Evening star., 1923-11-10

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. pered by Blue and White opposition
a, Pugh did and Gordon did not, ;
complished his feats because Tech h
got nowhere because he was forced
Around Pugh was gathered a Tech
r team drilled in fundamentals and we!l
versed in strategy of the most mod
ern type. Apparently 1T knew what
to do and how to do it and completed
its task with but few mistakes. Cen
trail had no attack worthy OF the
name and steadfastly refused to ad-
just its defense to cope with the KIND
of foot ball put forth by the Manual
Trainers. The Blue and White put
everything up to Gordon. and, though
that young athlete gave his ail 1t
was impossible for him to be an en-
tire team.
Pugh Well Supported.
Time and time again Pugh cleo
trified the more than 10000 spectators
jammed into the Columbia Heights
Enclosure with his sweeping end runs
from kick formation and his brilliant
daShes outside the taekles-did just
the thing that Central supporters
had expected of Gordon. But in max
ing these runs Pugh had every Tech
player with him. The Maroon and
Gray forwards handily disposed of
the opposing rushline. while the
backs were equally adept at massed
or screen interferences and gave their
captain clear fields of much depth.
= Gordon had nothing like that to
, help him. Central offered nothing in
attack that it had not used in earlier
games, and after the first few min
uteS of the fray Tech was master. The
Tech tackles found 1T easy to crash
through and retire the Central backs.
who seemingly had no conception of
interference, leaving the ends free to
cover the fleet Gordon.
For a time the Tech f1ankerS tried
: to match their speed with the Central
Sprinter. but soon discovered that i'm
possible. Then they determined to
/. balk the Blue and White back with
lateral screening, and that ended Cor
don for the day. Forced across field,
Gordon either was downed for a con.
- siderable loss by some Manual Train
er who managed to get behind him or
driven past the sideline for little, If
any. gain.
With Gordon covered so thoroughly
most of the thrills of the game were
provided by Pugh. This doughty
warrior, who comes Of a foot ball
family that <as starred On scholastic
-'gridirons here for the past seven
years, fairly scintillated in leading
complishment vainly sought by his
brothers Ed and Jim, who captained
Tech teams before him, and not
shared by brother Mike, who played
d& W eSleTH
- Tech Captain stars
~ Pugh brought the Tech roofing con-
ttngent to it's feet soon after the
fame opened when he intercepted
one of Gordon's passes and raced
6s yards before being forced out
side at Central's 6yard line. 1t
" was his foot that sent the ball over
the bar for the extra point following
the touchdown made a few moments
after his long sprint And in the
third period the same foot propelled
a drop-kick over goal from the IL
yard line, while in the final quarter
the Tech captain plunged 3 yards
for his teams last flock Of points.
Nor was Pugh idle outside of these
scoring moments. Frequently when
Tech had been repulsed after trying
lime attacks and it seemed unlikely
1.-The necessary 10-yard total would be
9iade, Pugh would take the ball from
kick formation for darts past tackle
or around end to a first down. De-
t9nsively he stopped many plays and
always appeared able to dash yards
across field to block Central passes.
The little done by Central Gordon
did Several times he brushed past
the Tech f1anks for substantial gains.
although twice the ball was recalled
after long runs because Central
mayer had been detected off-side.
Once Gordon caught the ball at kick
on and travelled 81 yards before
driven outside by Price the only
player between the runner and Techs
goal Gordon starred on defense, too
generally being the one to overhaul
Pugh when the latter was flying
toward Centrars zero mark.
But these backs did not have the
stage to themselves. Martin Gooch.
Tech fullback, often slammed into the
Central forwards for yardage, and it
was a 24-yard gain by this stocky
boy that paved the way to Techs
fourth period touchdown. Techs line
men also distinguished themselves,
particularly those on the right side.
Cline, at tackle, was somewhat slug
gish at the start, but once he found
himself managed to get into practi-
cally every play with great effective
ness. Browns work at guard was
Maroon and Gray wingmen, gave the
hest exhibitions at the ends seen so
far in the titular series For Central,
Gonzales worked hard at CENTER and
made line plunging in his direction
anything but easy for the Tech backs.
The remainder of the Central line,
whose charging was remarkable for
its concertedness and intensity in
other games, lost it's drive after the
first few minutes of play.
% Manual Trainers Score Early.
Shortly after play started Central.
reeied off couple of first downs,
moving play to midfield. Here Tech
braced. and the Blue and White re-
sorted to overhead offensive, but
to Centrars 6-yard line with the
bail. With three successive plunges.
G,ooch went to a touchdown, and Pugh
Kicked the goal.
.. Following Gordon's 37-yard run
after catching the ball at kick off,
Central made its only real threat of
the fray. Runs by Gordon, Johnson
and Harper accounted for pair OF
first downs and advanced play to
within 15 yards of Techs goal. The
Manual Trainers held and when Con-
zales made high pass to Gordon on
fourth down got the ball on their 81
yard line. From that time on Tech
was almost continually the aggressor.
was between the 25-yard lines. but
Tech was in Central territory during
the greater part of the third period
and accumulated a trio of points. The
their opponents 35-yard line when
they were penalized Is yards, but
Pugh with an end dash made it first
down on the 2S-yard line. Pugh got
IA yards more past tackle and in two
more plays Tech was at the 6-yard
back and drop-kicked a goal from the
t1T-yard line.
In the third play of the fourth Pc
riod Gordon brushed by the Tech
the ball was recalled and Central CIV
en- a first down at it's 42-yard line,
where the runner had stepped out
side of bounds. Central soon punted
to Techs 20-yard line, but seven Tech
plays, with Pugh and Gooch alternat-
ing as ball carriers. gained So yards.
,--Pugh tried another drop-kick for
zeal from field, only to have the ball
go under the bar to touchback. But
Tech was MOTTO be held from more
points. Central forward passes and