Evening star., 1951-11-15

IL STACKS up as one OF the best
games of the year.
Both teams are undefeated, al
though Gonzaga was tied by
Washington-Lee in a game in
which the Eagles were thwarted
by penalties. Both have good
ground attacks-Gonzaga's pow
cred by Leo Di Valentino and St.
Johns by Brother Frye. Both
have excellent passers in the
Eagles Bill Cody and the john
nies' Bob Reese.
Next Wednesday night Roose-
velt and Eastern meet for the
interhigh championship and again
two well-matched teams oppose.
Eastern is undefeated in seven
games while the Riders have lost
only once-to Martinsburg, w.
Vain eight games and haven't
been scored on in interhigh COM
petition.
Besides the Catholic and inter-
high championships. a place in
the mythical city championship
game is at stake in the st. John S.
Gonzaga and Eastern Roosevelt
clashes. The winners will play
Friday night. November 80. and
they might be the two teams that
we're in the big game last year
Eastern and st, Johns,
In Northern Virginia, the last
part Of the season is the most
important. Tomorrow night a.
surprising Mount Vernon eleven
which walloped WI, $50. last
week. plays George Washington
IN Alexandria. Thanksgiving Day
WI and CIV meet in their annuali
rivalry and the following Friday
Mount Vernon visits Fairfax, a.
team with an 81 record, in what
should be another fine game.
In Montgomery County Bethes-
da-Chevy Chase plays at Mont
gomery Blair in rivalry that
grew so intense last year that
all athletic competition between
them was suspended after the
1850 game until this football sea-
son. Neither team has an i'm
pressive record but a victory in
the big game" will make a sue
cessful season for the winner.
The Prince Georges County
schedule is so arranged that the
champion, if there is one, won't
be decided until November "a.
Suitland beat Bladensburg last
week, Bladensburg meets North
western tomorrow night and Suit
land faces Northwestern next
week. The league could wind up
In a three-Way tie.
With two games remaining on
the colored interhigh schedule,
only Armstrong has been elimi-
mated from contention. Cardozo
1-0-D plays Phelps 1-1-O next
Tuesday while Dunbar 1-0-D |
meets Armstrong (0-2-0) Novem-
ber %.
Among the prep schools. Bulls
Is one game away from an un-
defeated season but must beat
the strong Navy Plebes in An
napolis November "a to keep its
slate clean. Columbia Prep. win
less in six games, has two more
chances to break into the victory
column.
In Eligio Betancourt's native
land of Puerto Rico, they play
baseball not football. Baseball isl
still Eligio's favorite sport Chez
wants to be a professional player
but he's learned football well
enough to be star.
Last week the 16-year-old
Mount Vernon player was all over
the field against Washington-Lee
and was credited by Coach Harry
Lee with playing a big part in the
Mounts $50 upset victory.
What makes the story unusual
Is that Eligio was playing his first
game at defensive end and this is
his first season as a high school
player.
Eligio was born in Puerto Rico
and came to the United States in
1941. He lived in Georgetown for
eight years and then moved to
Arlington where he learned the
fundamentals of football at Swan
son Junior High in 1949.
Ironically the Swanson coach