The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-29
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BY George A. Simpson

Tech High is perched atop the
interhigh football pole as a result of
its scant 6-to-0 victory over Western
High yesterday afternoon. Coach
Hardell. of Tech. kept Captain
Kriemelmeyer and Florence. his
backfield dynamos. on the sidelines
for three periods. Yet. when these
two steamrollers came upon the
scene, they were unable to flatten
an adsmant Western wall.
1t appeared at the outset that
Tech would run wild against the red
Manual Trainers pushed across a
touchdown in the first two minutes,
raising hopes in supporters that they
would roll up a big score. The West
ern boys simply gritted their teeth
and put forth such stubborn re-
sistance that the Mckinley standard
bearers were held at bay whenever
they became menacing.
Techs score came in a sweeping
overland 75-yard drive capped when
Drissel lugged the ball for three
yards on the final smash. DriSseli's
effort for the extra kick was wide.
Western received on the kickoff. ad-
vanced fifteen yards. and then
Dooley Mitchell booted the oval 70
Techs 25.yard tape. The Techites
then stampeded and never eased up
until they had crossed the goal line.
The big blast in this charge
was a 4O-yard dash through
tackle by Bailey. He side
stepped Westerns secondary de-
Tense and was headed for the
goal when spilled from the rear
by Capt. Bob Wilson, Western
end. That tackle Of young
Wilson was the brightest spOt
Of the game. He made a div
ing tackle In order to get his
man." barely cIutChing Bailey's
legs. hut with sufficient grip
to tOpple the flying Techite.
Western had but one chance to
score and that was forfeited when
two passes were short. Towards
the close OF the first quarter, the
Western ship cruised from its own
port and sailed right down to the
Tech harbor and stormed the Tech
fortress. The ball was on the 5-yard
stripe with two downs in which TO
gain the touchdown. All was stakcd
on an overhead attack and failure
greeted their efforts.
Several times the gray clothed
horde from Tech creeped into the
Western precinct, but found a Gil
braltar guarding the goal line.
In q fruitIess effort to earn
a tie and q possible victory,
Western unveiled a clever aerial
onslaught I'm the fourth quarter.
The team advanced so yards by
this route and was on Techs 30.
yard mark when Florence snatched
pass, spiking Westerns hopes.
Larry Schneider did the chucking
and Bob Wilson was usually on the
receiving end.
Ward Oehmann, pudgy Tech
guard. was quite handy in smother.
ing many plays. He took delight in
blanketing the ball-carrier at the
line of scrimmage. Bob Wilson was
like an eagle in sharing forward
passes.
Both backfields showed much
class, but the defense of neither
team was anything to write home,
both teams being a bit shabby at
times. In fact, ragged defense
work has been the bane of every
team in the series.
Dewitt Prep put up fine battle
against Calvert Hall in Baltimore,
losing out by a narrow rs margin.
Calvert Hall is one of the foremost
Maryland schoolboy elevens.
The gritty st. Johns eleven held
the stronger George Washington
Freshman to a 7-to-0 tally. Emer-
son Institute set down Georgetown
Props by a 12-to.0 score. The Gar.
rett Parkers held Emerson scoreless
during the first half. but they wilted
In the closing stanza when Nc
Namara Vas forced from the game.