Evening star., 1923-10-29

like tissue paper before the Indians
Mohawks registered their first
touchdown when Schneider ran the
opening kickoff back 80 yards, and
Fraser raced S5 yards more. Josh
Licarione gained through the line,
then Schneider took the bali across
The sailor combination marred its
play by frequent fumbles At the
start of the game 1T attempted an
overhead attack, but alert Mohawk
players soon smeared this style of
play.
Naval Receiving Station threatened
in the second period. A pair Of first
downs, forward pass. De Heck to
Derry, and an offside penalty brought
the oval to the Indians 1S-yard line.
-Four attempts at passes followed,
but the Indians proved too active.
Hughes. Schneider, Fraser, Schofield
and Moore played brilliantly for the
Mohawks. while Plriffe performed
creditably for the sailors.
Knickerbockers, IL to 0. was one of
the biggest upsets of the season. The
active play Of Boots Brown gave the
Apaches their initial six-pointer. In
the third quarter he recovered a punt
Southern fumbled and raced goal
ward. A pass intercepted by Rice in
the final session led to the Apaches'
second touchdown 1t was a battle
from start to finish, neither side be-
ing able to gain much headway
Denny Southern played exceptionally
well for the Georgetown team. while
Durity, Smithson and White shone
for the Apaches.
Georgetown Athletic Association
it nosed out the Southern Athletic
Club, 6 to 0. Nearly 5000 specta-
tors saw Hillary, the Georgetown
left end. grab, a forward pass, from
dash to Southern's 4-yard line.
A savage rush by Cashill put the
ball across. Georgetown's line was
strong in defense. Southern made
score on forward passing. Snow and
Patterson were the outstanding
Southern stars.
Mercury Athletic Club had to ex-
tend itself to down Virginia Athletic
Club. 13 to Q. in one of the best
sandlot games ever seen here. Art
er the winged-foot team had regis
tered its pair of six-pointers, the
Virginians came TO life. Twice in
the final half Mercury was seriously
| threatened. The oval was once ,n on
time it lacked only 1 yard of be-
| ing across. A sturdy defense, how
ever, held the Virginians at bay.
! Clever rushing by Watson, Cronin,
,, Byers and Hurd accounted for Mer-
period
In addition to these four big
games, there were numerous other
battles yesterday. One OF the most
spirited contests was waged between
Waverly Athletic Club and Naval AIT
Station eleven, the .Is tray oed eddlhs nev,in IN
did stellar work for the Waverlys.
Southern Props humbled Roamer
Preps. IS to Q: The ,';,n Winners ers,r maae aas
ponents could only register three.
The Southerns presented formidable
, line that played havoc with the
Roamer rushes.
In n hotly contested fray. Stanton
Juniors eked out 7-to-o victory over
PARK Athletic Club. Norman scored
the only touchdown of the game
Lots of action resulted in the
Friendship Southend battle. which
the former eleven won, to 0, after
Ianham broke away for s. yards to
goal in the final period. The winners
, will battle with the Triangle Club
Mackin Athletic Club ran rough
shod over the Georgetown Prep
Junior team, winning 49 to O.. The
winners gained ground at will and
their goal was never threatened.
BrOokIand Athletic Club uncorked
a big surprise when 1t downed the
heavier Benning gridders. to 0. j.
Meigs. G. Meigs and Clayton were
consistent ground gamers for Brook
land, while Milburn starred for Ben
ming Games with Brookland can be
arranged by calling Manager Bean,
North 774S-W.
Bush of the Triangle Juniors scored
three touchdowns against the War
wick Props, his eleven winning, "a to
10. Mulroe made the other six-pointer.
Much interest is being manifested in
the Triangle-Friendship fray due next
Sunday.
With the Trinity Athletic Club
backfeld working in splendid style,
lexington Juniors were crushed. 81
to 0. Petit and Goldsmith of Trim
ity got away for good gains. Chal
lenges to the winning team are being
received by Manager Knott at West
1279-W after Z o'clock.
Navajo and Yosemite elevens bat
tied to a Scoreless tie yesterday,
neither team possessing the neces-
sary punch to carry the ball over. 1t
was due to the strong defense of both
UEARL U-WILSON