Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Raider Powerhouse
Looms as Terror
To Title Rivals
Generals Only Team
With CIfun Record;
6. w. Disoppoints
By GEORGE HUBER.

Westerns poWerhouse is estab-
fishing itself as the terror OF school,
boy football hereabout and woe
betide anything facing 1t when the
Raiders are in scoring MOOD.
They've been that way ever since
hitting their stride after slow
start when tied by George Wash
ington and nosed out by Washing
ton-Lee. On successive weeks they
have crushed Roosevelt and Ana
costa and now lead scholastic elev-
ems in this area with an impressive
total of IS points in four games,
putting them we'll on their way to
lettering last seasons total of l26
That figure was topped only by
Westinghouse Generals, and the
Generals so far must be content
with second place in points with ST.
They still rate atop the local school,
boy ladder, though, being the only
undefeated and united team re-
naming after a week end of action
in which both Eastern and Teen
were removed from the ranks Of the
elect.
Generals Chronic Winners.
The Generals kept their slate
clean with a fourth 1910 win and
their 14th over a tWo-year period
by defeating Masonic Home of Vlr-
GINA, 1870, in the rain and snow
Saturday. Eastern had bad after
noon and received its first defeat
from Gonzaga, 60, while Tech Wor-
RED through to a scoreleSs tie in
the annual classic with Central. In
fact Tech and Central appeared so
evenly matched in that contest that
this week both are rated the same
and are co-holders of fourth place
in the rankings.
Schoolboy football fans, getting a
line on future winners in the public
high race. see Eastern and Western
as champions of their respective
divisions. Western appears bent
upon terrorizing future opponents by
running up terrific scores. while
Eastern is playing cagv with an idea
of instilling overconfidence. In fact
the Lincoln Parkers toyed so much
with Gonzaga that the Eagles won.
But that takes nothing from Con-
zaga 1t earned its first victory over
q major opponent-itS other win
was over National Training School,
and now rates seventh, two steps
ahead of its Catholic school rival,
St, Johns. The Eagles outplayed
Central all afternoon in their open
ing game some weeks ago and were
a bit surprised to lose.
G.. w. Flies and Flops.
There are some surprises in this
weeks list. George Washington of
Alexandria apparently had the max
ines of good team but it has won
nothing since its opener Three
losses in a row to conference OPP
ponents has eliminated all hope of
winning this years class A crown,
and the Presidents rate far below
their nearby Virginia rival, WASH
ington-Lee. for the big game coming
up Thanksgiving Day.
It's admitted they have been play
ing in tough league and probably
could give fits to some teams cur
rently ranked above it. G.. w. tied
Western early in the year. but since
then the Raiders have improved i'm
menselv while the Presidents ap-
parently have slipped. G. w. has
no more local games until it meets
Corzaga on November s. so will have
to wait for comparisons.
Another surprise is Episcopal. 1t
liked both Eastern and Tech by
god margins last season but was
Ulable to repeat. 1t hasn't won
once in four starts.
The rankings.