Evening star., 1935-11-30
WIN PUBLIC FAVOR
DESPITE DEFEAT
Invaders Show Much Foot
Ball Ability in 1912 Tilt
With Central.
BY BURT HAWKINS.


in two short hours the Mexico
City all-star scholastic eleven
captured the hearts of $4,000
spectators, the largest crowd ever to
witness a schoolboy tilt in the Dis
trict.
Playing for the first time on
muddy gridiron, the Latin Americans,
in giving Washington its first inter-
national foot ball game, triumphed
despite their 1912 defeat at the hands
of Centrals powerful pigskin pushers
yesterday at Griffith Stadium, for
they left town this evening with ex-
sctly what they came for-the good
will of the Capital
Foot ball, striving to gain a grip
on the people of the neighboring ma
ton, received its biggest boost since
the game was introduced in Mexico
four years ago. Rightly the swarthy
Latin Americans will reason that their
boys are suited for the game when a
squad of % players, II of whom
never had seen a foot ball prior to
three months ago, is able to give one
OF the strongest title teams ever
turned out by local school such a
stirring battle.
The MexicanS accomplished what
only one other team in a stiff 1O-game
schedule was able to do against Cen
tral-score two touchdowns. Peters,
burg High School, the other team to
turn the trick, played against Central's
second team except for few moments
Of action.
Richardson Leads Blue to Win.
TN THE most colorfN local setting
ever Central climaxtd a successful
season with brilliant performance.
1t was entirely fitting that Billy
Richardson diminutive hunk of .dyna-
mite, should lead the way. concluding
four years of sensational play for
Central. He paved the way to the
Blues initial touchdown with an 49,
yard run in which he bounced off
wouldbe tacklers like a golf ball
driven against a wall
Richardson played prominent part
in four of Central's five scores. pro-
viding the highlight of the fray by
streaking 55 yards to tally in the sec
ond quarter He was not in the line
up when Hardy Pearce's lads scored
the other touchdown.
After Billy Vermillon, brainy Gen.
trail quarterback. had crashed over
from the 2-yard line following Rich
ardson's 18-yard dash, the All-Stars
ho oE tn at oly
which clicked to tie the score at 6-6.
Enrique Cortez, taking Joe Moran's
punt on the run, Sprinted far to his
right for 25 yards to elude all but two
Central men before being dropped on
the Blues 24-yard line Capt. Err
nesto Villareal then tipped a 10-yard
pass to Rameriz Cosme, right end.
Navarro sliced through center for 5
yards and Villareal again passed to
Cosme over the goal line, the toss
being ruled complete when Johnny
Jones intertered with the receiver and
the ball was put in play on the 1-yard
line. Central held for two downs,
but Villareal drifted back to shoot
another of his accurate aerials to Cor
tez for the touchdown.
Shortly after the following kickoff,
Richardson ripped off right tackle,
shook off three Mexicans and romped
SIS slippery yards to score.
Central Line Crushes Invaders.
THE heavier Central line played
havoc with the invaders forward
wall with its hard charging and deadly
blocking and Pearce's pigskinners out
classed the Mexicans until a few mo-
nents prior to. the final whistle.
Johnny Jones, Richardson and Mo-
ran collaborated to give Central its
next score, with Moran Juggling the
oval over from the 2-yard line. Villa
real had saved a few seconds by
smearing Richardson on the 3-yard
mark following a 21-yard journey.
Charlie Arnold, Hopping on Cor
teS's tumble to recover for Central on
Mexico's 24-yard line, saw his work
rewarded when Jones plunged through
the weary Mexican men for a yard
and a touchdown.
After Richardson had passed IS
yards to Charley Kline over the goal
line for Central's final score, the Mex
leans paraded down the field 81 yards
on three passes from Villareal to
Cosne, placing the ball on the 4-yard
line. Cortez. on his third attempt,
banged over for the score.
Outstanding for Central were Paul
Whedon, Johnny Swank, Vincent
Meenehan and Ross Chaimson, who
exhibited some of the classiest line
play seen in scholastic circles this
season.
Villareal proved, as a passer, he is
the equal Of any local 'schoolboy,
while Cosme, with his gluey hands
dragging in every toss within reach,
was one Of the best scholastic receiv-
ers to show here this season.