Evening star., 1939-10-30
Magoffin, Hero Of 02
Game, 10 Referee
In Tilt Friday
Bigger Manual Trainers.
Were Routed by Blue
In Series Sturt
By BURTON HAWKINS.


The annual Tech-Central scrap
local scholastic footballs mildeWing
classic and one of the East's more
torrid schoolboy rivalries. will be
unraveled for the 37th time Fri
day at Central Stadium. The hectic
chain of contests was launched in
1902 and on that occasion the clubs
set style for spectacular feud-
ing which hasn't diminished with
age.
John L. Sullivan was appearing at
the Empire, the Home of Burles-
que" with the Dainty Paree show
at admission prices of Is cents and
Is cents. The United States had a
total interest bearing debt of $847.-
365 500 and experts were predicting
brilliant future for Willie Hoppe,
the boy billiardist.
Age of Quack Medicine.
Quack medicines were thriving.
Thousands were warned of having
kidney trouble and not knowing it.
Women's dresses were busting the
floors and mems suits with. three
and four button coats were snappy
stuff Gallaudet had dropped foot
ball from its athletic calendar and
there was talk of a 10-team Ma
tional Baseball League to include
Washington and Baltimore.
Centrals star performer on that
1902 championship team was Paul
Magoffin, who will referee Friday S
engagement. The game, which
settled the public high title, was
played at American League Park
and was called on account of dark
ness after Central had gained 1916
lead. 1t was the most spectacular
exhibition of the game of football
seen in Washington this season
and that was when Georgetown was
meeting the Carlisle Indians.
Techs Weight Is Offset.
Tech outweighed Central. but
was forced to bow to the excellent
teamwork and superior training Of
their adversaries. 1t was thriller
and the blade who covered the
event for The Star that day gave
it considerable space.
"Beall kicked off for Technical
from the east goal the report
reads, land few minutes later
there occurred a sensational play.
"Gloetzner skirted right end for
20 yards, when he was stopped by
Kipp, the little quarterback of the
Central team, who picked up his
big opponent bodily and carried him
back 20 yards to the starting point.
The bleachers roared and short
time later Magoffin made 50-yard
run for the first touchdown, feat
which won for him the admiration
Of the Central rooters. Magofhn
failed to kick goal and at the end
of the first half the score stood SO
in favor of Central.
AT the beginning of the second
half Central gradually forced the
ball toward Techs goal. but on the
5-yard line tumble occurred, giving
Tech the ball. On the first lineup
Senior saw an opening through left
tackle and made the most sensa-
tional play of the day.
Makes 1O5-Yard Run.
The doughty captain of the losing
team hugged the ball under his arm
and started down the field, dodging
from right to left through the op-
posing team. He had his eyes on
the goal at the other end OF the
gridiron and he made it with the
determination of one in desperate
straits.
He shook off his pursuers and
lodged those who would stop him
from the front, and while the crowds
in both bleachers stood upon their
feet and yelled themselves hoarse
and threw up their hats and ban
ners, Senior planted the leather di.
rectly behind the goal posts after
run of los yards (the field in those
days was ITO yards long,. There
was joy in the camp of the Technical
followers and when Ballinger kicked
goal, making the score 6-5 in favor
of Technical, hope sprang up fresh
in the hearts of the boys who WELD
the hammer and saw.
1T was short-lived, however, for
Central braced and carried the ball
resolutely down the field, Kipp, Cox
and Snow sharing the honors With
the ball on the 12-yard line, Magoffin
made an end run and scored touch
down, afterward kicking goal.
Darkness Curtails Game.
1.-TWO more touchdowns were made
one by Cox and the other by Purcell
Magoffin kicking both goals, making
the score 1856 in favor of Central
The game was called on account OF
darkness" The game, incidentally
was played in 25-minute halves.
That was the way it started and
down through the years it has mush.
roomed into a robust rivalry which
stacks up perhaps with any in the
Nation. An influenza epidemic in
1918 necessitated the only breach in
the series.
That Tech-Central game has
grown to mean something to scho.
lastic football followers.
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