Evening star., 1950-11-22
Win Over Anacostia
Sends RambIers Into
Friday Night Clash
By Brion Bell, Jr.

0y Utt0U pSt, JT.
Eastern will play Tech for the
interhigh football championship
Friday night at Griffith Stadium
after edging Anacostia, 80, for
the Division ! title at Anacostia
yesterday.
But it took the accurate toe OF
Dave Keys and some smart think
ing by Coach Dick Mentzer to get
the Ramblers a chance to meet
Tech. Keys kicked q 25-yard
field goal that won the game and
Mentzer called for an intentional
safety that got Eastern out Of q
big hole late in the fourth quar-
ter
Keys boot came midway in the
second period with the ball rest
ing on the 17-yard line. The
Rambler ace, who takes care OF
the punting. extra points and
kickoff duties. dropped back to
the Is and placed the ball al
most in the center of the posts
Keys placement was aided by a
strong wind, but the kick was SC
accurate and long that it probably
could have been scored on a calm
Gay. t..
Mentzer's Strategy Works.
Mentzer's fine strategy came
with four minutes remaining In
the game. Gene Bowersox. punt
ing for Anacostia. stopped one
dead on the Eastern II and q
roughness penalty put the Ram
blers on their own /. Keys, in
to punt. received a call from the
Eastern bench and after trotting
over to get instructions from
Mentzer, downed the bali in the
end zone.
It was good strategy. The wind
was blowing straight into Keys
face. If he tried to punt out
from the /. not only would
there be a good chance of q
blocked kick and a touchdown
by Anacostia but it is doubtful
if Keys. could have gotten the
ball past his own 20. BY YIELD
ing two non-essential points, the
Ramblers got a chance for a free
kick from their own 20 instead OF
risking an Anacostia touchdown
that would have cost them the
game.
Nevertheless. it looked as II
Anacostia was not to be denied
Keys kickoff went high and out
OF bounds and the Indians took
over near midfield. With Pat
Kober tearing holes in the Ram
bier line. Anacostia moved into
Eastern territory. On a LONG
fourth down pass from Bobby
Chatlin to Aubrey Southworth
Ralph Sita. Rambler defensive
halfback, pushed the lanky Ana
costa end and. interference was
called at the II.
huleS Fuzzle rams. @
The fans could not understand
why. after much discussion, the
ball was, taken back to where 1t
was thrown and is yards was
paced OF against Eastern. Under
high school rules. pass interference
Is . l5-yard penalty from the line
OF scrimmage and this gave Ana
costa first down on the Eastern
10. Under college rules it would
have been a first down where the
foul was committed and the In
dians would have been on the IL
instead of the 10.
From closer in, the Indians
might have attempted to drive
through the line - something
Kober had been doing very well
the whole game. But from the 19
they tried sweeping the ends,
threw an incompleted pass and
wound up with fourth down on the
% Ed Laso, extra-point special
ist, came in to try and duplicate
Keys kick but Quarterback Jim
Mathews fumbled the pass from
center and Eastern took over to
run the clock out.
The game couldn't have beer
closer. A fifth official was on
the sidelines to judge penetra-
ton which would have decided
the game had there been a tie.
On the basis Of three points for
crossing their opponents 80 and
five for penetrating beyond the
20, each team scored II points
II they had tied, as they did
earlier in the season, 1912, inter-
high officials would have been
faced with the unenviable pros
pect Of deciding the playoff with
the flip Of coin.
Both teams were playing fol-
keeps. Harsh words were ex-
changed frequently and roughnes:
penalties were paced off all after
(see HIGH SCHOOLS, Pg. A-1e.>
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