Evening star., 1922-11-06

have only Eastern to play, while Lee
Well prepared for the struggle, the
teams will take the field in Central
stadium promptly at 3:l5 o'clock. Or
fcials for the fray. chosen before the
start of the championship campaign,
will be Paul Magoffin. former Central
and University of Michigan backheld
star. referee; Commander h. ) Land
who was a back at the Naval Acad-
emy. and Richard Daniels or George
town University, linesman
Central Much Heavier.
Central will enter the battle with
advantages in weight and experience.
but in no way an overwhelming IA
vorite. 1t will outbulk Tech both IN
and behind the ,line. but the showing
of the Blue and White in its tltular
engagements so far has not been I'M
pressive enough to, lead one to believe
il will romD to victory over the Man
ual Trainers.
Central vanquished Western. for
midable rival, after desperate tuS-
sle, but Tech also scored over the
Georgetown schoolboys in. handy
style Business proved troublesome
before bowling to Central. yet Tech
overcame Eastern, sturdy aEgreSa-
tion that played rings around the
avoirdupois and the number of
green boys in its lineup the Man
ual Trainer eleven has played with
precision and aggreSSiveneSS that IN
dicate IL will take a deal OF beating.
Central Has More Veterans.
Both teams will open play with line
ups including boys to whom Central
Tech conflict will be nothing new. In
the Blue and White forces will be
Childress. end; Casey and Crawford.
tackles. and Capt. Rauber and Brink
man. halfbacks. all regulars last year
The Manual Trainers Will present SIN
athletes who played against the Mount
Pleasant team in 1921. but only one OF
them. Capt. Quesada. was first-string
player then.
He will be a quarterback. while of the
others who took part in the fray last
fall, Wood will be at left end, Rhees at
left tackle Shillinger at left guard, Har-
wood at left halfback and Murray at
right halfback. The remainder of
Techs team will be composed of boys
little tried at the sridiron sport until
this season. Hissey is to start at
center Adams at right guard. Cline at
right tackle. Pugh at right end and
Gooch at fullback.
Central has added to its regulars a
formidable lot of gridders. 1t has
among It's newcomers Plumpton. a
guard. who is in the naval air service
and attending the school by permis-
sion of the naval authorities; Day.
center, who attended Business High
last year: Lewis. guard: Hall. base
ball star being used at end: Worley,
recently developed quarterback, and
Birthright a fullback.
In its early engagements Central
has employed more varied attack
than Tech. The former has resoTted
to the forward pass frequently. while
the Manual Trainers have confined
their offensive generally to running
plays. However. Tech has demon
strated that it can advance by aerial
efforts and may spring few sur
prises.
Both Possess Good Punters.
One of the features of the game should
should be the puntinS duel between
Birthright and Rhees. The Centralite
can send the ball spinning down the
field for good distances. but it is doubt
full if he can better Rhees' efforts to
any great extent In addition to being
a capable punter, the lanky Tech tackle
has shown himself to be a real triple
threaten when called to the backfeld
His guns from kick formation have been
sensational and he is a fairly accurate
forward paSser.
Given fair weather. the record crowd
of the scholastic season will be at hand
ech-Central games, since their inau-
guration. always have drawn well. even
on the few occasions when no title was
in the balance. The rivalry between
the schools, though friendly, is intense
and old grads of both institutions al
other high schools and the foot ball pub
lie generally also are keenly interested
and generously patronize the classic.
Blue and White Leads.
OF the twenty games played by the
teams of these schools nine have been
won by Central and seven by Tech.
while the others were deadlocked
They have been played annually with
the exception of 1918, the 'fu" year.
when Tech did not organize an eleven.
In 1911 two games were played. the
first resulting in a 90 score, and the
next in 5-to-0 victory for Central
The second tilt that year was in no
sense a play-off of the tie for the
scholastic title, but was held as a
benefit for the Fairgrounds associa-
tion.
But four of the games have been
one-sided and each of the schools has
shared evenly in these big-score af
fairs The first of the unequal bat
ties was the initial one between the
schools. that of November 21. 1902.
Then Central defeated Tech, % to s.
Two of the victors' touchdowns were
made by Maggie Magoffin. who will
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