The Washington herald., 1920-11-11
TECH DEFEATS
WESTERN, $50
Manual Trainers Powerful
Attack Overwhelms Red
And White Machine.
City League st.adias.
NJ r. NJ. STEPHENSON.

| Iecn separated western from city
championship hopes with a ss-to-o
victory yesterday afternoon in Cen
tral Stadium. uncovering an attack
and defense which showed real
championship calibre.
Western played a strong game but
Tech surpassed the Red and White
machine In practically every depart
ment and wen deserved Its victory.
Il. Pugh, Parker and 0osnell broke
through for long off-tackie and end
run gains on the offense while Techs
line could not be punctured with
consistency by the attack of Burke
and Dawson. Wide emo runs by
Burke and forward. passes were
westerns CHIEF means OF advance
| ment.
Three Of Techs markers resulted
from severe pounding of the line on
parades down the field. Two came
directly from some of the rare luck
OF football game. Western players
batting passes into hands Of Tech
players on two occasions, both
putting the Manual Trainers in a po-
sition to score. The touchdowns
| were not handed Tech but the score
might have been seven points less
otherwise.
L. Pugh Makes First Score.
Tech was held for downs as the
game opened and western. with
Burke carrying the ball. plunged
] through for q first down. The ad-
vance was. stopped and the ball went
! over when Burke failed on q drop
kick. A first down. followed by a
1s-yard pass. Parker to J. Pugh,
brought Tech to midheld and T..
Pugh lunged OF tackle for a 45-
yard sprint to the 3-yard mark. L.
Pugh went over on the second at
tempt. Helne kicked the goal.
Burke again started Western
goalward in the second period, but
tumble in midfeld gave Coach
Apples man the pellet. Two first
downs, Pugh and GUIDE carrying the
ball, put the Manual Trainers on
the 3o-yard line. Pugh shot a pass
down the side line. which Lamar
batted into .Parker's hands, and he
| carried the hall 70 the 3-yard
mark. Parker went over on the
next play.
| Following an exchange of punts.
Jones Intercepted a pass in mIdfeld
| and Burke and Dawson swept the
ends for two first downs to the 81
yard line. Tech broke the attack
with an intercepted pass and fol-
lowing a 15-yard penalty punted to
midheld. On his third attempt
Burke shot a successful pass, H
Wright grabbing the ball with two
men on him and making II but
yards to go for a touchdown. Four
times Western rammed at the CEN
ter of the line, a 5-ysrd penalty
giving them a ffth chance, but
Tech held and punted out. A sec
ond aerial attack was broken by an
interception and the half closed.
Criss-cross Ground Gamer
Held for downs I'm midheId.
Western was forced to its goal line
again at the start of the second
period. Pugh and GosneII made 1t
a FIRST down. and a 20-yard pass
carried the ball to the s-yard line
from where Parker shot over on a
criss-cross- The gray jersied eleven
gained the ball In midheld on an
exchange of punts in the final quar-
ter. Again Q long pass was knocked
into the hands of a waiting Tech
player, who carried il over but was
called back on a misplay by an
official. On the next play Gosnell
went 80 yards to the 2-yard mark
and f. Pugh made II "a points on
a plunge through the center of the
line. Heine kicked the goal. Trav-
cling as yards of tackle soon after
the kickoff. Capt. Pugh paved the
road for the last touchdown. which
Parker negotiated. Western opened
a sensational aerial attack at this
stage and on three successive
passes. Conrad and Jones receiving
the ball, covered SO yards OF terri
tory and put the ball on the S-yard
line. The fourth pass was inter
cepted and the game closed.
Tech showed real strength in every
department with q little weakness
In stopping end runs. Coach Green's
men played a game any team its
size could be expected to put up
against superior weight. but the
beef and power of the opposition.
coupled with its speed. was too
much. In Burke, Western has a
| star. Tech hes eleven.
4 The line and summary.