Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-13
Old Foes Rated Even
On Scores Against
Common Rivals
-. 6: W. High and HopeweII
Are Well Matched for
Contest Tonight
By GEORGE HUBER.

Another of those st. Johns
Gonzaga thrillers comes up Sunday
at Griffith Stadium when these two
Catholic school rivals meet for the
14th time in the modern series. Both
teams have good records, Gonzaga
with four wins and two setbacks, and
st. Johns with four victories, one
defeat and tie, and the game really
figures as tossup.
Twice this season they have met
the same teams but things also
balance here on the basis of COM
parative scores. Gonzaga defeated
National Training School, POS, while
the Johnnies sank that club, 44-O.
However, Gonzaga took Eastern into
camp, 21-6. while st. Johns. got
away with only 1876 win.
Last year St. Johns was the
favorite, but Gonzaga's Eagles scored
in the last two minutes to win a
1913 upset in a game that was a
real thriller for the $500 present.
With a similar game in prospect
there should be at least 10000 on
hand at Griffith Stadium Sunday
When the game begins at 215 pm.
Has Pair of Star Backs.
OF the three stars on Gonzaga's
team last year, Elmer Raba, Ronnie
Waldron and Bernie Nolan, only
Nolan is missing this season, giving
the Eagles a pair of talented and
experienced backs for Sundays
crucial tilt. Waldron has scored four
of Gonzagas 10 touchdowns and has
booted six extra points. Raba hasn't
hit the heights at which he operated
last season, but he still is one of
the best in town and with his
passing, kicking and running is a
dangerous player at any time.
The Eagles have a fair number
OF good reserves for the backfield,
among them Ray O'Brien, who
distinguished himself in one recent
game by scoring three touchdowns.
st. Johns also can match this
with an experienced backfeld, al
though it is handicapped somewhat
by injuries. George Hughes, the
big 190-pound kicker and plunger,
still is limping and was held out
of Tuesdays game against Eastern.
He's listed as starter Sunday, how
ever. Right now he's in fourth
place in the individual scoring race
among District and nearby high
schools with five touchdowns and
four extra points.
Hughes Needed as Kicker.
Although his main value is as
scorer, his kicking will be needed
Sunday to match Raba's. Al Lucas,
who with Hughes scored touchdowns
against Gonzaga last year, also is
listed as a probable starter but he
too is on the aiiing list with dam
aged ankles, Otherwise the Johnny
backffeid probably wfll include at.
the start Charles Wilson, the teams
best Apassets, and joe Angel. who
Joined the team late but. has been a
ball of fire in recent games. He's
scored touchdowns in the last three
games to save st. Johns from defeat.
The usual colorful ceremonies will
add interest to the game. The st.
Johns Cadet Corps and band will
parade both before the game and
at the half. Admission price is Is
cents, with high school students, on
presentation of their. Athletic Asso-
citation card and servicemen being
admitted for 40 cents.
In the modern series, Gonzaga
has won eight games, st. Johns
three and two others ended in ties
Another interesting high school
game this week end is tonight's tilt
In Alexandria between George
Washington High and HopeWells
Blue Devils, the last game on the
Presidents home schedule. The
two appear evenly matched. Last
week the Presidents were defeated
by John Marshall's unstoppable
eleven. 25-13, while earlier HopeWell
was defeated 1910, by the Justices.
A feature of George Washington's
games are the pre-game and half
time maneuvers by the school band
and the corps of pretty drum major
cites Starting time is o'clock.