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NEWS JOVRNAL/WORLD. THURSDAY. JULY 29. 1976Section II Page I1IVlV r#Bv NAILS FLORIOCatholic League is still king as far a*' prep footballin Chicago is concerned.The 9.000 plus fans who journeyed to Hanson StadiNick Sow a of Mendel (11), one of three Catholic League All-Star quarterbacks, gets a pass awav before defensive end Steve Classens ofHolmes of Leo (32),, 77 (on left) tackle fromshown tirtder Classens*legs.fensiveisVerson (77), of-Academv. TheLoyolaMorgan Park (88) gets to him in last Wednes- Catholic leaguers won, 31 to 8. (Photos b\Keith Swindon)day's Prep All-Star football game in Hanson Stadium. Classens was deterred by Mikeum on Wednesday evening of last week for the second annual Chicago High School All Star Football Game got convincing proof of that re alit\ when they saw the Catholic luminaries rollover the Public standard bearers, 31 to 8 Now it wasn't that the city leaguers didn't try. As a matter of fact, their ea gerness to stop the Catholic leaguers got them into trouble throughout the contest. They were penalized 12times in the course of the contest, most of the time on defense when jumping be fore the snap of the ball Our guys were eagerand anxious and knew theyWwould have to be a step ahead of their foes if wewere going to contain them,but I guess we were over eager,’ stated defensive coor dinator Ron Rio who next fall will be the top coach at Lane Tech.Despite a sputtering of fense that never could get off the ground, the Public eleven was very much in the game through the first half As a matter of fact they took an 8 to 0 lead earls in the first quarter when Rocky Robinson of Simeon intercepted a Nick Sowapass and raced 72 yards for the game's initial touchdown The two additionalpoints came on a pass fromLeading the interference for John Calvano of Mt. Carmel, one of thegame’s busiest ball carriers, was graduating Weber star Bob Niziolek (81). Niziolek, an all-stater for the Red Horde, scored one of the Catholic League's four touchdowns.CatsAl Manasin, retiring head coach from Lane and head coach of the Public league All-Stars, had little to cheerabout in last Wednesday's contest.will find the Polish team easv foe.noThe Polish contingent is said to be one of the most powerful teams in the world, a close runner-up in Poland's top division.Accompanying the teamwill be the Mayor of Tyehy,Eugeniusz Szyga, who willhead a group of Polish dignitaries who will be on handfor the contest. The Tychylineup itself will includeplayers whose names arehousehold words throughoutPoland. Four members ofthe squad are from thecountry’s 23 and under r.a-%•tional team, one is a star of the Regular Poland National team and another has made several appearances on thesecond National squad.The captain of the Polish team is stopper Piechaczek who is a member of Poland’s 23 and under National team as are teammatesCebrat Eugeniusz, goalie; Rasek Krzysztow, forward; Szachnitowski Krzysztow, forward.Tickets for Saturday’s in ternational clash, which is expected to attract another larg(j gathering of soccer devotees, are obtainable in advance at Wisla S.A.C., 3625 Wrightwood (227-1060); Superior Realty, 2930 N. Milwaukee (RE. 5-3633), and the Chicago Cats office, Suite 904 , 400 N. Michigan (467-1666) or (275-1400) Advance ticket sale pricesarc* $4 for adults and $3 forjuniors and senior citizens. An additional dollar per ticket will be* charged at the gale Children under 12 will be admitted free.The Cats, who have the best won lost percentage in the league with a 7 5-3 re cord, are in fourth place in the Eastern division but only because they have played fewer games than the leaders. Rhode Island, with 66 points, is in first, Connecticut in second with65, New York in third with61 and the Cats in fourthwith 58 points.The Cats were meet the PolishWednesday of thiMilwaukee. Tomorrow night they will face the Cleveland Cobras in Cleveland.slated to team on week inr’ -vm»Mt/■ -V'A/M**«**•4quarterback Reggie Evans to Phil Lopez of Lane.The turning point in the contest came in the closing minutes of the first half when Mike Holmes of Leo bucked over from the one yard line to culminate a drive that had its inception when Joe Marciano of St. Rita intercepted an Evans pass on his own 33. Prominent in the drive, which was aided significantly by threePublic league penalties,were Chris Brennan of Loyola, to be named later asthe offensive star of the game, and John Calvano of Mt. Carmel.The two points after the Holmes tally came on awpass from quarterback Gene Kenny of St. Laurenceto Weber’s all-stater Bob NoziolekIt was loss than a minute later that the Catholic grid dors scored again with what proved to be all they really needed for the triumph Ar onside kick on the ensuingplayoff fizzled and the Public leaguers had the ball on the Cptholic 48 yard line Keith Pappas of Morgan Park went into the impor (ant quarterback position for the first time. On the first play a handoff netted nothing On the second play the Morgan field generaltossed a short pass almost in the flat that was inter cepted by Mike Marks, stel lar linebacker headed for Purdue University, who raced 55 yards to pay dirt Joe Kearney of Brother Rice kicked the extra point, shortly after which the firstwhalf ended.’n the first half the Public League attack was com pletely stifled by the rugged defense of the Catholic leag uers . During the first two periods they netted a total of 15 yards on 14 plays.Any hopes the city eleven entertained of getting hack in the game evaporated in the fourth quarter when the Catholic contingent got three points on a 40 yardfield goal by Joe McShane of Brother Rice and then added touchdowns by Nizio lek of Weber and Brennan of Loyola.Niziolek, the Red Hordestar who in not too manyweeks will be heading toward the University of Colo rado, tallied on a 62 yard jaunt when picking off a pass thrown by Sowa The Catholic team had gotten the ball on another key in terception by Mt Carmel’s Marciano.The Catholic Stars’ final tally came with three min utes of play on a 10 yard jaunt by Brennan Voted by the coaches as the game’s most valuable player for which he re eeived the Tony Barbaro award, honoring the late Tilden coach, was St. Law rence quarterback Gene Kenny who has a grid scholarship to Northwestern University. The top defensive player award went to James ‘‘Rocky’’ Robinson of Simeon whose touchdown jaunt after a pass intercep tiori gave the Public league squad its only score of the game Brennan, as previ ously noted, was the top of fensive player of the gameLady kvglersRon Rio, defensive coordinator of the Public League All-Stars and new head coach of the Lane Tech Indians, also fjrf'fJfjrf forappears a hit grim at this point in the Hanson prep battle. * * ^
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