Evening star., 1942-10-07
Bulls Alone Unable
To Garry Through
With Schedule
Coach Hughes Squod
Packs Heft;; Hopes
For lac Crown
BY GEORGE HUBER.

When the two nearby private
schools, Landon and Georgetown
Prep, open their football seasons this
week end it will bring out the full
total of 18 schools in the Washington
area with gridiron teams this season.
Landon plays host to Baltimore
Friends in its opener on Friday,
while the Little Hoyas go to Char
lotte Hall Military Academy on Sat-
urday.
There was only one mortality
among high or prep school football
teams this year. Bulls was forced
to give it up because of the lack of
transportation and also because of
having no coach. Dewitt was a
questionable starter, but it did have
turnout of football candidates and
opened its season last Saturday in
Baltimore against Mount st. Jo-
sephs and will continue through
this season at least with Leonard
Askins, former Dewitt player, as
coach.
What's more, most of the schools
are planning to keep right on with
football next season. There are
plenty Of opponents to be found
here so no travelling will be neces-
sary, and even if the draft age is
lowered to 18 or 19 it will have little
Or no effect on high and prep
schools. In fact, the scholastic foot
ball emphasis even may be increased
because of the increased recogni-
tion of the value of physical condi-
loning for boys of pre-college age.
Bulls Would Return.
It was with real regret that Bulls
was forced to cancel it's schedule
and 1t hopes to return to the game
next season. Headmaster E. M.
Peak, a former coach, can handle
the coaching assignment and wants
to do so. He tried every means
possible to make transportation ar
rangements this season, but, Of
course, it was impossible with Bulls
long-traveling schedule to meet
military and strong prep schools
throughout Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia
He is trying to make up a six or
seven-game schedule for next sea-
son against such stronger local
teams as Central, Washington-Lee
Dewitt, George Washington High,
Western, etc. Last year Bulls played
Central and was defeated, TO, so it
probably is on a par with some of
the top rankers around here and
wouldn't provide too one-sided op-
position.
The complete list of high and
prep schools playing football around
here this season, with their coaches,
follows: Anacostia, Joey Kaufman;
Coolidge, Gil Conn; Central, John
Jankowski; Eastern. Richard Ment-
ger; Tech, John Clary; Roosevelt,
Artie Boyd; Western, Fred Mulvey;
Wilson, Carl Heintel; Washington
Lee, Harry Deming; George Wash
ington High, Rasty Doran; Epis-
copal. Bus Male; Dewitt, Leonard
Askins; st. Johns, Gene Auguster-
fer; G nZaga, Sam Richards;
Georgetown Prep. Gus Welch; Lam
don, Huck Hughes; ST. Adams, AL
Wagner. and Fairfax, Bob Mavit.
Landon Appears Stronger.
Iandon school in preparation for
Fridays opener has squad that
promises to be stronger than usual.
Coach Huck Hughes, former
Catholic U. player, has several
players bit heavier than the regu-
lar run of boys at Landon and they
will be making real bid this sea-
son for the Interstate Academic
Conference championship won last
year by st. Adams and which prom
ises to be ably defended.
Probably his outstanding boy and
an ace on last years team is Joe
Devereaux, 150-pound quarter
back. Although small, he's fast
end shifty and good passer. Add
Ing weight to the backfield is Kitty
Amussen, a l90-pound fullback who
can do plenty of plunging and whose
kicking also is notable, and Joe
Luftus, ITS pounds of halfback.
There also is some weight in the
line. George Kriner at left end, a
veteran of three years play, weighs
ITS pounds. He is skillful pass re-
ceiver and with Devereaux to toss
and Kriner to catch the Landons
likely will spring some aerial sur
prises. Another hefty lad is Rex
Gygax, left tackle, who is 1876 pounds
Of football ability. The rest of the
players scale down from these
weights. but Landon probably will
have to give little away to the other
schools in its class.