Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Strong Talent Makes
Eastern, Central
Grave Threats
Anocostiu Is Confident
1t Will Prove Fuctor
In Gridiron Series
By GEORGE HUBER.

While Dan Ahern, Western High
School football coach, is away en-.
joying a well-earned vacation up in
the wilds of Maine (Contoocook, to
be exact the other boys quietly are
forming a line to the right ard
making plans to waylay him when
he gets back and take the gridiron
title away from the Red Raiders.
The schools figuring to give West
ern the most trouble are Central
and Eastern. Central missed win
ming the western division title last
year by the margin Of one gaE:e.
Eastern did little better than that
by taking the eastern division crown
and losing to Western in the play
off game. Both will be back gum
ming for the title this year, AID
they mean cunning.
Centrals coach, Hardy Pearce,
makes no rash statements or PIE
dictionS, but there is note of quiet
confidence in his voice when he says,
I'VE should have fairly good team
this year" It's just as though
Hardy has something good there and
isn't worried
Eastern Is Optimistic.
. Eastern likewise seems to think
it has something good. or at least
Charles Hart, school principal, does.
Recently he pointed out that East
ern finished second last year and
said that I'VE expect to do even
better this time" The only thing
better than second place is first
place.
Mike Kelley, football coach at
Eastern, also happens to be out of
town on a vacation trip to New
Hampshire, but in his absence Phil
Fox. assistant coach. makes the Ia
comic statement that IF things go
we'll we should have good team"
Fox Is out on no limb with that we'll
composed phrase: it can mean all or
nothing. but here again We get the
feeling that Eastern won't have the
worst team in the city, as indeed it
shouldn't.
IL SScIIlS W iull III a 2oOtbo'A
coach's blood to make few, if airy,
preseason statements
even though he may have a crew OF
world heaters at his elbow.
Eastern's plight is far from sad.
1t has the makings of a good line
left over from last year and even
something of a backfield with which
to start.
Good Talent to Return.
Bob Pieri, all-high tackle in his
sophomore year and on the second
all-high team last season. heads the
list of returning regulars in the line.
With him will be Harry Burdow,
Paul De Meglio, Paul Manilli and
Fats Moore In the backfield will be
Eddie league, quarterback on the
all-high second team last year; More
Schulman and Neal Craig. 1t looks
a pretty fair bunch with which to
start.
Anacostia, which is building up
something of fair neighborhood
rivalry with Eastern, thinks it's
about time it was heard from when
city championships are mentioned.
Practically every time Anacostia
wins now it's an upset. but Coach
ROLAND Lund is looking toward the
day when it will be an upset II the
Indians by some strange quirk OF
fate happen to be defeated.
Lund wants it understood that
Anacostia no longer is weak. The
boys across the river are getting
the hang of football now and more
are coming out for the team.
Anacostia Sees Hope.
There will be more requirements
this season and Lund can have
fresher teams than he has had IN
the past to play the last half.
He figures this way: In inter-
high games he meets woodrow
Wilson, Western, Eastern and Tech.
Anacostia figures to beat Wilson.
1t has beaten Tech two years in a
row now and why not third time?
1t ought to get at least an even split
between Eastern and Western,
Eastern probably and maybe West
ern for good measure. That would