Evening star., 1959-11-28
GOnzaga Cited
FOrCOuragein
Title Victory
17.403 Watch
Dueun Block
Tying Point
By CARL SELL
Star stan Writer

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undying faith in his team this
year and it paid of with the
city championship. But the
credit has to go to the teams
ability to face overwhelming
odds and still come out on top.
The Eagles defeated East
ern, 7-6. before 17,403 fans last
night at Griffith Stadium to
win the city title and cap a
wild six days in which the
Eagles played three times. AS
late as Wednesday, the Con-
zaga team didn't know it would
play Eastern but the Eagles
had the luck Of a draw with st.
Johns and won the right to
play the Interhigh champion.
There was no wild celebration
after last nights victory, but
there were plenty of sighs Of re-
lief by a team that three weeks
ago was rated little chance to
make it to the city title game.
Defense Sparkles
GonZaga'S defense was mag
nificent all week, starting with
last Sunday when it stopped st.
Johns on the 1-foot line in the
final minute to gain a 14-9
victory. But the biggest play
Of the week was made last night
by End John Dugan, who
blocked Richard Deans try
for the extra point after East
ern's touchdown.
The Eagles line, composed of
Dugan, Charlie Shields, Tackles
Bernie Dempsey and Bob Ed
mondston, Guards Myron Lloyd
and Gerald Mccullough and
Center Jon Morris, forced
Eastern into many mistakes
that paved the way for the
victory.
The Ramblers punted on Sec
ond down from their own 10
midway of the third period that
gave Gonzaga the ball on East
ern'S 46. Halfback Daryl Hill
and Quarterback Hank Lilly
moved the ball to the 40 on
two plays. Then a pass inter-
ference penalty against Eastern
gave the Eagles a first down on
the rs.
Over-the- Shoulder Catch
Hill lost a yard, Lilly fired two
passes that fell incomplete to
make it fourth down. On the
next play, Hank stepped back
and threw a perfect strike to
Halfback Brendan O'Neill for a
touchdown. O'Neill had slipped
behind two defenders to make
an over-the- shoulder catch.
Hill booted the all-important
extra point. 1t didn't clear the
crossbar by much, but it
counted just as big as if it had
split the goal post a mile high.
Gonzaga's defense continued
to hold EaStern's running at
tack and except for passes to
End Jimmy Jones, the Eagles
choked of the Ramblers' air
arm.
Fake Kick Fails
Gonzaga tried a fake kick on
the Eastern 80 midway of the
final period, but Manuel Lopez
failed to gain the necessary
yardage and Eastern took over,
Quarterback Roscoe Brown
then hit Jones with a 24-yard
pass to move the ball to the
Gonzaga At. Halfback Sam
Graves gained 8 yards on
the next play. But on the
next two, the Ramblers lost
18 as Frank Mattingly and
EdmonSton broke through and
made jarring tackles that
moved the ball back to East
ern's AZ.
A daring fourth-down play
by Louis Scott resulted in
Eastern's touchdown. The
Rambler halfback stepped back
and fired the ball to Jones on
the Gonzaga 40, and the
lightning-fast end raced the
distance for the score.
But Gonzaga had one more
big play left and Dugan made
it, crashing in to defect Rich
ard Deans try for the extra
point. Dugan got his hands
on the ball and it fell harm
lessly to the ground in the
end zone.
Eastern had trouble hold
ing onto the ball and lost three
fumbles to the alert Eagles. The
biggest gamer of the night
for the Ramblers was Jones
The lanky end caught five
passes for 1873 yards and the
only Rambler touchdown.
GoNzAGA o o 7 %
EASTERN o O o 6-6
Gonzaga scoring: Touchdown-O'Neill
| (26 pass from Lilly).
Conversion-Hill.
Eastern scoring: Touchdown-Jones
t5S, pass from Scott.
XAVIER WINNER
OF CYO HONORS
st. Francis Xavier defeated
st. Ambrose, 1870, in the pre-