Evening star., 1953-10-22
Anacostia HopesS Shift
To Single Wing Will
Aid Cause Tomorrow

Anacostia High Schools foot
ball team, getting nowhere fast
in the Eastern Division of the
Interhigh League, has junked
the split-T and gone back to the
single wing offense for the bal
ance of its games this season.
Coach Zu Stewart. in his 18th
year as coach of the Indians,
has always been an advocate of
the single wing, a system he
learned as a player at George
Washington some years ago.
After a disappointing season last
year. Stewart decided to change
to the Split-T. Three straight
losses convinced Stewart he was
wrong. Going back to the single
wing last week, the Indians
came up with a 800 win over
Bell, although admittedly play
ing a weak team.
I'VE just didn't have the quar-
terback for the split-T." Stewart
said. That's no reflection on
John Schroeder. He's a fine ball
player, but you don't grasp the
intricacies of the split-T over
night"
Offense Picking Up.
I'm our win over Bell we
showed an offense for the first
time" he continued. Although
we were playing one of the
weaker teams in the league, at
least we moved the ball which
is something we hadn't been do
ing up to that time. The result
should be lot better from here
on in"
AS a result of the changeover.
Schroeder will be shifted to an
end position in the Indians
game with Eastern tomorrow. A
6-footer weighing ITS pounds,
Schroeder thus will become the
second in his family to play that
position with Anacostia. His
brother Gene starred there and
later went on to play for Virginia
and the Chicago Bears. He now
is in the Navy,
Other shifts will send Tony
Brayton from blocking guard to
signal caller and blocking quar-
terback. Don Goings will be
wingback, Dan DroZe tailback
and Tim Gamer, 5-foot-11, 190-
FOUNDER and probably the fastest
man on the team. at fullback.
Droze and Gamer will share the
passing duties,
Eastern Fullback Hurt.
Eastern, a 20-13 loser to
Roosevelt last week, will be out
to keep its chances for the play
offs alive. Much depends on hav-
ing the teams hardest runner,
Fuflback Bob Ellis, available for
fulI-time duty. Ellis bruised
several ribs in the Roosevelt
game, but Coach Dick Mentzer
says he has been taped heavily
and will start.
Anacostia and Eastern are
traditional rivals and on some
occasions at athletic games be-
tween the two schools, student
spectators have been guilty of
unsportsmanlike conduct. In an
effort to prevent a recurrence at
tomorroW's game, each school is
sending two players from the
football team to address student
assemblies today. Dale Turner
and Gamer will go to Eastern
and Eastern in turn will send
Jim Broderick and Dan Few to
AnacoStia.
Three other Division l games
are scheduled for tomorrow.
Coolidge will be at Wilson,
Chamberlain at Roosevelt and
Bell at Tech. In the lone Divi-
sion II game, Springarn will
meet Dunbar at Brooks Stadium.
The only other league game
tomorrow besides the Interhigh
contests, will be st. James at
Landon in the Interstate Aca-
demic Conference. In all, 26
scholastic football games will be
played tomorrow, Saturday and
Sunday.
The schedule:
T1rlArrOw
Coolidge at Wilson. 3:15
Chamberlain at Roosevelt, 3:I5,
Eastern al AnacoStia, 3:l5
Bell at Tech, 3:I5