The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-05
BUSINESS HOLDS
CENTRAL ELEVEN
TOUCHDOWN
Blue and White Able to
Score Only in First
Period.
By GORDON sHAND.

BUSINESS HlRn ScnOOl gained WHdt
1t was pleased to consider a moral
victory over Central yesterday by
holding Metzler's men TO a 7-to-c
score a the stadium. Without at
tempting to discuss the struggle
| from a standpoint Of morality, there
Is no gainsaying the fact that the
Stenographers fought a game de-
fensive battle, and by holding Gen.
\ trail even during the final half.
! gained whatever satisfaction can be
derived from defeat.
Central scored its only touchdown
in the early minutes of the first
| period after a concerted advance
down the field following the initial
kickoff. Buckley broke through for
the score and the same Individual
kicked the goal. Central had the
| Stenographers on the run for the
| remainder of the first half. without
being able to carry the ball over.
But the second half was differ
ent story. Business rushed the ball
to CentraI's 35-yard-line at the
opening Of the third period. and
though finally stopped, gained
heart enough to hold Central out
side its 10-yard line for the rest OF
the game.
/ Business Line Powerful.
All Business Mad was a powerful
| line, fair punter, and a DISPOSE
ton to fight until II hurt. In fact,
| the two lines fought on almost even
terms for most of the afternoon. It
was in the discrepancy between the
! rival backfieIds that centrars mar
/ gin lay.
The one glazing weakness of the
Stenographers' defense was the lack
of protection against the forward
pass. Time after time they were
tricked by the aerial heave, and not
until late in the day were their
kefforts in smearing it successful.
Central found Lanigan. a stocky
youth guarding the tackle position
on the, right side of the Business
| line the most troublesome cuss i'm
! peding its advance. Lanigan was
a bulwark on the defense and time
and again broke through to nail the
runner behind the line of scrim-
mage. In the fourth period he all
but broke loose for a touchdown
after intercepting a forward pass
near his own goal line and dashing
to midfield before being brought
down.
Barrett Stars.
Barrett was the one Business back
who turned in a luminous perform
ance. In addition to crashing
through for most of the gains reg
istered through Centrars line he
directed the forward pass attack
and did all the punting. In this
last he got away nicely in spite of
the fact that he was matching toes
with Wilton considered one Of the
best punters in local high school
circles
1t was not a day for brilliant in
dividual work by Centrals men.
Brinkman and Buckley got away
for several substantial gains bu,
more often they were stopped on
the line of scrimmage. The work
of Stein at left guard was the out
standing feature of Central's line
play.
Business kicked off to open the
game and Central Immediately start
ed an uninterrupted march which
furnished its only score. The Ste
nographers' defense was pierced for
gain after gain, Central running off
four first downs and a touchdown in
less time than it takes to tell about
it, All in all it looked like q ruined
afternoon for the Stenographers.
Central missed another golden
opportunity to score late in the first
period. when Barrett fumbled a
kick on his own 2O-yard line. John
son gobbled up the ball and started
to run, but it slipped from the grasp
and Sprague fell on it.
Rauber Misses Field Goal.
Rauber missed a 4O-yard place
ment kick early in the second Pc
Rod but nothing daunted, the Cen
tralites advanced to the attack
again. One forward pass, Buckley
to Childress. advanced the ball to
the 14-yard line, and another,
Buckley to Duffy, placed the ball
within 3 yards Of the Stenogra-
piers goal. Here Central was set
back yards on a penalty, and an
other forward pass was grounded
back of the goal posts.
After stopping Business advance
35 yards from its objective in the
early minutes OF the third period,
the Centralites commenced a little
offensive of their own. A forward
pass, 2auber to Buckley. and clips
into the 1xae by .Brinkman and VIII
ton placed the ball on Business
l0-yard line as the period ended.
But Booth. subbing for Rauber,
fumbled on his first chance, and
Cooperman recovered on his 15-yard
line.
The rest Of the period was de-
voted to an unsuccessful forward
passing attack by both teams. One
OF Central's heaves nearly cost the
game, for Lanigan. plucl1ing the
ball out of the air, had nearly
worked himself free of tacklers
when forced outside near midfield.
The lineup and summary:
Central a.. Positions. (0) Business