Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12
Buell. Crosses, Boots
Point 10 Decide Hof
Duel Of Old Foes

A light Central eleven put on a
roaring battle with a powerful Tech
team in the annual renewal Of an
old football war before $500 in the
Viking Bowl yesterday, rolled up a
second-period lead and held the
Maroon tide in check until the final
quarter, when Joe Buell. smashed
across for a touchdown and made
his own conversion to get Tech a
7-to-6 decision.
The score was the same as In last
years staging of the classic, when
Tech beat the Vikings for the first
time since 1886. Yesterdays tri-
umph was Techs 18th win in the
series, which began in 1902. Central
has won 20, while 6 others were tied.
Techs point total now is 1868, against
1872 for Central.
The triumph put Tech in a tie
with Central for third place in the
high school circuit standings and
the opportunity to climb over sec
ond-place Western to get crack at
the undefeated Eastern Ramblers
for the 1914 championship.
The stage was set for the winning
score when Tommy Tulenko, Tech
quarterback, galloping toward the
Viking goal on an end sweep, tossed
shovel pass to Ernie Bertolini just
before being cut down on the Gen.
trail 30-yard stripe. Bertolini was
stopped on the 20, and Buell. took
over and scored after three off,
tackle slashes, then added the
decisive point with a beautifully
clean boot Of the ball held by Tu-
lenko.
Cousins Battle Spices Game.
Adding spice to the traditional ri
valry was the strife between a pair
OF first cousins, Dick Layton. Gen.
trails fine right end, and Ivan Lay
ton, Techs right guard.
1t was Dick who shared a Tech
tumble on his 80 early in the second
quarter to race 10 yards for the six
point lead that the Vikings didn't
relinquish until the final five min
utes. Jerry Smiths kick for the
point was wide by hair-raising five
feet.
From the time of Central's early
score to Techs marker in the final
quarter, it was redhot struggle,
with spunky Central line holding
again and again against the smash
ing running attack of Joe Buell. &
Co.
1t was Buell's victory, not only be-
cause of his winning touchdown, but
on the basis of the brilliant display
Of broken field running, line bucking
and kicking by the sizzling right
halfback, who last night was being
nominated as the best back in the
city. For play after play it was
Buell. toting the pigskin, with some
top-notch blocking supplied by Andy
Davis, husky Tech ,fuuback, and
Solly Solomon, one of the loops bet
ter halfbacks. Tulenko's field gen.
eralship was excellent all the way,
with the brainy quarterback shifting
from pass plays to allow Buell. to 60
into action with powerhouse running
that finally won the ball game.
Central Rally Misses. -
A scoreless first period was marked
by fumbles by both teams, incom-
plete passing and hard tackling as
the teams caught the uproarious
spirit of the crowd and played fever
ish football before settling down in
the second heat to some of the best
football of the year The other
scoreless period, the third, was a
stalemate most the way, with the
Viking line holding against the de-
veloping Tech attack.
Central staged a brief uprising in
the last two minutes, completing a
pair of passes from Quinn to Shirley
that took the ball to the Tech 20
and seriously threatened Techs one
point margin as the game ended.