The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-25
HIGH SCHOOLS END
BIGGEST ATHLETIC
YEAR in HISTORY
Performance and Attend
ance Far Surpasses
Any Other Season.

present. no season has Jagged and
as whole. has been superior to
previous years Eight different
sports were played. football. base
Soan, basketball. track and field.
tennis, swimming. soccer and rifle
shooting The outstanding feature
OF the years program of sports
was that Central High succeeded
IN winning championships in all
out basketball. and soccer IN which
no title was at stake.
Central. Tech. Western. Eastern
and Business ranked in the order
named in the success attained by
each Seven coaches and a director
OF athletics. is the Central system
OF handling sports The coaches
there. are DR.. G. Harris White. c.
A Metzler. football; Jim Colliower.
basketball; Gould Menefee, base
ball: Bill Foley. track: Fred j.
Brunner. swimming. and o. NJ.
Shrivsr. rifle. Tech was directed
by Wilbur Apple. Elmer Hardell
and Dave Pfieffer. Eastern had
Charley Guyon, Western was in
charge of George F. Green and
Business was coached by Michael
Kelley.
Football Most Popular.
Football, baseball and basketball
held the spotlight of the high
school players and followers in the
/order named. The grid sport is
always the most important attrac-
ton OF the high school athletic
year and the past season proved to
be as successful. IL no more so than
any other. Competition was much
keener and scores were closer, in
dicaung excellent matching of the
various elevens.
The largest crowds Of spectators
ever assembled at a local football
game. attended the Central-Tech
classic at the Central stadium on
october %. 1t was estimated that
1000 persons saw the contest.
This number surpasses the highest
mark any collegiate game ever at
tracted here.
Baseball Held Interest.
Baseball was a big drawing card
IN the spring. when the interhigh
series, the feature, was staged on
the Central diamond As far as
close scores go, the series was not
productive of real good baseball.
though the teams each possessed
some star players who did very well
individually. Basket ball. the
earliest sport of the school year.
was next to baseball in arousing
interest Contests in the inter-
high league were played at the Col
iseum. Double-headers were played
every Tuesday and Friday until the
end Of the schedule.
Football started at the usual
time. but ended two weeks earlier
than has been the custom. Tech.
Business, Eastern. Western and
Central started preliminary work
before school opened September %.
GOnzaga, Army and Navy Props.
Georgetown Props. st. Adams and
ST. Johns. the last-named represent
ell for the first time in football.
also obtained early starts.
Central Won Title.
After hard-fought struggle.
Central won the District champion
ship. In four games in the inter-
high league Central scored but
three touchdowns and two goals
from touchdowns, for 20 points. to
pne touchdown and a field goal for
their opponents. for 9 points.
Against Eastern in their first THU
lar contest. the Mount Pleasant lads
eked out a victory by the count of
to 3, Rauber, quarterback. scor-
ing the touchdown. Herzog. Eastern
tackle. kicked the first field goal OF
the school season.
Tech was next on the Blue and
White schedule. and in a thrilling
battle Central gained the victory
by the margin of one point, T. to 6.
Pugh. of Tech, failing to boot a goal
from touchdown. This practically
sewed up the title for Metzler's
eleven. Business held Central to a
surprise score Of 7 to o, and West
I ern outdid themselves battling Gen.
trail TO a scoreless tie for the sec
| ond time in as many seasons. With
out defeat. the Blue and White re-
Gained the coveted championship
after having felinquished it to
Tech the previous year. having hsid
Il for four consecutive seasons.
Prep school Football.
Prep school elevens, while not as
strong as the high school teams.
played some fine battles. Gonzaga
won the prep school title of the Dis
trict by downing ST. Johns in a hot
affair at American League Park.
score 10 to s. Buddy Boucher. Con
zaga haIfback, won the game In the
last few minutes Of play by brill
liant open-field run of sixty-five
yards
Central received an offer from
the Elgin UlL) high school to go
There on a contract calling for two
games. one this season and one
next, to deC..e an intersectional
title. Local high school officials
would not sanction the idea owing
to the trip taking the players from
their studies.
Allan MacCartee. Tech quarter
back. developed into the best player
Of the school season. He was a
Unanimous choice for mythical
eIevens, picked at the Slose of the
schedule. His playing was of the
sensational order, in which sweep
ing end-run formations. hurting
hong forward passes thrown and
,rick plays made him the best in
HE league. He made nearly all of
the gains for his team and also
directed the playing like a general
His method of running, which was
simply sidestepping and twisting
coupled with speedy footwork. w,onl
him many gains.
Business shows Improvement.
Wonderful improvement was
Known in the Business eleven,
which was considered the strongest
orange and Blue grid machine de-
Seloped in the past five years.
Mike Kelley. former Holy Cross
player. coached his charges well
but failed to win but one game. |
However. Business was not beaten
haap in the |