Evening star., 1953-11-25
) Roosevelt Players
Make A|I-High Team;
Phil PerIo Sfandout
By Bob Honson

Roosevelt, wearing the Inter-
high division Il football crown
for the first time, placed three
players on The Stars 1853 all
high team to lead the eight other
public high schools.
Western. Wilson and Eastern
had two each and Anacostia and
Tech one each on the first team.
All but two of the selections are
seniors.
Phil Perlo, 6-foot. 17O-pound
quarterback Of RooSevelt'S
championship team, was a unan-
mous choice of the coaches who
help make the selections. He
made The Stars second team
last year as a junior. Teammates
selected with Perlo are Tackle
Abe Leach and Guard Bob Yea
ger.
Praised by Rival Coach.
Perlo was far and away the
best ball-handler in the Inter-
high League and one of the out
standing all-around scholastic
football players in the area. He
also is a star in baseball and
basketball.
His coach, Lou Chacos, often
has found occasion to praise
Perlo, but he was Joined yes
terday by a rival. Zu Stewart,
whose Anacostia team was de-
feated by Roosevelt. 14-0, Friday
night for the Interhigh title,
said: "Perlo was the difference.
He a smart boy"
Stewart added: Last year it
was something of a personal
beating by Perlo when we lost
to Roosevelt, 33-0."
Leach, a 6-foot, 225-pounder,
and Yeager, 5-foot-11 and 180
pounds, were bulwarks all sea-
son on defense. They helped
hold Roosevelt's opposition to a
total of So points in eight games.
In the backfield with Perlo
are Bob Ellis. 5-foot-10, 165-
FOUNDER from Eastern; Larry
O'Clery, 5-foot-9, 165-pounder
from Tech, and Dan Droze, s.
foot-1O, 155-pounder from Ana
costa. Droze is a junior and the
other three backs are seniors.
Choices Are Tough.
Backfield selections for the
first and second teams posed the
biggest problem, since so many
of the candidates were rated
almost even. There was only a
narrow margin between the first
and second choices, but Droze
was given the nod over some
of the eligible seniors because of
his fine breakaway running all
season. For sheer power there
was very little difference between
O'Clery, Ellis, Jim Gamer of
Anacostia, Bob Chatf1eld of Will
son, Roger Haney of Western
and Mike KavouniS of Roosevelt.
All of them were hard-driving.
The linemen on the first team,
along with Leach and Yeager,
are all seniors with the exception
of End Warren jenkins, junior
at Western. He was named over
several others primarily because
of his ability to play exception
ally we'll either on offense or de-
fenSe. His work both ways in
Westerns losing game to East
ern in the division playoffs last
week was particularly outstand-
ing. With jenkins on the other
flank is Jerry Scully, 6-foot-1,
185-pounder from Wilson who
did the teams kicking.
Two Players Move Up.
Other linemen on the first
team include Center Jim Culp,
6-foot-1, 210 pounds, also of Will
son; Tackle Hal Dyer of Western
and Guard Ronnie Winters of
Eastern, 6-feet and 210 pounds.
Only two players, Perlo and
Culp, moved up this year from
the second to the first team.
Ray Windsor, Bells 6-foot-4.
202-pound end. was a repeat for
the second team.
In addition to Windsor, the
second team is composed of Lu-
ciano lucky Mazzonetto, an
end at Chamberlain and one of
the best punters in the league;
Tackles Charley Gildon, Tech,
and Mike Monaghan, Eastern;
Guards Dick Malloy of Coolidge
and George Eliades of Eastern;
Center Benny Abel of Tech, and
In the backfeld Chatfield, Haney