Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

while foot ball was ushered i'll after
enjoyed a banner season. 1t REM
pendent prep schools of the Capt.
latter sport after Central had take
league.
The past year saw the first work
lngs of the two-sport rule instituted
in the Fall of 1924 for the purpose
of making participation in athletics
more general in the public owned in
situations. Whether the move was
beneficial still is a moot question with
high school athletic advisers and
coaches.
Titles Change Hands.
and field championship, taken last
year by Tech and rewon in the an
nual games held in Central Stadium
titles in the major sports changed
hands. Central nosed Eastern out of
another basket ball title, but the Lin
coin Parkers retaliated by taking the
base ball series with ease. The vic
tory was the first diamond triumph
for the Light Blue and White in nine
years
Central took the foot ball crown.
held Jointly by Tech and Western, by
winning four straight games without
allowing an enemy team to cross its
goal line.
Under the coaching of Kenneth
Simondinger, a Holy Cross graduate,
Gonzaga Staged the most successful
gridiron campaign in the history of
the | street school. A 20-to-12 defeat
at the hands of Baltimore City Col
lege in the first game of the schedule
was the only thing to mar the en-
viabIe record made during the season
just closed.
Following the defeat in the Monu-
mental City -Simondingers charges
scored nine straight victories. climax
ing their triumphs with 13-to-6 win
over St. James Academy of Haverhill.
Mass, champion of New England
schoolboy ranks Five shutouts were
registered against opposing teams and
four members of the Interhigh League
We're defeated. In 10 games the Con
zaga gridders scored a total of 1877
points while their opponents We're
accounting for only 81.
Central Eleven Strong.
Although defeated by Gonzaga, to
3, in the final battle for the title of
scholastic champion of the National
Capt. /, CentraIs eleven also gained
more han an ordinary amount of
fame on the foot ball field. A team of
veterans, led by Capt. Morty Wilmer
and George Roberts, the latter being
the outstanding star of the high
school series, went through the cham
pionship games without being scored
upon and displayed quality of play
that will be hard to match in seasons
TO come
Perhaps Centrars most cherished
victory was that scored upon Tech by
the count of 13 to 0. Western was
BANKED, II to 0; Business was swamp
ed, 26 to 0; and Eastern was trounced,
10 to 0. The Manual Trainers finished
the series in the runner-up position
with a record of two victories, one
defeat and one tie game. Western
placed third, Eastern fourth and
Business last.
Dewitt Prep, st. Johns. Alexandria
the field, but. with the exception of
the latter. failed to maintain stand
ards of other years.
Gets Court LaureIs.
Central won the city basket ball
crown in a series filled with thrills
enough to satisfy the most exacting
of fans. Moreover, the light, fast
quint headed by Capt. Thurston Dean,
now performing with the University
of Maryland freshmen basketers, add
ed to its laurelS by reaching the final
round of the University of Pennsyl-
Vania scholastic tournament a second
time. In the deciding game the Wash
were nosed out. q to 26, by
st. JoSeph'S Prep of Philadelphia.
The deciding of the city title hung
fire until the final day of the schedule
of 20 games. In the last double
header, Tech put Eastern out of the
running with a surprise victory, 20
to IS, giving Central an opportunity
to take the championship by trimming
Western, "a to 10.
With Henry Lamar, Ray CARRIER
and Roland Dulin in the lineup West
ern went through the first half of the
title games at a fast clip and seemed
to be headed for top honors. How
ever, the offense cracked during the
last half and the smaller Centralites
players won the title with six victories
in eight starts. Eastern and West
ern, teams tied for second, each scor-
ing five victories. Tech and Business
finished in order.
Hale Leading Scorer.
Walker Hale of Central led the
league in point scoring. He register
ed 50 counters, q more than the total
turned in by Roland Dulin of Western.
Other outstanding players were Dean
and Macdonald of Central. CARRIER and
Lamar of Western, Councillor and
Werber of Tech, Stewart and Brist of
Business and Scruggs of Eastern.
Sunny Burdine'S Steller hurting was
n big factor in Eastern's triumph in
the annual base ball series. The work
of the Eastern captain was one of the
few bright spots in an extremely dull
and diSordered season in viii / the
best players of practically the
schools were barred from the teams.
Bert Adelman of Tech was another
player of the first rank to take part
in the diamond clashes and it was due
to his heavy hitting coupled with good
fielding that Tech managed to go into
a second place tie with Central, each
team taking four games. Duffy OF
Central also deserves word of praise.
Pitching his first year of high school
almost alone.
The general apathy felt toward base
ball as a school and college sport APP
parently has manifested itself among
the high schools here. The lack OF
interest in the last series caused the
board of faculty advisers at their last
meeting to limit the next series to
only one round instead of arranging
for two, as in previous years.
No New Track Marks.
The &C" Club meet, the annual
track and field championships and the
revival of the Maryland scholastics
were the salient features of the track
season among high and prep school
athletes. No new marks were set this
year in the championship games, and
only three schools-Tech the winner
Central and Eastern-garnered points
in the competition. Western and Bus
L.; To lo1tnInn during