Evening star., 1932-11-13
HARDELL SYSTEM
AGAIN INDICATED
Fifth Title in Row Result of
Doing One Thing Well.
Series Is Tame.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, Jr.

~ dell's theory of training his
Tech players to do one thing
especially well was furnished in
the public high school foot ball
championship series just ended,
which was won by the Maroon and
Gray for the fifth straight year.
It was a spectacular aerial from mid
field hurled by Max Brinkman to Capt.
Al Meiklejohn that brought Tech its
touchdown and victory over its stoutest
foe, Eastern. Both players had been
painstakingly trained for just such a
stunt. Aside from this one play, there
was little to choose between the .elevens
With the Eastern game out of the
way, its first series test, Tech went
on to conquer Western, IA to 6. in an
encounter not so hard fought as the
score would indicate, and then swept
Central aside, IS to o.
A FTER the Tech-Eastern tilt the
"A series lost much of its punch and
the attendance fell off rather
sharply. The crowd at the Central
Tech game, always a blue ribbon event.
was one of the smallest that has turned
out in years to see these dearest of
foes settle their gridiron differences.
The fact that only four teams took
part in the series; Roosevelt, formerly
Business, not competing, and the sched-
ule was shorter. contributed to the
comparative lack of interest in the
series. The number of high class college
games that have been offered here this
season also probably hurt the attend
ance. Many fans doubtless got their
fill of the gridiron in the college Of
ferings.
There are some who believe that if
Eastern had had Joe Keegin, crack
fullback, in its lineup against Tech,
the outcome would have been different.
This, of course, is debatable. Certain
it is that this youngster, who was in
eligible for the Mckinley clash, per-
formed in the Western and Central con-
tests in a manner that indicated he
would be hard for any schoolboy team
to stop.
THE 1882 Tech team was by no
J. means the best that has carried
the Maroon and Gray, though
Hardell rates it one of the strongest
defensively he has developed at the
school. The Tech line was of high order
and its backfeld contained perform
frs of ability, though most of its play
all-around performers. Hardel con-
stantly shifte dhis backfield, sending in
boys to execute plays in which they
were particularly trained.
Eastern, with several performers OF
class on the job, most of them transfers
from Gonzaga, always was dangerous.
Western also had a flock of boys of
real worth and a team that was not
so far below the standard of either
Tech or Eastern. Central was disap-
pointing Loss of dependables through
scholastic inengibility contributed to
the downfall of the boys in blue and
white.
CIx Tech players have been given
- positions on The Stars all-high
team, Eastern has been awarded
tour berths and Central one. Three who
made the 1881 Star team again made
the grade One who was put on last
years eleven was forced to the second
combination.
For ends Meiklejohn OF Tech and Joe
Benjamin of Eastern are the selections:
Both we're generally outstanding. Conner
of Tech and Nye Of Western also
showed we'll, particularly the former:
Bob Campbell, Eastern, and PM
Howser, Tech, get the tackle jobs. Both
showed versatility, doing about every
thing well that a tackle should. Larry
Buscher, fighting Western tackle,
and Gammage, another Western player,
also came In for serious consideration,
but neither measured quite to the
standard of Campbell and Howser.
Hank Gibbins big Central player
who was used at various positions,
showing strongly in ALL and Wallace
Gramlich, Tech, get the guard JOBS.
Gibbins was picked as a tackle on
the 1881 Star team and Gramlich was
a guard on the same combination
Kocsis. Central, and Wolfe, Eastern,
were Just about the best OF the otner
guards.
THESE Baxters seem to have a
strangle hold on the center as
signment. Fred Baxter Is awarded
the lob this year. Last season 1t was
Jack Baxter, now graduated, who was
picked. Wynne, Western, was ABOUT
the next best this year.
Picking a quarterback was real
problem. Stewart Foley, Tech, was given
the call. but Brinkman, Of the same
team. gave him a great fight, and Leo
Hilleary. steady little Westerner, was
not far behind Foley's kicking, gener-
alship, ball-carrying and cleverness at
catching puntS were factors IN ms
choice. 1t is believed he was the most
capable field director and he has, IN
addition, been designated captain OF
the team.
ID RINKMAN, because of his brilliant
ID passing and capable kicking, has
been given one of the halfback JOBS.
The other has been given Joe Mills,
rugged little fastener, who can both
tote the oval and boot it in highly sat-
jsfactory style. Joe Keegin, Eastern,
has been put at fullback In doing this
what has become almost tradition IN
the selection of all-high players has
been violated, that is picking a player
who did not take part in all games.
However, in the two games in which
he did participate, Keegin showed so
brilliantly in every department that'
as we see it, he simply could not DC
left off the team. Johnny Gormley,
fine Tech blocker and defensive player,
and also a ball carrier of worth, has
been relegated to the second team by
Keegin, after making this papers first
eleven last Fall.
Mike Apperti and Vito Pisano, both
of Tech, also showed class, but neither
was figured quite good enough for the
first-string outfit.
The Stars team possesses plenty OF
power and deception on attack and Is
formidable defensively. Just how well
it would perform is questionable, but
we're convinced it would make just
about eny schoolboy team hustle
plenty.
All-High Teams