The Washington herald., 1922-11-18

Central is the 1929 interscholastic
football champion for Washington.
Having downed Western, Business
and Tech in consecutive games. Gen.
tral yesterday defeated Eastern in
the Wilson Stadium by IA to 0. clos
ing the series without any of her
rivals having crossed her goal line.
1t Is automatic on the gridiron
that a players value to his team may
be measured by the number or
square inches he is away from the
ball when il is in motion. 1t was in
upholding this principle that netted
the champions yesterdays victory.
In the first quarter a tumble found
Don Childress ON top of the leather.
and he sprinted across the line for
the first touchdown. In the Sec
ond period Eastern twice blocked
Centrals attempt to punt less than
twenty yards from the goal, and
each time it was recovered After
the intermission Central took up the
matter of frustrating kicks. and
when the linemen got through Bob
Hail was this time on the job and
sprinted across for the second touch
Central got as far as ten yards from
the final mark. only to have a for
ward pass cross the goal for a touch
back.
Eastern Fights Hard.
Before the game il was widely be-
Iieved that Eastern was due to
spring the real upset OF ne >caSO1
by either beating or drawingwith
has in hp
GInce its first appearance Yester-
dag Charley GuyOn. the old Carlisle
incIan. put on the field team that
made Central travel all the way. The
team held together far better than
il had in any of its previous con-
tests. and. while it seldom really
threatened to score. it gave Central
n harder battle than was expert
enced in the Tech game. which was
looked upon as the overshadowing
date of the whole year.
Central beat Western by kicking
throughout the first half. trimmed
Business by running the ends and
whipped Tech by spectacular for
ward passing. Yesterday il went
hack to the punting game. but in
A dy. BirthriCht found his equal.
nnd Central could make little head
way. PuntinC on the first down
while Eastern tried forward passes
and did not boot until 1t had gone
its limit. Central during the greater
part of the time was on the de-
fensive and the presence and alert
ness of her men was responsible for
pulling her through game that
proved far harder than had been an
ticipated-
Penalties cut heavily in Central's
attempt to advance and the results
Of the Tech game were still shown
tor three Of the eleven mon. who had
set record by gong the full dis
tarc against tn manual trainers.
were forced t" leave the field yester-
day on account Of being battered.
Use Forward Pass.
E.aSt"rn'S scheme OF CffcnsP was a
series "f short forward passes that
met with only Indifferent succes ss.
hut In tho latter part of the after
loon Central wen: back to ,he for
nation that hal dazzIcI Tech and
made several heavcs for substantial
distance
In ruuHi0E with the ball Hook
played vol for Eastern. while il
was really the srrDcri"rity Of Ndv's
Tuntin= that Kept the bail USUALLY
FAR from the goal he was defending.
Han stood out prominently among
the winners IT was his sleuthine
OF the bail that gave him a touch
down against Tech and he repeated
the performance by the same meth
"ds yeStc rddy. ~ was his last foot
hall game for central and he was
in the middle of every play. even in
the closing minutes when a crir-
pied leg rladc it impossible for him
10 get real headway.
ChIldTeSs. coming around from
behind. abruptly ended "a number of
starts for the other side. while Dav
was constantly injecting himself
into and mUssin- up the la stern
plans for forward passes.
kicks Length of Field.
In the middle IF the first half a
tumble gave Eastern the ball deem
in Central territory. but the defense.
would not give. - Ady tried :, dron
Kick from the 4a-yard line. The
ball was brought out to the 9O-yard
line and I:irthriGht kicked all the
way down the field to the other %
yard line and when the ban was
fumbled Childrcss grabbed it and
made touchdown and Ri-thriEht
added a point on the try.
Two Of Eirthright's prrnts were
blocked within the shadow os the
upriGhts in the second period. but
each time central had 4 man 20 fall
on it, After a punt Ady tried goal
but IT was wide Of tho mark from
the l0-yard mark
After the long rest Ady atteupt-
I'd another goal from almost mid
Held and II failed. Central started 10
open up and Birthright skirtcd the
end for long run. and at the he
ginning OF the last period repeated
bringing the ball To 10 yards from,
the goal forward pass was mixed
up. and Ady punted out Of danger.
but he was soon once more with his
back TO the wall and when he tried
To punt. Day crashed through and
blocked the punt. and Hall ran for
the touchdown Eirthright made the
point which was the last tally of
the day.
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