The Washington herald., 1922-10-18

OF 6fe afternoon. only to emerge
reeling hack in decisive subsection.
western bowed in defeat before a.
supfrioE foe. The heroic defense
of Ehe Central men in the opening
period was revelation even to their
mos ardent admirers, and the
cIOSng minutes found the same
ele fn converting its advantage to
suck figures that 1t left no issues
as ko which was he better team.
Once in the third quarter and twice
in Ghe final period Central forced
down the throat of her rivals the
bitter dEsuEht Of successive scores.
~ brilliant SUNSHINE and breeze
combined 10 make the day perfect
for 1he spectators, and so fast was
theastion that not often wereany of
the 10000 eyes removed from the
bartered and batering athletes who
weft striving for the most coveted
game of the scredule. On the West
ern .SectiOn of the massive stands
studsnts cheered and -vanquisheo
from the time thsy came on the
heId till the fast blast of the whistle
sOumie ed . requiem to their fondest
hopes.
Supporting Central more than $500
roarred a welcome to their favorites
and lheTe seemed never W eIkning
OF The vocal support AS Central
fought in the shadows of the up
rights and kept inviolate her goal
line against the storm of a deter
mined rival, the cheering throng.
supp8Eted by 4 band. seemed unable
TO show its consummate confidence.
Beb with the second half came
the revolution, and when Central
sceRtsd victory the eruption would
nota Down. the shrieking cohorts
pasSng through every emotion.
expectation to frenzy
- Raeber Led on Field.
one Of the most stirring scenes
was when Captain "Ty'- Rauber
was bal. led and half dragged from
The ae'd just as his team was to-
strike for the first score that would
haHS been enough. With the bail
leSS than five yards, he made the
desperate plunge for the points
that Central had not had over
western since 1920. but when the
scriTnmaCe was over he lay COM
pIeRty collapsed and fought to re-
matH- through the few minutes
whsf his men did what two pre-
vious teams had failed to accom-
plish-score on Western.
Even with victory assured. the
scene was too much for the leader,
who only a few days ago left a
sick bed. md ne trudGeG OF the
gri6Fon with volley o. apProba-
tfoE from his fellow students that
must -Eavc been heard through the
two blankets thrown over his limp
body-
James Birthright. tall youth
whose principle claim to athletic
glory had been playing basketball.
wss the most brilliant individual
lTnfi3ary in the bright Central firm
amsJSt Thirteen was the margin
thas separated the teams and each
individual mark was made ny
by Birthri=ht. the fuliback. After
the tntcrmisSion RirthriCht swept
around the ri=ht end and planted
the hall less than first down from
the goal Eauber cut the inter
veninc distance in half and then
Worley. his successor. planted the
hsIl- even nearer. Now came Birth
rights real chance and he lifted
thc-iHated piGskiu FOR fifteen yards
through the posts for the three
POINTS that changed the Central
chesdnE section into a gathering
cf aERniacs
Cotirue- 10 ssorc.
tTter tho lual rest period Birth
ri-ht once more sent the bal spin
ming through the goal posts. MAX
ing-r sin points. and again dem
onstrated his versatility ny making
the run ." the touchdown Even
then he was nor through. for he
lily Increasing total by drop-kick-
In-- over tho bar.
T'Ns teams C"ntrasted markclv in
ta,GjS " vas truly representa-
tive Western tcsm-spfritNd. speedy
and sfaviu= with the stamina that
carried through to the closing MIN
ut"S. never giving up hope that
SOME miracle would intercede and
help to do what Western teams
hane so often done in the past 1t
vas the second appearance before
large throuEs for several Of the
pIavers and they were of to such an
ausptci0Us opening with the wind
. their hacks that the playing was
fast and furious from the outset
10 there ever was a team that
sOt- away to advantage IL was
western yesterday. for the players
n-tfu4 NoIhed un a peTSpiTd-
tom before they twice had the bali
~ close to the goal that the mat
ter 81 a couple of hops would have
put 70 across. The real test Of
Westerns attack and Centrals de-
fense was then tried absolutely.
but so gallant were the stands of
the Mount Pleasant eleven that as
tiure went on the unbiased grew con-
vinceh the Georgetown men should
he Satished if they were able to
sScape defeat. unless. as had so Of
-ens happened in the past. fiCkel
ruck would give tally. The beaten
showed decidedly more diversified
repertoire Of formations. delaying.
rriss-cros=inE and passing in rapid
success sion-but most Of the time
found its priced aliEnmeuts driven
.nto the loan of the r. NJ. wilson
stsdium.
Prearranked Plan Won
tsntraIS broad cause Of triumph
wss. Der doSEed determination to
1Che and a more dOgged determina-
;iOrt' W adhere to prearranged
pIsd tof battle even through the
Largest moments when a sudden
shift Of strategy might have
brought a momentary reward.
Cskral's first problem was to keen
Western from scoring. then score
herself and then roll up the total.
IL was a trying test Of nerve when
Western was constantly threaten