Evening star., 1939-10-27
District High Eleven
Favored 10 Defeat
AIexandrians
Seven Capital Squads
Play This Afternoon,
Four More Tomorrow
BY ROBERT HENRY.

Following the game between Tech
and Roosevelt the inter-high title
series affair involving Western and
Wilson and the battle waged by
Landon and Georgetown Prep this
afternoon, Central will take the
spotlight and arclight with George
Washington High at Alexandria to-
night at 8.
Two other Washington schools
Anacostia and Eastern, also were to
play on Old Dominion soil today,
with the Indians meeting Wash
ington-Lee at Ballston and the Lin
coin Parkers battling John Mar
shall at Richmond.
Tomorrow st. Adams will play
host to the Church Farm School
of Philadelphia at 10 In the morn
ing, while st. Johns will go to
Baltimore to meet Calvert Hall.
Dewitt has a date with Portsmouth
Va) High, and Bulls will clash
with st. Benedicts at Newark,
N. j.
Central Favored Tonight.
The game tonight should find
Hardy Pearce's Central outfit scor-
ing another triumph and getting
revenge for the defeat two weeks
ago by another Virginia team
Washington-Lee. On what it has
shown recently Central figures to
win by three touchdowns, the
same number Western scored
against AL Doran's team q month
ago.
Central enters the game with
regulars and reserves in top shape.
The only hitch is possible overconfl-
dence, a fault Coach Pearce has
been fighting all season and for
which many close observers blame
the Washington-Lee loss. The play
ers are good and know 1t. appar-
emily. and sometimes are willing to
let their regulations carry them
through a tough battle. Recent
scrimmages have been impressive,
though, and with Harry Martin,
Benny Steiner Jim Porter and John
Bredbenner packing the pigskin
there should be little excuse for
losing to the green and somewhat
crippled Virginia eleven.
Only three lettermen remain from
last years successful George WASH
ington High team and several regu-
lars on the present squad are out
with injuries. the most notable be-
ing Irving Mumford, fullback, who
has three broken ribs, and Amos
Cliff. 2l0-pound tackle, who broke
finger several weeks ago.
Presidents Due to Improve.
Two veterans, Ed Williams and
Jim Taylor. will share ball-carrying
duties with Gordon Herrell and
Jack Cremer, former end who will
step into Mumford's place. Coach
Doran. former Ohio U. fullback, says
his team is improving. but has no
more than an outside chance Of
winning tonight. The record to
date reads one win, one tie and
three defeats.
Not to be outdone by several other
schoolboy teams around town, St.
Albans will take the field against
Church Farm tomorrow with three
regulars missing Walter Swift. half
back, hurt an arm before the season
started and will not play until the
game next week with Georgetown
Prep. Bill Hare has proved a capable
replacement. Louis Crawford, reg
ular center. is out with a bad knee
and will have Jack Myers subbing
for him. Louis Dennis, flashy end. is
nursing the grippe and two subs,
Dick Myers and Dick Alexander, are
fighting for his position.
According to plans mapped today,
Robb Middleton. coach and former
Haverford fullback. will start the
game with Derrick Schoenfeld, Hare,
Dave Davidson and Bob lie Fevre In
the backheld. Davidson will do the
passing and lie Fevre the kicking