Evening star., 1950-11-24
Resi-
For Trainers Is
Seen as Factor
RombIers Heavier, but
Played Rugged Come
Only Three Doys Ago
By Brion Bell. Jr.

Tech will be slight favorite To
take the interhigh football cham
pionship when it meets Eastern
in Griffith Stadium at $50 O'Clock
tonight. The Trainers have had
two weeks rest while Eastern
played only three days ago.
But Techs coach. Ed Solomon,
is not sure the long layoff has
been good for his boys. He Is
afraid they may have lost their
sharpness in the two weeks since
they have met opposition. Scrim-
mage has kept their timing sharp,
but Solomon feels there Is no sub
|stitute for game conditions and
wishes Tech had not had to wait
so long before meeting the Dis
trict / titlist.
However, Dick Mentzer, Eastern
coach. saw his charges battle a
rugged Anacostia eleven for 48
minutes Of hard football Tuesday
before winning, 80. Although no
serious injuries were received in
the playoff game, it was one of
the toughest contests played this
year and many of the boys are
still nursing bruises. The Ramblers
will be pulling an ironman stunt
in meeting Tech with only three
days rest.
Not Scored on in Games.
Tech will have no worries to-
night If it can keep up the torrid
pace 1t was setting when the
Trainers regular season ended
two weeks ago. They held the op-
position scoreless in the last four
games, blanking Western, $50;
Gonzaga, $50; Roosevelt, $50,
and Bell, 1910.
The Trainers overall record Is
seven wins, a loss (to WI, 400
and a tie with Wilson, I'D. They
have scored 169 points to their
opponents 20, an average of al
most 10 points a game on offense
while their opposition averaged q
fraction over three points a game
Eastern's only loss also came at
the hands of WI, $50, while
the Ramblers won seven and tied
once (12-12 in the first game with
Anacostia). Eastern has scored
169 points, an average of almost
16 game. and given up 55-a per
game total of little over six.
Thus the two teams will take
Identical won-loss records into
the game, with Tech holding q
slight edge on offensive and de.
fensive figures.
In comparative scores. Tect
again can be given a slight ad.
vantage. Tech beat Coolidge
27-6; Roosevelt, $50, and West.
ern $50. Eastern scored ovel
those teams by about the same
margin-28-0 over Coolidge, 20-t
over Roosevelt and PIT ovel
Western. But against strons
WI. Tech was nosed out, 40
while Eastern was routed, $50.
, When it comes to comparativ.
, weights, the Ramblers show tn,
way Only st. Johns among tn,
areas high school teams cal
match Eastern for size. TIL,
Ramblers' line average of NOR
than 100 tops Tech by at least II
pounds per man. while the East
ern backs also are heavier.
Proceeds Go for Equipment.
Neither Tech nor Eastern will
be a newcomer to the champion
ship game although Eastern ha
not played for the title since 1945
Mentzer piloted the Ramblers tt
championships in both "a and AS
his first two years at Eastern
Tech lost, 21-20, to Wilson in tn,
title game last season and tn,
Trainers last crown was in 1947
Eastern uses the split T, Will.
Tech sticks to the single-wing
mixing end runs, straight buck.
and passes.
Student tickets are on sale al
the public high schools and can.
not be bought at Griffith Stadium
tonight. Adult tickets may bs
purchased at the stadium after
pm. and also at the Touchdown
Club, Fairway Sports Shop, Cham.
pion Sports, Inc, and the Sport.
Center during the day. Proceeds
will be used to buy sports equip.
'ment for the high schools.
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