Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-28
Champion Eastern Has Fine The Stars 4gh School Team,
JONES Of CENTRAL.
HELD SQUAD'SBE

Center H0n0re0 lhIrd year
in Row-Roosevelt, Tech,
Western Boys Chosen.
By BURTON HAWKINS.
A DECIDED trend toward equal |
n ization of football material in
~ the local scholastic realm was
"A reflected in the recent inter-
high series, with the distribution of
talent and further restriction of age
limit serving to sprinkle quality rather
evenly among the six competing clubs.
Poignant illustration of that point
Is mirrored in the fact that scrappy
Eastern outfit snatched the cham
pionship for the first time in 40 years.
Further proof is evidenced by the
creditable showing of Wilson, despite
finishing in the cellar and the swing
toward rosy-hued future at Roose-
welt.
Only one game in the 15-tilt series,
the 300 Tech-Wilson contest, could
be classified as a complete rout. 1t
is significant that Eastern's march to
the title saw the Lincoln Parkers win
by single touchdowns over Central and
Western, while lone point was their
margin of victory over Tech. Wilson
and Roosevelt yielded to Eastern, but
the gap in each instance was not
overwhelming.
Spectator Interest Keen.
ZONE, apparently, are the days Of
utterly insane scores, such as
Centrals $50 walloping of Roosevelt
only four years ago. Central this
season defeated Roosevelt only 60 and
was glad to settle on that basis.
While the first application Of the
more stringent age rule undoubtedly
weakened several clubs, it served for
closer competition. Next year this
rule will clip from the series players
who have reached the age Of 10. Last
year 81 was the limit, while this
season it was whitfield to 20.
Spectator interest, while dwarfed in
comparison with interhigh crowds Of
q decade ago, nevertheless maintained
a steady keel More than 5000 fans
f1ocked to view the Eastern-Tech
struggle, while approximately 1000
scholastic followers huddled in
steady rain to see Central upset Tech.
Chiefly responsible for Eastern's
championship conquest was the right
side of the Lincoln Parkers' forward
wall and pair Of scrappy. brainy
backs. This quintet, through continual
brilliant individual efforts that blend
ed into cohesive teamwork, gives East
ern a decided edge on The Stars
annual mythical all-high football team.
Central's Center Outstanding.
SELECTED after weighing somewhat
biased opinions of coaches, preju-
dices and recommendations of players,
unbiased discoveries of college talent
scouts and a dash of personal opin-
ion. the team otherwise draws two
players from Tech and Roosevelt and
one each from Central and Western.
Probably the outstanding player in
the series was Centrals Charley Jones,
q stocky, black-haired center who Is
an all-high selection for the third
successive year.
Converted into a center after two
seasons Of sparkling performances at
guard, Jones, a brother OF Johnny
Jones, 1885 all-high halfback, de-
veloped into the finest defensive CEN
ter seen in series competition in re-
cent years. Although twice errone-
ously blamed for wobbly, wild passes,
Jones was the most accurate snapper
back of the lot.
A vicious tackler, Charley backed up
rather mediocre Central line effec-
lively, crashed through to block several
punts and also impressed on pass de-
tense. He represented a major por-
ton of Centrals defensive strength
and is eyed keenly by college scouts.
Cline (Zeke) Cliff of Eastern was the
cream Of the remaining crop.
Backs From Three Schools.
Morris Snead Of Western, Al Kid
well and Bill Kemp of Eastern and
Jack Belote of Tech comprise the
backfeld, selected only after eliminat-
ing worthy challengers in Hal Speith
Of Eastern, Henry Rassier of Tech and
Bob Goldsworthy and Bill Ickes of
Central.
Snead and Belote are indexed as
Eiple-threat stars. Both include
punting, passing and shifty running in
their respective repertoires. Belote's
passes to Walter CONNOLLY end ranked