West Entertains Redondo Seahawks Prothro Set Samohi For Recovery Invades
The coach is healthy again, so the I'CLA foot ha 11 FRIDAY, OCTOMR 23, 1*M team can expect some rejuvenation from now on. South Despite season-crippling injuries to wingback George Farmer and defensive end Vince Bischof, Bruin coach By HENRY BURKE Tommy Prothro reported Wednesday that practice ses Priu-HtrOd Sporti Editor sion* have been the toughest and tightest in four years. Does Redondo have Prothro, almost fully recovered from flu which kept enough defense to untrack him in bed for two EICamino days, added dryly: an all-victorious West High "I don t know whether that's good or bad." tonight on the West grid The Bruins will attempt to snap a three-game losing iron? streak when they clash with Stanford before an expected 40,000 The very fact the Sea- Saturday'at the Coliseum . hawks blasted Santa Monica. Only once in Prothro's career as a head coach in 1959 Vs. 7-0. Valley at Oregon is a sign of maturity on State has a team of his lost four in arow. their pan. Samohi is still Prothro doesn't feel Stanford's 21-21 tie with Wash puzzled over its loss ington State last week will help the Bruins. to Re Attempting to increase its winning ways to a dondo. Santa Monica just straight six, El Camino is host to "I'm getting tired of playing teams that have had a happens to be ranked with cellar-dweller L.A. bad game before they xrt to ns." he said. Valley College Saturday in Murdock Stadium. Gam* Of West as the two best foot Stanford's performance against Washington ball teams in the Bay time is 8 p.m. State. Prothro commented: "Stanford played the way League this year. Cal played the week before our game (Cal lost to Armv)." The Warriors (3-0) share the conference lead with Prothro plans to start Bill Bold?n at quarterback, To prevent a repeat of the Hakersfield (3-0), the 1967 defending Metropolitan Con but reported his oft-injured signal-caller "isn't 100 per Redondo-Santa Monica up ference champ. cent set. West must be able to ready." counter Rcdondo's Valley has not won a Metro contest Roldrn sustained an ankle injury against Cal after ball-con this season. sitting out most of three games with a shoulder separa trol game and Quarterback 1-ast week, while Camino dumped Santa Monica City tion Coy Hall will have to "mix College. 20-0, Valley fell 45-28 to Ccrritos The Mon- Harold Ru«hy will hack up 'em up pretty good'* to archs. (Ixven Cooper at wing- break up the Hawk defense. however, have a 40-8 pre-conference victory over back and Don Concland at split end. San Bernardino Valley. The Bruins West, which went 9-0 be may get an unexpected windfall with fore losing the return of defensive end Kirn Griffith, who has misled in the CIF play- The Monarchs have lost to San Diego Mesa, M, three games offs last year. Is on Its way Long Beach City College, 48-19, because of injury. again with a 5-0 rrcord. hav and Pasadena City "I think he'll he ready to play," said Prothro. "We'll College, 17-6. use him at Bischofs ing beaten La Puente and spot." Fermin Lasuen in non- Valley's No. 1 trouble spot is its opponents' de 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. Squib Kick Used by Rams South. Hawthorne and In glewood. Fullback Jeff Selditz leads Galley's rushing crew. The Rams are perfecting another innovation thin Redondo lost to Mira He has canted 53 limes for 185 yards and three touch- season that is undoubtedly causing worn- wrinkles Costa and Hawthorne in the domvs. Selditz has also racked up 24 points. among rival coaching staffs. process of upsetting Santa It's known as the squib kick-off and is hcrommg Monica. Quarterback Wayne Radford depends heavily upon more and more important in Ram plans. Bruce Gossett, * flankers Tony Moore and Gerald Gaddic. In a four- Its able practitioner, disclosed its origin and technique, THE JOB of eliminating game circuit. Radford has completed 33 of 70 passes as the Rams prepared to invade Baltimore for their all- for 601 yards and a TD. important battle with the Colts on Sunday. Santa Monica from staying "We tried it for the first in the race with West is On the receiving end, Moore has latched onto 12 time against Chicago last what falls season. Coach (George) Alien wanted something to stop upon South to aerials for 172 yards and two TDs, while Caddie has those kick-off runbacks by night on their home soil. Gale Savers and he thought South has dropped hauled in 10 passes for 178 yards. of the squib. It worked. I kicked three and the best three Sayers Bay League games to West. did was one 10-yard return. Inglewood. "We didn t try it any more, but this year we started and Mira Costa, during the prcseason games and It doesn't appear the The Warriors and arc ti>mg it pretty reg Spartans are going to find kept up their winning streak with ularly now. h'very kick-off against Green Bay was a a 20-0 shut out over previously unbeaten SMCC. The squib". We didn't want a "pigeon" this season. Travi* Williams to get another West's 38-0 crushing nf Tribesmen went into the game knowing that they 104-yard runback against u.s a* he did in 1%7. The best had he did this time Inglewood last week left lit "to stop the bomb" to win. was 18 yards." tle hope the Sentinels can Then Gos.«eU explained the technique of squib kick recover to spill El Camino played one of its strongest defensive ing. "I set up the ball the Mira Costa same way as for a normal kick- UCLA SOPHOMORE . . . tommy out of the race this evening. games of the 1968 season. Denfensive ends Terry Men- off. As I start my approach I look at the guy keyed on Graham, former Bishef MralfMnery Hit* quarterback, h«Us down Ibt regular left ronterbark swslUra defense but It is not* entirely out- denhall and Mark Leamy and Itnebacker John Sulli- me. Whichever side he veers to, I kick to the other side. far the side Mv toe hits the Bralau. Graham ia alt* a ! baseball s>ro*pect at UCLA. Tbt football learn plays the realm of possibility, van headed the Warriors "stop the bomb" counter at- ball a bit higher than normal and to one Stanford at the aide, giving it a spin. I try to kick it about C*Use«m tom«n*w afternoon. tack. Each had 12 tackles. to the 15 or IV THE Sky League, the 20-yard line on a low line drive, having it hit the ground Clyde Taylor and Marc D'Ambrosi each tallied first in front of the excitement comes In the af wedge. If I'm lucky, it'll start to ternoon at six tackles. bounce and it may lake some crazy bounces." Rolling Hills, That's what happened where Morningslde HlKh In The Warriors held SMCC to a minus two yards against Atlanta at the Coli Varsity vades the campus to decide seum last Sunday as the Rams won. 27-14. Gossctt's squib Harbor Football rushing, while intercepting six Corsair passes. Al kick-offs had the the championship. Falcons visibly upaet as the ball skit Rolling Hills must have though SMCC quarterback Ken Boney connected on tered among them and once bounced completely over been 16 of 38 p&sses to roll the head of th« receiver. Football Slate thinking about the up 322 yards, he had .tix passes That game last Friday by stumb intercepted. IK its greatest value, said Bruec. "It's really ling along against tough In field, especially if it comes to Bay League Hungry GAMES FRIDAY Torranre Defensive halfback Jon Robertson a lineman not Redondo at High for the first half be latched onto used to handling the hail. He may tense up W L P? PA West and fumble Santa Monica at South. fore waking up to a 35-7 three SMCC aerials Dale Hewitt, a defensive back, it altogether. He's afraid to pick it up. but he hales to let Harbor tries once again to victory. also intercepted two and It go past. It nearly always Htnlt MotiK* gain Inglewood at Mira Costa ran one back for EC's first prevents a long runback. North . ill first Western State Morningslde hasn't had six-pointer. tlmvlhnr Conference victory Serra at Montgomery End Ed Eno also intercepted one. Saturday Crespl at St. Monica's. the great undefeated records when the Hawka host Glen- of the past two seasons, Halfback Dave Boyd and fullback Ed Gillcs both dale. Ml. Carmel at Lasuen. but High School Field Goals St. Bernard's at Murphy. ti.e Monarchs are capable of plunged one-yard to score, while Don Ott kicked for WMI in lntVwon.1 n. The Vaqueros are peren Torrance at Culver handing Rolling Hills Its two PATs. Boyd carried 22 times for 79 yards. Boyd Mir» C...I. II. Boulh 4 nially tough, City. Several individuals in the CIF prep ranks have 8*nli Mnnir* 34. North 14 and last year Morningslde at Rolling Hills. first loss. Mornlngsldt also led in pass-receiving, hauling in eight for 77 yards. established themselves as extremely-accurate place-kick lla»thorn* II RMondn 0. held a 14-7 halftlme lead be opened the league with a VMWrdty't Nttultt Leuzinger at Palos Verdes. In five-games Boyd has racked ers. I U» thorn- IV North *. fore falling 27-14 to the Beverly Hills at Lennox. 32-21 win ovjr Palos Verdes up 579 yards on The field goal record of 43 yards established in 1960 Hawks. In 1962 Glendale an Mlraleste at Lawndale. last week. 107 carries for six TDs. He has also hauled in 11 passes by Buddy Abourezk of Western (Anaheim) was threat Camino Real nihilated the Hawks, 804. Aviation at El Segundo. Torrance goes out of town for another 181 yards. Heck has completed 50 per cent ened by a Newport High exchange student from the Harbor Coach Floyd Carson at Jordan. to Culver City tonight. Cul of his passes, going 52 for 91 for 958 yards and nine Netherlands, Ron VanDcrAa. who hooted a 42-yard "Scrappy" Rhea, for the San Diego at Gardena. ver City owns a 7-0 win over TDs. three-pointer to add his name to the list of near-record first time In his five years as San Pedro at Locke. Leuxinger after one outing kicker* Munls>>rm>ry .. Harbor head coach, saw his Banning at Narbonne. and Is a sleeper in the Sky End John Featherstone leads (he reception column, Another place-kicking team league. The Cents have specialist. Trino Heynoso of K-rinm UKIIMI lose its third game In GAMES SATURDAY not having caught 18 aerials for 410 yards and four TDs. La Habra. is going after another record. The 5-1U, im a row, 19-14, to the Ventura Valley at El Camino. been scored upon In their D.ni.l M pliy ... l> 3 35 Fullback-flanker Tom Reynolds has hauled pound senior has booted four field goal* in lour tries. 101 Pirates. Pasadena at last three outings. in 15 pacscs Friday') MMUIU Pierce. for 249 yards and two Reynoso's lioots have con"- from 40. 38, 30 and 20 yards Hrrri 3" 81 Boriwnl 7 "We killed ourselves with Cerritos at Hakersfield. Torrance will cause Cul TDs. out. Two of them came in the .same game aguintit Ken Ml Ckrnirl 10. BWbop Monl|i4it- mistakes." said Rhea. in an Santa Monica at Long Beach. ver City some defensive con Reynolds, declared inactive last week, was given nedy of Anaheim to salvage a tie with the Irish. ft* Monk* 51. D.nl'1 Murphy II. understatement. Each team Stanford at UCLA. cern with the fancy passing the green light prior to the EC-SMCC LaMirit 14. Or«»pl 7. combination of Kirn Brooks clash. The doc- * lost four fumbles. Twice Washington St. at Oregon tor says his leg has healed there were successive fum St. to Mike McGulre. to the point where It Is FANS in the 10-leam Dcxcrt-lnvo I