Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Jankowski Complies
EnyiabIe Record
With Vikings
Denikos' Passes BIuze
Way to Title Win Over
Tough Tech Eleven
BY GEORGE HUBER.

"A wonderful bunch of boys" is
the way Coach John Jankowski de-
scribes the players on Central High
Schools championship football team
and the best coach in the world"
is the enthusiastic counter from the
Vikings, who in two years under Jan
have won two schoolboy gridiron
titles.
Certainly credit for Central's 1910
victory over Tech yesterday, which
again gave it the title, should be
distributed widely, and not little
OF it goes to the coach. It's a really
enviable record the former Catholic
u player is compiling. In two years
at the Mount Pleasant school his
teams have won Is games, tied one
and lost one while twice winning the
schoolboy crown.
He's had good material, true, but
he's making the most of it also. A
perfectionist in blocking and tao
king, as was his predecessor, Hardy
Pearce. Jan spends long sessions in
teaching the players how to do
everything just so. He gives them a
No4AS dCIoSh 4iolli lllC lNOlIC bdlIlS
system taught him by Dutch Berg
man at c. u, pupil of Knute
Rockne, and puts up defense hard
to penetrate.
Makes Inspiring Talks.
Jan also is keen football diagnos-
talker. He can analyze the opposi-
tons weak points in the first half
and points them out in such way
during the rest period that it's very
seldom that Central's teams don't do
better in the last half.
But Jan would be the last person
to take credit from Central's players
who yesterday really looked the
part of the champions they are.
Mike Denikos and Bobby Troll were
outstanding in the backfield, and
the line, where Billy Hall and Bill
Wright operate, was much better
than in the first game against Tech.
They didn't make the same mis-
takes this time, a credit both to
themselves and to Jankowski's
teaching.
Tech, with its passing attack
stopped by Centrals rushing line
and an alert secondary, made only
one real threat, and this came as
the result of a break in the second !
period after Troll fumbled Jim Gill .
more's punt on Centrals 80 and it
was recovered by Jack Gray and
John Harvill, Tech end and center, |
respectively. Monk Bauer carried
almost to the 20, but he fumbled
right back and the Maroons best /
chance was gone.
Tech Puts Up Scrap
Tech was no push6Ver for Central.
though, and the Vikings got only
two chances to score, of which they
took advantage DenikoS' punting
in the second period drove Tech in
side its 5, and Central took the re-
turn punt on Techs 35 A pass,
Denikos to End Bob Hill. reached
the 6, and in two plunges Mike was
over. His pass to Jim Mess for the
extra point muhed.
Again it was Denikos' passing that
set up the second score. He and
Troll pushed along the ground from
Centrals 80 to Techs 50, ana then
he passed to Hill to Techs 10. Two
plays later Johnny Ward sliced
through the line for 9 yards and
touchdown. Denikos' placement
was wide
A crowd of 5000, largest schoolboy
attendance in many years, packed
Central's oval for the game.
The victory gave Central 20 vic
tories to Techs Is in their long
series, six other games having ended
in ties. Tech still leads in total
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