Eastern High School - Punch and Judy Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Q aasgg. FUUTBALL An Eastern eleven newly christened the Ramblers, concluded a heartbreaking season under the tutelage of Messrs. Kelly and Fox, heartbreaking because of the fine start the team made, only to slip when victory seemed within their grasp. As an indication of the fine team they were, the Ramblers defeated a favored Episcopal team, thus serving warning on their adversaries. The Tide then played one of the most difficult games of its schedule when it subdued Roosevelt on the Eastern field 7-O. Eddie Teague, fullback, went inside tackle to score the only touchdown of the game. Many football observers have said that Eastern looked more like a college team than one representing a high school, the night they played Central at Griffith Stadium. Unleashing a host of spinners, reverses and passes, the Ramblers marched down the field twice to register a final score of 'I4-6. Central with its spread forma- tion was always fighting, making this game the tops for thrills. In this contest, Herbie Adams blossomed forth as a star when he scored the first touchdown of the game. As a rest from the grueling Inter-High schedule given them, the Ramblers played Gonzaga, which scored one of the maior upsets of the year by beating us 6-0. This broke the streak of winning games. ln an effort to clear the record of this defeat, Eastern subdued a scrappy St. John's team. After this brief rest from Inter- High games, Eastern played an Anacostia team, which figured to be one of the obstacles in the Tide's march toward the championship. After a close game in which we lost the services of Eddie Teague for the remainder of the season, we conquered the Indians. The standings of the league now revealed Eastern in first place in the Eastern League but a defeat by Tech would put that school ahead. On a wind-swept McKinley field, the Ramblers were defeated by the score 16-0. Beaten, pushed back and back, the representatives of Eastern displayed so much courage and fight that the school was as proud of them as if they had won. So ended the 1941 football schedule. Defeated in the last game but never humbled.

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