Evening star., 1955-10-01
ARMSTRONG GETS By ITCH
ordozo Impressive
N West Division Debut
By BOB HANSON

Sk -
By BOB HANSON
Cardozo highs football team
took only the first few seconds
| 81 its game with Roosevelt yes
Iterday to serve notice It win be
IA leading contender for the In
lterhigh League championships
this season.
The Clerks opened the Wet
| Division Of the league with q i2-6
victory over Roosevelt at Carr
dozo's stadium. Other openers IN
the division resulted In Coolidge
and Dunbar playing to q 6-6 tie
and Wester walloping Bell. $50.
The quickness with which Car
doz0 scored, q g2-yard runback
Eof the opening kickoff BY Half
back Dave Harris. set the pat
tern. The Clerks exhibited q fast,
shifty backfield. unimpressed by
lthe 200-pound average Roosevelt
defensive line.
Backfield PIeases Coach
The entire Cardoza backfield,
Including Harris. an end last
Eyear, Is new and its performance
yesterday came as q pleasant SUR
prise to Coach Sal Hall.
I'VE have all new boys In the
backfield and we we're quite
pleased with the way they ham
ldled themselves" " Hall explained.
i"Of course there were mistakes
lthat will have 10 be ironed out,
hut on the whole we thought
they did the job"
| IN addition 10 Harris, whose
lspeed gave him first place in the
44O-yard run Ia the Interhigh
track meet last spring In 49.1
seconds. Lewis Nero. Elton Com
Iner, Norris Little, Ed Harper and
Tom Stephens showed well II
1.-THE backfield. Stephens. q junior
\ also Is q converted end, being
pressed into the quarterback spot
when Claude Stone. No. . guar.
lterback last year, broke Q leg IL
Ia preseason scrimmage and wal
lost for the year.
/ Harris. l75-pound co-captain
set the Riders back on their heel.
! with his opening run and al.
though Roosevelt displayed come.
.lback qualities and occasional
flashes extensively, 1t never quits
recovered.
II Tied at HaIftime
i Harris took the KICKOFF, GU
.lfor the right sideiines and, be,
! hind fine blocking. reached til,
midway stripe. He broke int,
the clear then and simply out,
u distanced any would-be pur,
suefs. He showed Roosevelt hi
J cieats again in the third quar-,
J ter when he took q screen pas
D from Stephens and dashet
around the left side for
touchdown. The winning pla,
covered "a yards and climaxes
q 57-yard drive in just six plays
!. Roosevelt pulled into d g.
tie at halftime when Fullbacl
Monte Lambert crashed owe
Z from the 8. ending q driv
started on the Rider 10. Tn
Riders consistently made yardage
Western. taking advantage o
Ave Bell fumbles ,and turninI
!. them into touchdowns, scored Il
: every period. The only touch
down the Raiders made tina
didn't stem from a Bell miscu
s,came In the last quarter whel
!, Halfback Ed Ratti swept hi
: right side for 40 yards.
Z Coolidge held a 60 lead q
elhalftime against the smaller an,
Tighter Dunbar team, but couldn'
Y hold the edge and permittev
J. Dunbar to tie late In the game
Wilson Defeats Carroll
I Wilson High School turned
4 blocked kick and an irltercepte,
elpass into q 1875 victory owe
ylCarroll at Wilson yesterday.
y After the Tigers had spent Iii
lfirst quarter inside the Caro-
'-E2O. repeatedly knocking at til
Z goal only tn lose the ban d
ltIfumbles. Dun Green scored fror
Iela yard out In the first 8 minute
,rlof the second quarter. II
III touchdown was set up when til
lsIleft side Of the Tiger line swarrne
bin to block q Preston Ellis pur
Y. and recover the ball on u
'el Carroll ~.
n Carroll struck back, going [
lelyards for q score climaxed whe
Is Quarterback Frank Campan
tossed q nat pass to Terry New
man, who went 20 yards into Il
end zone.
The third quarter was fnarkf
q by fumbles by both sides. Wilsc
- got its other touchdown whe
r Tackle Neil Norman interceptt
d q wobbly pass by campana q
aIthe Carroll 20. Green scored q
r-la 1-yard buck four plays later.
te Wilson dominated the grour
nj game with Halfback Lou Ian
l. -Ipicking up l02 yards.
J Armstrong High won Ito thil