Garfield County High School - Yampah Yearbook (Glenwood Springs, CO)

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of off sides bv the accused. The Cowhands and the Demons fought a bitter duel, each team having 2 scoring opportunities, the Demons cashing in on theirs when, after a series of plays which set the ball on the 16 yard stripe, Bill Huber jurrrped on a Toomey fumble which rolled from the 9 yard line over the goal tc account for the margin of victory. Once more the Demons threatened during the clash but a gallant goal line stand by the Meeker club halted them on the 2 yard line. The Rifle Bears, traditional rival of the Demons, were the next to fall before the highly admired Glenwood attack, 6--O in a conference tilt, which was con- tested on the local field. The Demon victory marked the seventh straight win over the Bears,- the Red and White supremacy dating back to 1940. ln the first quarter, the locals' skill overshadowed the Rifle squad's so much that there was little doubt of the outcome. The touchdown after a march downfield to the ten yard line, came in the third period when Leonardi faded wide to flip a perfect aerial to Eiswerth who was standing in the end zone. The conversion again failed- The Glenwood aggregation won the fnllowing week's game by forfeit from the Oak Creek Miners, usually a potential threat for the title, 1- 0. The Orediggers dropped out of 1944 conference play after the first game, a 31 - O defeat at the hands of Steamboat, due to their inability to field a team sufficient to contest the Yampa Valley Clubs. G. C. 1-1. S.' three game winning streak came to an abrupt halt in their next tilt, as the Sailors of Steamboat Springs, exhibiting a potent offensive machine. rolled over the Demons to the tune of 37-6. The victory gave the Sailors third place, trailing Craig, second place club, and Hayden, who won the league bunt- ing by downing Meeker 19-0, following their 38-O trouncing of Craig the pre- vious week. The Sailors' power laden outfit showed a marked supremacy, scoring two first quarter rallies to lead 12-O before the Demons began to click. Taking a kickoft on the 15, the Red and White engineered a march downfield to the 7 yard line from where Lough, hard driving Demon halfback carried over for the score to narrow the Sailors' margin. The Swabies , however, scored frequently and almost at will in the last half to account for the margin of victory. Coming back strong after the 37-6 trouncing administered by the Sailors. the Demons of G. C. H. S. exhibited a loyal spirit as well as a classy eleven operat- ing from a T-formation to write a successful finis to the 1944 gridiron season by downing a growling Bear from Rifle, 7-6 in an Armistice Diy clash at the Cub liideout. Rifle scored first, a long end run setting up their first opportunity, one which they cashed in on, the Rifle fullback going over from the 8 to score. john Milton's hard tackle stooped the Rifle fullback's attemped plunge to leave the half-time score at 6-O. The Clenwood eley en scored midway in the third period a concentrated drive taking them to the fifteen, where Bill Huber fast, shifty Demon fullback, took it over to score. Out of a fake kick formation, Zerbe passed to Eiswerth in the end zone to account for the narrow victory margin.

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Football Review of HQMEZLL With only four returning letter men--Ted Lough, Peck Leonardi, Keith Zerbe, and Bill Huber-around which the 1944 edition of the Red and White eleven had to form its nucleus, the status of this year's Yampa Valley Conference entrant was questionable. The club, with several new prospects to bolster it, met its first test of the campaign against a highly-heralded Tiger powerfhouse from Hayden, whose team boasted seven veterans of last year 's outfit which racked up 4 victories against Z losses to tie the Demons for second place. After a hectic first quarter in which the vaunted Hayden attack ripped through for a tally, the stub- born Glenwood eleven held until rhe half, the intermission explosion finding the Bengals on the long end of a 7-O count. Coming back strong, the Hayden elev- ten quickly marched to another touchdown. a triple reverse from the ZO yard line accounting for the score to dampen the hopes of the Demon gridders. Two more fourth quarter scores added to a fast rising total to leave the score at 26-0 as the final gun sounded. Game number two, a noii-conference tilt with Red White's powerful Pali- sade Bulldogs, proved almost as disastrous as the previous encounter, the Demons absorbing a 25 -6 lacing at the hands of their strong foe in the first home game of the season. The Demons, off a single-wing formation, scored only once, on a pass from Zerbe, Red and White quartet-back, who was standing on his own SO, to Eiswerth left wingman for the Glenwood aggregation, who took it on the 30 and raced downfield to paydirt. l.eonardi's kick was wide. The Bulldogs mean- while scored 2 touchdowns and added Z more after the Glenwood tally to thor- oughly swamp the home town club. The following week found an improved Glenwood eleven, operating from a well-executed T-formation, fighting a large, heavy Bulldog team to a complete standstill in the first half before weakening momentarily to allow two touchdowns and a conversion in stanza three to leave the field on the short end of a 13-6. Out-fought Craig was scored on shortly after the second quarter had opened, a combined aerial and ground attack taking the Demons to the 3 yard line where Zerbe went over on a quarterback sneak. The conversion was wide, sending the Demons ahead, 6-0, the score standing until the Craig outburst which plunged the Red Devils into their third defeat in as many tries. Their morale boosted by their splendid performance against Craig, the Dem- ons racked up their first win of the season at Meeker's expense the following week, bulldogging a fighting Cowboy eleven 6-0 on their own stamping grounds. The game was marred throughout by disputes over the referees' decisions, one Meeker tally being called back by the field judge due to off sides after the ref- erees had ruled the score as legal. The controversy was climaxed by admittance

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Football oii 11952121 CONFERENCE STANDINGS ,Team W L T Per Cent Hayden Tigers 5 0 . 9l6 Craig Bulldogs 5 1 . 833 Steamboat Springs Sailors 4 1 . 750 Glenwood Springs Demons 3 3 . 500 Rifle Bears 2 4 . 333 Meeker Cowboys 1 5 . 166 Oak Creek Miners O 6 . 000 FOOTBALL SCORES CONFERENCE Glenwood Springs 0 Hayden 26 at Hayden Glenwood Springs 6 Craig 13 at Glenwood Glenwood Springs 6 Meeker 0 at Meeker Glenwood Springs 6 Rifle O at Glenwood Glenwood Springs 1 Oak Creek 0 lForhitl Glenwood Springs 6' Steamboat Springs 37 at Glenwood NON-CONFERENCE Glenwood Springs 6 Palisade 25 at Glenwood Glt-nwt od Springs 7 Rifle 6 at Rifle SUMMARY Total Scoring Glenwood Springs 38 Opponents 109 Conference Scoring Glenwood Springs 25 Opponents 76 Non-Conference Scoring Cl:-nwood Springs 13 Opponents 31