The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-24
WESTERNS
ELEVEN
GREEN
Coach Ahearn Has Inexperi-
enced Material With Which
to Mold Combination
By ROSS CONKLIN

A caIamltouS happening has
fallen upon Western High School.
The fact, startling and depressing,
is that the Red and White will
be represented by football team
that is as green as the proverbial
grass. They are virtual babes in
the wood. And what is more to
the point, they are being read out
of any possibility of attaining the
high school championship.
Westerns football material is,
delicately speaking, inapt. Mostly
the boys are too young and are
not athletically inclined. They re-
port out daily for practise just
because they wish to do their bit
! for the dear old school. No one
Ncan teach such material football
in a few weeks.
Could Western nose about in the
corners of SNUG old Georgetown
and pick up a couple more PLAYERS
like Tommy David the team would
be made. But contrary to general
belize, Tommy Davids do mot grow
on bushes, nor are they mined
Dan Ahearn's glum countenance
would be considerably brighter, nay,
he might even smile, if he could
discover some youth with ability
approaching David's.
Last year the Red and White had
a great team and poor luck. Such
players as Lamar, Duiin, George
Hageage, and others virtually pre-
sented Ahearn with a championship,
only to be forced into two score
less ties and a runner-up berth.
Those youngsters are now engaged
in creating names for themselves
in the college world, leaving Western
to shift for Western.
McDiarmid, tall, slender, rangy
youth is being groomed for the
position of field general. And that
tells the story.
Just glance over the allegation
that Western has a man who knows
little or no football running the
team and you will get a bird's-eye
view of what Ahearn is up against.
What good does 1t do If you teach
man all you know and then have
him forget it? McDiarmid is ready
and very willing. He will make
tackles and bust up interference.
But he simply does not know the
intricacies Of the game.
Standing out like a black spot
on q prom dress is little Tommy
David. There is a fOOtballer for
you. That boy is sweet meat.
He can and does do anything.
He can plug the line, shimmy
around the ends, make the center
ceiVe one, kick, and run back
punts.
That makes Western a one-man
team. Stop David and you stop the
Red and White cold. Central had
the skurrying midget fairly well
covered, but he was sensational
even then. He had the Central
stands kissing him, a sure sign
that he was playing real football
for Western.
A tougher gink can hardly be
imagined. Nothing seems to hurt
him. Central piled up high with
him on the bottom and he cried for
more. They smeared him at every
opportunity and each and every
time David would hop up like a
rubber ball. He got a well-aimed
kick right in the mouth and he
played the last half of the Central
CORY sight.
Heagy, at right end, is a good
end. He stopped George Roberts,
Central ace, from running back
any punts. He tOppled the
Central boy dead i'm his tracks
time after time. Captain Hage-
age, next to Heagy in the line,
was darling through well, too.
That about lets Western out, so
far as team work is concerned. The
lineman whirled through individual
ly and stopped Central well. But
that more because of weak
Central line.
Mitchell, Green and Palmer are
they will act when Ahearn, who Is
good line coach, gets through
with them is problematical. Teen,
Eastern and Business may feel the
sting of the Red and White hornet.
There can be no denying that
Western has fighters They went
into that Central team as if pos
sessed with the spirit Of red devils.
They ripped and tore and snorted
and all but rushed Central off its
twenty-five feet.
Coombs, at center, cost Western
dearly when his bad passes, rolling
along the ground, forced the
backs to fall on the ball for safety.
Ever since then Ahearn has been
requiring the erring youngster to-
pass a football through barrel
hoop at thirty yards.
q. Walker and Schneider assist
McDiarmid and David in the back
field. They have shown flashes of
power and time may work them
into a combination.
Ahearn's only salvation is in
giving Western ample practice.
Scrimmages with other teams and
games with schools outside the high
school series may round out his
inexperienced eleven and make it a
team to be feared.