Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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1 A f Pricco English . Swartz Zimmerman of the game, Doucharme, Arthur Hill star. broke loose on a long pass and was headed for a touchdown, but Rafi' saved the day by catching him from behind. After an hour of drab playing the game ended in a scoreless tie. Battle Creek's Bearcats were next on the schedule. The game was of great interest since it was Eastern's first Five A League encounter and Battle Creek was leading in the league. Again the Quakers entered the Held the underdogs. XVith the generalship of Captain Kruszewski and the ine teamwork of the Blue and Ciold, the boys handed the Food City a trouncing. with a score of 13-O. Eastern's banner carriers completely outplayed the Bear- cats in every phase of play. They stopped sweeping end-runs and didn't give an inch to Battle Creek's line plunges. Pricco and liruszewski proved themselves impregnable by stop- ping three bone crushing drives when Battle Creek was only inches from the last stripe. With the Bearcat's scalp neatly tucked under their belts. the Quakers prepared to meet Jackson High. On the night of October 23, the Quakers met a worthy foe in the Prison City eleven. From the opening whistle to the iinal gun, both teams battled furiously. During the first half. Easterns gridmen out-smarted the Vikings time after time and scored a touchf down. After the rest period. Jackson opened up its bag of tricks. They marched down the Held, completely baffling our boys by their double and triple passes and their hidden ball Fine Bissell Turik Hulliberger - 1 I Q M Page One Hundred Thirty-two

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N. i l Q Third Row: Coach Burnham. Rafi. Swartz. Baird. Ciodfrey. Mr. XVheeler. Coach Graff, Pricco. Kowalski. Spaniola. K. Beagle. Coach Bovard Second Row: Bissell. Mary. Hubbell. English. Hulliberger. Turik. May Zimmerman, Fine First Row: Lynch. Howald. Brown. McCaffrey. Otto. Charlie. E. Beagle. McNaughton. Thomas. Barrett. Little FOOTBALL SEASON REVIEW The gridiron hopes of Eastern were not exceptionally bright at the beginning of last season. When the call for candidates was first issued. over one hundrd boys answered. eager for hard work. Of these. only four lettermen of the Five A League championship team were back. They were Captain John Kruszewski. Leo Pricco. John Turik. and Eugene Raff. These boys were counted on to hll their posts at l..T., IEE.. R.T., and QB. The big job was to fill the gaps left open by such stars as 'AI.efty Miller. Chet Ross. Ugo Pricco. and Frank Hoff. In two weeks time these holes were filled and the team was ready for its first game. On the night of September 25. a green. inexperienced. but willing eleven met the Ithaca Farmers. The Ithaca team was the prefgame favorite. but when the opening whistle blew. the blue and gold of Eastern tore down the field with the fury of a young avalanche. Under the leadership of Kruszewski. Pricco. and Turik. the Fighting Quakers completely outplayed the Ithaca boys and smothered them by a score of -H to O. The game put a bit of confidence into the boys and the next week they worked hard and long preparing for the game at Bay City. On October 3. they packed their bags and traveled to meet the Wolves of Bay City. The opening kickeoff was the start of a vicious battle. The Quakers had to summon all of their strength and strategy against the up-state lads who had a well organized and experienced team. The game was a breath-taker. Twice Eastern threatened to score: once the perspiring Pennsylvanians had the ball on the one-yard line only to be stopped. The game seemed to be a deadlock when suddenly Eastern threw a pass. It was intercepted: only the goalposts were ahead of the ballcarrierp a touchdown seemed inevitable when a gold jersey came from nowhere and stopped him on the four yard line. It was Raff. The Quakers made every eifort to repel the final onslaught of the XVolves. but in vain. When the gun announced the finish. Eastern was on the end of the 6-O tally. The following Friday. October 9, Saginaw Arthur Hill was met on Pattengill Field in a night game. Neither team could get under way as the Held was a sea of slippery mud. The teams seesawed between the twenty yard stripes for most of the evening. Toward the close Page One Hundred Thirty-one

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Baird Raff Mary Godfrey tricks. At last. in the nnal minutes of play, our stone wall gave way and Jackson battered their way to a touchdown with the final score 7-7. Benton Harbor's Tigers were Eastern's next opponents. The Tigers boasted of a big. powerful. and fast eleven and were favorites over the more inexperienced Quaker lads. But once more the dope was upset and our team more than surprised the Harborites. During the entire tirst half, Benton Harbor had the ball only three times while Eastern had possession more than three-quarters of the time. The linemen charged and the ball toters ran so that at the rest period, Benton Harbor found themselves 1-l- points behind. Early in the third quarter, Robert Frakes. Benton Harbors All-State Halfback. broke through Eastern's defense and raced 64 yards for their lone touchdown. After that touchdown the Quakers again settled down to business and at the close of the fourth period they were on the long end of a 14-6 score. Only two more games remained to be played and they were both tough assignments. November 7 found the boys packed and ready to leave for Ann Arbor at 6:30 A.M. The game with the University City gridders was scheduled at 10:30 A.M. and the boys had to leave rather early. When they arrived at Ann Arbor it was cold and snowing. At the be- ginning of the game the boys were still cold and stiff from their three hour ride. Although thus handicapped, the game was a fight to the finish. The experienced Purple and White '. 'ff' r -+ I - L, Nfl' be lsjhzaaanaeip-t' Barrett Hubbell Howald May Page One Hundred Thirty-Ihree