Blake School - Reflections / Call O Pan Yearbook (Hopkins, MN)

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VARSITY FOOTBALL BLAKE 0 — DE LA SALLE 33 Blake opened the season with a discouraging loss to De I-a Salle. The Islanders took control of the game from the opening seconds and ended with a resounding victory. The Blake team was really discouraged, hut they were to improve with every game until they reached their high point in the S.I A. game. BLAKE 34 — MINNEHAHA 0 'I'he Hilltoppers looked much lietter in their next contest with a not too strong Minnehaha Academy team. The most prominent part of the game was the fact that the team had regained its light, which it seemed to have lost in the De La Salle game. Tom Evans looked promising with his hard running. BLAKE 40— MARSHALL CENTRAL CATHOLIC 0 At Marshall, the team encountered a spirited hut young opposition. Faced by an unorthodox defense, the Hilltoppers could not move the hall during the whole first quarter. However, after Tom Evans caught a jxass on the 20 and went the rest of the way for the first of his three touchdowns, the team started to roll. During the second half, the defense repeatedly held the Marshall team and gave the offense excellent scoring chances. BLAKE 28 — AMERY 7 I'he Amerv team was called “the fastest high school team I have ever seen by Coach Bill Glenn, hut the Blake defense managed to keep the speedsters of the Amery hackfield from getting out into the open and thus destroyed Amerv’s chances of scoring, since the team as a whole was not a powerful one. The Bears fought hard to break a 7-7 tie in the first quarter and won 28-7. BLAKE 62 — CONCORDIA 0 Blake opened the game with a touchdown from the line of scrimmage on the first play after the kickoff. The game was no contest, as the powerful Blake eleven romped over a weak Concordia team. BLAKE 26 — SHATTUCK 6 The first half looked good for Blake, as the HilltopixTs scored three touchdowns; hut the second half, the Shattuck team came back fighting and held Blake to one touchdown, while scoring one for themselves. BLAKE 27— BRECK 6 The Blake eleven had made considerable improvement up to this game with Breck, hut the team did not make a very good showing in this game. The Bears got off to a slow start and never seemed to recover, except for a few plays; but they fought hard and came out on top 27-6. BLAKE 9— ST. PAUL ACADEMY 0 The S.P.A. game was the highlight of the season and was called the best high school football game that they had ever seen hv several people. Neither team could make any headway against the rugged opposition; but slowly the Bear line wore out the S.P.A. defense; and yardage began to pile up. At the end of the half, the score was 7-0 for Blake, the whistle blowing just as S.P.A. completed a I kiss on Blake’s five yard line. On a spectacular play by linebacker Phil Larson. S.P.A. was thrown behind their goal for a safety; and the game was all over. The season ended with the usual football banquet. Bob Lundholm and Julian McCaull were chosen co-captains for next year, and Dick Stenson was awarded the Williams Trophy. 87

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 VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM Back Row : McDonald Mr. Wonson. Holcombe. Burke. Dietz, McCaull. Ueland. Lundholni, Crosby, Raugust. Mr. Glenn. Middle Row: Evans. Swan. Yeates, Boies. Stenson. Heffelfinger. Schmitt. Ritchie. McCaull. 1 . Front Row: I arson, Dow. Cargill. Riddiford. Hyde. Hommeyer, Osborne. Absent: Xightingale.

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COMMENTS ON THE FOOTBALL LETTERMEN Dick SicnsoH—A captain i ■ •...... 11-Conference on m -m . and 1T the field: an .- ii-k,---------------------- tackle: the hack- selection at offensive hunt L I ' - • of the 1952 defensive line.