Evening star., 1954-10-23
leroge Of Washington Area Scholastic Football Games
Northwestern Defeat
Puts Blair Safely Past
Biggest Title Barrier
Maryland County League stan,
By Bob Henson

DShS ss~sAS~ss ~
Montgomery Blair High, safe
ly past its toughest test. Is en-
visioning an unbeaten season
and Its first Bi-County football
title.
A few days ago. Coach Con
Brown was saying that the
Northwestern game would be
the toughest. If Blair got past
that one it would be over the
hump.
The Blazers remaining league
game is with Bethesda Chevy
Chase. They were assured OF no
worse than a tie of the cham
pionship in handing Northwest
ern a 2O-12 defeat last night at
Northwestern's stadium. It was
Blair's fifth straight victory Of
the season.
Offense Improved.
Two players not with the team
last year have bolstered an al
ready fine backfleld. They are
Quarterback Ken Psira, a trans
fer from Roosevelt High and
Jack Stoneburner, formerly aC
st. Johns.
Psira called an excellent game
but the plaudits went to Stone
burner, along with Dick Street
and Dick Brown.
Makes 67-Yard Run.
The Blazers held shaky 1876
lead shortly after the fourth
quarter started when Stone
burner iced the game with a ST.
yard run off left tackle for a
touchdown. 1t was anti-climatic
when the Wildcats drove SO
yards after the ensuing kickoff
for a touchdown, with Hughie
Curtis going off his left side the
last "a yards for the score.
Blair's first touchdown came
in the opening period on an in
Perception by Guard Tank
Schultz, who grabbed the ball
on Northwestern's 25-yard line
and numbered over. The Wild
cats came back to tie it up in
the next quarter on a recovered
tumble and the aid of a 15-yard
penalty, going Al yards with Joe
Kuharik bulling over the last 2
yards. 49,.
The Blazers second touchdown
resulted from a poor punt on
fourth down by Northwestern in
the second quarter. From the
15-yard line, they moved the
ball in four plays for the score
with Psira going over on a quar-
terback sneak. The scoring
stopped after that until Stone
burner broke the game open.
Art Tolson, a long-legged
senior halfback, scored IA points
in the final quarter at Gathers
burg last night to pull Sherwood
from a touchdown deficit to
a 20-19 victory and the Glass 3
championship of Montgomery
County.
Gaithersburg held a 1876 lead
at halftime, on Ralph Offutt'f
quarterback sneak and his 40
yard pass to End Bud Kilby
and scored again early in the
fourth quarter when Bill Steele
plunged the last yards of 40
yard march.
Then Tolson circled his right
end for SO yards for a score;
minutes later ended a drive from
midfield with a 5-yard run and
rammed over both extra points
for the victory. Skippy Hunt,
Sherwood quarterback, dived
over for q touchdown in the
second quarter.
ANNAPOLIS, Oct. % Especially
-LaPlata High School of Charles
County won the first football
game in its history here yes
terday by defeating st. Mary's.
7-6. LaPlata's first grid team
ended a three-game losing streak
while st. Mary's dropped its
fourth in a row.
Tackle Dan Hockett recovered
a st. Mary's tumble on the
Saints 28-yard line in the third
quarter and the visitors scored
in five plays. Glen Rabey taking
a pitchout for the last seven
yards. Quarterback Ben Grimes
kicked the winning extra point
st. Mary's had gone ahead in
the second period on a 60-yard
drive, capped by Don DiMaggio's s
quarterback sneak. His pass fol
the extra point was blocked. La
Plata held twice within its own
10-yard line in the fourth