Evening star., 1942-10-30
Vikings Sport Better
backfie|d, Maroon
Strong in Line
Long Rivalry Is Marked
By CoIorfuI Bottles;
Standing Is Close
BY GEORGE HUBER.

1t was back in 1902 that the Tech.
Central football rivalry began. That
year Central had something of q
romp, winning 23-6. They continued
the next year with Central a bic
favorite. Only it happened that
Coach Clarence Hecox of Tech-he's
now a teacher at Central-came up
with surprise team and Tech won
100.
It's been that way ever since with
the form book being tossed out the
window many times. Tomorrow the
two teams meet for the 4Oth time
. and picking the probable winner is
a tough assignment. Past perform
: ances this season mean little. The
Vikings have been defeated only
once, and that by one point, in five
games this season, while Tech has
been scraping through with three
Wlns-by touchdown margins
each time-in four games.
Central has the backfeld, with
such lads as Mike Denikos, Bobby
Mess, Bob Troll and Ned Brogan to
carry the mail But Tech has the
best line with such outstanding
players as Harvey Humphrey, George
Paul and John Harvill all set to stop
Centraps advances. 1t might be a
standoff such as in 1910 when the
two battled to scoreless tie under
much the same conditions.
Even Injuries Balance.
Even on the injured list the two
are balanced. Central will be missing
its fancy-stepping fullback, Maurice
Horton, but Techs best end, and
one of tine best in the city, Jack
Gray, also is out.
High school football historians 60
back no further than that scoreless
1910 game for an example of what
the annual Tech-Central game
brings forth. Coach Artie Wondrach
Of Tech had one of his best eleven
that year. Later it was to lose only
to Western in the playoff But as
usual the teams played way over
their heads and CentraIwas credited
with mild upset when it gained the
scoreless tie. Scoreless games usually
are dull affairs, too, but this one
wasn't, supplying more excitement
than usually is found is a free
scoring tilt.
The Vikings have had pretty much
the edge recently, having enjoyed a
winning streak since 1887 except for
that 1910 tie And the last time
Taot, i,,
Coach Hardy Pearce of Central just
was beginning to build the great
Viking team of 1887 and 1888 and
was che favorite. But Hap Hardell
Of Tech came up with a sensational
kicker in Jack Belote. Belote threw
a touchdown pass to Johnny Will
hanson in the first period and after
that he booted Central back to it's
own goal all afternoon. Tech
won, 60. ~.--
Game of '29 Great Battle.
One of the greatest games of
many. good ones in the series was
the 1929 affair, won by Tech, 1876
This was in the midst of Techs
best streak of five victories from
1928 to 1882. But in 20 Central
was supposed to win with Larry
Pinckney plunging back who could
bull his way through anything.
Tech tried to stop him by tripping
and everything else, but he went
for a touchdown in the first half.
In the second, though, the Maroons
managed to hold him and with a
passing attack led by Dick Nelson
and Aubrey Spencer scored twice in
the second half for one Of the big
upsets of the series,
Hardell, who turned out many
good teams at Tech and won many
games over Central. counts this '29
victory as his best because it was
so unexpected.
AS the series stands now, it has
been played every year since 1902
except during the epidemic year OF
1918. Central has won II games,
Tech Is and there have been six ties.