Evening star., 1944-10-19
Keen Rivals Threaten
To Upset Leaders in
Ti|ts Tomorrow

One rabid admirer of the first
class brand of scholastic football on
tap this season is planning to use
a taxicab tomorrow in order to get
a gander at all three of the contests
on the schedule.
This particular enthusiast is so
hoped up about the nimble grid
work of the schoolboys that he plans
to start off at Eastern Stadium,
where the Ramblers battle Coolidge,
hop to the Central Bowl to see a
quarter of the clash between the
Vikings and Western, and wind up
at the Anacostia field for the In
diam Wilson tangle.
Reason for the hot-foot travelling
is that one team in each of the
clashes is going into the fourth week
of the series undefeated and the
underdogs will be battling to pull
them off their lofty perches.
Eastern, Central and Anacostia
are undefeated in the schedule that
lists Coolidge at Eastern, Wilson at
Anacostia and Western at Central.
Eastern Team Favorite.
The riding Ramblers of
Eastern have knocked off three
straight and are favored to put the
blast on a game Coolidge eleven,
but the Colts send word not to sell
their outfit short. They've been
slow getting started this year, but
may hand the circuit surprise to-
morrow. Kenny Hazen is develop
ing in the Coolidge quarterback slot
as one of the niftiest field generals
in the loop and can give Bobby
Lyles, Eastern's cagey quarter, a
real tussle.
Remainder of EaStern's backfield
has the edge in experience, weight
and power Sonny Settle and Jack
Bobb, early choices for all-high
halfback honors, are a pair of gal
Looping wonders, and Fullback Duke
Charnock tears a line apart on a
buck.
That surprising Central squad
that ran away with two straight
after the experts said they couldn't
do it is up against a light and in
experienced Western team, and the
odds are about to l on the Vik-
ings. But-and this is the biggest
but of the day-Gene Gould is in
that Red Raider backfield at quar-
terback, and when Genes around,
things have way of happening
but fast.
Without the power for much of a
running attack Western Coach Fred
Mulvey has worked out an aerial
offensive. with Gene chucking 'em
to End Jack Castro, and the COM
bination shows signs of catching fire.
It's a football game and anything
can happen.
.Tossup at Anacostia.
The Wilson-Anaoostia duel is a
tossup. The Indians have yet to be
beaten, but have been tied by West
ern. They are handicapped by the
loss of Don Purdy, one of the top
ball toters of the year, who suffered
collarbone injuries il the Western
ever, will be on hand to carry the
mail and the pint-Si1ed flash usuen ny
daZzleS.
Dud De Groot, jr., son of the Red
skin coach. has been working nicely
in the Wilson backfield and has
turned out to be a real spark plug
in the clutches. Dud, pairing up
with Pierce Godfrey in the halfback
positions. is making that Green
Tiger running offensive real
ground-gaining threat.
Other news from the high school
sports front today is that the Board
of Principals has decided to spot
the Central-Tech tilt originally
scheduled for Friday, November
10. The game will be played at
Central Stadium on Saturday, No.
vember II. It's the one exception
the educators are making to the re-
cent decision to abandon the spot
game" system,