Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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tha((. . . eavies CONFERENCE STANDINGS Won Lost Tie Maine 5 1 0 LaGrange 5 1 0 Glenbard 4 2 0 DOWNERS GROVE 2 4 0 Hinsdale . . 2 4 0 York . . 2 4 0 Riverside-Brookfield 1 5 0 Trojan heavies were expected to go places this year with many of their letter- men from last year back, plus some light- weight lettermen who couldn't make the weight. But the breaks of the season went against them, and they wound up in a three way tie for fourth place Lawrence Mizener captained the team We can proudly say that this squad played fine and exciting ball the whole season. Several games saw runs and plays that brought appreciation from spectators as being unusual and worthwhile Large at- tendances showed the community support that has existed in the past years Top Row: N. Nadelhoffer, H. Boula, B. Holmes, R. Tabbert, K. Turner. Fourth Row: D. Hays, E. Lester, B. Perkins Third Row: I . Mizener, S. Ross, B. Smith Second Row: E. Derr, E. Livingston, K. Ruthordt, T. Cavalli, B. Barker. First Row: H. Sutter, B. Simmons, D. Hauch, W. Johnson.

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Hinsdale then opened up a passing attack which netted them a score. The game see- sawed up and down the field until Downers scored twice more in the 4th period. Downers Grove 1 3 La Grange 1 3 The only black mark of the season occurred on this fateful day. It is probably best said that LaGrange had a good team and a good day. Downers came from behind in the final period to tie it up. Having only seven of last year s lettermen with which to start the season, the lightweights had to and did play good ball to become the first undisputed lightweight champs in the school s history. Evan Davies and Gene Donald- son were elected co-captains Downers Grove 21 West Aurora 0 Scoring twice in the first quarter, the Trojans wasted no time with West Aurora’s frosh- soph team. A pass interception on the 9 yard line late in the third quarter kept West Aurora from scoring. Downers Grove 20 Maine 6 The result of many of the regulars ploying their first game before a home crowd, was a poorly played first half on Downers part. The local boys, however, settled down and pushed over 3 touchdowns, and early in the 4th quarter the second team took over. Maine scored once. Downers Grove 38 Riverside-Brookfield 0 After 4 first period fumbles the team calmed down a bit, and scored 2 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter to leave the halftime count at 14-0. The half ended, however, with R-B on the Trojan 1 % foot line. After three second half scores, the 2nd team then took over and got into the spirit of things and produced 6 points. Downers Grove 34 Hinsdale 6 Playing before a Dad’s Day crowd, the boys turned on the steam for two counters in the 1st quarter. They came through with another half- way through the 2nd. Downers Grove 27 York 6 York’s tricky ponies scored first, but by the end of the first frame they were behind 7-6. The third quarter was up and down the field with D.G. mainly controlling the ball. The last period added 7 more points to the D.G. side of the ledger. Downers Grove 40 Marmion 24 Downers scored the most points of the season against this big, rough frosh-soph team but also earned their worst defensive record. The ponies didn’t begin to pull away until the third quarter when they scored two touchdowns to make it 27-12. The fourth period produced two tallies for each team. Downers Grove 19 Glenbard 0 Because of the championship crisis, Downers easily scored thrice in the first half. Our lights then concentrated on defense and held Glen- bard scoreless, to win 19-0 and become 1946 West Suburban Conference Lightweight Cham- pions. LIGHTS Row One: L. Nielsen, B. McCabe, W. Vorreyer, G. Donaldson, Co-capt., E. Davies, Co-capt., B. Unger, R. Esposito, B. Poborsky, T. Drinkwater. Row Two: B. Barbier,Mgr., Arn. Schrank, B. Potter, H. Christy, A. Carrie, Al Schrank, J. Duncan, L. Turk, T. Hackbarth, B. Antonofl, J. DeWolf, R. Grosch, Mgr. Row Three: Coach Taylo, R. Springstroh, B. Ex- trom, D. Absher, L. Rathke, B. Lane, T. Mc- Cleery, T. Brudniak, J. Turk, C. Rutt, G. Mur- ray, B. Lea, B. M ister. Coach Riddlesberger. 24

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Downers Grove 7 West Aurora 21 Playing a strong team on their own field proved to be too great a task for the high- spirited and gallant Trojan team. West Aurora scored in each of the first three quarters, and the Downers boys pushed over in the fourth period. Downers Grove 0 Maine 1 4 Downers’ trouble in this game was their in- ability to guard against passes. Both of Maine’s touchdowns came as a result of aerials. The Trojans would like to have played this game over, because the locker room feeling was that the Blue Demons weren’t so hot. Downers Grove 0 Riverside-Brookfield 6 Having fumblitis” seemed to be in style for Downers at Riverside this year. For there were three passes dropped by Downers boys that might have changed the score by 18 points. R-B pushed over in an exciting last quarter drive. This was a game where all the breaks went against the Trojans. Downers Grove 14 Hinsdale 13 Perhaps playing before their Dads or getting to keep the Old Oaken Bucket for another season inspired the heavies this day, but whatever it was they gained their first victory of the season by a hair-raising 14-13 score. Each team scored a touchdown in the first quarter, but Hinsdale failed to add the extra point. This proved to be their downfall. Downers Grove 0 La Grange 1 2 LaGrange proved their defensive value when they kept our Trojans from scoring when they had a 1 st and goal on the LaGrange 8. Downers played on equal or better terms with LaGrange during the second half. Some beautiful kicking was done by Downers. Downers Grove 13 York 12 This was another exciting game in which the final score was just a one point margin for Downers. This game was more thrilling than that with Hinsdale, because all the scoring was done in the last quarter. Downers scored first, but failed to convert. York had the same success. The game’s highlight came when Downers returned York’s kickoff for a 100 yard touchdown run. The extra point was made. York then scored, but to the relief of all loyal Downersites ”, failed to add the extra point. Downers Grove 40 Marmion 0 This game is best summed up by saying that it was a riot for Downers. They scored twice in the first, twice in the third and twice in the fourth. All of Downers’ players got to play at one time or another. Downers 2 Glenbard 1 3 Downers 2 points in this game came as a result of trapping a Glenbard player behind his goal line. Downers out-played Glenbard for the first half, and were ahead 2-0 at half- time. Glenbard mixed their plays up in the second half and kept changing from passing .to running. They scored two touchdowns to win 13-2. HEAVIES Row One: E. Lester, B. Smith, H. Boula, S. Ross, L. Mizener, Copt. B. Perkins, B. Holmes, K. Turner, N. Hagemann, Mar. Row Two: B. Seifert, Mgr., D. Whitlock, K. Ruthardt, B. Simmons, H. Sutter, D. Hauch, R. Ruthardt, T. Cavalli, H.Nadelhoffer. Row Three: Coach Kucera, J. McClintock, E. Loy, D. Hays, J. Thrawl, D. O'Neill, K. Riggenbach, E. Livingston, R. Drake, E. Kmoch, Coach Stahl. Row Four: T. Brown, B. Sinderson, R. Roberts, R. Tabbert, L. Rosinski, T. Puckorius, B. Barker, D. Reed, C. Vial, G. Redd, W. Johnson, E. Derr. 2r