Evening star., 1934-10-27
TECH NOW LOOMS
SURE GRID VICTOR
Path to Title Is Smoothed
by Forfeiture-WeStern
Holds Eastern to Tie.
BY BURTON S. HAWKINS.

BY BURTON s. HAWKINS.
TT SEEMS that Tech just about has
| the public high school foot ball
title in the well-known bag.
With the forfeiture of the re-
cent Eastern-Tech game to Tech by
reason Of Eastern's inadvertent use Of
Bill Cattell, Filipino halfback, who, 1t
has developed, was more than 81 at the
time, Tech has gained a fat lead in
the flag scramble with two wins against
no losses. 1t is the lone team in the
flag battle still undefeated or united.
Tech now has in its path to the
title Western, which surprised some
what by battling Eastern to a 6-to-6
tie yesterday and which will be faced
by the Mckinley eleven on November
2, and Roosevelt to be engaged Novem-
ber 13. Tech won the crown five years
in a row until last Fall, when Central
triumphed.
The Eastern Tech game was auto
matically forfeited to Tech in accord
ance with the rule providing that a
game in which a player who has at
tanned his 21st birthday anniversary is
used shall be forfeited.
Charles Hart, Eastern principal, i'm
mediately upon receipt of cablegram
from the parish priest in Manila that
Cattel was born there April 80, 1918,
and accordingly was 81 at the time OF
the Eastern Tech game. so advised the
Tech authorities.
Cattell, who formerly attended
Tech, gave the date of his birth
when he enrolled there as April 80,
1918, the correct date, but when he
transferred to Eastern he gave it as
April 80, 1914. Eastern, officials there
explained, therefore, had no knowl-
edge that the boy was 81 until their
attention was called to it after the
Tech-Eastern game.
1t was an inspired Western outfit
that took the field against Eastern
yesterday. Starting in the first period.
the Red and White eleven drove to
Eastern's 22-yard line before the
Guyonites braced for three downs in
smashes at their weighty line, and
then concluded the threat when
Miller and Shaw collaborated to
smear Wadill'S aerial heave intended
for Maloney, clever Western quarter
back.
Half time found the Fasteners
knitting through the Georgetowners'
forward wall for substantial gains,
driving from the shadow of their
own goal posts to Westerns 4O-yard
stripe after most OF the session had
been confined to punting duel be-
tween Maloney and Hart.
Glenn Hawk" Shaw provided the
fireworks for Guyon's crew shortly
after the kickoff in the third period.
After watching Huck Wynne throw
Bob Hart for a Vineyard loss. Shaw
tucked the pigskin to his tummy,
sliced of tackle and danced past the
Western secondary in the manner of
Fred Astaire for 54-yard score. Dick
Absher's try from placement was wide.
Western capitalized on Hart's FUN
BILE on Eastern's 11-yard line after
Owens had booted the oval SO yards
from his 20-yard line and Greenwood,
substitute guard, pounced on the ball
to place his team in scoring position.
Allen picked up six yards on the ini-
tial play and Summerbell made it a
first down inside the Eastern one-yard
stripe. Summerbell then ploughed
over to knot the count. only to see
Westerns chances for victory fade
when Waddill's kick for the point
sailed wide Of the posts.
The Guyonites filled the air with
passes during the last quarter in an
eft ort to retaliate, but found their run
ming attack much more potent and
fought to Westerns 17-yard line by
this method. At this point Kidwell
fumbled and Waddill recovered for
Western to terminate the threat.
Bob Hart, helmetless little Eastern
halfback, and Hawk" Shaw, Guyon's
signal barker, gained most of the terri
tory amassed by the Light Blue and
White, while Summerbell and Maloney
kept Western in the running through
out the fray. In the line, Bill Krause
and Huck Wynne for Western, and
Capt. Dick Absher and Wiersham for
Eastern, repeatedly repelled thrusts
aimed at their posts.
Iine-uDS and Summary