Evening star., 1933-10-12
CENTRAL, EASTERN
CLASH TOMORROW
Breaks Likely to Settle
Issue-Guyonites Given
Slight Edge.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.


TOR the first time in several
r years teams that are fig
i ured to be in the thick of
the fight for the public
high school foot ball champion
ship will meet in the series opener,
when Central and Eastern square
off tomorrow in the Central Sta
dium at $3.50 pm. The Columbia
Heights and the Capitol Hill
teams both are given a hrst-rate
chance to halt Tech in its quest
for its sixth straight crown.
Everything points to fine scrap
tomorrow with the breaks deciding the
issue. Both Central and Eastern have
shown power in pre-series games. Coach
Bert Coggins' proteges have won four
tilts in as many starts, scoring over
Alexandria High, the Charlottesville
School for Boys, Emerson and Con-
zaga. Eastern in its two games has
conquered Episcopal High and Alex
andria High. The only comparison is
to be found in the scores against Alex
Dominion scholastics, 1877, and Epis-
copal, TO If this means anything
Central and Eastern are extremely well
matched.
IN MOST quarters Eastern is given an
edge because of its preponderance
of seasoned material. The Capitol
Hill squad contains 13 letter winners.
Its chief threat is Joe (Butch) Keegin,
fullback. who, incidentally, scored both
the touchdowns when Eastern defeated
Central last year, 1870. Others ex-
pected to start for Eastern are Thomp-
Wolfe, left guard: Lewis, center; Weir
shem, right guard; Absher, right tackle;
Davis, right end; Nolan, quarterback;
Joe Mills, left half, and Shaw, right
half.
Frank Kocsis is the ace of the Central
backfleld. He together with King and
Dunlop are expected to be in the back
field that takes the field at the start
for the Coggins- coached team. Gass,
Bryant and Richardson are other backs
figured to get action before the game
is over. Pistolas and Nicolopoulos are
certain to start on the line. Other
Central forwards who doubtless will
perform during the afternoon, include
Wheedon, De Lisio, Hay, Loughlin,
Holmes, sartwell. Dunn, Fishbein,
Lynch and Stewart. Coggins will not
pick his starting array until today's
practice is over
TT WOULD appear that Eastern's
main advantage will be in its more
experienced line Both teams have
highly capable backs However. while
several of Centrals forwards are shy
on experience. in Pistolas and Nicolo-
poulos the Blue has two formidable
players. and the others. as Coggins says,
are willing" even if some of them lack
seasoning.
If tomorrow's game runs to form II
will be decided by a close score. In
the last five years the issue between
Central and Eastern has three times
been determined by a lone touchdown.
In 1923 the last time Central and East
ern met in the series opener the Capt.
tol Hill boys were victorious, 60. Tech
won the title that year to start its
string of championships, which still is
Jnbroken.
Three other games involving teams of
the schoolboy group hereabout also are
carded tomorrow Dewitt meets Ma
tional Training School on the latter's
field on the Bladensburg road, Wash
ington-Lee High takes on Warrenton
High at Ballston and Landon goes to
Severna Park, Md, to engage the
Severn School eleven.