Evening star., 1954-10-23
'I!|h|roiiIing Of SiIas
Gives Wilson 14-0
sssa
Win Over Coolidge
By Dick Sloy
NTERHIGH LEAGUE STANDINGS.
Eastern Division. Western Division.

Joe Carlo. the man VIII,
coached Wilson to two Interhigl
football championships befor'
going to Coolidge as an assistant
principal last spring. watches
with mixed feelings yesterda.
as his former pupils defeated
his current favorites, 14-0.
Joe seemed to be shaking hi
head in disbelief after the team.
left the Wilson field. mo on'
had stopped our passing attach
this year." he said. "Tecf
couldn't stop it. Western didnr
stop it. either. And even Me
chanicsburg, Pa, didn't do 1t
But Wilson did today. Pet,
$ .eCoach Pete Labukas of Wilson,
has done wonderful job"
The defeat kept Coolidge ir
fourth place in the Interhigh's
Western Division rankings, while
Wilson strengthened it's hold or
first. Each has three league
games remaining.
Wilson Grabs Six Passes.
Labukas, Carlos understudy
last year, used a f1ve-three-two-
one defense to throttle Coolidge's
best weapon-the throwing OF
Jack Silas. The Colt tailback
failed to complete any of his
five passes in the first half and
thereafter, for every successful
toss he made Wilson intercepted
one right back.
The Tigers grabbed six OF
Silas' passes, two by Bob Rogers
another two by Mike Hixon and
singles by Rick Cook and Don
MeMurray. While this foursome
neutralized the Colts through the
air, Tackle Leland Phillips
plugged up the strong side rum
ming and John Webster and Don
Grant, ends, crashed in to
hurry Silas' throwing.
The first interception by Line
backer Nixon was followed al
most Immediately by Wilson's
first touchdown and his second
he ran back himself for 46 yards
and the Tigers other score.
Minutes before in the fourth
quarter, Coolidge had halted
Wilson ! foot away from a score
punted out and recovered q
tumble by Rogers on the 81
yard line. .-.-
Penalties Halt Drives.
Wilson also was pushed back
twice inside Coolidge's 5-yard
line in the first quarter, but
penalties did it. The Tigers
suffered from At yards in penal
ties. in the scoreless first half.
In spite of several runs by Tracy
Chewing and Jim Cannon of
moderate length, Coolidge failed
to emerge from it's own territory
before intermission.
Rogers, alternating at quarter
back and tailback in the T-for-
nation and single wing, ran So
yards through the right side for
Wilson's third-quarter score two
plays after Hixon's first inter-
ception. Then he passed to
Grant for the extra point. The
other extra point came on a
plunge by Pete Sommer.
Roosevelt Edges Western.
Roosevelt struck for three
points on Jerry Peake's 14-yard
field goal with At seconds left
in the first half and then fought
of final period razzle-dazzle tao
tics by Western to defeat the
Raiders, 80, yesterday in a
thriller at Western.
The victory keeps Roosevelt in
the thick of the Interhigh title
picture while virtually eliminat-
ing Westerns hopes.
Western, operating with two
quarterbacks in the same back
field, riddled Roosevelt with a
furry of passes and twice came
close to pulling the game out
Midway through the fourth
period, Bob Lomax passed sc
yards to Sal lombard, who
grabbed the ball after it had
been DETECTED by Safetyman
Peake. for an apparent touch
down. But a penalty nullified
the play. On the next play
Lomax threw 28 yards to End
Warren Jenkins on the Z.
Seconds later, Western fum-
bled and Roosevelt recovered on
its own 5. Roosevelt was forced
to punt and Western took the
bali on the Rider 38. Once again
Lomax took to the air and threw
q 30-yard pass to Jenkens who
was hauled down on the 6-yaro
line as the game ended.
Tech Trounces Bell.
Halfback George Dutrow's 55-
yard touchdown run on the first
play from scrimmage set the pat
tern as Mckinley trounced Bell
800. yesterday at Tech. DutroW
added two more touchdowns in
the first half on 1-yard plunge
and a l5-yard pass from BOZ
O'Neal.
Coach Stan Ziobro cleared his
bench in the second half and
came UP with another score al
Eddie Robertson plowed ovel
from the one. Bells brightest
moment came when it advanced
to the Tech 20. but the drive
backfired as Bob Flynt inter.
cepted a pass and sprinted 81
yards to score. A penalty, how.
ever, nullified the play.
Harrison Retains Lead