Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-13
CITY FOOT BALL LEAGUE
PROMISES HOT STRUGGLE
Six of Seven Opening Games Keenly Contested.
Marions Upset l5O-Pound Class Champs,
Who Make Unlimited Debut
HERE'S going to be merry bat
Ting for championship honors
this season in the Capital City

HERE'S going to be merry bat
Ting for championship honors
this season in the Capital City
Foot Ball League. That is, II
yesterdays opening games mean any
thing. Six of the seven staged produced
bang-up battling.
Marions came through with a go
win that was something of surprise
over st. Stephens in the unlimited
group. Brookland's eleven conquered
Quentins, 6 to o, and Mercurys hung
q 13-to-0 defeat on Alpha Delta Omega
gridders Of Alexandria in other I'M
limited tits.
Palace D. G S. routed Mardfeldts,
AZ to 0, in one 150-pound section en-
gagement, but the other three matches
in this group all resulted in ties. Cen
tennials and Del Ray A. G. and North
ems and Brentwood Hawks each fought
to a scoreless tie, while Wolverines and
Petworth remnants were battling to
6-6 deadlock.
Grogan scored the touchdown that
gave Marions their coveted victory over
st. Stephens on the Silver Spring
field In the unlimited class. He wriggled
of tackle for six yards and the score
late in the third period to end As
yard drive by his team. 1t was Mar
ions first league win in two years and
came as revenge for the 700 defeat
they took last year at the hands OF
Marions' 1-yard line in the last seconds
of the first half, but there was halted
by the whistle. ending the half.
A 50-yard march paved the way for
Brooklands' touchdown and victory over
Ouentins. Warren scored the tally when
he slipped yards around right end.
In the second quarter Brooklands
reached the enemy 15-yard line and the
Quentins in the same period got to the
Brookland 19-yard line. Led by Eggies-
ton, halfback, Brooklands offered their
heavier opponents stout competition all
the way.
jake Lewis and Kelliher scored Mer-
cury's two touchdowns over Alpha Delta
Omega gridders. Lewis Tailed in the
opening minutes on short end run.
Kelliher registered late in the third
quarter when he dashed 10 yards after
receiving 15-yard forward pass from
Wiltshire, who also drop-kicked for the
extra point. Stout defensive work
enabled the losers to repulse other Mer-
curry scoring threats.
General superiority brought Palace
D. G. s. eleven its easy win over Mard-
felts in the 150-pound loop. The South
west boys scored at least one touch
down in each quarter. Scanlon, McDer-
mott, Dearborn, Tonker, Reagan, Hail
and DIVERS counted the winners touch
downs.
Both Centennials and Del Ray men,
aced the others goal, but lacked the
scoring punch. Early in the second
quarter Centennials reached the Del
Ray 5-yard line as the result at the
work of the Foley-to-Raffo passing :om-
bination, and late in the fourth period
Del Ray got to the District tears's Z
yard line before being held for downs.
Brentwood Hawks contrived to hold
Northerns scoreless through a fine de-
tense. Most Of the game Northerns had
the ball in the Hawks territory, but
the latter always was able to hurl the
foe back when danger threatened
Northerns had the ball on the Hawks