Evening star., 1929-11-25
BACKS GET CREDIT
FOR WORK OF LINE
HardeII, Guyon Doubt Press
Selections Do Youngsters
Any Good-Emerson Busy.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

b1 EDWAhD n. rOLLEhy Jhs
TN the selecting of an all-high foot
ball team not infrequently boy
who really deserves recognition is
overlooked and another who prob
ably does not deserve place is
given one and to that extent Elmer p.
(TIap) Hardell, coach Of the Tech
eleven, the public high school cham
pion, believes the idea of picking an
all-star combination is not so good.
Usually when you find back get
ting away for gain after gain you also
will find that there is some forward in
there doing some great blocking" is
the observance of Hardell.
Hardell emphasized that his views
could by no means be taken as a criti-
cism of all-high selections announced
yesterday. but that he has long felt
this way about all-high teams. He felt
the selections were, on the whole,
logical.
AFTER all, foot ball is essentially a
team game" he said. 1T tends to
teach a boy to forget himself and to
do the unselfish thing"
"The all-high selections here have
become traditional and the boys look
forward to them, so 1 guess they are
alright" the Tech mentor said.
But picking them is kind Of tough
on the newspaper fellows" Hardell OBJ
served.
"They are pretty sure to be criticized
regardless of who they pick"
Hardell is not the only coach in the
public high schools here who rather
doubts the value of all-high teams.
Charles M. (ChieD Guyon, Eastern
High School director of athletics, has
more than once told the writer that
he believes the selection of all-high
combinations among high school boys
He believes the high school boy, at an
impressionable age, attaches too much
Importance to them.
Emerson Institutes husky gridironers
certainly face big job this week. All
the p Streeters are to do is to play two
games in three days.
After travelling to Wencnah, N. J., to
engage Wenonah Military Academy
Thursday, Emerson will return here to
stack up against the crack Baylor School
eleven of Chattanooga, Tenn, in Griffith
Stadium, Saturday afternoon.
Central and Dewitt elevens today
planned to go through their final hard
preparation for their battle Wednesday
afternoon in the Central Stadium. It
will be the annual gridiron contest
sponsored by the c Club of Central and
also will be a homecoming for alumni
Of both institutions. Play win start at
3:l5 o'clock.
For the past two years the G Club has
been bringing out-of-town elevens here
to meet Central in the C Club game
and while these elevens proved highly
attractive, 1t was decided this year to
list contest with another Washing
ton team and, judging from the interest
that has been aroused, it appears that
the clubs decision was wise.
Both Dewitt and Central have strong
teams this Fall and the keen rivalry
which exists between the Upton street
boys and the Blue and White will add
zest to the game.
Each eleven boasts real stars. Central
in Larry Pinckney, big fullback; Capt
George Brandt, end; Bob EicholtZ, for
ward and Frank Cumberland, quarter
back has a quartet of players who are
Just about as good as schoolboy grid
ironers come and has several others
who are not far behind in ability.
back, Is the big noise of the Dewitt
team. If there is anything this boy
can't do that an all-around foot ball
player should be able to do it has yet
to come to light. Hes can run with
the ball, pass it and kick it, and he
does all three in great style. There
are other cracks, too, on the Dewitt team,
including Tom Keefe, clever halfback,
and Paul Tangora, forward.
Knott will be the most versatile
player on the field. It will be up to
him to match the line-plunging of
Pinckney, the kicking of George Brandt
and the passing, probably of Frank
Cumberland, sophomore quarterback.
That is some order, but Dewitt fans be-
lieve that Knott can do 1t.
We shall see, we shall see.
In addition to Emerson, three school
boy elevens Of the District group have
Thanksgiving day engagements.
Georgetown Prep will entertain its
old foe, Newman High School of Lake
wood, N. j., at Garrett Park, Md, at
1890 O'Clock in the only game not
scheduled for enemy SOIL
Eastern is to travel to York Pa, to
engage the York High gridders and
Tech is to travel to Staunton, Va, to
meet Staunton Military eleven.