Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
SACHS THE OUTSTANDING
PLAYER OF TITLE SERIES
Edwards Logical Captain.
Lynham, Western; Glib
hons, Central, Picked.

THERE can be no gainsaying
that the elevenS which par
l. ticipated in the 1881 Dis
trict public high school
championship foot ball series did
not, as a group, measure to the
usual standard. Whether any or
all of them were capable of better
work is, of course, debatable.
Tech, which won its fourth cham
pionship in a row without the loss OF
q game, manifestly played under wraps
for at least much Of the series and adj
nittedly was not SO impressive as the
eleven which wore the gray in the 1890
competition. Western and Central,
which finished second and third, were
handicapped by ineligibility of some Of
their best players for part of the set.
Eastern, with one of the greenest equals
in the annals of the school, made gal
liant but futile fight to wind up in
fourth place ahead of the 1uckless Bust
ness team, which once more landed in
the cellar.
Western Finished Strong.
There are some who never will be
convinced that the Western team which
played the last two games could not
have furnished Tech rouSing fight, II
1t could not have subdued HardelPS
hurricane. The Gray walloped the Red
team, 80 to o, in the third game of the
series, but later Western, bolStered by
the addition of Jim Draper and several
other capable players, drubbed Eastern,
Is to O, and Central for the flrSt time
since 1926, 10 to O. 1t was the :lrst
fiy,oa IN Savara1 caaSQnS Western has
finished as high as second.
Central might have stood a chance
had not Frank Kocsis, just about as
nifty a high school back as has been
seen In these parts in some time, fallen
by the wayside enthusiastically along with
several other capable members Of the
Blue team.
Eastern in its first game put UP a
courageous battle in holding Central to
q 60 victory, but then, after contriving
1876 win over Business, fell easy prey
to Western and Tech. Ea2tern gained
one distinction, though, that of being
the only team to cross the Tech goal
line during the series. It achieved the
same distinction in 1880.
Business waged gallant fight all
the way, but against each opponent
two touchdowns.
Drama and Fire Missing.
Much of the drama and fire that
usually marks the series was lacking,
though sparkling runs, blocked kicks,
intercepted passes and other thrill-p
ducing incidents were not by any means
absent.
Techs team was not the fiery eleven
that wore the Gray year ago. 1t had
no ball carrier with the color of Al
Reichman, its blonde panic" and it
showed no spectacular forward passing
attack, at least not until the final game
when 1t opened wide its bag of tricks
to swamp Business, 65 to 0. There was
a methodical determination, though,
about the Mckinley outfit that was not
to be denied What it didn't have in the
way of spectacular ball carriers was
Offset by a bruising, plunging attack led
by the burly George Sachs for whom the
workmanlike Tech line opened gaping
holes consistently.
In the final analysis 1t was the all
around efficiency of the Tech machine
that told. Each player was assigned his
part and did it well. Perhaps, though,
If some of the Tech boys had been on
other teams or some of the other play
ers had been on the Tech eleven the
selections might have been somewhat
different.
Tech has been given nine Of the II
places on The Stars all-high team,
Central and Western each getting one.
Three of the players chosen also were
on The Stars 1880 eleven.
Winners Earned Berths.
Rarely, indeed, are 50 many members
of one team chosen for the all-high
combination, but in most instances the
Mckinley players selected were so SUI
perior that to overlook them would have
been an injustice. True, in few cases
several of the Tech PLAYERS picked were
furnished stout opposition, but after
mature consideration and consultation
with officials and others, the writer
could not do other than pick them.
George Sachs, who was chosen foI
fullback on The Stars 1890 team, this
year is selected for left halfback. Sachs
literally was unstoppable. He was the
leading series scorer and the outstand-
ing individual performer of the series
Jack Lynham, just as clever broker
field runner as you are likely to see or
a high school team, is given the right
halfback job LYMAN showed much
of what is known as change of pace,
and twist down the field for long gains
John Gormley is the fullback selection
His steady, consistent all-around worl
could not be overlooked. At quarter
black we have Carleton Edwards, picked
for his generalship and all-around abil
ity. He would make an excellent cap
tain for the team.
There were other backs in the serie
who showed strongly, including Stewar
FOLEY of Tech; Jim Draper and Ami
son Teehan OF Western; Larry Flynn o
Rusiness. and Frank KocsiS and Franl
Cumberland of Central. but none ex'
hibited sufficient all-around ability t.
crash the first team.
Foley, incidentally, was the bes
kicker in the series. He held fourth
QUARTERBACK as did Draper and Cum
herIar1d. The fact that Draper playe'
in only two games eliminates him from
ai1-l1i9h consideration. The same hold
true Of Teehan. n,.
soS,e Teci1,s ends, are given the win
sysnaifions. They did everything end
ers supposed to do in markedly bette