Evening star., 1940-11-04
St. Elizabeth S Finds
Way Into Ratings as
Scrivener Raves
Gonzago's Triumph Over
Lincoln Purkers Proves
Completing Factor
BY GEORGE HUBER.

BY GEORGE HUBER.
Portrait of man talking to him.
self:
Well, Huber, let's sit down and
fiure out these high school football
ratings. Sixteen teams, and all we
have to do is put them in proper
order.
Let's see, now. we had Western
on top last week. Tech beat them
Friday, so that should put Tech on
top. Nope. that won't do. Gonzaga
murdered Tech two weeks ago. May
be Gonzaga is our best team. Nope,
they were tied by st. Johns on Sat-
urday and beaten by Central a
couple of weeks ago.
Do 1t again now. Tech beat
Western, Gonzaga beat Tech, Gen.
tral beat Gonzaga. Nothing to it:
We'll put Central on top Whoa,
wait a minute, Central's been beaten
by Roosevelt and Eastern. and tied
by Tech, we can't put them on top.
Hey. that Eastern there. why didn't
we think of that before. They've
beaten everybody-Episcopal, Roose-
welt, Central, st. Johns, Anacostia.
There's that little business of de-
feat by Gonzaga, but we'll skip that.
Maybe Eastern just had an off day.
More Complications Arise.
Nothing to it. now for second
place. How about WaShington-Lee?
They won IA straight games. But
they were beaten by Portsmouth and
Central in the last two weeks. Who's
Portsmouth? Never heard of them.
Then Central ought to- rate above
a team it's beaten, but Tech goes
right along because it tied Central,
and Roosevelt should be even higher
because they beat Central, only
Western slaughtered Roosevelt and
so did John Marshall down in Rich
mond.
This is getting complicated Maybe
I should try rating the college
teams; there're only five and
Georgetowns a standout. Here we
go; Georgetown in first place, East
ern next Nope, that won't do, we're
getting our leagues mixed. Let's
skip the top of the list and hit the
center of the line for awhile and
straighten out that. Then what we
have left over we'll put on top.
There's this Wilson, No. II last
week. They lost to Georgetown
Prep. Put 'em down at the bottom
Wait a minute, Western beat Wilson
by only one touchdown; Wilson must
be pretty good. Put 'em back up.
Hold it, Anacostia beat Wilson by
four touchdowns, put them down
again This Anacostia now, COM
parative scores make them three
touchdowns better than Western,
only Western didn't hear about it
and beat them, 1926 These high
school boys have no regard for the
way we rate them, always upsetting
the dope just as we get going good.
About st. Johns and Gonzaga.
Let's try another tack. st. Johns
tied Anscostia and Gonzaga and
lost to Central. This is getting easy,
Central is better than st. Johns
and Gonzaga. except that Roosevelt
beat ST. johns and then beat Gen.
tral. Wei, that's logical. Every
things going to work out fine.
Let's try down at the bottom for
a minute; maybe some of the teams
there are due for a rise What's
this? Episcopal has lost six straight
games and still rates above st.
Adams, Georgetown Prep and Lam
don? Well, they're playing in
tougher league, or are they? They
should win a couple and make it
easy; until then we'll put them at
the bottom.
Now for Landon and st. Adams;
they play their big game this week
and we'll have to have favorite.
st. Albans beat Georgetown Prep,
27-6; Prep beat Landon, 800; that
makes st. Adams about eight touch
downs better than Landon. I can
see the headlines now: Saints
Heavy Favorites In Annual Classic
With Landon"
Hold everything. st. Adams beat
Boys Latin, 1910, and Landon beat
Boys Latin. 1870. / point better. I
can see the headlines now: "Landon
Slight Favorite for Annual Classic
With Saints"
Wagon Backs Up.
Maybe If I tried pulling EN- out Of
a hat I could do better. Or maybe
I could close my eyes and punch
the list with pin. Now don't go
haywire, Huber. this thing is getting
easier by the minute. Eenie. meenie,
mimic. moe-got it! Dewitt wins!
Dewitt Rates on Top in Schoolboy
Football Race" What if they
haven't won a game this year? The
baby picked that name from all
the rest.
What's this? Who's this fellow
coming In the door. Blue uniform.
Brass buttons Big net in his hand.
What's that you want, pal? Wagon
waiting and I'm to come quietly?
st. Elizabeth's? Never heard of
them Who did they beat?
Editors note: There will be no