Evening star., 1953-10-24
No. 80 Has Meaning
For Anacostia After
Sub Sparks Victory
Interhigh Division y Standings.
Eastern Division Western Division
By Bob Henson


Until yesterday No. 80 on the
Anacostia High School football
team was hardly more than that
"a number. In a squad Of 35,
he was used so sparingly that
his coach, Zu Stewart, wasn't
sure of his first name.
But that was before the game
with its arch rival across the
river, Eastern. Yesterday, Charles
E. Secrist, jr., came off the
bench wearing No. 80 on his jer-
sey as a replacement for End
John Schroeder, injured early in
the fourth quarter. Eastern was
leading, 14-6, and seemingly on
its way to victory. But the Ram
blers hadn't figured on Secrist,
with a big assist from Fullback
Jim Gamer, and apparently
neither had any one else.
SecriSt Proves Versatile.
Secrist, a sophomore playing
football for the first time and
previously used only on defense,
set up one touchdown on the re-
ceiving end of a 53-yard pass
play. He scored another on a
35-yard pass play with less than
2 minutes to play to give Ana
costa a 1914 victory over East
ern on AnacoStia's field.
The Indians scored first early
In the opening quarter when
Halfback Dan DroZe went over
following recovery of an Eastern
tumble on the 19-yard line by
End Dean Knudsen. Eastern
forged ahead in the third quar-
ter after a sustained drive from
its own 80 with Ed Mulligan
scoring on a quarterback sneak
and converting. The Ramblers
picked up another touchdown in
the last quarter when End Char
ley Sampson intercepted a pass
on Anacostia's 25 and scampered
over untouched. Mulligan again
converted and the Ramblers ap-
peared to be ahead to stay.
Gamer Takes to Air.
Then the Indians took over
and literally Scalped Eastern in
the last five minutes of the game.
Gamer, 5-foot-11, 190-pound
fullback and the best runner of
the game, was throwing passes,
the first time he had tried it in
a game. And receiving for the
first time was Secrist, 6-foot-1,
165 FOUNDER.
Following Secrist's first catch,
on Eastern'S 8, Gamer bulled
over on fourth down. Guard
Charley Juliano of Anacostia re-
covered an Eastern tumble on
the 80 following the kickoff. Two
plays later Gamer hit Secrist on
the 3. The lanky end caught
it by his finger tips in between
two Eastern defenders and
stepped over for the winning
score. Gamer capped it with a
successful conversion.
Take X-RayS Today.
The injured Schroeder, hit
hard from behind in an attempt
to catch a pass, was removed
from the field on a stretcher. He
was taken to Emergency Hos
pital by ambulance and X-rays
were to be taken today to deter
mine the extent of back injuries.
Elsewhere in the District In
terhigh division y League yes
terday, unbeaten Tech blanked
Bell, $50, and Roosevelt downed
Chamberlain, 26-6, as expected,
and Coolidge pulled a mild up
set in eliminating defending
champion Wilson from the title
picture, 1912. Western was idle
this week.
Two key plays in the second
half-a bad center pass by Will
son on fourth down and a rough
ing-the-kicker penalty-contrib-
uted to Wilson's defeat, its third
against two wins and a tie.
All five Division II teams were
In action yesterday, but only
Dunbar and Spingarn were in
volved in District league compe-
tition.
Armstrong Upset, 14-7.
Armstrong, previously unbeat-
en- and unscored on in three
games, was upset, 14-7, at Dun
bar of Baltimore. Conlin
Hagler's 83-yard punt return for
a touchdown in the third quar-
ter was Armstrong; only bright
spot.
Another squeaker was played
at AleXandria's Municipal Sta
dium, where Parker-Gray edged
Phelps Vocational. 1912. Full
back James Venson, a regular
defensive tackle until a week
ago, passed for both PIG touch
downs and the extra point while
Robert Oden scored twice for
Phelps on a pair of 1-yard
plunges.
Cardozo won its second game
of the year with a 1910 victory
over Carver in Baltimore. Ralph
Denley had two of the touch
downs and KENNY DIln1an the