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West Entertains Redondo Seahawks Prothro Set Samohi For Recovery Invades FRIDAY, OCTOMR 23, 1*M The coach is healthy again, so the I'CLA foot ha 11 team can expect some rejuvenation from now on. South Despite season-crippling injuries to wingback George By HENRY BURKE Farmer and defensive end Vince Bischof, Bruin coach Priu-HtrOd Sporti Editor Tommy Prothro reported Wednesday that practice ses Does Redondo have sion* have been the toughest and tightest in four years. enough defense to untrack EICamino Prothro, almost fully recovered from flu which kept an all-victorious West High him in bed for two days, added dryly: tonight on the West grid "I don t know whether that's good or bad." iron? The Bruins will attempt to snap a three-game losing Sea- an expected The very fact the streak when they clash with Stanford before hawks blasted Santa Monica. the Coliseum . Valley 40,000 Saturday'at Vs. 1959 7-0. is a sign of maturity on Only once in Prothro's career as a head coach in their pan. Samohi is still at Oregon State has a team of his lost four in arow. puzzled over its loss to Re Attempting to increase its winning ways to a Prothro doesn't feel Stanford's 21-21 tie with Wash dondo. Santa Monica just is host to cellar-dweller L.A. ington State last week will help the Bruins. straight six, El Camino happens to be ranked with Valley College Saturday in Murdock Stadium. Gam* "I'm getting tired of playing teams that have had a West as the two best foot bad game before they xrt to ns." he said. ball teams in the Bay time is 8 p.m. Of Stanford's performance against Washington (3-0) share the conference lead with played the way League this year. The Warriors State. Prothro commented: "Stanford of the defending Metropolitan Con Cal played the week before our game (Cal lost to Armv)." To prevent a repeat Hakersfield (3-0), the 1967 Prothro plans to start Bill Bold?n at quarterback, Redondo-Santa Monica up ference champ. signal-caller "isn't 100 per set. West must be able to but reported his oft-injured counter Rcdondo's ball-con Valley has not won a Metro contest this season. cent ready." week, while Camino dumped Santa Monica City an ankle injury against Cal after trol game and Quarterback 1-ast Roldrn sustained Coy Hall will have to "mix College. 20-0, Valley fell 45-28 to Ccrritos The Mon- sitting out most of three games with a shoulder separa good'* to tion 'em up pretty archs. however, have a 40-8 pre-conference victory over up (Ixven Cooper at wing- break up the Hawk defense. Harold Ru«hy will hack West, which went 9-0 be San Bernardino Valley. back and Don Concland at split end. The Monarchs have lost to San Diego Mesa, M, The Bruins may get an unexpected windfall with fore losing in the CIF play- who has misled offs last year. Is on Its way Long Beach City College, 48-19, and Pasadena City the return of defensive end Kirn Griffith, again with a 5-0 rrcord. hav three games because of injury. College, 17-6. to play," said Prothro. "We'll ing beaten La Puente and "I think he'll he ready Fermin Lasuen in non- Valley's No. 1 trouble spot is its opponents' de use him at Bischofs spot." league games and three of fensive walls. Against Pasadena. Valley rolled up a the easier Bay League foes plus 13 yards in 36 tries rushing. South. Hawthorne and In rushing crew. Squib Kick Used by Rams glewood. Fullback Jeff Selditz leads Galley's Redondo lost to Mira He has canted 53 limes for 185 yards and three touch- The Rams are perfecting another innovation thin Costa and Hawthorne in the domvs. Selditz has also racked up 24 points. wrinkles season that is undoubtedly causing worn- process of upsetting Santa Quarterback Wayne Radford depends heavily upon among rival coaching staffs. Monica. Gerald Gaddic. In a four- It's known as the squib kick-off and is hcrommg * flankers Tony Moore and more and more important in Ram plans. Bruce Gossett, game circuit. Radford has completed 33 of 70 passes Its able practitioner, disclosed its origin and technique, THE JOB of eliminating for 601 yards and a TD. prepared to invade Baltimore for their all- Santa Monica from staying as the Rams in the race with West is On the receiving end, Moore has latched onto 12 important battle with the Colts on Sunday. to "We tried it for the first time against Chicago last what falls upon South aerials for 172 yards and two TDs, while Caddie has wanted something to stop night on their home soil. hauled in 10 passes for 178 yards. season. Coach (George) Alien dropped three those kick-off runbacks by Gale Savers and he thought South has kicked three and the best Bay League games to West. of the squib. It worked. I Inglewood. and Mira Costa, Sayers did was one 10-yard return. the "We didn t try it any more, but this year we started and It doesn't appear The Warriors kept up their winning streak with it pretty reg Spartans are going to find shut out over previously unbeaten SMCC. The during the prcseason games and arc ti>mg a "pigeon" this season. a 20-0 ularly now. h'very kick-off against Green Bay was a Tribesmen went into the game knowing that they had another West's 38-0 crushing nf squib". We didn't want Travi* Williams to get Inglewood last week left lit "to stop the bomb" to win. 104-yard runback against u.s a* he did in 1%7. The best tle hope the Sentinels can he did this time was 18 yards." El Camino played one of its strongest defensive kick recover to spill Mira Costa Denfensive ends Terry Men- Then Gos.«eU explained the technique of squib out of the race this evening. games of the 1968 season. ing. "I set up the ball the same way as for a normal kick- UCLA SOPHOMORE . tommy Graham, former Bishef MralfMnery Hit* but It is not* entirely out- denhall and Mark Leamy and Itnebacker John Sulli- off. As I start my approach I look at the guy keyed on quarterback, h«Us down Ibt regular left ronterbark swslUra defense far the van headed the Warriors "stop the bomb" counter at- other side. learn plays side the realm of possibility, me. Whichever side he veers to, I kick to the Bralau. Graham ia alt* a ! baseball s>ro*pect at UCLA. Tbt football tack. Each had 12 tackles. Mv toe hits the ball a bit higher than normal and to one Stanford at the C*Use«m tom«n*w afternoon. I try to kick it about to the 15 or IV THE Sky League, the Clyde Taylor and Marc D'Ambrosi each tallied aide, giving it a spin. excitement comes In the af 20-yard line on a low line drive, having it hit the ground six tackles. If I'm lucky, it'll start to ternoon at Rolling Hills, first in front of the wedge. where Morningslde HlKh In The Warriors held SMCC to a minus two yards bounce and it may lake some crazy bounces." to decide That's what happened against Atlanta at the Coli Varsity Football vades the campus rushing, while intercepting six Corsair passes. Al seum last Sunday as the Rams won. 27-14. Gossctt's squib Harbor the championship. though SMCC quarterback Ken Boney connected on skit Rolling Hills must have kick-offs had the Falcons visibly upaet as the ball been thinking about the 16 of 38 p&sses to roll up 322 yards, he had .tix passes tered among them and once bounced completely over Football Slate game last Friday by stumb intercepted. the head of th« receiver. really GAMES FRIDAY ling along against Torranre Defensive halfback Jon Robertson latched onto That IK its greatest value, said Bruec. "It's Bay League Hungry High for the first half be tough In field, especially if it comes to a lineman not Redondo at West three SMCC aerials Dale Hewitt, a defensive back, W L P? PA Santa Monica at South. fore waking up to a 35-7 used to handling the hail. He may tense up and fumble once again to victory. also intercepted two and ran one back for EC's first afraid to pick it up. but he hales to let Harbor tries Inglewood at Mira Costa it altogether. He's Htnlt MotiK* gain ill first Western State Morningslde hasn't had six-pointer. End Ed Eno also intercepted one. It go past. It nearly always prevents a long runback. North . Serra at Montgomery tlmvlhnr Conference victory Saturday the great undefeated records Halfback Dave Boyd and fullback Ed Gillcs both Crespl at St. Monica's. but when the Hawka host Glen- Ml. Carmel at Lasuen. of the past two seasons, Ott kicked for ti.e Monarchs are capable of plunged one-yard to score, while Don dale. St. Bernard's at Murphy. 22 times for 79 yards. Boyd The Vaqueros are peren handing Rolling Hills Its two PATs. Boyd carried High School Field Goals WMI in lntVwon.1 n. Torrance at Culver City. in eight for 77 yards. Mir» C...I. II. Boulh 4 nially tough, and last year Morningslde at Rolling Hills. first loss.