Evening star., 1951-11-02
By Bill Fuchs

A couple of high school football
stars decided they wanted to GO
to the Naval Academy together
and as a result. Bulls School has
them in its backfield.
Mike Monroe and Bob Nc
Nance made fine running block
ing combination at Roosevelt High
School in Seattle where they
helped their team take the Wash
ington State championship last
season. They make an equally
fine combination for Bulls, un-
defeated so far in six games.
Bulls ranks a heavy favorite to
beat Baltimore Junior College to-
morrow in Baltimore.
Monroe and McNamee decided
on naval careers while sopho-
mores in high school. Bosom
buddies, they agreed to try it to-
gether and are on their way, for
Bulls sends about 80 per cent of
its graduates to Annapolis.
Favorites With Coach.
The West Coast boys are two Of
Coach Harry Deming's favorites.
Monroe is an exceptionally good
runner" he says. HE just runs
all over, knees, elbows. everything.
And McNamee sure can block. He
can drive a player right out Of the
park. Against Aquinas in Roch-
ester, N. Y, he drove an end some
20 yards, right past the sidelines
and over the bench"
Monroe, at 6-1, is a couple Of
inches taller than his pal and
at 100 about five pounds heavier.
Deming, who produced several
outstanding runnin g-blocking
combinations while coachin G
Washington-Lee High S ch ool /.
ranks the Seattle pair as tops.
Both boys pass. as do Jimmy
Sullivan, former Central High
School star, and Bob Smith. Sulli-
van, says Deming, is doing an ex-
ceptionally fine job at quarter
backing the split-T.
II don't like the tight-T. !"
Deming says. but we have to use
the T so these boys will be ex-
oerienced in it when they get to
Navy. But we do all right with
the split T, the same as Maryland
uses. Why, we even got one play
Jim Tatufn maryland coach)
didn't have. We beat his fresh
men in a scrimmage with it"
Other District Players on Squad.
Besides Sullivan, Deming has
several other Washington area
boys on the squad. Danny Vaught.
former Tech guard, is playing end.
while Guard Don Gaul played at
Guard Bill McHenry at
Western and End Tim Flynn and
Back Joe Ganey. at St. Johns
and End Bob Taylor at Bethesda
Chevy Chase.
Flynn, incidentally, is the son
Of Bingo Flynn, former president
Of the Touchdown Club. Gray
boards who followed the Mohawk
Mercury feud of the golden age of
Independent football here may be
interested to know that young
Gansy is the son Of the Joe who
was kingpin Of the Mercury Club.
The Bulls line isn't big as lines
go, but it's fast. Three 190-
Founders hold down the tackle
poSts-Bob Inge of Burlington,
N. c.; Bob Duf1ey of Cleveland
and Sandy Bur of Green Bay,
Wis.
A boy whose father coached him
in high school helps take care of
one guard position and kicks extra
points. He has converted II
straight times. Tom Hall, 205-
pound fu.loack under his father
at Springfield Pa.) High, has
been shifted to the line by DEM
ing.
Hes doing great at guard and
linebacker," Deming says. "He
intercepted two passes against
Aqulnas and ran back some SO or
go yards And I've been betting
him ice cream on his conversions.
I owe him two quarts"
Russ Fogarty and Pete Threst
alternate at center. Each weighs
180 pounds.
Tackle Converted to End.
Biggest man on the squad is
Don Simcnic, ga, 225-pound end.
"Ie WAS a tackle narainv aave