The Washington herald., 1921-10-19
CENTRAL VICTOR
OVER EASTERN IN
TIGHT GAME, 6-3
Guyon's Men Repulse Mt.
Pleasanters Repeatedly
In Shadow of Goal.

Close scores appear TO be the or
der OF the day in the District
scholastic championship series
Western nosed out Business by one
point; in the opening clash and the
well oiled Central eleven took the
measure of Eastern In the Central
stadium yesterday by q margin OF
three points, The score was 10 ..
A touchdown In the second period.
minus a successful try ut goal, gave
Central the winning points. East
ems score resulted from Q drop
kick by Herzog in the third period.
Coach Guyonis Easterners, sadly
missing their big tackle, Brown,
were badly outrushed, but presented
q strong defense within the shadow
of their. goal line and repeatedly
turned back their opponents when
a. score seemed imminent Twice in
the frst period Central was re-
pulsed after having the ball on the
four-yard line with four downs In
which to make the necessary dis
lance -
Prender and Buckley shine.
Aiming most of their plays at the
IGII sue Oh 6dbNCth
was able TO rush the ball consist
emily in midfield. Little success
was had when the offense was
turned toward the territory pa
trolIed by the beefy Herzog at right
tackle. Nine first downs were made
by, the Mt. Pleasant lads, while
Eastern was content with three.
which came during their one Of
fensiye squirt in the second period.
Captain Arthur Premier, sharing
honors with Ed Buckley, Centrars
fast moving fullback, did the major
part of Eastern's ground gaining.
These two men oyertopped the field
in offensive ability.
Central was. undoubtedly the bet
ter team yesterday, but 1t is prob
lematical IL a touchdown would have
been scored but for the aid Of q
penalty. The first period closed
with Central in possession of the
ball on Eastern's 4-yard line. After
the brief rest Central made four at
tempts to shove the oval over and
failed
Penalty Helps Central.
Moran kicked from behind his goal
line and booted the ball but IL
yards. At this juncture Guard Cap
per. of Eastern. was disqualified for
smuggling. and after a 2-yard time
out penalty. Eastern was penalized
half the distance TO the goal, put
ting the ball on the 5-yard line. On
the third attempt Rauber slid on
Eastern's left tackle for the touch
down. Moran tackled him as he
crossed the line and both players
collided heavily with the goal post.
taking time out. Buckley missed
the goal from touchdown.
Eastern received the next KICKOFF.
and starting from the 25-yard line.
began a march down the field that
Central found hard to stop. Three
first downs were registered. taking
the ball to the Central 40-yard line
before Milton stopped the advance
by intercepting a forward pass.
That was the last and only time
Eastern's offense could get under
way
weistel paved the way for East
ern's score in the third period when
he intercepted a pass on Centrars
40-yard line and returned II to the
l5-yard line. almost getting away
for a touchdown. A Central man
was oeIeCIeQ plllnB on AFTER " elSIel
was down and a penalty was in
fiicted which cut the distance to the
goal in half. Central's defense
proved. equal to the test. however.
and the ball was lost on the 3-yard
line.
Her.oE's Toe Useful
Central punted to the 3o-yard line
and. after advancing the ball s
yards, HerEog lifted a drop kick
between the posts from
the 27-yard line. Central men were
all around him when he kicked, but
it didn't upset him in the least.
Central again threatened in the
final period rushing the ball deep
into Eastern territory. but the spry
Prender snatched a forward heave
out of the air on the 10-yard line
and legged it back IS yards before
he was brought to earth.
Frequent penalties slowed up the
game, Central being the worst suf-
ferer for offside play, due to the
tendency of the backs to get in
motion before the ball was snapped.
Herzog, at right tackle. and Gen.
ter O'Dea were the bulwarks of the
Central line, while Ed Duffy, at
tackle, and Gene Casey, at guard,
both husky and active. stood out in
the well-balanced Central line.