Evening star., 1944-10-26
Series 3-Game Slate
Tomorrow 10 Brinq
Out Fast Teams
BY BOB MCLEAN.

Here's an inside tip to District
football fans: Don't miss that high
school grid battle between Western
and Roosevelt tomorrow afternoon
at in the Rough Riders stadium
A pair of other top-notch clashes
is carded for the fifth Friday of the
interhigh race-Anacostia VS.. Tech
on the Eastern High gridiron
and Central at Wilson-but the
Western Roosevelt collision may be
one of the most unusual and inter-
esting contests of the year. And a
warning is issued right now. Don't
60 unless you can follow football of
the lightning-fast variety and have
heart in good enough shape to
take some thrills.
The amazing Red Raiders lit the
fire on the front burner Monday to
upset a powerhouse Central team,
Is to 13, and stole the spotlight in
the series race. The Raiders evi-
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dict of the experts that they were
entirely too light and far too green
to rate chance with Central
Westerns Air Attack Clicks.
Coach Fred Mulvey finally has the
aerial attack clicking with Buddy
Hart singing 'em and Don Lichty
on the receiving end and against
a power squad of heavier, slower
players the lightweight champs of
the circuit are dazzling. The new
passing combination, incidentally,
has given the Westerners the tag of
the Hart-to-Lichty'' boys.
What makes the Raiders invasion
of the Rough Riders domain tomor-
row so interesting is that they are
bucking up against much the same
sort of team. Roosevelt Coach Artie
Boyd, with no experienced material
on hand this year, has recruited a
squad Of track stars and bantam
weights especially selected for speed
and ball-handling ability. So far
this season, Roosevelt has taken
three lickings in row as the bunch
learned to work together, but to-
morrow may be a different story.
Dressing room agents send word
that Coach Boyd has been laying
down the law to the boys and the
lads have been taking it to heart.
Scouts report secretly that Boyd, in
fact, is fielding fighting team to-
morrow that may make little local
grid history. 1t should be a thriller
Eastern, the high-riding king of
the loop with four straight wins and
no defeats, rests tomorrow, while
Coolidge crosses the river to take
on Washington-Lee.
Other Good Games Booked.
Anacostia, with one win and two
deadlocks on the record, visits Tech
to take on a Maroon club that shows
signs of great improvement after
two lickings and one triumph. The
Indians, displaying a great brand of
defensive football, battled a strong
Wilson eleven to a scoreleSS tie
Monday and are shaping up as a
team to watch. 1t should make
good football, this clash, because
the Tech running attack is shaping
up into scoring threat. Tom Tu-
lenko is turning into one of the hot
field generals of the series, and Joe
Buell. is roaring halfback who al
ways puts on good show.
Fans who journey to Wilson to see
that tip-top clash listed between
Central and the Green Tigers will
be interested to see how Central
snaps back from that upset whipping
by the underdog Westerners. The
Vikings, undefeated before that one
and with sizzling chance to give
Eastern fight Tor the flag, have a
nifty halfback combination in Carl
Riddle and Larry Faynes, and Pete
Lerario's quarterbacking is the talk
of the circuit.
Central will stake its hopes on a
smashing ground offensive, while
the Tigers plan to take to the air
with Pierce Godfrey and Gene Tay-
lor doing the tossing. Central may
be able to hold that Tiger, but the
Vikings will have to cover plenty of
ground to intercept the Tiger air
offensive