Denver South High School - Johnny Reb Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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18 SOUTHERN LIGHTS many Model T's following. After parading through South Denver, the procession ended bv going out East Asburv to the stadium. At the stadium South's irresistible Rebels shattered lXIanual's umnarred city' record 26 to 6. South blasted three touchdowns in the first quar- ter. On the initial play of the game, South pulled the perfect play with YValsmith breaking loose behind exceptional blocking for sixty-seven vards and a touchdown. Haney. Venzke, and Suppes were outstanding for South. as were Kerbel and Ten Evke for the Bricklavers. The latter scored Manual's only point. Southern rooters on the west stand were thrilled by the excellent playing of South. Be- tween the halves. South's highly rated band ren- f . Q 1 A Q s N if . ' ! 5 A ' 1 ' 4 . ' K . N v-fi' m 'SX - ,za 3 -. ,f 4:1 . is? o ' it? .'.. , X . - 1-55. sg .fr Si! ,,-. , - ' N f S -Sf A f ' -- . 1 lass. 1-wa s ' .f- . ' 1 e f l LF 5 L .IENTYF my 3 0 -. ..e s .- Punishment? It's worth it S i.. ia Touchdown! South beats W'est dered music much to the enjoyment of everyone present. An added thrill to spectators was the excellent formation of a Pep Club drill team. But if it rveren't for the excellent coaching of Coach Johnson, Southerncrs would not have left the stadium so rejoieinglv after each game. Therefore honor is given to whom honor is due. and surely the coach deserved a lot of praise. YK-'hile the whole student body was greatly interested in the happenings of the football sea- son, a large group of girls were looking forward to the speed ball season. also. The girls' speedball manager, Barbara Ensign, called for players. Nearly one hundred girls re- ported for practice. For four weeks Manager En- :nun-an Hail! Hail! The gangs all here!

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SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 17 Coaches Iohnson. Iorgenson, and Phillco look a bit worried for boys interested in radios. They learn the prac- tical theory of radios and have demonstrations. The club is sponsored by Mr. Shearer and meet- ings are held in Room :ro at assembly time. Meetings are also held at different boys' homes in the evening. The oflicers include Clarence Stafford. president: Richard Lang, vice-president: and Paul Rutschman. secretary. Charles Louns- berry fulfills the duties of treasurer. A subject uppermost in the mind of every loyal Rebel during the fall of 'Q6 was the football season. South had a team with eleven lettermcn. one for every position. The efforts of these men resulted in an undisputed championship for South. Football in all the prep schools in Denver got a setback by the weather man, as the games for September twenty-sixth were postponed be- cause of snow: however. all teams benefited by the extra week of practice. On October third the football season was un- der way when South routed XV est :go to 7 before a crowd of four thousand. 4 Time after time Paul McClung. hard-crashing fullback, carried the brunt of the attack. lack Bennett, husky tackle. blocked a punt and fell on the ball over the goal for another score. Chuck Haney was also good. Lafe McClard scored XVest's lone points. At the October tenth game South downed North 1O to o. South's win over North was due perhaps to the work of the two best guards in the city. Ranck and Anderson. After a scoreless first half, VValsmith booted a conversion from the thirty-yard line. McClung later kicked out of danger with a sixty-yard punt. Vtlalsmith later in- tercepted a pass and on the next play McClung scored, XVally converted. Schuyler Toes Curtis played a bang-up game at the center post. South's win over East on October seventeenth was probably due to their aerial attacks. 'l'he ex- cellent passes of South made this game one of the best of the season. One particular Saturday morning cars all dee- orated in purple and white lined up at South Downing Street and Louisiana Avenue. The occa- sion, if you have not already guessed it, was the parade before the game we played with Manual on October thirty-first. Senior Pepsters led the procession in the Rebel Ranger bus with the Hep, lrep, we are marching to victory Time out

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SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 19 K ,IU Champions of the Championship Team sign and her coaches lent a helping hand in the practice tilts. Then teams were chosen accord- ing to their classification as senior, junior or sophomore. The tournament was played in the round robin form. The seniors won the championship after defeating the junior team in a very close game. On the junior team Lucille Mensch played an excellent game in the fullback position, while Ruth Carroll starred for the seniors. As the activities of October, lighted by the enthusiasm and participation of the students, are Rightg Speedball coaches and Mgr. Ensign look at the birdie Fun? recalled to memory. we may conclude that every one of them added to the joy and beauty of school life, Perhaps to some it seems that school life is so full of extra-curricular activities that no time was left for preparation of daily lessons. On the contrary, most Rebels were just as interested in their school work as they were in the football games, social hours, or any other of the many activities offered to students. In fact. home work was Hrst on the program of every diligent scholar.