East High School - Trojan Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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Eridsters Triumph East, 263 Davenport, 12. Davenport received the worst defeat of the season at the hands of a rejuvenated East team. The Blue Devils scored first in the initial quarter, hut East roared hack to score four touchdowns and hold Daven- port to a single tally late in the fourth quarter. A 211 yard jaunt and a l3 yard pass with a 60 yard run tacked on to the end of it resulted in two touchdowns. A forty yard pass and partially blocked punt set up the other two. This victory left East still undefeated in the Mississippi Valley conference. EAST vs. NORTH DES MOINES 1Caneelled hecause of rain.,D East, 143 West, 0. The Trojans scored an upset victory over their previously unbeaten rivals from across town in the final game of the season. East completely dominated the game, holding the Vlfahawks to 71 yards hy rush' ing and no yards hy passing. On a quarterback sneak the Trojans scored just seconds before the half ended. While Wlest highis geared offense was held in check, East continued to dominate the second half. The third quarter was scoreless, and it was midway in the fourth quarter that East scored again. A fourth down, fake punt, garnered 34 yards to the W'ahawk's one yard line, and on the next play the hall was pushed across for the final tally. loach Raffensperger receives his victory shower after the East-Wrest game. Post ans cheer the gridsters on to another victory at the Vine Street strulium. 1 Ambrosy, Guard C. Bouck, Hulfback R. Truox, Guard lf. Rauseh, Hnlfback if' B. Bisdorf End

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D Melick, Guard East, 183 East Des Moines, 7. Entering their first Big Seven game of the season as an underdog, East upset a highly touted East high of Des Moines. Down 7-6 at halftime, the Trojans came back in the second half to score two touchdowns and hold their opponents scoreless. Des Moines' touchdown on an intercepted pass gave them the distinction of being the first team to cross the Trojanis goal line. East scored both of its touch- downs in the third quarter on runs of 29 and 3 yards, and then settled down to a defensive game. East, 255 Fort Dodge, 0. By capitalizing on Fort Dodge fum- bles and the blocking of the East line, the Trojans struck early and hard, 19-0 at half time. None of the touchdowns was the result of a long ru11, but of steady marching toward the goal line. The fourth touchdown in the third quarter ended the scoring, and the re- serves played the final quarter. East, 185 Mason City, 19. Before a capacity homecoming crowd the Trojans were upset by a fired-up team of Mohawks. East was down, 13-0 before showing any sign of the spirit which had carried them undefeated through their first five games. The Mohawks struck fast, and their early lead was too much for the Trojans to overcome. East scored in each of the last three periods, but their failure to connect for the point after touchdown proved the deciding factor. x Q 3 A Ur - s. W 1-...... L. Root, Guarzl Top 'I'-stars Don Commack, voted most valuable athlete of 1947, more than deserved this honor. He topped East's football scoring record of 73 points in nine games by racking up 79 points in eight games. He won a berth on hoth Jack Northis and the l.D.P.A. all state football team and was voted honorary captain of East's '47 football team. A versatile athlete, Don acquired three major letters in football, three in basketball and two in baseball. Below: D. Cornmack helps rack up points as East wins fifth straight over West. .4111 D. Heene, Center N. Taylor, Guard

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Wfhile weire catching 'cover-the-shoulder glimpses of activities at East, we can't afford to miss looking in on staff period some Tues- day afternoon before the paper comes out. Niidst the hubbub of meeting last minute changes in time for the 5:00 o'clock deadline, we sec .lane McCoy, editor-in-chief, confer- ring with Miss Marguerite Blough, staff ad- visor. .lo Bisone and Clara Hack, co-news editors, are busily reading copy to check on thorough news coverage while Orvola Brooks, feature editor, does some hurried headline writing to cap the amusing features for the week's edition. Wzlyne Crow, sports editor, is finishing a basketball starting lineup just released by the coach. Standing by him is Shirlee Gormly, exchange editor, pointing out interesting sports coverage in an exchange paper. The many staE reporters are scattered around the room energetically chewing pen- cils and feverishly writing copy on social activities, school news, clever feature stories, opinion polls, interviews and sports news. we? Olfelf' 0 :Ye B editors industriously working on page layouts are O. Brooks, feature editor: .lane McCoy, editor-in-chief, and I0 Bisone and C. Hack, co-news editors. Checking assignments and kibitzing G. Han- son at the typewriter are J. Rolinger, T. Myers, P. Snowden, L. Miller, S. Gormly, I. Eickelberg. Uver in the corner are columnists Gerry Hanson and ,lim Eickelberg exchanging witty remarks while Gerry types her colunm with the old faithful uhunt-and-peck system. Back by the radiators we see advertising manager David Brumble counting inches while his solicitors, .lean Collcrd, Betty Lath- rop, Dixie Wfilson, Muriel Bolton, Colleen Power, Nancy Burk, Shirlee Davis, Virginia Deluancey, Shirlee Wfipplinger and Dave Ar- buckle, breathlessly rush in froni soliciting ads from businesses downtown. Over by the business desk we see business manager Wanda Kirchman and her assistant, Marilyn Horner, balancing assets and liabilities. Some of the reporters, finally finishing their assignments, stand by the book shelf perusing the eight journalistic books recently awarded the Orange and Black fo1' first place coverage in observance of library-newspaper co-operation during Book week. Included are biographies of famous journalists and two journalism text books of primary interest to the journalism classes. 2 8 ,