Tucson High School - Tucsonian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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'-P' 4 Football A f' ff 4 JM, -fm Houle 'gal' T TUCSON 25, MIAMI 0 Opening the sea- son on the home field against a fighting Mi- ami team, the Badgers were held scoreless for three quarters by the die-hard Vandals from the copper city, but in the last quarter the Badger of- fense began to click and Tucson crossed the Miami goal line four times. Scott paved the way for the first Badger score by carrying the ball to the Miami one-yard line, where Moffatt drove across for a ff:25a'l n touchdown. Scott made another Smelker touchdown a few minutes later on Verfurth a long end run, Jim Concannon ffme adding a third tally when he inter- cepted a pass and raced across the Vandal goal line. Verfurth and Smelker blocked a Miami punt which John Black scooped up and carried 22 yards for the final score in the last min- utes of play. TUCSON 14, PHOENIX INDIANS 0 Journeying to the capitol city, the Badg- ers continued the fine brand of play that they exhibited in the last quarter of the Miami game. The first Badger score came early in the opening quarter when Cook blocked an Indian kick which McBryde recovered and ran over for a touchdown. Grid1ey's proteges scored again in the final quarter as a result of a smooth running attack climaxed by a pass from Concannon to Black. Statistics showed Tucson's offense was at its bestg Tucson had 9 first downs to 4 for the Redskins and the Badgers completed 2 of 4 passes for a gain of 48 yards compared

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Seedborg Holliday Gray Lohse Egbert Cook Black Football SUMMARY The 1936 Tuc- son Badgers foot- ball team, coached for the second year by Rollin T. Gridley, was conceded by coaches, faculty, friends, and competent observers of the team to be the best team produced by Tucson High since the state-cham- pionship team of 1929. When the call for players was made this fall, it was an- swered by the usual megre supply of returning lettermen, but by the first game of the sea- son Coach Grid Gridly had whipped into shape a light, fast squad which showed all the poten- tialities of the great team they be- came as the season advanced.

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Football TUCSON 20, DOUGLAS 0 Completely out- classing the boys of the Smelter City, Tuc- son's Badgers rolled up a score of twenty points in the first half of the game then turned it over to substitutes, who kept it on ice during the remainder of the tussle. Scarcely had the fans set- tled into their seats when Mc- Bride, husky guard, scooped up a blocked punt and raced fifty yards to a touchdown. A second touchdown quickly fol- lowed. In the second quarter the Wei pfel Concannon-to-Black passing com- c ue, bination clicked for another touch- M 6 down, ending the day's scoring. Mc- Mgff 11 Bride, Gray and Black were out- standing, while Handley and Snoddy turned in fine defensive games for Douglas. TUCSON 6, PHOENIX 7 Playing desperately a g a i n s t their greatest jinx foe. the Badgers lost again by the smallest possible margin to the Phoenix Coyotes. The game was played at night in the University stadium before a ca- pacity crowd. and every inch of ground was fought for with a tenacity that thrilled the huge crowd. A lucky pass, barely beyond the fingertips of a fighting Badger back, was the margin of Phoenix' victory, for it was this pass that paved the way for the Phoenix touchdown. Tucson's touchdown came as the result of a pass from Concannon to Lohse, but the plunging of Egbert and Seedborg and. in fact, the work of the whole team was a highlight of the entire season.