Evening star., 1923-11-25

For The Stars al-hlgh school
been drawn upon for eight players,
for three each and Eastern for two.
Good ends this season were rare. OF
those few Who attracted attention, Cor
don Kessler OF Tech and Ray Sullivan
of Western appeared the best. Both
were good at boxing tackles, active in
terfererers, capable in aerial attack,
fast through the field under kicks and
sure tacklers. They were apt at smash
ing interferences and heading off plays
sent in their direction. Duin. Western,
and Wood. Tech, also We're sturdy
fankers. but did not quite measure up
to the pair selected for the first team.
Clark of Business rose TO stardom at
times.
There was no dearth of worth while
tackles, each of the five teams possess
ing a boy or two capable at that inl-
portant position. Jack Cline of Tech,
Business, Harry Lamar and Ashley
Hawken of Western, Charley EanMeter
of Central and Claude Newman of East
ern all served with distinction. Green
wood and Cline, though. seemed to be
just bit better than the others men
toned.
Greenwood started the season in the
backfield, but soon was shifted to his
performed better than last year when
ne was generally accorded a tackle
position on mythical all-high teams.
Cline played well enough in 1922 to
and this season showed marked inl-
provement.
Both boys were unusually depend
able on defense Few line thrusts got
good enough to dispose of his op-
posing lineman and then swing to
1cither flank to stop would-be end
tanners, feat he frequently ac-
complished. Cline knack of dag
rosing the opposition's attack was
almost uncanny. As a result he prob
ably made more tackles than any
other boy in the series. The Tech
kicks. and in that way helped his
team considerably.
- Lamar and Newman, although not
quite as capable as Greenwood and
Cline. were too good to be kept off a
. first-team selection. They are. there
, fore, accorded the guard positions.
where they would be very useful Van
Meter and Hawken are given the sec
ond team tackle jobs, while Cum
mings is placed at guard on that
eleven.
There were few guards worthy of
the name. The only boy who meas
ured anywhere near to the high
school standard established in past
seasons was Teehan of Tech. He
took care of his job fairly well in
each of his eleven's four series games.
his work in the Central clash being
especially, good. However, the two
5 ingly knew more foot ball than the
Tech center Tanker. Navaiser of
Business and Stephens of western
We're fiashy at times
center in the series. Those who did
we'll on defense either passed poorly
or failed to keep their opponents
from FROM sitting through III gsntra IN annearad aetaeE
to be the best of the lot defense
lively and was the equal Of Capper
Techs pivot player, was a wild
center. came up to the mark in but
one game. Eastern was forced to
experiment at the position all through
the season.
All but one of Techs backs are
selected for the first team backfisld
and the exception is put on the sec
I ond team. In Capt. Charley Pugh.
successor to his two brothers in the
Z leadership of the Manual Trainers.
Tech had the outstanding backfie cid
player of the series. This young
, athletes play was remarkable in
each of the four games in which he
participated.
Quite light compared to the backs
: of other teams, Pugh knew how to
& put to work every ounce of his scant
avoirdupois. Behind Techs well or
ganized interferences he was able to
Z skirt ends, and once past the line of
scrimmage was very difficult to stop.
! His tackle thrusts were sharp, too.
I and he kept his feet well. Pugh was
triple-threater of no mean ability.
as he passed well and dropkicked
neatly. But above all. Pugh showed
that he is a natural foot ball player
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Mechanically. Charley Hageage Of
Western was little behind Pugh.
This stocky halfback could hit a
line with force, dragging his taeklers
with him. or get around the ends
with agility. He lacked the Kicking
ability and the finer foot ball craft
N1of Pugh, however. Both Pugh and
were strong defensively.
4fFor~>a., time it seemed that Mike
e5isordon of Central would qualify for
pended more on his speed than any
thing .else. Once started. he was
hard to catch, but too frequently he
was thrown for loss
" Gordon, though, demonstrated that
with interferences better than Gem
trail was able to. give he would have
been troublesome in all: of his games
and earned a place. on. the honor
( squad. The same may be ssaid of
Tom Hook of Eastern, who was
other good running backs were
Whelchel of Western and Harper of
central.
E For the fullback's job, Morton
xlGooch of Tech has no rival. This
t1Stocky boy was a most versatile ball
>runner, being able to smash a line
with vigor or dash around ends in
great style. He also was quite apt
Vat taking forward passes When
Hgiven the ball, Gooch rarely failed
ITO pick up ground. and as an inter-
Eferer paved the way for many good
gains by his teammates.
Defenslvely. too, Gooch was strong.