Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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ORTS ' ' VARSITY FOOTBALL The cheers of a capacity crowd rang out over Pattcngill stadium as the massed students and supporters of liastern roared their approval of the Blue and Gold warriors trotting out into the glare of the iioodlights. alert and eager to test their strength in this iirst game of the football season. September 21. With an undefeated record for the past two seasons. the Quakers were prime favorites for the ISDH grid season. The team promised to be as strong as the ones of previous championship years. The crowd roared equal approval as a badly beaten Ithaca team, but one which still retained its initial lighting spirit. was on the light end of a 55-O score at the end of the game. Coach Grat'f's first team which piled up 29 points yielded in the second quarter to the reserves who scored within five plays. Spectacular long runs. led by I.amb's eighty-yard gallop. constituted most of the points. The iinal scoring was completed in the third quarter by the varsity. the reserves being held scoreless in the final period. Led by Lyle Sherman and Chet Smith, the Quaker eleven turned back their first class A competitor. River Rouge. September 28. The fighting Detroit team. which held down the home team's running attack and twice turned back prospective scores from their three-yard marker. were caught unawares by the flashy passing game of Rocky , Sherman. Kolbcrg and Chet Smith that resulted in a score mid- way in the second period. To start the second half. the fans were brought to their feet by Guenther. Rougc's quarterback. who ran the kickoff back 55 yards before he was stopped by Delp. reserve backticld man. Lyle Sherman's field goal and spec- tacular eighty yard run completed the 15-0 victory. Benge and Maliskey. Blue and Gold linemcn. turned in fine performances. TilC Easternites hurdled the third obstacle in their quest for a third consecutive undefeated football season. October 5. by shading Mt. Clemens. 13-6. in a bitterly fought battle. Although the Rlue and Golds appeared off-form, they scored in the second quarter with the aid of a pass from quarterback Sherman to VVcaver. Quaker right tackle. The Mt. Clemens boys then countered with 2111 aerial barrage of their VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD Fourth Row: Cook. Valentine. R. Smith. DeCair. Leo Sherman. XV:-aver. C. Smith, Parmater, Joseph. Kolberg Third Row: Delp. Shipman. Rolter. Sirhal. llill. Stein. Siegrist. Benson. Puls Second Row: Coach Rurnham. Coach Graff. Jenks. lngman. Robinson. Miles, Gillengerten, Poiihonki. Rowden. Coach Rovard First Row: Maliskcy. Lyle Sherman. Allen. Ross. Lamb. Downey. llenge. Rupp SCRIMMAGE ATHLE1 IC BOARD OF CONTROL Second Row: YYhecler. athletic director: Graff. coach. Manx. school treasurer First Row: Spurway, Principal Rich, Miles, Kroli Paar Om' Hundred Six

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own wl1icl1 resulted in the first score of the season to be chalked up against Eastern. The visiting team filled in the remaining points by a 36-yard pass. allowing Kolberg to score from the 7-yard line after which Sherman converted the extra point. Bolter. Maliskey, and Kolberg were the bright lights of the Easternites' line. A crowd of some -1-.000 people, gathered at Viiithington Stadium in Jackson, October 13. saw Lansing Eastern add another link to its three year old chain of football victories by defeating Jackson High, 9-0, in a Five-A league game. Sher- man. Eastern's man with the educated toe, started the scoring in the first period by booting a H-yard field goal. The final score came in the fourth quarter when the Vikings were unable to resist the bid of the human dynamof' Chet Smith. for a touchdown. The plucky opposing team furnished some exciting moments, playing almost constantly in Quaker territory in the second and third periods and doing considerable damage to the visiting team's line. The long expected battle with the Bearcats of Battle Creek. October 19, was turned into a complete rout by the Quakers' outplaying their ancient rivals all the way to break a tie of two seasons standing. One of the highlights of the game occurred in the first period when, after recovering a Bearcat's fumble, Delp raced 27 yards on the first play. enabling Sherman to score a few moments later. Chet Smith and Kolberg accounted for one marker each with Lyle Sherman successfully converting the point after each goal plunge to leave the final score 20-O. The sterling performance of Eastern's entire line accounted for many gains. Advancing to within two games of another undefeated season, the Quaker eleven snowed under the Ann Arbor Purple. 26-0, November 2, using that same brilliant running attack that accounted for the victory over Battle Creek. YVhen Kurtz and ivarner, flashy Purple backs. failed to dent the solid wall of the Easternites' line, 'iRocky Sherman, Chet Smith. and Allen ran across four scores aided by the capable interference of Benge and Bolter. In the opening period of their play with Kalamazoo, November 10. the Blue and Gold team was whipped into action by the Maroon player Layton's scoring on an 80-yard run after blocking a Quaker punt. The aroused Easternites came back in the second quarter and scored on a sequence of off-tackle smashes and end sweeps. Playing behind an improved line. the co-captains, Smith and Sherman. completed the final 1-11-6 score. Bud Lamb was definitely removed from the Central tilt by a recurrence of a knee injury. Yvith the stage set for the annual intra-city brush with Central, Coach Graff kept the team bustling. This game involving Rasterifs chances for city and Five-A league championship was considered by Central as a chance to atone for a rather unlucky season and while the Quakers were considered as probable victors, there was a general reluctance to forecast the score. The Easternites confirmed previous forecasts by downing the Big Reds 13-O, November 6. to tie for the state and keep the Five-A and city championship titles. The plucky Central warriors held their ancient foes scoreless in the Hrst half, but their stubborn defense could not stand up against the heavier and faster team. An 86-yard run by Chet Smith furnished the most exciting play of the game and gave Eastern her first touchdown, Lyle Sherman converting the point. Line smashes and a pass again placed Smith in a position to score near the close of the final period. Frequent exchanges of punts and barrages of passes were interspersed throughout the game. .lake Speelman. the Big Red quarterback. furnished many anxious moments for Eastern. and Benge, Maliskey, Kolberg, and Polihonki distinguished themselves in this final scheduled game. Lyle Rockyy' Sherman, star quarterback of Easterns championship team, was honored by being selected to fill the quarterbacks berth on the All-State teams of both the Free Press and Richard E. Remington. Although Sherman was the only one to receive first team mention. several other boys, Kolberg, Chet Smith, Benge, Y and Vi eaver, received mention on second and third teams. Page One Hundred Eight