Evening star., 1944-11-09
Central Tech Classic
Heads Sizzling Card
|0 Three Games

Tech - 2 = D Roosevelt s o
First Saturday interhigh football
game, q renewal Of the Central
Tech classic In the viking Bowl ct 8,
steals some Of the scholastic series
spotlight this week end. but the
brace Of top-notch contests carded
for tomorrow--Wilson vs.. Western
at Central and Coolidge at Anscostia
also poses some interesting ques-
tions.
AS they say in the radio soap
operas: Can Coach Fred Mulvey's
Red Raiders continue the dazzling
pace that's brought them from no.
where to threaten Eastern's hopes
for the championship? Will the
Westerners emerge tomorrow with =
chance for the title? Can Ana
costa, finest defensive eleven on the
loop, develop enough Of a running
attack to smother Coolidge, last
years champ?
Those questions will be answered
tomorrow in the two games getting
under way ut 3, the new starting
time announced by Tony Kupka,
acting physical education depart
ment head, and record student
crowd Is expected for both contests.
True Test for Western.
In the Green Tigers of Wilson
Western is meeting the test that
should either prove that the gallop-
ing Raiders are the redhots the rest
Of the circuit thinks them or Just a
team that sizzles briefly in the
clutches. Coach Mulvey's phenoms
got of to a slow start this year, los
ing their opener to Eastern, then
started to blaze by tying Anacostia
and went on to win three straight,
licking Central, Roosevelt and Cool
ldge.
Western appears unbeatable today,
but the Tigers are fielding q team
tomorrow that Is unpredictable, and
runs either very hot or very cold.
Wilson has a potentially keen pass
ing combination In Halfbacks Pierce
Godfrey and Gene Taylor, but
Westerns new backfield ace, Jack
Castro, a transplanted end. along
with the dependable Gene Gould,
shades the Tigers q trifle in the ball.
carrying department. The Western
forward wall is little tougher,
although light, and has displayed a
fighting spirit in the last four games
that makes 1t very tough for oppo-
nents. Western should win, but it's
football and anything can happen.
Big Chance for Anacostia.
Tomorrow's other game, with the
Coolidge Colts invading Anacostia,
Is the Indians golden opportunity
to go places in the interhigh league.
Anacostia has battfed to a pair of
deadlocks this season with the aid
OF a stonewall line, but so far hasn't
developed anything of q scoring at
tack. However, the word Is that
Ronny Kent's passing has caught
fire and that he will fill the air with
pigskins tomorrow. Coolidge has a
big asset In q clever field general,
Kenny Hazel, and one of the biggest
ends in the league, Buck Henry,
6 foot and plenty fast.
Coolidge hasn't started cooking
with gas yet this year, dropping
four and winning only one game, q
6-to-2 triumph over q lightweight
Roosevelt team that Anacostia
shaded IA to II. Comparison OF
the scores indicates that tomorrow's
Colt battle may be q lot
hotter and closer than many fans
predict. Coolidge has shown a few
flashes of the form that took the
Colts to the 1943 championship
and although hampered by lack ol
experienced material. may drop a
spark on what tinder it has.
Hot Central Tech Tilt Looms.
Saturdays game shapes up as one
of the best of the year and the out
come should shuttle the interhigh
standings considerably. Should
Central triumph, the vikings would
have firm hold on second place
and be in a position to heckle the
high-riding, undefeated Eastern
considerably. A win for Tech, on
the other hand, would keep the
Maroon in the first division with
the opportunity to threaten Western
and Central in the playoffs.
Tech has one of the best back
field stars in town in powerful
Tommy Tulenko and q rip-roarine
fullback in Andy Davis, while Larry
Faynes and Carl Riddle, stars of this
years Tech baseball team, will do the
principal ball-toting for Central.
The Central-Tech game is the sole
exception the Board Of Principals is
making this year to their decision
to ban spot games. Unusual in
terest centered in the contest, and
the possibility of the biggest gate
of the year were factors in the
boards action in scheduling the
game for Saturday in the big Gen.
tral bowl.