Evening star., 1941-10-16
Backfie|d Star Given
Light Duty in Drills
For Crucial Test
indians Are Underdoqs
Tomorrow Despite
Win From Tech
By GEORGE HUBER.


Coach ROLAND Lund of Anacostia
Is keeping Bob Nolte out of scrim-
images this week in hopes his ace
back will be in shape for a lot of
playing tomorrow when the Indians
engage Central in what likely will
be their most important battle of
the early season.
Bobs ankle still is weak from
an injury received two weeks ago.
He can walk normally but can't run
nor kick up to snuff, and unless his
pins are in shape tomorrow lot OF
Anacostias plunging power will be
absent. His passing still is tops,
however, as indicated in the dummy
scrimmages in which he is partici-
pating.
The Indians are underdogs against
Central despite their victory over
Tech last week. Lund found the
tvo-team system effective against
the Maroons and will use it in all
remaining games, he says. The
players were fresh at all times and
anxious to return to the fray the
moment they were removed.
The two teams are not of equal
strength, however The first, with
Nolte, Bob Hoffman, Frank Bur-
bach and Paul Blaine in the back
field, is rated by Lund much stronger
than the second combination, with
Grant Davidson, Stan Dobshultz,
Jim Flaherty and Bill Heron in the
backield. The first line also Is
rated far above the second.
If Nolte is unable to play, Da-
wilson will move up from the sec
ond team.
With the Indians enjoying their
best season in history with three
straight victories to their credit
Lund is not talking about building
for next year, as was the case this
time last season, but he does take
pleasure in noting that of the II
men on his second team all but one
Tom Batey, guard-will be back
next year.
The second team likely will start
the game tomorrow, with the first to
be inserted when a scoring oppor-
tunity presents itself or Central
threatens.
In defeating Tech last week, Ana
costa used only nine of the IA plays
1t then had in its repertoire. Since
then Lund has introduced three
more, all passes, which may indicate
the indians plan to do a lot of
tossing against the bigger Central
team tomorrow.
Maroon Still Trying.
Speaking of building for next year
something like that is going on at
Tech. The Maroons still have hopes
of accomplishing something this
time, despite two straight setbacks.
Co-Coach Dutch Usilaner-regards
the lightweight squad, which Is be-
ing tutored by Ed Naughton, assrich
in promise for next year. -s-.--
A lot of experimenting has been
done at Tech this week by Usilaner
and Artie Wondrack, with the play
ers being shifted around in hopes of
filling some of the holes and cor
recting a few of the mistakes dis
covered last week. They admit,
however, they haven't been able to
fill many holes, and it is likely that
against Wilson tomorrow the Ma
rooms will present pretty much the
same lineup as lost to Anacostia
last Friday.
Bill MarloWe, Western fullback.
still is bothered by a cut over his
eye and may not start tomorrow
when the Red Raiders entertain
Roosevelt. If he doesn't, Alex Papa
nicolas likely will go at halfback
with Dick Goodman shifted to full
back. Otherwise the Raider eleven
Is set, although Fred Hook, reserve
end, has been showing so much i'm
provement lately. especially on de-
fense, that Coach Fred Mulvey
likely will use him much more than
in the previous two games.
Another good game has been
added to tomorrow's schoolboy list,
with st. Johns entertaining Calvert
Hall OF Baltimore at Central
Stadium. Game time is 3 o'clock.