Evening star., 1952-09-27
RooseveIf's Defeat
OF Tech Shows Riders
Can Get Rough Again

Victory fever has again taken
hold Of the Roosevelt High School
football team and for that Coach
Lou Chacos is happy.
The Rough Riders last year
turned from q lethargic, inept
squad to one which came within
a game of winning the District
1nterhigh title. Chacos had the
team victory-conscious all season.
long. but last week it looked like
the same old not-so-Rough Riders
in losing to st. Johns. Yester-
days TO victory over Tech in the
Interhigh opener is an indication
Roosevelt is ready to get rough
again.
Il don't want to take anything
away from st. Johns victory"
Chacos says, "but my boys were
out of shape and loafing. I think
that loss was a tonic. The at
titude here has changed. It's like
last year again. All week long
they put everything into prac-
tice. And I think this victory
over Tech will convince them that
hard work does bring results"
Eastern Whips Western.
In other interhigh openers yes
terday, Eastern won over Western
14-7; Wilson trounced Bell, $50,
and Anacostia defeated Chamber
lain, 800.
Particularly pleasing to Chacos
was the work of Phil Perlo at
quarterback. "He really came
through" Chacos says. "He called
them throughout the game and
showed the form I thought he had
all along. Tackle Bill Amos
played the best game he's ever
played. also thought Mugman
and Preinkert were outstanding in
the line and Schlegel, Stirling and
Kavournis in the backfield." That
would be Malcolm Mugman, Dave
Preinkert, Dwight Schlegel.
Charles Stirling and Mike Ka- J
VourniS. Ii
The only touchdown came Inc
the second period when Roose-
velt went so yards, a pass from (
Perlo to End Tom Andrakakas J
good for Z yards and the score.
Robbie Smithers booted the extra (
point. Runs by Smithers, Ka-
vournis and Sterling and a Perlo- 8
to-Preinkert pass for II yards set {
up the payoff pass. \
Coach Stan Ziobro's Tech team I
got within sight of a touchdown t
three times. The Maroon, spanked +
by Buddy Brotzman. Don Nc h
Glynn and Dick Sutton. got to i
Roosevflt's u, 7 and 8, but 3
couldn't go all the way. Bob Ben
nett's punting featured Techs de-
tense. On one occasion he booted i
out of bounds on the Rider 2-yard D..
line from the Roosevelt 80.
Pennington Intercepts. Il
Graham Pennington intercepted 4
q Bruce McKeithan pass on the :
Western 81 to set up Eastern's, I
first touchdown in the secondI
quarter. Bob Kiatta, Bill Smith
and Sonny Wise carried to the 10,
a Smith-to-Pennington pass adj II
vanced to the and Kiatta went l
over. Eastern scored again in the ~
same period when Larry Warner Z
intercepted a McKeithan pass on Il
the Western 80 and went all the t
way. Ed Mulligan booted both p
extra points. f
Westerns score also came in the E
second and also was the result of %
an interception. Billy Richard
son took Smiths pass on his own S
10 and raced downfield for the 2
touchdown. Jim Bakhtiar kicked y
the extra point. Early in the {
game Western got all the way to v
Eastern's 4. after recovering a n
tumble but couldn't score.
Anacostia capitalized on Cham =
berlain fumbles to set up three of :,
its scores. The Indians ran up a :,
1910 halftime lead, then coasted. =
Wilson had it even easier over :,
undermanned Bell. The Tigers :,
had a $50 halftime command. =
Coach Joe Carlo cleared his bench r
early with the result that the :,
Tigers nine touchdowns were :,
scored by seven players.