Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-29
WIN OVER CENTRAL
GIVES IT BIG EDGE
Displays Clever Attack in
Scoring Over Its Old
Rival, 10 to O.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, yR.

IN~ EFT in there now and
v make touchdowns.
~ First downs are all
right, but get touch
downs. Now go get 'em.
Thus did Hap Hardell, willy little
Tech coach, send his charges into
the battle that ended in an 1870
triumph for them over Central,
their foe of foes, yesterday before
a crowd of around 10000 in the
Central Stadium. The victory,
more decisive than was generally
expected, made the Gray ire
mendous favorite to retain the
public high school title.
With Hardell's final admonition
ringing in their ears and pounding at
their hearts, the boys in gray got seri-
Gus about that touchdown business
with machine-like efficiency. The game
was not five minutes old before the first
Tech touchdown hat been made. Other
tallies did not come so quickly, but
come they did later on. Meanwhile the
to get close to the enemy line.
Tech used only q running attack, but
1t proved so deceptive that passes, with
their consequent risk of interception,
were unnecessary.
It was the second win In as many
starts in the current series for Tech.
| which has yet to meet Eastern and
Western. Tech figures it can take
Western, though the latter doubtless
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| dell figures that Eastern, with Mike
Kelley as coach, may offer the Gray
more Of a battle than generally figured.
Since Hap began coaching the first
| team at Tech in 1923 the Mckinley
eleven has lost just two games, both to
Central teams coached by Kelley.
Whether Kelley, as Eastern mentor,
will again be able to thwart Hardell
remains to be seen. The Gray and the
Light Blue will not meet until Novem-
Der 10 in the final game of the series.
Tech now has the edge over Central
since the feud between the Blue and
total IL against IL for Central. Five
times the teams have tied. Tech has
compiled an aggregate of $50 points
against 1877 for Central. Since Hardell
became coach in 1928 the Gray has
scored LOG points against 81 for Central.
Employing tricky, hard-running at
tack behind fast-charging, alert line,
the Gray almost literally swept the Blue
| from its. collective feet in those first
| few minutes. Starting from the kick
OF It simply paraded down the field.
hitting first one side Of the line and
then the other, but always for substan-
tial gains. Finally George Sachs ripped
through the Blue forward wall for %
yards and then Johnny Gormley
plunged over to Techs first touchdown.
A pass from Dick Nelson to Sachs, the
lone aerial, incidentally, attempted by
Tech, failed for the extra point.
Central then dashed back but was
halted before it could get anywhere
near the Tech goal.
Starting the second quarter the Blue
+, looked really dangerous. With Frank
(Whitey) Cumberland, Larry Pinckney
and Paul Hinkel all seeking the line
for gains the Blue smashed relentleSsly
down the field. Then with the ball on
the Tech 15-yard line Tech suddenly
shifted its defense, bringing more play
ers to the line. The move had an
instant effect. Central was summary
halted and Tech aided by one of the
nice kicks that Nelson got of con-
sistenly soon had the ball out of danger
Weakened by the loss of Cumberland,
who played bang-up game, and Paul
Hinkel, who also played well, Central