Evening star., 1921-10-02

will loom as the most formidable c,
plonship this season.
Al each OF The schools. a sizable
squad has been working for some
while and their coaches are rather
optimistic as to the outlook Coach
Apple has so many players better
than the average at Tech that he is
apie TO place trio of first class
teams on the field, while Eastern. for
the hrst time in tw" years. boasts OF
Two really strong combinations and
BUSINESS apparently mas the best ma
terlal in u decade.
Tech Well Conditioned.
or the three squads, Techs is the
best conditioned. The manual train
erS. thanks TO their weeks work at
West river. Md, before school opened,
are about at mdseason' form and
appear ready to give any scholastic
combination strenuous battle. the
Maroon and Gray lost the bulk of its
heavy line through graduation, but
-.ppie claims he has boys Just as
good to replace players OF the caliber
ooi ieine. HouEh and Burger. and be-
ileVeS his team has AN excellent
chance of repeating its success of
last year in the championship cam
paisn.
When, Teeh meets the Army and
Navy Props Friday it is not likely
son. Then second string players We're
used against the Connecticut Avenue
school eleven the greater part of the
game. and the latter found it easy to
get touchdown. while the Tech
regulars. rushed into the fray late.
were unable to make any headway. 1t
is certain that the first team will
take the Iield this time, but second
AMI third string players are likely to
get chances to demonstrate their
worth.
Techs great st Improvement over
1920 is in its speed. The team last
year had plenty of drive, once it got
under way. but it was too prone to
let the opposition get the jump. This
was noticeable i'm the contest with
Eastern and was almost disastrous in
the big clash with Central. There is
Manual Trainers squad now how
ever. and plenty of weight. too-a
combination likely to prove trouble
some to other teams in the high
school league.
Eastern Ready for Campaign.
Eastern, though, is not worrying
greatly about Tech and the other
schools as the championship campaign
nears. Charley Guyon, who directs
the Capital Hill squad. has his charges
working sPlendidly and besides his
first team will have Il reserve that
should be able to bear the brunt of
hattie whenever called upon. AL
enough defeated. to 0. by the Epis-
c"pal second team Friday. the Eastern
reserves gave an excellent account
of themselves and with little more
drilling will be ready for more serious
effort.
Guyon is developing heavy. fast
chars ng line and a speedy backfieid.
He has enough boys Of heft to give
his team weight and they will not
be ts lacking in foot ball knowledge if
readily as did the 1920 Southeast
eleven. The boys will be sent against
Emerson Institute in Potomac Park
Tuesday and will face Rock Hill COL
lege at Ellicott City, Md. Saturday.
Kelly, Business COACH has not had
much to say regarding his teams
prospects, but students at the school
are not at all modest in their asser-
tions as to the eleven's chances in the
big series. The Stenographers are
larger and stronger than last season
and most of the first string players
have had several years of experience
al the game. The best of the 1920
team is available and boys trans
ferred from other high schools are
making good with vengeance in pre-
lfminary drills.
Business Starts Tuesday.
The Business eleven will make its
debut Tuesday in a game at Alexan-
dria with the Alexandria High School
and on Saturday will go to Pooles-
vile, Md. to play Briarley Hall Mill
tary Academy. Probably two COM
plete teams will be given try-outs in
these games and the Stenographers
also will have more players to send
into the trays, should the first and
SECOND choices prove inefficient.
Central will have to work hard this
week If it expects to take the measure
Of the Woodberry Forest Academy
team In Saturdays game at Orange,
Va. The performance of the Blue and
White against Charlotte Hall yester-
day was a bitter disappointment to
it's followers. The line was sluggish
and the backfield lacked cohesion in
attack. Unless there is a decided i'm
provement in both departments in the
next two weeks, Central is not going
to find the path SO rosy in the titular
series.
Western. due to open its season to-
morrow with game against st.
Johns. is an unknown quantity. With
few veterans at hand, Coach Green is
endeavoring to build an entirely new
team and has been experimenting
with various combinations since the
opening Of school, but has not been
able to decide upon a first-string line
up. There are many boys trying for
the team, however, and, given material
hefty enough, Green probably will de-
velop an eleven capable of upholding
Western tradition on the gridiron.