Central Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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16 THE That game showed up the weaknesses and the inexperience of many of our players. Many left at the end of the game saying that C. C. would not have a team this year to uphold the old standard. If the first game of the season showed up the ignorance of many of the players as to the tactics and knowledge of the game, the last game showed and proved what can be accomplished with ardent and continuous practice and study of the game. The team that represented the school in the last game has been acknowledged by sports writers and followers of the game to be one of the cleanest, fightiest, and brainiest football organizations in high school circles. The followers of our team have watched with price and increasing confidence the continual improvement in the method. styQe anc. spirit of our team, which was disolayec. the field. s Though we must attribute very much of the success to our coach . yet we can- not overlook the members of the team that every time the team walked on made possible the success. The boys dis- played at all times a line spirit of will- ingness to be advised by the coach and put in practice what he taught them. Very few have, if any, missed without a very good excuse the regular practices and lec- tures. Their spirit of co-operation with the coach, and their readiness to yield to the training offered were two of the great factors in the success of the season. Remember the Alumni-Varsity Game. Bushman Bushman is a player brave and boldg In scrimmage he does what he is told. In the game he takes the ball, Making sure he doesn't fall, Then scores for the purple and gold. -LUKE BELOT, '24, Read what the local papers say about the Alumni Game. -u , ECHO Our Coach ' All the honors that have come to us have been made possible by the earnest and fruitful efforts of our coach, Frank Dofiot. 'Rather than see his Alma Mater, where he was a star during his high school days, sink beneath the waves of football oblivion due' to the need of a coach, Frank, as he is known to his boys, took over the job and together with his natural ability and spirit to succeed, turned out the most successful team that Central Catholic has ever had. To him we extend our sincerest thanks. The fighting spirit and bulldog tenacity displayed by the team was the wonder and delight of all who saw them play. Every man ,gave his best while he was in. It was this fighting spirit, the embodiment of Doriot's personality, that brought suc- cess and glory to Central Catholic in a greater measure than did C. C.'s superb team of 1922. JAMES KELKER, '24.

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sfjpgf ,,,xx... Tlllz' ECHO WM VIIIW ALL-CITY HIGH SCHOOL 'l'li.-XXI ' By ROBT. A. REED Sports Ifltlitor, Journal-Gazette FIRST TEAM POSITION SIGVUXIQ 'l'I-IAM Bm-'gzltofj' .......... C. C. II. S .... . .. End Wilkons ............ South Brubaker . . . .... Southside .... . . End . . . .Ilf-Im-mir-l.' . . . . . . .V. V. II S Graf ...... ...CX C. H. S .... . .Tat-kle Miller .... ..... 4 't-nit tl Pohlentz . . ..... Central .... . .Tat-kle . . . ltaho . . . . .South Sehopf . . . .... Southside .... . . Guard . . . . . .Nolrlt-s . . . . . . .1 'PIITI il Alitllirrtn .. ...C. C. II. S .... .. Guard I-'oolufu ...... V. II s Norris ... ... Southside .... ... .Venter ... Sliamhaugli .. ...... V+-nti il Fromuth . .... Southside ...... Quarterhat-k . Vol.: ....... .... 4 '. V. ll N Buslrmuxi ... ...CX C. H. S .... . .IIalfhat-k . Wyss ...... .... S onth Nulf ...... ..... C entral ...... .llalfhat-k ....... l m,m'ynfof .. .. .V. V. Il S Aldrit-h ..... . .... Southside ........ Fullhat-k ........ Paulsen .. ..... l't'llIl tl IIONOHABLE MENTION Eiids-Waite. DI'9:SlIilt l1. Mt-Millen. Tat-kles- Jtirgenson, f'w'y1u.wn. Gtiai-tis-Hill. pie. Jlr-Grfrth, Worten. Ce11te1's-FI1'f'l.', Huffman. Bac-kfieltl-1'urrit-. Ka-ll.-1-r. Mail Caseheer. H o udebush. St0inIu11'l.'01'. Football Review Under conditions which almost demoral- ized the spirit and enthusiasm of the stu- dent body for their football team and its support, C. C. H. S. opened its 1923 foot- ball season. For almost two weeks after the opening of school, the team was without a coach. and uncertainty as to whether there would be a coach prevailed. At last. on Septem- ber l8th. the school hailed with rejoicings and renewed enthusiasm the news that Frank Doriot, an alumnus. and one who has been under the mentorship of K. R. Rockne for four years at Notre Dame. had oiiered his services as coach. XYith discouraging obstacles facing him from all sides the coach started on his up- hill work. The success of the football team. the new school spirit. the new enthusiasm of the alumni for their alma mater. the spirit of clean and manly sportsmanship. and many other good etiects of the season are largely. if not entirely. due to lfrank. our coach. Frank has little to say in the matter-he attributes it all to the boys . After less than two weeks of practice under our coach a team was placed on the gridiron to meet our first opponents.

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THE ECHO 17 Summary of the Games Sr:if'i'iciviisi-:ie 28 C. C. H. S., 56. Decatur Catholic lligh, fl. After only two weeks of gruelling prac- tice under our new coach, lfrank Doriot, C. C. H. opened its football season on September 28th with a game with Decatur Catholic High School. Doubts as to the final result of the con- test were soon quelled when Graf oh the kick-off received the ball on his own thir- ty-yard line and fought his way through his opponents for the first touchdown. The Decatur boys proved weak on the defensive, which resulted in our boys pil- ing up a score of 56-0. Only one time during the game, when C. C. was playing its third-string men, did their opponents come within striking distance of the goal, only to lose the ball on downs on the five- yard line. Though it was seemingly an easy victory it showed that C. C. was yet weak in many places. OCTOBER 6 C. C. H. S., 12g Payne Public High, 12. Immediately after the Decatur game Coach Doriot set about in strengthening his team in preparation for the Payne con- test. The Payne team had played together for the past three years and was under the mentorship of Bob Brady, a former Notre Dame football star. On Saturday, October 6th, C.. C. met their worthy opponents from Ohio on the Lincoln Life field. Both teams displayed the same style of football throughout the game, which ,resulted in a 12-12 score. Copenhaver of Payne in the second quar- ter skirted our end for twenty yards and the first touchdown. Pequignot scored the first touchdown for C. C., also in the second quarter. by carry- ing the ball over his opponents' goal line after the C. C. backs, by line plunges and timely forward passes. brought the oval from their own twenty-yard line. Bushman, our star half-back. in the third quarter made a spectacular catch of a seem- . ' . , ' ingiy inipossilhe forward pass from firaf. Reaching up, on zt de-:ul run and mal-:ing .l complete turn in the air, he pifkv-fl the ball out of spare. .Xfter rf-gaining his bal- ance he fought his way through thi- opp,- nents' secondary defense and frossefl the coveted goal line. liirkhold, l'ayne's brilliant fpiztrterharl-1. scored the last touchdown when he inter- cepted a forward pass of liushman's and raced down the field for seventy yards across our goal line. Or 'romzk 13 C. C. H. S.. 25: Toledo C. C. H. S.. 6. Un October 13th Toledo Central Cath- olic High School gridmen were our guests on Lincoln Life field. The Toledo aggre- gation came to lfort XX'ayne with full de- termination to revenge the defeat admin- istered to them by Bushman the previous year. Wfhen the initial whistle blew there were two evenly matched teams ready' for the fray. It was Bushmans game. XYith contin- uous grinding and cooperation of his team- mates he once more administered the bitter medicine of defeat . Sweeping around the ends, piercing the line. passing the ball over their heads. catching the oval in their midst, Bushman registered the four touch- downs which tolled the death of the Toledo- lites. Only when Bushman. due to injuries. was removed from the game in the last quarter were the powerful opponents able to carry the ball over the goal line for their lonely six points. QTCTOBER .25 C. C. H. S.. 15 Payne Public High. 0. The Payne High School. desirous of proving their superiority over the Purple and Gold on the football tield. invited us to a return game. On October 25th we were their guests on their own home grounds. It was an ideal football day. The air was crisp with a slight breeze stirring. Both teams were ready for the combat. The