Evening star., 1954-11-05
VI " HIeH ScHooLs'I

likes the flrst-line unit. He claims
Fullback Frank Vita and Half.
back Ronnie Bennett are "a.
good as any in the. CITY,"
Tackles Mike Lee and Ton
LaMoure top 200 pounds or
defense. John Sheehan anc
Denny Flynn are a pair of rough
defensive ends and John Farrell
fills in nicely for either. Guard.
Fritz Rathjens and Steve CHASE
and Center Mike Lob handle thu
middle work.
Safetyman John Whelan, WHIT
broke his wrist in the tie with
Episcopal, will be ready for thu
Carroll and st. Johns games
Jankowski discloses. Jim Epharre
is doing the job now while Jacl
Bussing and Jim Rowan continue
in the defensive backfield.
That offensive backfleld is q
versatile unit, manipulating the
single wing or Information. Vita
gets good power out of his
muscular build. Bennett car
throw from the tailback spot anc
is not easy to bring down when
carrying the ball. Little Dick
Nickerson lends speed to wing
back. tailback or right halfback
depending on the shift.
OF particular delight to jan
koWski is the q uarterba TX,
Whitley Murray. Murray, a SEN
ior, has turned into an excep-
tional ball-handler out OF the
ct" and an effective blocking
back in the single wing. "You
just don't get a boy like Murray
in my formation 2 says Jan. But
he did.
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Guest expert this time is Joe
Grain, the George Mason coach.
Joe also officiates a great deal
outside his league and has seen
more teams in the area than
most. Consequently, Grain had
opinions on all but three of the
80 games scheduled today, to-
morrow and Sunday.
AL (Sleepy) Thompson picked
81 games last week end. hit %
on the nose, missed seven and
one was a tie.
Our boxscore on all games:
Results last week-27 right, six
wrong, one tie. Aggregate score
to date-87 right, % wrong, six
ties. Our choices, followed by
those of Grain:
TODAY.
osbourn over Chester tremains un-
oeatenl. Coondge over Bell, Leesburg
Friends touakerss s win a finale5 Moa Iane
syer Sra Fairfax tvisitors toughl, Blair over
safder,sS; aifssrs6,,, Richard Montgomery over
strong over Parker Gray, st. Stephens
,yer Norfolk Academy Spingarn, over
Dunbar, Suitland over Bladensbure
1Rams reboundl. Luther jackson over
Taylor, Wakefield over Mount Vernon.
Anacostia over Western, Carroll JV over
Wheaton little Lions unbeater), Wilson,
over Roosevelt (Tigers clinch playoff).
TOMORROW.
B-CC over Annapolis, Penn State
F'rosh over Bulls. Falls Church over
chamberlain (Jaguars win secondD, CO.
lumbar Prep over Wyoming Seminary,
George Mason over Garfield, CIV over
John Marshall PRESIDENTS ruin unbeaten
record, Georgetown Prep over st.
Mary's, Gonzaga over Northwestern (if
Eagles stay alert) Loudoun over Hern-
don. st. Albans over st. Andrews. Sher-
wood over Laurel (Class headliner),
Episcopal over Virginia Episcopal, Balti-
more &c over Woodward
SUNDAY.
st. Johns over Carroll defensive edge
for Cadets.
GRAINS PICKS.
osbourn, Coolidge. Friends, Lane,
Blair. Gaithersburg, Richmond Arm
strong. st. Stephens. Spingarn. Suit
land. Wakefield. Anacostia. Carroll w.
Wilson, B-CC, Penn State Frosh, Falls
Church. Columbian Prep, John Marshall,
GEORGETOWN Prep. Northwestern, Lou
doun, st. Adams, Sherwood, Episcopal,
Baltimore Junior College. st. Johns.