Evening star., 1941-10-29
Trouble for Raiders
Turks in Eastern,
Central Scraps
Coaches Fear Letdown
At Anocostiu, Wilson,;
St. AIbons Surprises
By GEORGE HUBER.

Coach Fred Mulvey of Western
turned mathematician this week to
figure the Red Raiders chances of
winning the West Division football
title, necessary step if they are to
retain their two-year interhigh
championship.
A slight setback was handed the
Railers last week when Wilson tied
them, but it wasn't disastrous.
After puttering around with paper
and pencil, Mulvey came up with
the knowledge that all Western
needs to do to take its division crown
is to win its remaining two inter-
high games. That would give the
Raiders a percentage of 875 and
Central, currently a favorite in that
section. mark of 800.
Winning those two necessary
games doesn't figure to be a cinch
however. Eastern, coming up this
Friday, can prove tough, especially
If the Ramblers get over the set
back from Anacostia last week, and
Central two weeks later certainly
will be hard to handle. especially if
Jim KurZ is back in action by then
Kurz will don a uniform this week.
so it is more than likely he will be
ready for Western.
Task to Keep Teams at Peak.
Both ROLAND Lund at Anacostia
and Carl Heintel at Wilson are
worried about possible letups among
their players this week. Lund has
had the Indians on edge for the last
three weeks against Tech. Central
and Eastern and with Coolidge COM
Ing over this Friday the Indians likely
are expecting a soft touch. 1t means
nothing one way or the other in the
series, but Lund wants to win this
one if only to keep his boys in the
habit they have acquired this year
for the first time
He likely will rest at least three
OF his important players. Bob Nolte,
Frank Burbach and Eddie Hoffman
all have minor injuries and could
play if necessary, but Lund hopes
the games progress so he can ease
the strain on them by permitting
some bench warming He'll need
them all in top shape for Wilson the
following week.
Wilson this week also engages a
non-series foe, Georgetown Prep,
and after two weeks of being keyed
up against Tech and Western a let
down is feared by Heintel. If the
boys do take things too easily he
expects real difficulty bringing them
up again for the Indians. No real
injuries were reported after the
tough Western affair last week ex-
cept that Dick Schwab, one of the
city's best kickers, is limping a bit
He was a target for a lot of clean.
hard Western tackling and carries
a crop of bruises. He'll be okay by
Friday, however.
Saints in Title Running.
ST. Adams is turning out much
better than Coach Bob Middleton
expected at the start of this season
and now he sees a chance for the
Saints to repeat as champions of
the Interstate Academic Conference.
After an opening-ga game defeat by
ST. Pauls the Saints have won three |
straight and Landon looms as the !
big stumbling block Landon so far
Is undefeated, united and unscored |.
upon and it. too, plays in the I. A. c. |
The two meet on November 7.
Bob Bondy so far has been the
big gun at the Cathedral school /
with eight touchdoWns to his credit. |
but 1t is far from being a one-man
team. Bob, a hard-driving full
back-he also does some of the kick |
lng-is able to pick up a few i'm
portant yards when needed so it Is
logical to give him the ball when the
Saints get within a yard or two of
a score, as has happened frequently.
Ihose eight scores for Bob, however,
make him the leading schoolboy
point-getter in or around the Dis
trict.
A good percentage of st. Albans'
gains have been earned by Earl FL
Ilcott, better-than-average passer.
Lewis Crawford, shifty open-field
dash man, and Paul Cromelin, a
good running quarterback. Then. |
too, Middleton is proud of his ends,
Lew Denit and Jim Trimble. II
think they're the two best in the
city" Is the way he puts it. Trimble
especially is a good pass receiver.
One big item helping Middleton
produce consistently good teams is
the sort of farm system he operates
students at st. Adams take up
sports as soon as they enter, which
IS the fourth grade. and Middleton
mas team for every size. In all.
ne operates seven teams and moves
The boys up as they progress in foot
ball ability. They have had five or
SIX years of his style of play when
ne finally gets them on the first