Evening star., 1949-12-04
Haley Fools Foe
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Air Games Says
Winners Throw Only
One Pass; Eagles
Defense Is Superb
By Bill Fuchs
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Although using a defense which
all but snuffed out Wilson's attack.
Gonzaga had to come from behind
to work out 1877 victory in the
second annual District public
high-Catholic high football game
yesterday at Griffith Stadium. A
crowd estimated at 10000 saw the
game.
So effective was Gonzaga's fierce
resistance. the Tigers were re-
stricted to two first downs and
Leo Speros was held to two pass
competitions in Is tries.
The score was no indication Of
the complete dominance held by
the Eagles. who gained revenge for
last years pasting by Central.
Gonzaga, with Billy Haley in
charge, fooled everybody by ad-
herring almost exclusively to
ground play. Haley. whose talents
include passing as well as running
and blocking, did not uncork a
single aerial. Gonzaga's one pass.
from Leo DiValentino to Tommy
O'Keefe on fourth down in the
second period, lost 4 yards.
Only Two Completions.
Wilson, on the other hand, filled
the air with footballs, but only on
two occasions did the highly
touted Speros fulfill his intentions.
He found Tom Sandoz for 20 yards
and the Tigers only touchdown
In the third period. He connected
with Sandoz for IA yards and q
first down in the fourth period.
Gonzaga got down to business
early. The Eagles took the, open
Ing kickoff and put the ball in
play on their own 80. They then
pounded relentlessly downf1eld for
touchdown, Haley carving out
the last 18 yards on an end run.
Haley. OKeefe and Dominic Mic
astri kept knitting through the
Wilson line for repeated gains
enroute to that score. O'Keefe's
attempted run for the extra point
was stopped.
Wilson could do nothing with
the ball the first half. The first
time the public high champs had
it, they lost five yards. On tho
three other occasions the Tigers
had possession they gained total
Of nine yards.
Scoring Pass to Sandoz.
Gonzaga. although not unstop-
able, made several dents into Will
sons defense. In the second per-
iod the Eagles ground out march
from their own "a to the Wilson
80. The Tigers barred their fangs
at this point and took over on
downs.
But in spite Of the one-sided-
ness. the Eagles had to sweat out
a last-period touchdown to win.
In the third period, O'Keefe.
standing in punt formation. fum-
bled and Wilson recovered on the
Gonzaga 80 to set up the score
which almost cost Gonzaga the
ball game. The injured Lee Brin-
son in his only running attempt Of
the day picked up seven yards and
Speros gained four on two tries
to give Wilson its original first
down. Speros carried for two more
yards to the 20 and here COM
pleted his first pass on the day to
Sandoz in the end zone. Dick
Sebastian then booted the extra
point which put the out-played
Tigers in command.
Welch Grabs tumble.
The breaks were evened up.
however, a few minutes later when
George Warning fumbled and Tom
WEIGH recovered for Gonzaga on
the Wilson 30. Haley, the out
standing player on the field.
picked up 16 yards and O'Keefe
nine to put the ball on the S.
OKeefe took it to the 3, but
three plays later it was on the
4, thanks to an inspired stand by
the Wilson line. On fourth down
Haley skirted right end for the
score.
Wilson got the ball three more
times and Speros passed on every
play except one-when Chris King
punted. The talented fullback
completed the one to Sandoz. but
on almost every other occasion
Alfred Wilkinson was in the way.
Besides breaking up several he in
tercepted two.
It was not Wilson's day.
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Yards gained rushing -2O1 -
Yards gained passing - "a
Passes attempted - 16
Passes completed -- Q
Number of punts -- 6
Average yards punts II 80
Yards punts returned ---- -19 %
FumbleS
Fumbles recovered !
Yards penalized 80 70
Pass interceptions