The Washington times., 1930-09-23
TEAMS renew.
RELATIONS
LNGLASH
az GARRETT WATERs

bY GANHETI WATERS
Scholastic fans at present are
getting all set for games this
weekend which will officially
open the football season for the
local school elevenS. And it could
be said that even the players OF
the teams involved are putting
1t down in their minds that at
last the actual seasons start is
at hand and will be a thing Of
talk and reaction some time after
sundown Saturday night.
OF most importance in the
schedule Of games over this first
football weekend, Is the Gonzaga-
Central encounter, listed at Cen.
tral Stadium at 3:15 O'Clock Fri
day.
No small talk is being held
I'm regard to this contest. Fol-
lowers Of both teams are dis
cussing the possibilities OF
the game from every angle
and are leaving nothing un-
said in what they know and
figure Of the strengths Of the
two elevens.
Gonzaga and Central have not
had gridiron relations since 1925
when the then coached Simon
dinger Club won by the unusual
score Of, to 8. The lass for
Central was its only one of the
season, and one. 1t took harder
to heart than any other loss could
have made it felt.
It was all because Of the dues-
tionable touchdown the Gonzaga
club scored, Johnny Bozek, the
fleet backfie1d flash of the Eye
Streeters of that year, crossed
CentrafS goal line, by getting up
and running after being felled by
tacklers in his journey towards
the goal posts with the ball
snugly resting under his arm.
The touchdown, or the way 1t
was registered, proved the sore
point between GonZaga and Gen.
tral from that time on to the
present year. There was much
argument, much harassing, much
kissing about the whole incident,
and it only left everyone with
a bad taste in their mouths when
all the argument was forgotten.
This year, or last, as the
Rame was arranged by sched.
tHle.makers at the end of last
season, the two schools pulled
the great sport act and de-
cided that thiIgS would be
better all around If they
buried the hatchet and re-
newed athletic relations In
football.
They did, thus this Fridays
game to open the scholastic
season with a bang. AS to the
relative strength of the two
teams this year, Central, on paper.
is the heavy favorite to cop. 1t
has been said, however, that the
Mt. Pleasanters fear the Eye
Streeters somewhat, and that
they mean to practice up unGl
Friday to get in complete readi-
ness for the fray.
Gonzaga feels its oats as the
underdog. And chiefly because
of all the ineXperience on its
squad. not to mention IghtneSs
of weight. At that they should
make q comntendable showing
and help inaugurate the football
season in a big way, even though
they might not be doped as the
victor.
There is one other same
nvey the weekend which will
- down In the record books
e ! real novelty, II nothing
80. And that Is the night
enntest which Coach Hap Har.
dell's Tech High school eleven
plays with Baltimore Poly =
friday night at Baltimore
Md.
This game win be the first Of
the fIoodlight order that Dis
trict high school team has ever
participated in, and its innova-
ton wilt be, as said before. a
novelty to say the least. Also,
IT viii ! afford the hot stove
leaguers an interesting topic for
discussion. both from their view
point, and from the viewpoint Of
the players known to them.
Tech win play at HandIey High
saturday in keeping with really
busy weekend, with Fridays game
at Baltimore beginning at $3.50
O'Clock on the Homewood Field.