Evening star., 1950-11-16

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1t had plenty of support.
They organized a huge parade
with "a floats representing both
Blair and Coolidge. The school
band led the parade through
Silver Spring Friday and a victory
dance was scheduled for Saturday
. night after the game.
When $500 fans showed up to
watch a team that had lost seven
straight the boys really knew
every one was behind them. They
played good football, poured it on
& highly favored Coolidge team
and the dance that night was
victory dance in every sense. !.
Coach Continetti spoke to the
celebrators and told them it was
their spirit that had provided the
spark his winless ball club needed
to catch fire. "If we get the same
sort Of support next week." he told
the students, II think we can beat
Bethesda too."
The big game Of the year for
Montgomery Blair comes up Sat-
urday when it takes on Bethesda
Chevy Chase, traditional rival. on
Blair Field at 2::15. This one is
the Yale-Harvard game Of Mont
gomery County and no matter
what kind Of a record either team
has each year a victory in this
game makes the season a success
full one. Montgomery Blair will
be the underdog again this week,
but this isn't worrying the STU
dents any.
They have a big bonfire rally
scheduled tomorrow night at 81
and after that they believe the
boys will be ready for Bethesda.
Blair thinks it can make it three
straight over B-CC and show what
q great school spirit can do to give
q football team the added incen-
tive it needs to win.
It's too bad that high school
football games in Washington
don't have better attendance. In
Chicago when Bill De Correvont,
later of the pros. was a schoolboy
star, crowds ranging up to $4,000
and more jammed Soldiers Field
to watch high school football. In
the Southwest. 10000 isn't any
great figure for a good game. Yet
In Washington the best games are
played before scant crowds of two
or three thousand.
OF course. the absence of night
football In the District and the
fact that a college game usually
is being played the next day may
have some bearing on the small
attendance. But real football fans
of which there seem to be many
in other sections of the country
can't get enough football, no mat
ter when its played.
There have been many more
exciting high school than college
games in the area this season,
The Eastern-Anacostia 1912 tie,
Roosevelt's 1918 upset of Coolidge
and Eastern's 1879 win over Will
son were three that couldn't have
been better from the spectators
viewpoint. And as for watching
good teams in action. a look at st,
Johns smooth-working offense
and George Washington's fine as
sortment Of plays should please
any student of the game.
Washington football fans are
passing UP a good bet when they
ignore top high school attractions.
The high school game may not
have the f1nesse of the college or
pro brand of football, but it is
more exciting and much less
frustrating.
Stan Rochinski, Chamberlain
halfback, has made a remarkable
record while playing with a team
that has won only one game this
season. If he were with a top
Tight team he would be scoring
almost every time he got his hands
on the ball-he's that good.
He clinched Chamberlain's only
victory this year by running So
yards from scrimmage to gain a
14-6 win over De Matha last week
and in his teams losing games he
has been equally outstanding. He
caught an 11-yard pass for Cham
berlain's only touchdown against
Anacostia and on defense he had
Bobby Chatlin, the Indians star
tailback. stopped cold-something
that hasn't been done much
around here.
In the Landon game he took
q punt and ran 68 yards for al
touchdown, and against Coolidge
he returned a kick SO yards to
score. Rochinski is big and fast
just the kind college scouts are
looking for-and he's had plenty
OF notice. Both Pennsylvania and
Scranton already have offered
him scholarships, but he seems
to be headed for Ohio State.
Friends, Montgomery Blair and
Chamberlain came off the win
less list last week and that leaves
only Laurel without at least
one victory this season. !
Bobby Chatlin would probably win
a most valuable player award for