Evening star., 1938-11-27
Champions Steiner,
Clark Rated Best
In Grid Series
Western, Tech Provide
Two Each; Roosevelt,
Eastern One Apiece.
BY GEORGE E. HUBER.

the heaviest schedule yet faced, and
now that it is completed excepting
one game the scholastic gridders
may look back on fairly exciting
race. 1t had its fair share of routs
naturally enough, but it also had its
close games, its ties and even few
upSets
Central won the championship, its
goth, with six successive victories,
but at that it had pair of narrow
escapes. 1t beat Western by but one
touchdown and had even a closer
call in the Eastern game, won 1915.
1t easily defeated Anacostia, RooSe-
welt and Woodrow Wilson, and its
most pleasing victory of all was over
q slightly favored Tech team, 27-6.
Tech and Western tied for second
place with four victories and two
defeats each, and it was the biggest
surprise of the series that kept Tech
from undisputed possession of run
ner-up spot. The light Anacostia
squad, in its first year of champion
ship competition, played inspired
football in its last game and upset
the Manual Trainers, 1877. Ana
costa won another game. a 1-point
victory over Roosevelt, to give it
fourth place and marked itself as
team worth watching next year.
Woodrow Wilson won one game,
Its first in two years of campaign
ing. Eastern, last years champion,
has had three defeats and two ties
SO far, while Roosevelt has lost five
straight. They play Tuesday at
Roosevelt in the seasons final con-
test.
Five Central Boys Honored.
Five Central players are on The
Stars All-High eleven, selected by
adding a dash of personal opinion
to the biased and unbiased recon-
mendations of coaches, trainers,
officials and the players themselves.
Tech has two. as has Western while
Eastern and Roosevelt complete the
team with one each.
Probably the outstanding player
In the series were Centrals Benny
Steiner, quarterback, and Jimmy
Clark, right end. Steiner directed
the Blue and Whites varied attack,
while Clark, who was shifted from
last years backfeld, tailed 81 points
to take individual scoring honors.
Steiner was next with 20 points,
total which could have been higher
had he not given the ball to his
mates to score after he had aided
in bringing it close to goal.
He did Central's punting and
placement kicking, completing II
points after touchdown in II at
tempts, a fair high school average.
He also did major portion of the
teams successful passing.
Both were good defense players,
and opposing coaches soon learned
not to heave too many passes into
Steiners territory or aim many
plays at Clark's end.
Dick Farr, Centrals left end, also
played we'll, but after some. debate
he was forced to give way to Roose-
velt's Danny Boothe at that position
on the honorary team. Danny
played steadily and sometimes bril-
liantly without letting up for
team that continually was losing,
and being tall and rangy was adept
~ sharing passes.
Several other ends are worth
noting, among them John Carroll
of Eastern, small but good: Buddy
Pope OF Tech, Tom O'Hanlon of
Western and Bob Miller of Wilson.
Western, Eastern Boys Shine.
A lineman's job is one of the most
thankless and unappreciated, but
at the same time most important
task on football team. No one
but the coaches and his teammates
know the part the lineman plays in
paving the way for backs to run
or IN stopping opposing players from
sitting through.
Among those especially deserving
credit are Joe Viehmann of Western
and Bob Pieri OF Eastern, All-High
left tackle and left guard respec-
lively. Both are heavy-set fellows,
able to stop plunges in their sector,
and they win the choice over Buddy
Fletcher Of Tech and John Lainhart |
OF Anacostia.
On the right side of the line the
selection of Centrals Buck Schlegel
and Shannon Cramer as guard and |
tackle goes unquestioned. They were
q large part of the teams tight
defense and both frequently were
breaking through to smear opposing
backs behind the line Jack Neam
OF Western and Ryan Souther of
Tech were the cream of the remain |
Ing crop.
At center, Techs Bill Miller gets
the call over Centrals Harvey
Doughty. Both are accurate snap
per-backs. Doughty was charged
with only one bad pass during the
series. That was in the Eastern
game, and resulted in a safety and
2 points for the Lincoln Parkers.
Miller, perhaps, was slightly the
better tackler when backing up the
line on defense.
Backfield Talent Abundant.
Moving into the backfield the task
OF choosing all-high talent is made
difficult by the almost equal ability
Of half a dozen boys. Centrals
Steiner. a good field general and
triple-threat runner, passer and
kicker, was outstanding at quarter
back. The mates selected for him
are George Barnes of Western, at
left halfback; Tony Di Blasi of Gen.
trail, at right halfback, and Freddy
Bach Of Tech, at fullback.
Barnes bore the running and pass
ing burden for the Red Raiders and
Di Blast is chosen because he not
only is fair ball carrier and passer,
but also a good blocker.
Bach is selected over his team
mate Johnny Gilmore because of
q slightly better blocking ability
and because he usually can be
counted on for a yard or two when
needed most. Gilmore, perhaps, was
the better open-field runner. Paul
Dean of Tech was outshone at quar-
terback only by SteinerA and was