Evening star., 1941-10-07
Indians Scoring End
Key Man Tech Must
Watch Friday
Roosevelt Apt to Miss
Injured Miller as 1t
Battles Eastern
By GEORGE HUBER.

A sticky-fngered end, Dick Fair
cloth, is doing a lot of football
playing at Anacostia this year and
Is one of several reasons the In
dians' team rapidly Is assuming the
status of dark horse in the east
division of the public high schools.
Dick is the young brother OF Art
Faircloth, who played there two
years ago and turned out to be
lust about the best player Anacostla
ever has had. He now is carrying on
In the same style down at North
Carolina State. Dick. however, is
not living on his brothers reputa-
ton. but on his own hook is adding
luster to the Faircloth family ira
dition.
In two games, Anacostia has
scored four touchdowns and three
were by young Faircloth as the
result of completed passes. He can
grab anything near him and get off
winging. His speed could be Of
real use In the backfield, but his
ability at end is too great for Coach
ROLAND Lund to make the shift.
He goes downfield under punts with
the best of them and seldom can
be blocked out of a play.
Lund Mum About Indians.
Dick, however, isn't the only ace
performing for the Indians, and that
NAV be one reason for the compar-
ative silence at Anacostia. Last
year and the year before Coach
Lund made many predictions about
how strong his team would be
only to see the Indians flop. At the
end of last season he admitted he
hadn't thought the team would be
much good, but he wanted his play
ers to think they were world beaters
and maybe they would win a couple.
But the little advance predictions
he Is making this year may be a
sign he has something there and
doesn't need to have the boys popped
up In advance by reports of quality.
Backfield boys proving especially
valuable are Bob Nolte and Paul
Blaine. Both are good passers and
plungers. while the line is fair with
John Penn really looming large as
one of the best blockers and tacklers
In the city.
The Indians get chance to show
what they can do Friday when they
meet Tech in one of the two series
games scheduled. Tech lost It's only
start so far when 1t was tripped by
Episcopal, 63. The Maroons spilled
the Indians in last years meeting
after Anacostia had won two years
In a row but with Tech apparently
not up to its usual strength this
should be tough game.
Roosevelt Is Handicapped.
Techs game against Episcopal on
Saturday was one of those might
have-been affairs. Tech might have
saved tie had Sonny Morrisett's
attempted field goal on the last
play been successful. The kick was
blocked, however, and one reason 1t
was blocked was that there was
little defense for him, Tech having
only 10 men on the field at the time
It was one of those last-second
plays and in the general confusion
Bill Dellastatious went in as a sub
stitute and two men came out. The
teams lined up and the ball was
snapped before it was noticed that
Tech had only three men in the
backfield where four should have
been.
Fridays other interhigh game
puts Eastern against Roosevelt and
both will be seeking an initial vic
tory after two defeats each.
Roosevelt will be handicapped for
me rest of the season by the ab-
sence Of Bernie Miller, center, who
In practice drills gave every indi-
cation of being a real all-high pros
pect. He received a shoulder in
jury against John Marshall and
probably will not play his position
again. Coach Artie Boyd is keep
ing him on the squad and Bernie
probably will do the kicking-off and
kicking for extra points as a means
Of earning his letter. He certainly
should get something.