bring them
selves to the point of allowing a game
which would bring about the ex-
posture for an hour and a half OF 1000
or more high school students who
would have been sure to attend.
Saturday was q bad day for local
colleges. Georgetown 5ourneyed out
to Detroit only to get the short end
University: Catholic University went
to Muhlenberg to set 10 to de-
feat. and Maryland state brought
". p. /. all the way to Washington
only to get whipped. to Q: As scores
go. G. u. State and G. U. lost, but
from all accounts OF the games al
three institutions put up such lights
that they need not feel much put out
at the results, even though every one
hates 10 lose" Georgetown seems to
have been somewhat overconndent
against Detroit. and to have underes-
aggregation. At that. margin OF Q
ANYBODY a great deal. Maryland State.
though 1t went down before ". +. ].
in the first foot ball game between
the two institutions by lone touch
that it played just about as good foot
bali az did the heavier and more ak
perieneed eleven. Catholic Untversity,
while lit lost, 10 to o, did not have
q touchdown scored against It In the
regular way. one resulting from On
/
| ball had been carried to Muhienbergs
I5-yard line and tho other from 2
| c. U. tumble, which was recovered
| by Muhlenberg and carried across the
goal line It was as. n ns,d,! itns e .I fCs
close games, but 1t is part Of the
| game and something that may be
| expected once in awhile. 1t seems that
| every break in all three games went
| against Georgetown. c. y. and State
| Colgate played true to form in win
ming from Princeton. though it wae
somewhat lucky to get the touchdown
margin. Princeton actually scored q
Touchdown itself. but had the run
ner called back because Of an off-side
vertent slip by Tiger player the
contest probably would have resulted
in a tie.
of Syracuse by IS to 0 was tho sur
prise of all foot ball games. Afte'
the whaling the New Workers gav'
Pittsburgh a week ago 1t 10 doubtful
if anybody expected anything othel
ever, it 10 the old story that foo
hall team cannot be pointed" on tw,
consecutive Saturdays ana cannot b.
kept to its highest point Of silcienc!
for several days ct = time. Pitts
burgh pointed for West Virginia an,
beat west Virginia; II did not hav'
the stun left TO point for Syracuse
euss pointed tor fitf and. meeting
Pitt on the saturday following tn
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