Evening star., 1953-09-19
District Schools Show
Little 10 Help Rivals
In Warmup Games

Four of the nine District high
schools will have games under
their belts when the Interhigh
League football season opens
with four games next Friday, but
rival coaches will have little to
go on in the way of scouting
reports.
Two of the teams, Eastern and
Coolidge, went far out of town
for their warmup games and
Chamberlain travelled to Laurel.
Only defending champion Will
son played around home and
nothing much could be gained
from the Tigers 20 victory over
George Washington last night.
Eastern. after suffering a 1916
defeat at Lebanon, Pa, a week
ago, evened its record with a
14-0 victory at Hagerstown High
and Coolidge absorbed a 27-O
paSting at Mechanicsburg, Pa,
in two games last night. Cham
berlain and Laurel played to
So tie in the afternoon.
Friends Wins 400.
In two other games, Friends
opened its season with a 400
victory over st. Mary's of Annap-
oils at the Friends field and
Bladensburg travelled to West
minister, Md, for 25-6 triumph.
Eastern spent most of the eve
ming in HagerStoWn's end of the
field but could push over touch
downs only twice, one each in
the first and fourth quarters, as
frequent penalties stalled the
Rambler offense.
Halfback Dave Ellington
capped a 70-yard march with
plunge from yards out for the
first score and Bob Ellis, who
was outstanding at fullback and
linebacker, went over from in
side the 1-foot line in the last
period. Quarterback Ed Multi
gan kicked both conversions.
Scoring in Tie Game.
Chamberlain and Laurel each
scored Second-half touchdoWns
for their deadlock. John Kid
we'll put Laurel in front in the
third quarter when he bucked
over from the 3-yard line.
Tommy Rock evened matters
when he crossed the goal early
in the last quarter after running
from the 5.
MechanicSburg scored three of
its touchdowns before intermis-
sion and coaSted to the victory
over Coolidge. Coach Gil Conn,
however, felt his Coolidge squad
had improved more than ex-
pected since the beginning of
practice, in spite of the score.
Dave Stowe passed for two
touchdownS and scored two
more himself in the first half as
Friends had little trouble with
st. Mary's. AShby Chamberlin
recovered a blocked put in the
third quarter and ran 35 yards
unmolested for another score and
Alvin Johnson circled his left
end for 8 yards and the last
touchdown near the end of the
game. Jim Sabin and Roland
Habicht each converted twice.
Two Touchdown Passes.
Coach Bob Callahan of Bla-
densburg was impressed by West
minister's ground defense but
even more pleased with the pass
ing of his quarterback that set
tied the issue. Norman Harris
hit Mike Collins with two scoring
heaveS of 40 and so yards each
and picked out the same target
for the Mustangs only CONVEX
sion. Halfback Larry Foreman
ran his right end for 20 yards
in the first quarter for the Mus
tangs' other touchdown.
The only high school activity
today will be found at ST. Johns
Airlie campus and Bethesda
Chevy Chase. st. Johns enter
tains Georgetown Prep in the
opening game of the Catholic
League season and B-CC is host
to the Montgomery County foot
ball jamboree, both starting at
2pm.
Gonzaga travels to Baltimore
tomorrow to play Mount St.
Joseph's at 2 pm. in the only
game involving local team.