Abraham Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

Bengals Bury Bulldogs 2j to o C^ TALKING out on the Garfield gridiron, the mighty Bengal Tigers met the Bulldogs and sent them baclc to their hideout with a stinging 27 to o defeat and emerged from the fray as Northern League Champions. As had been expected the Abes completely outlassed their opponent and before the game was two minutes old the Tunneymen had registered a touchdown. In the fourth play of the game, a pass from Washington to Pete Tor- reano gave the Railsplitters a 6 to o lead. Superior blocking by Downey Thomas. All City guard, and Mike Ceiplis, captain for the day, enabled the Log Cabiners to increase their lead again. One of the highlights of the 35 grid season came at this point when Joe Garofalo, standing in his ONSTi end zone got away a punt that was good for 63 yards. In the second frame, Charley Green, Abe halfback made a touchdown after receiving a pass from Washington. The conversion was good, making the score 20 to o. Smashing line plunges by Washington, Green, and Garofalo late in the second period put the ball on Garfield ' s 3-yard line Garofalo made the final touchdown of the game on a reverse from Washington. Once again the try for the extra point was good > making the score 27 to o. At the opening of the third quarter Coach Tunney withdrew the Varsity Squad from the field. leaving; the second string, whrrh held the Bulldogs scoreless, to play the duration of the game. The fifth consecutive victory of the season made the team representa- tive of the Northern League in the play-off for the championship. Torreano. E. Malor^fjy, C. One Hundred T h r e 1