Evening star., 1944-11-24
Raiders Prove Rugged
As They Rout Tech
In S|ashing Tilt

Eastern's undefeated Ramblers
today began to plot strategy for next
Fridays battle with Western for the
1914 high school football champion
ship-and the high-binding kings of
the loop frankly are worried about
the Red Raider threat.
Western came up from nowhere
to clinch second place and the right
to clash with the Ramblers for the
title by whipping a highly rated
Tech eleven, 10 to 6, yesterday at
Central Stadium, and Tech is the
team that Eastern barely could edge,
6 to 0, earlier in the season.
Most of the Rambler squad was on
hand yesterday to see the Raider
machine in action and the Eastern
ers got gander at some nifty pass
plays that kept crowd of $500 in
an uproar. There was startled si-
lence, however, in the Eastern con-
tingent as Buddy Hart slung pass
after pass to Burton Meyer, Don
Lichty and Johnny Beatty to pile
up big advantage in yardage.
Only thing the Ramblers saw that
encouraged their title hopes was
the injury to Jack Castro, slim
Raider halfback, who was badly
shaken up in the brutally played
battle. Castro may recover suffi-
GENTLY to be on hand in the Central
bowl Friday at 3:45 for the title
tilt. but the Ramblers, while hoping
that Jack will mend speedily, hope
that he will postpone his recovery
for a week or SO. Castro is little
too slippery and fast for the hefty
Eastern defense to handle.
Rough Tech Outmauled.
The Raiders showed another quail
ity that is cause for alarm in the
Eastern camp. Western proved that
it is able to cope with a big, tough
team of the Rambler type and dish
1t out as well as take it. The light
weight Raiders yesterday gave Tech
two for one in one of the hardest
fought scholastic battles of the year
in which almost every one got
slugged including Referee Red Swee-
ney, who took a punch on the jaw
from an unknown and outraged
player.
Worst injury of the fracas, though,
was suffered by a Tech player, End
Ernie Bertolini, who was rushed to
Garfield Hospital after suffering a
dislocated shoulder in rough
pile-up.
Sweeney, incidentally, stopped the
action late in the final quarter to
pick up the pinskin and carry it to
the Tech l after accusing the
Maroon bench of "unsportsmanlike
conduct" The harried referee, who
had as difficult a time as the third
man in the ring at heavyweight
prize fight, wound up in shower
OF helmets as the game ended.
Western Has Last Drive.
The Raiders didn't turn on the
power until the second half. with
the Maroon picking up a 6-point
lead early in the first quarter and
holding 1t until early in the third
period. The Tech touchdown was
scored when Stan Solomon scooped
up Western tumble and galloped
30 yards. Joe Buells' kick for the
extra point was blocked.
In the third period, however,
Western caught fire when Gene
Gould, redhot Western fullback,
turned the tables by recovering a
tumble of Solomon's on the Raider
30, and Buddy Hart took off with
his famous aerial offensive that
up with a flip to Lichty in
the end zone. Bob Guillot's kick
for the extra point was in the groove
Western scored again with a lucky
break when Gould fumbled in buck
Ing over for a touchdown and Bo
Lamar recovered in the end zone
to make it good. Final Raider
marker came in the closing minutes
when Gould slashed over center
from the 1-yard stripe where Ref
cree Sweeney had placed the ball
IN DeQaliZinp Tech