Evening star., 1944-11-02
Contests Tomorrow
Likely 10 Present
Line on Champ

The champs are on the spot to-
morrow in the interhigh grid circuit.
Undefeated Eastern, with four easy
wins, took day off from the series
football war last Friday, with most
fans predicting the 1914 champion
ship already was in the bag for the
Ramblers.
Out of the days pigSkinning, how
ever, came some potent challengers
that showed developing power. The
Ramblers no longer are quite so
confident of the title. and tomor-
rows results should be the tipoff
whether they have cause for alarm.
Western, the most improved
eleven in the loop, and the outfit
Eastern secretly is worried about,
entertains a tough Coolidge club.
Eastern goes to Anacostia where the
Indians are plotting an upset. Will
son entertainS featherWeight
Roosevelt eleven that still may pull
a surprise.
Starting Time Changed.
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scheduled for 3:45 by Tony Kupka.
physical education chief, instead of
the usual 4 o'clock starting time
When the smoke has cleared from
interhigh grids tomorrow, the fans
will know, for one thing, whether
Western is a title threat. Coolidge
is heavy team on the same order
as the Ramblers. The Colts have
a smashing running attack, top
field general in Kenny Hazel, who
works nicely in an aerial offensive
with Big Buck Henry, fast left end
Western has packed some dyna-
mite that may blow the Colts sky
nigh tomorrow, however. Coach Fred
Mulvey, who rates bow Tor devel-
oping bunch of inexperienced
players into the top-tlight team
they are, has pair of star passing
pairs for the Red Raiders potent
aerial offensive. Gene Gould to
Jack Castro and Buddy Hart to Don
Lichty are the duos, and now it
turns out that Castro. shifted to
the backtield as a halfback, is a
nimble ball-toter also.
The Raiders looked hot sWamping
Roosevelt, % to 0, last Friday. Cool
idge could manage only 6.to-2
decision over the Rough Riders,
and if the Raiders tame the Colts
tomorrow watch out, Eastern!
When the high-ridlng Fasteners
journey to Anacostia tomorrow they
may bump into trouble, although
the form sheet predicts another
Rambler triumph. The Indians, how
ever, are displaying the finest de-
fensive football in the series and
are just the type club to determine
If Eastern has the guns it appears
to mount.
Out to Stop Settle.
Sonny Settle, the top halfback of
high schools in most
observers books, is the chief East
ern scoring threat. and nobody has
got around to stopping him yet. If
that stonewall Tribe line can do it
a little local football history will 60
into the books.
The Anacostia offensive is moth
ing to disregard, either. Quarter
back Ronnv Kent is shaping up as a
clever pigskin singer with Cal Ar
derson on the receiving end, and
Don Purdy can gallop when the
blocking is good In addition to
Settle, Eastern has Bobby Lyles at
quarterback, Jack Bobb at the other
halfback slot and Duke Charnock at
full, and they're enough stars for
four teams. Settle, incidentally, has
been alternating with Charnock at
full, and the variation has livened
up matters considerably.
Roosevelt is a deep. dark mystery.
and perhaps the battle with Wilson
tomorrow will shed some light on a
team that needs experience. Rider
Coach Artie Boyd, faced with a lack
Of veterans, nodded a bantamweight
team that works from the T forma-
ton and may pull an upset one of
these Fridays.
Tomorrow may be the day, al
though Wilson has the edge in ex-
perience and weight. The Green
Tigers big asset is turning out to be
Dud De Groot, jr.. son of the Red
skin coach, who is a hot sparkplug
at halfback, and Pierce Godfrey and
Gene Taylor also are starring in the
Tiger ball-carrying department.
Wilson is fighting mad over that
l9-to-l3 licking Central registered
last Friday in the most thrilling
game of the series to date. Roosevelt,
without win so far, is roaring 10
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