Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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F ootball Billings Brones, for the second successive time, won the state and “Big Fourteen championship” by defeating Missoula County High School, 28-12. During the season, Billings played a schedule of 10 games. At the beginning of the season the team showed promise by winning the traditional game with Roundup, the nby later defeating Great Falls and Anaconda. After two defeats, one to Butte high school, 20-0, and one to Sheridan, Wyoming, 14-13, the team made up its mind to finish the rest of the season undefeated. It won victories from Bozeman, Miles City, Livingston, Lewistown and Missoula. The championship game at Butte on Thanksgiving day gave a very fitting end to its triumphs. We congratulate Mr. Clyde Carpenter on his splendid coaching with the help of the assistant coaches, Mr. William T. Hodges and Mr. Gene Pearson. Fred Jones .playing his fourth year as a regular tackle, was captain. It was also Eddie Bayne’s fourth year as a regular. Both of them, along with Harold Blick and Floyd Novasio, made the All-State team. Nick Maltese and Lewis Ross made the second All-State team. Coach Carpenter said, “In Butte, Thanksgiving, every man on the team was an all-star. We had a fine first team and very able reserves. All but four of the 19 lettermen graduate and we hope the gaps can be filled by men from the B and C squads.” The graduating lettermen are: Fred Jones, outgoing captain and all-state tackle; Ed Bayne, all-state halfback; Nick Maltese, all-state center; Joe McClellan, end; Floyd Novasio, all-state fullback; Tony Ferro, guard; Harold Blick, all-state guard; Ed Allard, quarterback; Lewis Ross, second all-state tackle; Bill Grusonik, fullback; Jack Lynch, tackle; Jack Hay, guard; Jack Vinner, end; Bob Brown, center; and Bill Adler, guard. The lettermen who are returning are: John Conway, next fall’s captain and end; Kenneth Fargo, halfback; Bill Mains, halfback and R. C. Rogers, fullback. Bronc football followers feel that part of the A squad’s fine showing must be credited to the work of Assistant Coach Bill Hodges and his “B“ squad. The “B” squad played only one regularly scheduled game, losing a close contest to Columbus, but its work in scrimmaging the A squad, and in giving the regulars work against plays of opposing teams, was invaluable. Next year’s squad will be composed almost entirely of Coach Hodges’ boys who will come into their own at last as a result of the graduation of most of this year’s fine squad. Page Twenty-Nine