Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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41 T7 Dux Heroes Drive! Drive! Drive! Picking up an extra yard or two. Snyder lights through several Wymore tacklers. Starting the season with a light and inexpe- rienced team, the Ieffs improved With every game and When the season was over they had five victories, three defeats and one tie to their credit. The coaches are to be commended for having done a fine job. ' Entertaining the Hastings Tigers in the first home game, the leffs fell before the Mid-East champs 25-6. Traveling to York, the leffs went on a scor- ing spree against the Dukes and returned with a 31-7 victory for their first Win. With a veteran team, Geneva played the leffs to a standstill and settled for a scoreless tie. The Ieffs gained their second victory by downing the Crete Cardinals 12-6 in an im- portant conference game at Crete. Grand lsland invaded the Ieffs home terri- tory and the state champs plastered a 45-O de- feat on the Ieffs. The leffs met their traditional rivals, the Be- atrice Orangemen, and defeated their arch foes 12-6 at Beatrice. Although outplaying Lincoln Northeast in every department, the leffs lost 7-U on the Rockets' home field. Playing their best game of the season, the leffs defeated Falls City 19-14 in one of the most thrilling games seen on the Fairbury grid- iron. The Ieffs scored in the last thirty seconds to Win the game. 1-lampered by injuries, the Ieffs closed the season with a 20-13 victory over Wymore. E Kruger, F H. Shortridge. FF D. Anderson, F P Page 26 , Heidelk, F L. Hughes D. Thomas F

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W J Scheuler, FFF I. Lesher. F. H. Germer ED KRUGER, sophomore, played tackle. Ed was a strong defensive man and a good down field blocker. He weighed in at l63, HAROLD SHORTRIDGE, senior, weighed 160 and played guard. Harold was a stout defen- sive man and a good blocker. DlCK ANDERSON, junior, played quarterback and called plays. Dick did most of our pass- ing and was a good defensive halfback. PHlL HElDELK, sophomore, weighed l45 and played halfback. Phil was a good breakaway and broken field runner. LEROY HUGHES, junior, weighed l4U and played quarterback. LeRoy had plenty of spirit but was handicapped by his size. DOUG THOMAS, sophomore, tipped the scales at l4O and played halfback. Doug was our safety and was a good broken field runner. CHARLES SCHEULER, senior, was All-Confer- ence guard. Chuck was a stout defensive playf er and a good blocker, He weighed in at lESU. IOE LESHER, senior, was All-Conference fullf back. loe was a slashing runner, a good de- fensive linebacker and weighed l6U.. B. Kenney. F K. Iones, FFF I. Iuczre Fighting off cr host of tacklers with a rugged stiff arm, Doug Thomas speeds around end in the Wymore game. HAROLD GERMER, senior, had lots of hustle and determination. Harold played end and tipped the scales at l6U. BOB KENNEY, senior, was a stout defensive player at tackle. Bob was one of the heavier boys, weighing l9U. KAY IONES, senior, weighed l42 and played center. Kay was field general for the team and placed on the All-Conference eleven. Huff, FF I. Loyd. FF H. Chirnside, FFF D. Michels, F B. Kirby, F P. Seuchord Page 27