The Washington herald., 1920-09-20

Launching what is expected to
be big year in high school foot
ball. at least four of the five schools
in the District VIII get under way
this afternoon Tho possible cx-
ception is Business. as a result OF
the loss of Coach l.. II. Battersby.
who has gone to California and will
not return. Central. Technical,
Western and Eastern will have. their
candidates out in fun force.
The Mount Pleasant boys. under
the coaching OF {. \. NIetzler. who
will be assisted by Bert Coggins.
Clarence HecoN. Sylvan King. Fred
Thomas and Edward Strohecker.
last years haltback, viii probably
number over 200. More than that
number signed up last spring TO
answer the call for football this
fall. Prominent among tn" Candi
dates are Captain Nelson Jones
left tackle. Eddie Jones. one OF the
best guards in this section and all
high left guard last year; Jimmy
Lemon. all-high left end: Henry
King, all-high center. and Paul
COnklin. crack quarterback. All OF
these men were regulars last year
and Will have little opposition in
getting their old jobs back again.
BanviIIc. Wilton. Buckley, Duny.
Surface. McFadden, Newman. Mix
sell and krupp are promising men
for the open places on the team.
Western Has Few Vets.
Western. with the able tutoring
Of Coach Green, will get in line with
now material Only three men from
last years eleven are foundation for
the team--Captain and quartz rbacE.
Everett Burke; Reginald Conard.
end. and Harry Dawson. haItbaCk.
Dawson will probably do duty at
fullback this year. Many men ar"
to be on hand today to make tn"
eight places left vacant. The Red
and White may have light team
this season.
Tech will have d fine chance for
titular honors if they have bene-
flied from practice since July 81.
For the last two weeks the Manual
Trainers have been in a lumber
camp with Coach Wilbur Apple. CON
ditioning themselves by hard work
About forty fellows took the train
ing trip. according to reports. Eleven
letter men are returning to school.
They will miss the work of eN-
captain Wardcll, quarterback, John
LoehIer, center. and Probey, half
back This season Ed Pugh. the
husky siN-foot captain and fullbaCk.
will lead the Maroon and Gray. He
is counted on to star for the Tech
ties. Parclla and Parker will be
the backs. Line players will be
picked from Heine. Hough. Lanigan.
Itrrphar
and MaCCartec.
Eastern Well Fortified.
Eastern is we'll fortified in mate
rial. No coach has been appointed
by the Board of Education. bur
Hardell former track coach al Tech.
and athlete of Wisconsin University.
is the probable choice for the posi-
tion. If tho dope is not upset. the
Capitol Hill Gridders are due to
surprise some Of the local teams.
There is likelihood of the shifting
of several players of other schools
to Eastern this year. and some of
them are sure to help the teams
there.
Four men are expected to be out
for end today-Faber. McCloskey,
Gary, and Harrison. They did great
work last year. Three candidates
for the tackles are Higgins, Her
zog, and Webster.
Miss jack McQuade.
Jack McQuade disappointed sup
porters of the Light Blue and
White when he entered Maryland
University last elk. He was eG-
pected TO be the mainstay for East
ern this year: Capt. Myers will be
present today and will make one
of the halfback positions. Prender,
star quarterback of 1919, will also
be on hand. His tackling gained
him much favorable comment from
local critics last season.
The Business eleven will be with
out coaching for the first few days