The final score was 127 and the rest is history

Kane is exploring the possibilities of making a documentary film of the historical event. During his visit to DC from his now hometown in Phoenix, Arizona he met with several players who participated in that game. The interested parties met at the home of Chink and Gladys Hawkins in Upper Marlboro, Maryland a DC suburb. Gladys is the sister of former Armstrong High School and NFL Green Bay Packer hall of fame player Willie Wood. The DC Public High School All-Stars in attendance were George Carlos, Olin Robinson and Charlie Queen (Spingarn), Willie Wood, and Lowell Wheeler (Armstrong), Frank Sullivan and Alphonso Brooks and John Simms (Dunbar), Kenny Dunlop (Cardozo) Willies close friend and jump shooting basketball teammate Frank Smith was also in attendance. There are so many stories and twist and turns that came out of this game there is not enough time and space to list them all. For example, the lead plaintiff in the 1954 Bolling v Sharpe was Spotswood Bolling He was my high school basketball teammate at Spingarn. The legendary DeMatha High School basketball Hall of Fame coach Morgan Wooten was an assistant football coach at St.

Johns. Coaches Sal Hall and Biff Carter, Cardozo and Phelps respectively, were assistant coaches for the DC Public Schools Mr. Hall was one of the greatest football minds to ever come out of DC. Kermit Zu Zu Stewart of Anacostia was chosen to be the Head Coach (separate but equal). The offense installed for that game was the Single Wing the same offense run by the Anacostia High School football team. The best way to describe the Single Wing offense is to watch todays NFLs version of The Wild Cat Formation. It is used by several NFL teams The quarterback is missing in action. The best player on the field that day was Armstrong QB Willie Wood. He never got a chance to take a snap from under the center, but his presence was felt that day. He was all over the field again. He played defensive back, ran back punts and kick-offs. The final score 12-7 was misleading. Everyone to a man (player) says If Willie had been the quarterback that day it would have been no-contest. Enter Dan Droze and Dave Harris forever linked together in Washington, DC sports history. Dan grew up in SE and Dave in upper NW, Shaw/Cardozo (inner-city), they were two players from two completely different worlds only separated by the color of their skin (separate but equal).

The All-Star game practices were held at Western High School in upper NW, DC (Georgetown). Johns. I recently met with Dan Droze and Dave Harris the two heroes of the game at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. This was the first meeting between the two All-Star teammates since the game 55 years ago. Dan and Dave agreed that things went pretty smoothly and there were no signs of racial tension or envy and jealousy among the players (Player Hating). Johns. The game was a hard fought contest and the outcome was not decided until the closing minutes of the fourth quarter St. Johns played a perfect game resulting in no penalties (separate but equal). Dan (first team All-Met) was a starting running back in the Single Wing offense and Dave (first team All-Met) was a starter at end (wide receiver) Dave played both ways on offense and defense. He decided to throw the ball to someone other than his Anacostia receiver Ed Vincent who had dropped and early TD pass from Droze. December 4th was Dave Harriss birthday. Dan took the snap from center and 30 yards down field he spotted Dave cutting to the left corner of the enzone.

He threw a perfect pass and with two defenders draped all over him, Dave made the catch to remember. The final score was 12-7 and the rest is history. The black and white players would leave the field and return to their own little worlds. It would take 55 years for the stars of the game to meet and cherish a memory that would be etched forever in their minds. Dan would travel down infamous Tobacco Road to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to play for the legendary football coach Jim Tatum. Dave would travel to the University of Kansas for a culture shock. His first day in class he looked like a fly in a cup of milk.