Evening star., 1928-11-10

~AN Eastern stop Tech in their
crucial game in the public high
school foot ball championship
~ series next Friday in Central
Stadium? This is the question
to which followers of the high school
games today are giving most thougnt.
Impartial observers, considering Techs
48-to-0 sweeping victory yesterday over
Central, do not believe Eastern Will De
able to halt the crack machine tutereu
by Hap Hardell.
Tech. whose victory yesterday was its
third in as many starts in the series
and places it in tie for the lead with
Eastern. has won all its contests hand
ily. On the other hand, the Lincoln
Parkers have been hard put TO exc out
wins over the same teams.
There was nothing fluky about
Techs win over Central The McKin-
lev BOYS. outplaying their less expert
enced foes at every angle, were far SUI
perior all the way. 1t was the worst
defeat ever handed Central by Iecn
since the teams started meeting on the
gridiron ip' 1902. Tech now mas won
10 games, lost IL and tied 5 IN It's pat
ties with Central The defeat yestef-
day put Central out OF the running Ior
the title this Fall.
Exhibiting a strong offensive and
stalwart defense, Tech started with
rush, and in the early monentS pusneo
across two touchdowns. Another was
added in the second quarter, two more
in the third and a couple more, In ao-
dition to a safety, in the fourth. Cen
tral was never dangerous.
Central Misses Stevens.
Central, handicapped by the absence
helfback who sat on the bench with an
in iured rib. was powerless before. the
rlshes of the lighter but fast and clever
Tech eleven. George Mehler, CenCIal
fullback. played whale OF oe1enslYe
game. but 1t would have taken seVelal
Mehlers to stop Teen. ,,4.,o
Howard Florance, hard and fast little
hack was the ace of the Tech attack'
accounting for two of its touchdoWns,
hut all the Maroon and Gray PACK
field showed strongly. Great line play
by Tom oyster. Capt. Ward Oenmalill
and others aided the Tech backs 10
score big gains time and again. -.
Fielding H, CHurry Up.l foSe'
famed University OF Mlchlgan coacn'
was on the Tech bench upon the re-
quest of Hardell. Teen coacn' anu
Michigan alumnus.
Florance rang up both Of Techs tlrst
two touchdowns. He counted the lnl-
tial one after Tech drive that started
when st. John of Central was forced
to kick from behind his own goal linH.
Florarce registered the other tally wn -
he crashed the line after pretty for
ward pass from Driscoll to Benner had
nut the ball in scoring position.
Substitute Scores.
Techs touchdown in the second
period was hung up by Norwood, who
had replaced Goss at fullback. Nor
wood hit the Central line following an
other determined drive.
Goss. coming back into the game for
| Norwood, and Benner registered Techs
touchdownS in the third period. Both
came after Benner blocked kicks on
Central's own 25yard line to put the
ball In scoring position.
TouchdownS by Holmes. Fountain and
Homer Drissel and safety accounted
| for Techs Is points in the final period.
| A pass that netted so yards from
Drissel to Fountain accounted for the
| first touchdown and 25-yard run by
Drisse produced the second. Nebel,
Tech. tackled ST. John, Central, behind
the latter's own goal line to register the
safety.
Drissel placed kicked four times for
the extra point after touchdowrls.