Evening star., 1941-09-16
Indians Have Nee Back
In No|te, According
To Coach LunI
Other Letter kAen Brace
Team Greatly; Riders
Still Seek Center
BY GEORGE HUBER.

of Anacostia Highs football team,
Bob Nolte will be one. of the best
backs in this years. schoolboy series.
Bob is just ITO pour Ids of trouble in
! a football uniform. a good runner
and plunger and outstanding as a
kicker and passer. He probably will
do the Indians riqnal calling this
season in additiQn to most of the
backfeld work.
This is no surprise, however, be-
cause Nolte was plenty good last
year, earning a ylace on the second
all-high team, an constant practice
this year has i'm 'reased his natural
ability as an ath fete.
The Indians Thave been drilling
only little OVER week and Lund
doesn't vet knRvr much of his sea-
sons prospects.
Five Lett er Men Back.
Never a Gloomy Gus. the Ana
costa coach Wsls full of praise for
his team lastALear, but it finished
rather low witt only one victory and
pair of ties in eight games. This
year should bel better with more bal
ance to the team and a fair number
of experienced. players returning.
Five of thena are letter men. Nolte
and Bob Hoffman in the backfield,
Dick FaircI0th, end John Penn.
guard, and Bruce Hulett, tackle. All
naturally arr. better than last year.
especially Penn. who promises to be
a crackerjai:k guard. In drills so
far, he has been the best blocker
on the team.
To go with Nolte and Hoffman In
the backfe'd. Lund may use Frank
Burbach afnd Paul Blaine. both of
whom saw some service on the 1910
squad. Hurbach is little fellow,
weighing s1s5 and standing 5-foot-6
but he Is fast and shifty with lots
of drive.
Plentvi of help also is expected
from Elmer Leukhardt, basket ball
and baseball star at Anacostia last
year. who now is out for an end
positionk ION the gridiron. He is over
6 feet lrs1l and weighs ITO.
Roosevelt Seeking Center.
Big problem at Roosevelt is find
ing a renter. Coach Artie Boyd is
trying various combina tions, the best
of which puts Bernie Miller in the
middle spot Miller is big boy
and an experienced guard from last
years team and shifting him TO
center would leave q guard spot
open. Also trying for the center
posit idln are Bob Hirsch. Frank
Hirschel and Dan Kolodne all new
comesTs to the team.
Bay,d also is trying Dick Koester,
his ace end last year, in the back
field Dick Is a good kicker and fair
as 8 passer and runner, but his
bloc5.lng needs polishing. He may
be returned to end and drop back
to do the Rough Riders kicking
chores. Boyd already has three
/ lettsr men in the backfield, Bob
Stein, Carl Sturges and Irving
KoIker, as well as three or four
others who are developing. so he
dnesn't have as much of problem
fye-e as he does in several other
positions.
Riders Offense Locks Good.
I'm scrimmage drills so far, the
Fsders have displayed enough often
sive power to promise more punch
than last years team which scored
su average of only points a game.
The defense still needs polishing,
h owever, says Coach Boyd, and it
may be that if the Riders hope for
"a successful season they'll just have
Sto Score more times than the oppo-
ssition.
| Boyd has several promising new
1comers on the squad who may not
earn starting berthS right away, but
who at least will add reserve
strength, something the Riders can
! use. Among them is Hal King. a
big, 185-pound tackle. and Ben
Shendell. a third semester lad who
is turning into a good fullback. An
other third semester boy showing
promise is John Asha, He is out
| for guard and almost is too small
to take that job away from some of
Roosevelt's big linemen, but he has
lots of pep and is okay defensively.