The Washington herald., 1920-11-25
Red Line Stifens When Cen
trails Air Attack Puts Ball
On LIZARD Line; Three
Rushes Thrown Back Be-
fore Whistle Blows.
ByF. M. STEPHENSON.

day afternoon, the red-sweatered
demons saving themselves from de-
feat In the final minute by three
times heroically repulslng the Blue
attack which once carried the ball
to the 1s-inch mark. Play closed
with the pellet on the 1-yard line
and the count knotted at Z points
each.
Battling on even terms through
three quarters with each eleven
scoring a touchdown and goal. Gen.
frenzy in the final two minutes
of play with a spectacular dash
goalward, a forward pass from the
3o-yard mark in the l-yard line
featuring.
Dashing down the side line Capt.
Jones, of Central, stabbed a 30-yard
pass from Conklln on the 4-yard
mark The Blue and White leader
swerved for the goal run, slipped
and was pounced upon. the bali
missing the coveted mark by, one
yard. Wilton jammed into the line
on the next play, struck a heap and
fell back for a yard loss. Conklin
attempted to slip through center.
but again the furious Red lineman
Fought on defeat. holding the Cen
II was Krupp's turn, but the
elongated full charged into a stone
wall again and when the mass was
unfolded the ball was resting on
the 1-yard line again. and Central
mad but one more chance.
with the delirious mob implors-
Ing for a touchdown Central" ana
a hold 'em Tech" as the battered
elevens formed for the final test,
Head Linesman Gammell decided
the issue with his little stopwatch
and followers of both teams wenS
cheering from the arena. Tech had
STAYED of defeat by a miraculous
defense. but Central had shown a
real surprise-all were satisfied.
Techs Open Attach Fails.
CentraTs final chance followed a
succession of Tech failures with
the open game. Time and again
Tech shot E. Pugh ramming into
the line for solid gains and then
resorted to an open attack which
was completely frustrated. An in
tercepted pass in midfield by Gem
tral followed later by a recovered
tumble after Tech had gained the
ball put Central on its feet and the
beautifully executed forward pass,
Conklin to Jones. all but sent Tech
to defeat
The Manual Trainers scored first,
taking the ball for so yards on
straight football for a marker In
the first quarter. z. Pugh and
Parker were shooting of tackle and
through the line for consistent
gains with the line opening huge
holes 1t looked like all Tech.
Central came back fighting. how
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ter started goalward with its first
real offensive. Krupp and ConkIin
ripped OF a brace of first downs
from midfeld. A pass, Conklin to
Buckley, went for Is yards and
placed Central on the 35-yard mark.
Conklin made IL another first down
and then ran back and shot a Is
yard toss to Lemon who received
the ball over his shoulder and
pulled two Tech tacklers over the
goal line. 1t was a spectacular
play. perfectly executed. Capt.
Jones booted over the tieing point.
CentraIs Genernlship Better.
Until Centrars final drive, play
was on even terms Central gained
six first downs against five negoti-
ated by Tech in the opening half.
while Tech evened it at Sail in
the last half. Tech showed the su-
perior straight attack. but fell
down miserably in attempts at the
trick game. Central played a heady
game, using the forward pass to
Offset Pugh's line smashing and
Heine's superior kicking. Centrars
generalship surpassed Techs and
very nearly decided the battle.
Heine kicked off to Jones, who
he m de TO
e5-yard mark. Central failed to
advance and Krupp punted to Cos
nell. who brought the ball to miu-
field. The Tech march was on. Gen.
trail held for three downs on its
35-yard mark, but J. Pugh recoV-
cred a blocked field goal attempt
by Heine, and Tech sent z. Pugh.
Barker and McCarty driving
through. E. Pugh made 1t first
down on the 2-yard mark, and then
carried it over. Heine kicked the
goal.
Central negotiated two first
downs following the kick -off-wil-
ton, Krupp and Conklin carrying
the ball. Tech held on Centrars
45-yard line. and Krupp punted
over the goal line as the quarter
closed. Heine returned the boot
anu gave SchlEdl the Ddll on It's
46-yard mark.
Supplies twice broke up runs
around his sector, and Krupp punt
ed to Heine. who returned the ball
on a kick soon after to CentraPs
37-yard mark. wilton, Krupp anu
Conklin carried the bail to the 49,
yard mark and Buckley placed the
pellet on Techs 35-yard line. re-
ceiving the first pass Of the game
from Conklin. Conklin made II first
down on Techs 25-yard line in two
attempts. Buckley made i've more
and Wilton added a yard. On a
fake cross-buck Conklin took the
ball and shot 1t to Lemon, who was
racing goalward and turned just in
time to stab the pellet without
changing his pace. He stumbled on
over for the other 80 yards. and
Jones knotted the points. The half
closed just after the kick-off.
tumble Hurts Tech Team.
Hough returned the ball on the
kickoff to Techs 41-yard line at the
start of the second half Tech COM
pleted its first pass of the game, |
McCarty to Gosnell. for eight yards |
but lost three yards on a tumble |
and was forced to kick Central
failed to gain and Krupp kicked to |
Techs 45-yard line. Parker made |
a yard and Capt. Pugh added six
and Gosnell went through for first
down. Then Tech spoiled its best
chance for a victory. A triple for
ward pass was massed up for a |
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