Herbert Hoover High School - Scroll Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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Finally tile Cyclones scored following a fumble, but the try-for-point was no good, and everything was over but the shouting. Hoover II Fullerton 0 When the dust had settled on the Fullerton gridiron, after a miniature Tornado had whipped up everything in sight but the water buckets, the Redskins knew that they had gone through the mill. Hoover started steam-rolling right at the outset and, with a smooth aerial attack, made two touchdowns, converting both. Hoover 0- Glendale 12. In ? heart-breaking grid battle for the city title, a superior bunch of Cyclones bowed down to a fighting Blaster eleven. The Vice Presidents romped all over Glendale’s gridiron but to no avail. The fireworks began in the last of the third quarter when Hoover's safety dropped a Broadway punt on its own ten and a Blaster end recovered. The locals with their backs to the wall held for three touchdowns, but on the last, after Hoover’s quarterback had intercepted a pass, interference was called on the 1-yard marker and Glendale finally went over in three plays. The con- version was wide. The second tally came during the closing minutes of play when the Cyclones, deep in their own country, tried a desperate pass. A Blaster end intercepted it and bounced into the end zone. The drop kick missed. Hoover (i Muir Tech 0. During a driving rain one of the most exciting grid battles ever played on the Ferguson turf (lake) ended with the Hoover Cyclones barely eking out a win over the Muir Tech Engineers. The Terriers kept the locals worried continually, but in the last quarter the small Tornadoes came out of their stupor long enough to drive down the field for 85 yards, featuring nicely executed passes that resulted in the lone touchdown of the day. The try for point failed. Hoover i Whittier 7. In their best game of the year the Hoover Vice Presidents and the Whittier Poets closed the Football League play of the 1934 season in a deadlock. The Cardinals steamrolled for 70 yards up the field, but as they reached the locals’ to be stopped, and as a last resort shot a freak pass into the end zone for a score. A drop kick was then placed neatly through the goal posts for the odd point. Hoover retaliated with a 68-yard scoring drive of its own. and the Cyclone quarterback drop kicked the porkhide through the uprights to tie the score. Those playing the best all-around brand of football were co-captain Eddie Leash, Al LaChasse, and ''Bud” Gormley, while the other numeral win- ners, co-captain Short, Worley, Paine, Leary, Roberts, Micks, Welles, Jones, Hunter, Mackenzie, Barton. Wenberg, Edwards, Schellbach and Baxter, dis- played a mighty nice grade of pig- skin tactics. 10-yard stripe, the Redbirds seemed CLELI. SHORT EDDIE LEASH .9.9 T h e S r rol I . 1.9 .? .7

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B. FOOTBAi L Ujrk Row: Munii. kMpiitick, Lloyd, Shob n. Carlson, Lu by, Siirwili, Horne, Pntdurd, Coach Cameron Second Rows Barron, Lowry, Schellbach, Batter, Carlton, Holmrn, Bonrell, MacKemie. Hunter. Edwirdi, Wenber Front Row: Paine, Mick . Leads (co-captain), Gortnley. Jone . Short (co-captain), IjQiaur, Worley, Robertt, Welle», Leary B FOOTBALL r ' L’ man destiny for two years now has played havoc with Coach Victor Cameron’s hopes of a championship Bee football squad. Two seasons before last a scrappy Whittier outfit nosed out the Cyclones 7 to 6 to ruin Coach Cameron’s high ideals following a scoreless tie with Muir Tech, later the C. I. F. champions; while in the past porkhidc season, following a 7 to 6 setback by the South Pasadena lighties and a 7 to 7 deadlock with Whittier, later the C. I. F. champs, fate continued its plan of outwitting the local mentor. In the first pre-season game with Woodrow Wilson at Long Beach the Cyclones were taken by a 1 2 to 0 score. In the second grid battle, however, the Vice Presidents won 1 3 to 0. In their last practice tilt fumbles proved too costly for the local gang, and the Los Angeles Romans took a 24 to 13 win. Hoover ?—Monrovia 0. Coach Cameron’s proteges made their league debut by romping over the Monrovia Wildkittens. Hoover’s gray-clad ramblers started to the races with a 65-yard sustained drive which ended in the promised land. A placekick failed. As the second quarter got under way, the local lighties scored again when a Cyclone end recovered a fumble behind the goal line. The conversion was good. During the second half the game was all Monrovia’s although there was no scoring. Hoover ( —South I'amdrnn 7. By showing a stubborn defense at the crucial moments, the South Pasadenans were able to nose out the Vice Presidents. The Cyclones started fast by driving to the shadow of the Bengal goal posts but seemed to lack that big punch. Every time Hoover got into scoring position the Tigers dug their cleates into old terra firma and held magnificently. The Pasadena outfit started the scoring when one of its hawk-eyed boys fell on a Cyclone fumble. Nicely executed was a pass from Hoover’s 40-yard stripe to a Tigc back, who raced down to field to the pay-off zone. The Locals’ Waterloo followed when the Bengals converted. m T h i S v roll . •) .V

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Back How: Coach Francy. Appel. Hackney. Filbert. DrGray. Scholl. Pinkham, Pike. Sato. Krueger, Hlake. B Welle». Hartley (manager). Middle How: Taylor. Fender. Spced'c. Tovtyo, MacDonald. Chamber . Mailloux. We»t. Mclllwain. Harmon. Front Row: Bergin. SatTord. P. Harri». Gonnwen. Nel»on. Odegaard. O. Short (captain), Shimer. Whiteher, Seifert. C FOOTBALL THE 1934 edition of Whirlwinds revealed a brilliant group of boys that should strengthen Hoover’s football ranks in coming years. Mentored by Coach Victor Francy, they enjoyed their usual successful season. Lee Safford and Paul Harris were the outstanding ball-packers of the squad. Coach Francy was fortunate to have two such quarterbacks as Wilbur West and Otis Short, whose level-headed playing repeatedly kept the Hoo- verites out of danger. The blocking and tackling of Everittc Chambers, Pete Recchia, and Toshio Tosaya kept their opponents in hot water. The line’s two outstanding athletes were Bob Shimer, guard and Gail Whitcher, tackle. Richard Bergin, Erling Odegaard, Mac Speedie, Leslie Gonnsen, Arnold Seifert, Harry Nelson, and Carlyle MacDonald displayed a steady game throughout the season. Outstanding plays of the year were Chamber’s 37-yard dash after inter- cepting a Los Angeles Roman pass, Safford's toss to Short which scored against Belmont, MacDonald’s sprint of 50 yards after he had grabbed the ball from a Belmont back’s hands, and Harris’ beautiful end run against Whittier in the first battle. Bleak moments were the Romans’ first-half drives, Whittier’s attack in the first quarter of the first tilt, the blocking of Safford’s punt behind the goal line in the third Card game, and the whole second Redbird fracas. The Hoover Cee’s pre-season record predicted a successful year for the team. After the Whirlwinds had held the Romans to a tic, the latter went ahead to win the Los Angeles city title. This indicates the standing of the Hoover eleven among the other squads of the Southland. The lightweights’ triple-touchdown defeat of the Belmont Cee’s showed the team’s potential power. Ifonrn'O Los A nt elrs 0. Though playing exceptional football for the first game of the season, the Hoover Whirlwinds battled indecisively with a 00 • 7' h » $ c r o 11. I V -V .7