Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-04
Eastern Gives
Menfzer 9Th
Division Title
BY STEVE HERSHEY
star staff Writer

Dick Mentzer. Eastern High
Schools veteran football coach,
enjoyed a unique distinction
today-that Of having tutored
his eighth East Division cham
pionship team in the Interhigh
League.
The powerful Ramblers
wrapped up te title with a
400 rout Of Mckinley Tech yes
terday at Tech, leaving their
coach without a peer when it
comes to winning divisional
honors.
Mentzer went to Eastern In
1912 and the Ramblers won
their first division title in 1914,
They repeated in 1945, then
put together back-to-back
championships in 1850 and
1851 before embarking on their
current string Of four straight.
The victory over Tech was
the ninth in a row for the I'M
beaten Ramblers, who next
meet the winner Of Mondays
West Division playoff between
Bell and Roosevelt for the
Interhigh title November 10.
Coolidge wrapped up third
place in the West Division
yesterday by defeating West
ern, 20-12, at Western.
Phelps handed Chamberlain
its sixth stfaight setback,
25-6, at Eastern; Wilson
dOwned CardozO, 1876, for its
third victory in a row and
Spingarn knocked off BaIIou,
27-6, in other regular-season
finales.
Tech opened against the
Ramblers with a defense de-
signed to stop Fullback Harold
Frazier, DIGGING him with two
of its three linebackers on
every play. The strategy paid
off for awhile as Frazier had
one of his poorest days and
Eastern could muster only a
60 lead midway through the
second quarter.
Then Eastern recovered
from its momentary confusion
and began to throw the ball, !
with Halfbacks James Spencer
and william Brockenberry
joining Quarterback Sam
Brodie on the firing line.
Brockenberry threw a AZ
yard pass to Left End Willie
johnson. who was all alone be-
hind the defenders for the
Ramblers' second touchdown.
In the third quarter, Spen-
Ger took a pitchout from Brodie
and fired 20 yards to johnson,
who again was all alone and
raced AZ yards to complete a
62-yard scoring play.
johnson caught his third
touchdown pass to end the scor-
ing in the final period. This
one, covering 81 yards, came
from Gary Jameson, second
string quarterback.
CARDOZO-WLSON - End
Kenny Schultz scored twice for
the winners. He picked I'D a
tumble and ran % yards for
the first Wilson touchdown
and got his second on a l4-yard
pass from Bill Richardson.
Cardozo's lone score came on
Donald Dobbin's 75-yard run
in the first quarter.
COOLIDGE WESTERN -
Leading, 1912, the Colts took
a kickoff with six minutes to
play and never gave up the
ball, taking all but IS seconds
Of the remaining time to march
IL yards for a clinching touch
down.
jeff O'Neil passed IS yards
for one Western touchdown
and scored the other on a |
quarterback sneak for the
games outstanding individual
performance.
PHELPS-CUAMBERLAIN II
Two hnemen scored as Phelps
won its third game of the
season. Guard James Jones
caught fumhle in the air and
ran 10 yards for one score and
Tackle John Quarles picked
off a DETECTED punt and raced
20 yards for another.
Chamberlain scored IN the
final period after a 36-yard
pass from Paul Washington to
Ronald Wildly put the ball chi
the six. Wildly bucked over
from there.