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

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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

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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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18 THE ECHO initial whist'e found the vqarrlors of both camps on their tces pranclng' about eager to grasp their opp ineits in a death strug- gle, for neither had yet known defeat. The first half was a battle for life, neither team yielding their opponents a point. Early in the second half it was evident tnat the Paynites were no longer able to bear up under the continuous onslaught of the Purple and Gold. C. C., taking the ball deep in their own territory, slashed and cnopped the forward wall of their oppo- nents to pieces, and drove the Paynites to their own ten-yard line. where Volz, our heady little quarterback, emerged from the struggling mass and tossed a pass to Waite, Who was waiting behind the goal line. Not an opponent was within five yards of the receiver. Graf failed to tally the extra point. In the third quarter C. C. took advan- tage of their opponents' weakened condi- tion and drove them again to their ten-yard line, where Bushman made one of his fa- mous end hikes for the second and final touchdown. Waite dropped back to regis- ter the final tally. NOVEMBER 2 C. C. H. S., 24, Decatur Catholic H. S., 7. On November 2nd our gridmen jour- neyed to Decatur to meet again the much improved Decaturites. Though the hosts proved to be stronger than when we first met them, they fell an easy prey to our fleet-footed backfield men. When the final whistle blew the score stood Decatur 7, C. C. H. S., 24. NOVEMBER 9 C. C. H. S., 32, Huntington H. S., 12. On November 9th Huntington High School football aggregation visited Fort VVayne with one of the manliest and most sportsmanlike teams that ever placed foot on the Lincoln Life gridiron. Brilliant open field running marked the game. It was a battle between the fleet- footed backfields, with Bushman and Peq- uignizt taking turns in showing their heels to their opponents. Berghoff, who until this game had shown a mediocre style of f obali, tore through the Huntington line and dropped the opposing backs in their tracks, many times before they even took a step. , Bucher, Huntington's quarterback, re- vea'ed speed that at times surpassed that of Bushman. His brilliant runs often paced the ball within reach of the goal and twice he carried it over. Huntington's gains were made almost entirely on tricky mixed plays that were bewildering because of the speed and accu- racy with which they were executed. They made their nrst touchdown in the latter part of the second quarter. Gur iirst touchdown came soon after the game was started. Graf kicked the ball over Huntington's goal line and Hunting- ton punted from their twenty-yard line. Bushman returned the kick for thirty-five yards, then went through the line for sixf teen more. On the next play Pequignot followed Bushman to the one-yard line. From here Bushman skirted the end for a touchdown. At the opening of the second half Hunt- ington stzpped a series of long end runs and held us for downs. After a series of their mystifying plays they scored their second touchdown. Un the kick-off which followed Huntington's onslaught C. C. re- ceived the ball. Bushman and Pequignot took turns in skirting around the ends for gains which netted fifty-tive yards and a touchdown. Bushman made the final score when he flashed through his opponent's iirst and sec- ondary defense for a sixty-five yard run and a touchdown. A NOVEMBER 11 C. C. H. S., 403 Montpelier Public High, 6. After a two-day. rest C. C. H. S. grid- warriors Hbussedi' over to Montpelier to assist in the celebration of Armistice Day,