Evening star., 1942-11-19
Red Raiders Usually
Hit Their Best Pace
Against Vikings
Riders Invade Eastern:
Several Schools Are
Finishing Season
BY GEORGE HUBER.

A look at the records doesn't give
the impression that Western is a
very formidable opponent for Cen
tral tomorrow as the Vikings 60 out
to clean up their regular series
schedule without a defeat and get
set for defense of their school foot
ball championship against Tech.
The Red Raiders can be very
tough, though, and probably will be
more troublesome than comparative
scores would indicate. So far they've
lost four games, and the three
they've won were fairly soft touches,
but they generally come up with
lot of unexpected fight against Cen
tral, which along with the latent
talent distributed around the team
promises fairly exciting game
Central is a handy favorite. but if
Western should spill the dope it
would make Central and Wilson tied
for the West division title and a
playoff there before the big play
of would be necessary.
The Vikings must guard against
overconldence, a malady which af-
fected the team in several games
earlier this year. They didn't rate
Wilson and Roosevelt too highly
and were looking over the heads of
those two toward the Washington
Lee encounter. AS a result they
touchdown victories. This week end,
despite all the talking Coach Jan
JankoWski can DO the boys have
been doing lot Of pointing to the
Tech game on Thanksgiving and
regard the Western thing as already
settled.
Central at Peak in Manpower.
Central will be at its peak in man.
power tomorrow. with Maurice Hor-
ton, its best plunging fullback,
again ready to play. He's been miss
ing since the Westinghouse game
with blood clot in his right leg
His absence didn't hurt too much.
though, because Central is supplied
plentifuliy with backs The line is
where it needs all the strength it
can find, and added to the roster
as starting tackle is Bill Hall,
l90-pounder who recently became
eligible scholastically.
Welles Fendrich. Westerns big
fullback, will not be able to play.
according to Coach Fred Mulvey.
Complications of sinus and a cold
put him on the shelf, and George
Neam, another chunky plunger, will
take his place. Neam started the
season as a guard a. was moved
to the backfleld when it became
necessary three weeks ago to get
more weight and drive there. He's
been doing all right, too, having
scored three touchdoWns, all by bull
ing his way through the line against
Dewitt last week.
Roosevelt at Eastern. -
TomorroWs other series engage
ment is Roosevelt at Eastern and is.
the last engagement of the season
for both. They already are out of
the title race, and all they can
salvage tomorrow is some satisfac-
ton. 1t may be noted that Artie
Boyd, Roosevelt coach. was Eastern
coach back in 1887. the only time
Eastern won the high school football
championship.
Several other schools wind up
their football activities this week
end. It's the final for Coolidge,
playing James Monroe at Freder-
lcksburg, Va. on Saturday. Ditto
for Wilson, playing Dewitt this aft
ernoon (barring playoff spot for
the Tigers, for st. Adams at st.
James, Hagerstown; Landon, meet
ing st. Andrews here and Episcopal
playing its traditional contest at
Woodberry Forest, all on Saturday,
and for Gonzaea. ending against
Mount ST. Michaels III New York
on Sunday.