Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
REXA. c. TO MEET
NAVY YARD ELEVEN
Independent Gridiron Teams
Due to Clash Sunday for
District Title.
BY II. T.. BYRD.

What should be one of the biggest
Independent gridiron games held in
Washington in years is to take place
Sunday at the Union Park between
the Rex Athletic Club and Navy Yard
elevens. These represent about the
acme of Independent foot ball in this
section. and inasmuch as the rivalry
between them is exceedingly spirited,
some real gridiron sport should de-
velop.
Rex Athletic Clubs team was got
together at the beginning of the year
as an out-and-out Semi-profeSSional
organization and has gone through SO
far, very successful schedule. Some
good former college players and sew
eral stars from local independent
teams of previous years form the
eleven. Navy Yards team also is
strong. having as nucleus some of
the men who used to star for the
Nigilants. Harry Harris of the Rex
team did stellar work at quarter for
West Virginia, and Montgomery for
merly played end at Maryland State.
and Johnny Blair has been brilliant
player on several service elevens;
these are among the mainstays of the
Rex team. Worden Dyer, once a star
at Eastern: Bumps Turner, who had a
fling for awhile as tackle at North
Carolina State; Byers, halfback for the
old Mohawk team. and Mcbride and
Ray Towers are the bulwarks of the
Navy Yard.
No doubt the game should bring out
the best foot ball shown on a local
independent field in a good while,
The Rex team with be strengthened by
the acquisition of such men as Blair.
Litkus and Dowrick, while the Navy
Yard will put on the field it's regular
lineup. The Navy Yard line is big
and strong and the backs of that
team are good. The Rex club does
not have light line by any means.
and some of the Rex backs could
make almost any college team. There
is not likely to be much scoring in the
game but some brilliant individual
performances should stand out as the
features.
For the first time in years. Emory,
Wilson. principal of Central High
School will stanG Oil the platform ii:
the auditorium tomorrow and award
a Central eleven their letters. III for
two years. Mr. Wilson has not attend
ed to any duties at the high school,
but now has formally taken charge
again after complete recovery. And
it is doubtful if any more appropr1-
ate time could have been chosen for
him to preside. Mr.. Wilson, for a
long while. was'almost the life of high
school athletics and has devoted many
hours to building up sports in his
ally Consequently, it will be rather
proud moment for him tomorrow when
he again plunges into the whirl of stu
dent activities.
Mempers of Centrals squad who will
get letters are Manager Radley, Capt
Russell, Conklin, Dice, Newly, Lemon,
Stein, n Jones, King. E. Jones'. Con-
nelly. Postles, Strohecker, Littell, Young
and May.
A story probably will come out in
some of the newspapers before many
more days go by supposedly describ-
ing the way Centre College was able
to put out such great foot ball
team this year. Alleged facts con-
corning the team and some of the !
things in connection with it have been
laid before Walter Camp, it is under
stood, with the request that Mr..
Camp publish the statements in one
of his series of weekly articles. If
one of the stories which recently was
heard by the writer is true. Their
some of the fiction yarns that have
been written about college athletics
of the pre-rules days are not in it in
comparison.