Evening star., 1940-10-23
Powerful Team Still
Has Five Dangerous
Foes on Schedule
Lost Loss Was to 6. w.
High in Final Tilt
OF 1888 Campaign
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Dy NAoANo1 1ISDL1ts
Can Washington-Lee do it? Can
the Generals go through second
straight undefeated and united sea-
son?
Each Friday or Saturday the Ar
lington schoolboy eleven has been
bowling over a different opponent
until now their winning streak
stretches to IA games. Not since
the final tilt of the 1898 season have
the Generals tasted defeat. That was
when George Washington High Of
Alexandria, traditional rival Of the
Generals, turned the trick, $40.
Washington-Lee made up for that
last year when it completed a 10
game undefeated season by sinking
the Presidents. 21-7. Now the Gen.
erals find the Presidents again
standing in the way on Thanksgiv-
ing. The toughest part of the road
is ahead, but so far they have won
four games, three by shutout scores.
The only team scoring against the
Generals was Western, the top
ranking public school eleven here.
Given Scare by Western.
The Raiders missed by one point,
1914. the same margin by which
they lost last year. In this years
WI. game they scored two other
touchdowns that were called back
because Of technical violations, but
all in all the better team that day
won. The Generals outgained the
Raiders in all departments and more
than doubled the number Of first
downs.
Coach Johnny Baker has been &C
cused of having an easy schedule.
He yesterday pointed out that only
the opener with National Training
could be considered a soft touch.
Even Masonic Home, which they de-
feated last Saturday, 1870. should
have been tougher and doubtless
would have been if it hadn't rained
and showed. They had fine pass
ing attack and even with the Slip
perry pellet Harold CRoughneck
Connor, the Masonic star, was Civ
ing the Generals backfleld defense
fits with his tosses.
Going Still Is Tough.
Remaining on the program are
Portsmouth, Central, Anacostia,
Eastern and George Washington.
All those games can be tough, even
Anacostia which was battered last
week by Western. 1t will take lots
of good football, which the Generals
have, to win them all and they also
will need some help from Dame For
tune
Down in Alexandria, the Gen
erals traditional rivals, the Presi-
dents of George Washington, haven't
been faring to well. They won the
opener over James Monroe, tied
Western in the second game and
since then have dropped three.
They really have good team. tough,
and those three defeats all were
against the toughest kids of oppo-
sition, Virginia Glass A schools.
Coach Rasty Doran could have
picked much easier schedule than
Newport News, Petersburg and
Maury. And a break here or there
in any of those games would have
put the Presidents ahead.
All three of those schools out
weighed the G. WIS IS pounds per
man, and the Alexandrians do not
have small or light squad. But
the only break they've had so far
is that not a man was injured over
that grueling three-game stretch.
That's fortunate because coming up
this Saturday at the G.. w. Stadium
is another big conference opponent,
Glass of Lynchburg, runner-up last
season and State champion the
year before.
Glass Has Power Team.
Glass has such big and strong
outfit that it doesn't bother to pass
much but just rushes opponents of
their feet with power plays G.. w.
has fair line and figures to hold
Glass part of the time, and in re-
turn 1t will strike through the air.
Coach Doran had his boys out yes
terday afternoon for an extensive
passing drill, mainly on long tosses
that may gain quick touchdowns.
Doran says it's going to be an open
game. Glass figures to make y
touchdown, maybe several, but In
return the Presidents hope to pass
for several scores themselves.
They have the boys who can pass
Eddie Hanback,, Marty Foltz and
Johnny Shelton-and they will be
tossing from start to finish.