Evening star., 1942-11-05
Colts Oppose Riders
In Another Series
Tilt Tomorrow
St. AIbun's Guards Win
Streuk in Struggle
With Little Hoyos
BY GEORGE HUBER.

BY GEORGE HUBER.
Wilson has its best chance to date
OF spillins its neighborhood rival,
Western, In one OF tomorrow's high
school football games. This Is a
young rivalry, the two having met
only for the last six years since VIII
son entered the football picture, but
1t has been an exciting one. On two
occasions there has been a bit Of fist
singing in the stands to enliven
matters.
Wilson'S Tigers have defeated
Western only once. That was by a
1912 margin in 1886, when the
Tigers weren't in the series. In
championship play Western has won
three games by 1870 14-0 and 60
margins, while the 1887 and 1941
games were 6-6 ties.
Western has had bit Of slump
this season with two victories
against three setbacks, while Wilson
has won three and dropped two.
Furthermore, Wilson last week de-
feated Roosevelt, 25-6, while Roose-
welt earlier downed Western, 1877.
Oh that the Tigers will be favor
ties, but not by much. Western
has a good passer in Duke O'Connell,
who figures to keep the Tiger de-
fenses loose enough to enable Wells
Fendrich, plunging fullback, to pick
up sizable yardage. Fendrich
played the first two games as end
before being transferred to the back
field, where he has been going great
guns.
Funk Capable Plunger.
Wilson, too, has good plunging
fullback in Phil Funk, and it's CO.
incidence that he, too, was an end
for the first two games until Coach
Carl Heintel found him more valu-
able as a back Others in the start
ing Tiger backf1eld will be Julian
Owens, who caught two touchdown
passes last week against Roose-
welt: Bob Crowell, who tosses most
Of the passes, and either Bob Hen
shaw or Wally Stout.
The other tilt on the series sched-
uled tomorrow is Coolidge at Roose-
welt. Both games start at 3:45 pm.
Coolidge, which had high hopes of
turning in its first interhigh win
over the Rough Riders, finds. itself
handicapped by the absence of John
Schullenberger, one of the city's best
schoolboy kickers who was getting
up to 40 yards with his boots. The
new marks came out this week, and
Johnny lost. The Colts had counted
on his kicking to Offset that of
Roosevelt's Charley Howard, who
also rates at the top.
Coach Gil Conn is replacing him
with Charles Greenbaum, with Will
liam Penn, Rudy Mueller and Neil
McGinnis making up the rest of
the backfield Penn is the big full
back who does most of the plung-
ing and lot OF the passing, while
Greenbaum has the blocking back
assignment and also will work some
Of the spinners.
St. Adams Protects Streak.
Another big tilt on tomorrows
schedule has st. Adams protecting
Its four-game winning streak against
q good team invading from George
town Prep. The Saints are favored.
but Prep also has a good record OF
three wins in four starts and is ex--
pected to give quite a battle. st.
Adams has won for the last two
years by 32-14 and 27-6 scores, and
the Little Hoyas, with one of their
best teams in years, are aiming to
cut down that edge.
But st. Adams, under Coach AL
Wagner, also has one of its best
teams. There is plenty of reserve
strength around. Last year the
Saints had trouble getting two
backfields, but this year they have
three. The line also is several play
ers deep.
Starters for the Saints tomorrow
probably will be Don SWagart, Earl
Elliott, Cotton Smith and Marshall
Diggs. Swagart is subbing for Buddy
Cromelin, team captain, who has a
back injury that may keep him out
for the rest of the season. Elliott
and Smith, who was the star at
Friends School last year, share the
teams potent passing attack, while
Elliott also is improving with his
ball carrying.
Something of the Saints reserve
strength is shown in the fact that of
last weeks four touchdowns against
Baltimore Friends, three were by
subs, AL Lucas, Dick Gem. John
Schoenfeld and Bill Fletcher. Ten
men have carried the ball in max
ing the teams IL touchdowns.
st. Adams also is strong In the
line, especially where two big boys,
Buz Miller, 235 pounds, and Emory
Hutchison, 1856 pounds, are stationed.