Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-24
Tigers 5erappy Spirit
Counter Harmful
Lack Of Experience
Only Four Veterans Back,
But HeinteI Predicts
An Improved Outfit
By GEORGE HUBER.

Woodrow Wilson is the unknown
quantity in the public high school
football series. The Green Tigers
generally have been overlooked by
the newspapers and coaches Of other
schools in pre-series predictions,
but Coach Carl Heintel Is far from
discouraged and voices the hope
his team can surprise few elevens
around town.
Last year the Tigers were at the
bottom of the scholastic list with no
wins in their five series games. Any
change must be for the better and
the almost entirely new outfit being
prepared by Heintel is ready to let
bygones be bygones and start afresh.
Only four letter men and about
six other experienced players are
left from last years team and there's
a new spirit in evidence as the boys
put in their final rounds of training
at the Nebraska avenue school.
Face Tough Schedule.
It's doubtful if the Tigers will do
much this year, but the hope Is there
anyway. Their four series games
all appear tough from this distance.
Western Is the champion and
favored in some quarters to repeat,
Central probably will come up with
its usually strong outfit, Roosevelt
is feeling new surge Of power IS
Artie Boyd goes into his second year
of coaching there and Anacostia,
Wilson's opponent from the eastern
division, is predicting this Is its
year. The Tigers could lose all four
of those games with no real dis
credit and if they should happen
to win one 1t will be cause for jubi-
lation.
There is precedent for an
underdog Wilson team springing a
surprise or two. In its first year Of
competition, that was four years
ago, it defeated Western. The fol-
lowing year it tied the Red Raiders.
laying the groundwork for what
probably will develop into real
neighborhood rivalry.
Wilson is going to be better this
year-it will have to be to meet the
competition being prepared for it.
Four letter men are back, all In the
line, but to make up for the lack
of experience in the backfield there
are II candidates among the As boys
working under Heintel. He figures
that with the current setup his team
will be stronger in both departments.
Four Letter Men Back.
Frank Marsden, guard; Clifford
Hack, another guard; Fred Lesser,
tackle. and Joe Tanney. center last
year who now is an end, are the
letter men. Heintel is happy to have
four such players where at first he
had only two. Hack and Lesser
didn't appear when the Tigers first
began their drills, the report being
they we're going to out-of town
schools, but they unexpectedly re-
turned to strengthen the outlook.
The backfield roster includes Rich
ard George, Harold Hixon and Will
liam Tate. quarterbacks; Charles
Voigt, William Holenbeck, George
Clark, William Simpich and Bud
Savin, halfbacks, and John Mudd,
Fred CHASER and Bud Saline, full
backs. Mudd and Saline are fairly
large boys. but the remainder are
small and the Wilson backfield prob
ably will not average much more
than $50 pounds.
Wilson will be the first of the
local public highs to play this year
when it opens its season Thursday
against Dewitt. The game will be
at the Wilson Stadium, starting at
$3.50 pm.