Evening star., 1949-10-01
By Bill Fuchs

Jimmy Pantos is suffering from
a shoulder injury and If 1t proves
serious enough to keep him out
of action against Anacostia next
Friday, Central may have trouble.
Pantos is to Central what an
arm is to a paperhanger. There
are other outstanding football
players on the team such as Bob
Couzzen, Terry Gregory. Lou
Glickfield, Franny Gleason and
Jim Sullivan. But without Pantos
Central would be like new auto
mobile without gas.
Pantos injured his shoulder
Yesterday while steering the
vikings to an easy 26-0 victory
over Roosevelt. The victory puts
Central in a f1rst-place tie with
Coolidge for the lead in Division
2 of the District Public High
Series. Each has won one game.
Praised by Coach.
Pantos had his shoulder and
right arm bandaged at GARFIELD
Hospital Immediately after the
game. The attending doctor said
the injury may heal within a few
days. On the other hand. 1t may
prove to be more serious, thereby
giving Coach Lou Chacos Just
cause to reach for the aspirN
bottle.
HE is the greatest break-away
runner I ever have seen In high
school ball." Chacos said.
In scoring Central's third touch
down in the third period, Pantos
took a 15-yard pass from Sullivan
and lurched, sidestepped and Zig
Jagged his way the remaining 45
yards.
According to my figuring" said
Chacos, that play might be good
for Is yards. Instead, Pantos gets
a touchdown. He is the first half
back I have seen in high school
ball who may go all the way at
any time"
Pantos scored Central's first two
touchdowns. He scurried "a yards
for the first one in the first period
to climax a 65-yard drive that
required seven plays. He went IA
yards for the other In the second
quarter on a 53-yard parade that
took six plays. Couzzen contrib
uted greatly to this march with a
21-yard run.
Using Complicated T.
But even with the capable Pantos
in the lineup. Chacos may have
reasons to groan. He admits his
team has possibilities Of repeating
as champion. but he is using the
complicated T formation and there
are several first-year boys in the
starting lineup.
"A T-formation play won't
work" says Lou, unless the boys
can block, and too many of these
boys are inexperienced. On any
given day an underdog team can
give a young team a IT."
Coach Pete Labukas Of Roose-
velt was pleased with the hustle
shown by his boys, although they
were completely outclassed. A
couple Of passes from Weaver
Merriam to George Burch and
from Terry HUH to Dick Kraft
put the Riders down to Central's
16 in the third period, but at that
point the attack fizzled.
End Glen Hogle. one Of the
young boys playing regularly for
Central, made the first touchdown
of his high school career-which
started this season - when he
caught a 35-yard Sullivan pass in
the final session.
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