Herbert Hoover High School - Scroll Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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Back How: Coach Francy. Appel. Hackney. Filbert. DrGray. Scholl. Pinkham, Pike. Sato. Krueger, Hlake. B Welle». Hartley (manager). Middle How: Taylor. Fender. Spced'c. Tovtyo, MacDonald. Chamber . Mailloux. We»t. Mclllwain. Harmon. Front Row: Bergin. SatTord. P. Harri». Gonnwen. Nel»on. Odegaard. O. Short (captain), Shimer. Whiteher, Seifert. C FOOTBALL THE 1934 edition of Whirlwinds revealed a brilliant group of boys that should strengthen Hoover’s football ranks in coming years. Mentored by Coach Victor Francy, they enjoyed their usual successful season. Lee Safford and Paul Harris were the outstanding ball-packers of the squad. Coach Francy was fortunate to have two such quarterbacks as Wilbur West and Otis Short, whose level-headed playing repeatedly kept the Hoo- verites out of danger. The blocking and tackling of Everittc Chambers, Pete Recchia, and Toshio Tosaya kept their opponents in hot water. The line’s two outstanding athletes were Bob Shimer, guard and Gail Whitcher, tackle. Richard Bergin, Erling Odegaard, Mac Speedie, Leslie Gonnsen, Arnold Seifert, Harry Nelson, and Carlyle MacDonald displayed a steady game throughout the season. Outstanding plays of the year were Chamber’s 37-yard dash after inter- cepting a Los Angeles Roman pass, Safford's toss to Short which scored against Belmont, MacDonald’s sprint of 50 yards after he had grabbed the ball from a Belmont back’s hands, and Harris’ beautiful end run against Whittier in the first battle. Bleak moments were the Romans’ first-half drives, Whittier’s attack in the first quarter of the first tilt, the blocking of Safford’s punt behind the goal line in the third Card game, and the whole second Redbird fracas. The Hoover Cee’s pre-season record predicted a successful year for the team. After the Whirlwinds had held the Romans to a tic, the latter went ahead to win the Los Angeles city title. This indicates the standing of the Hoover eleven among the other squads of the Southland. The lightweights’ triple-touchdown defeat of the Belmont Cee’s showed the team’s potential power. Ifonrn'O Los A nt elrs 0. Though playing exceptional football for the first game of the season, the Hoover Whirlwinds battled indecisively with a 00 • 7' h » $ c r o 11. I V -V .7

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Finally tile Cyclones scored following a fumble, but the try-for-point was no good, and everything was over but the shouting. Hoover II Fullerton 0 When the dust had settled on the Fullerton gridiron, after a miniature Tornado had whipped up everything in sight but the water buckets, the Redskins knew that they had gone through the mill. Hoover started steam-rolling right at the outset and, with a smooth aerial attack, made two touchdowns, converting both. Hoover 0- Glendale 12. In ? heart-breaking grid battle for the city title, a superior bunch of Cyclones bowed down to a fighting Blaster eleven. The Vice Presidents romped all over Glendale’s gridiron but to no avail. The fireworks began in the last of the third quarter when Hoover's safety dropped a Broadway punt on its own ten and a Blaster end recovered. The locals with their backs to the wall held for three touchdowns, but on the last, after Hoover’s quarterback had intercepted a pass, interference was called on the 1-yard marker and Glendale finally went over in three plays. The con- version was wide. The second tally came during the closing minutes of play when the Cyclones, deep in their own country, tried a desperate pass. A Blaster end intercepted it and bounced into the end zone. The drop kick missed. Hoover (i Muir Tech 0. During a driving rain one of the most exciting grid battles ever played on the Ferguson turf (lake) ended with the Hoover Cyclones barely eking out a win over the Muir Tech Engineers. The Terriers kept the locals worried continually, but in the last quarter the small Tornadoes came out of their stupor long enough to drive down the field for 85 yards, featuring nicely executed passes that resulted in the lone touchdown of the day. The try for point failed. Hoover i Whittier 7. In their best game of the year the Hoover Vice Presidents and the Whittier Poets closed the Football League play of the 1934 season in a deadlock. The Cardinals steamrolled for 70 yards up the field, but as they reached the locals’ to be stopped, and as a last resort shot a freak pass into the end zone for a score. A drop kick was then placed neatly through the goal posts for the odd point. Hoover retaliated with a 68-yard scoring drive of its own. and the Cyclone quarterback drop kicked the porkhide through the uprights to tie the score. Those playing the best all-around brand of football were co-captain Eddie Leash, Al LaChasse, and ''Bud” Gormley, while the other numeral win- ners, co-captain Short, Worley, Paine, Leary, Roberts, Micks, Welles, Jones, Hunter, Mackenzie, Barton. Wenberg, Edwards, Schellbach and Baxter, dis- played a mighty nice grade of pig- skin tactics. 10-yard stripe, the Redbirds seemed CLELI. SHORT EDDIE LEASH .9.9 T h e S r rol I . 1.9 .? .7

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strong Los Angeles eleven on the home field. Near the end of the second period, Chambers, Hoover half, intercepted a Roman pass on his own 15- yard line and ran to the Los Angeles 48-yard stripe before being hauled down. The stanza ended before a play could get under way. floorer is—lit hium! 0. The Hoover Lighties overwhelmed the Belmont Cees on the local field, exhibiting a well-balanced offense and a strong de- fense. The first purple tally came on a pass from Safford, halfback, to Short, quarterback, from the 18-yard stripe, following a 40-yard march. Mac- Don Id. Hoover center, intercepted a pass and galloped 50 yards unmolested to another touchdown. Led by Salford and Harris, halfbacks, the Whirl- winds drove 60 yards to score again. All tries for conversion were un- successful. Because Hoover and Whittier had the only Cee teams in the Foothill League, it was decided to play a two-out-of-three-gamc series for the cham- pionship. Each squad won one, tied one, and lost one, thereby tying for the Cee title of the league with a .500 percentage. The championship trophy went to Hoover for half the year and to Whittier for the remaining part. The Redbirds won the award last season, while Hoover captured it two years ago. Hoover d—Witiltier 0. The purple and white lighties outwitted the Whit- tier Cees on Ferguson Field to win the first of the two-out-of-three series. In the first quarter the Cardinals completely outplayed the locals, but in the second period the Whirlwinds staged a brilliant offensive attack. After advancing the ball to the 25-yard line, Paul Harris, speedy halfback, shak- ing off several Poet tacklers, rambled to the goal line for a touchdown. Hoover 0 Wliitlirr . After outplaying their rivals for four periods, the purple-and-white Cees were administered a defeat by the Whittier Cards on the Redbird turf. The Cardinal-and-white eleven was unable to penetrate into the Hoover territory further than their 30-yard marker. Late in the third quarter, a Whittier back broke through the line and sped 60 yards for the Card score. Hoover 0—Whittier 0. With both teams showing a great offense and defense, the purple Cees and the Whit- tier Redbirds fought to a scoreless tie on the local field. During the second stanza Whittier started several touch- down drives that were stopped by a strong Hoover line. The fourth quarter was nearly fatal for the Hoovcrites, when Safford’s punt was blocked behind the goal line. The play was called off, however, as a cardinal-and-white lines- man was offside. The purple Cees who won letters were Bergin, Seifert, and Speedie, ends; Gonnsen and Whitcher, tackles; Nelson and Shimcr, guards; MacDonald and Odegaard, centers; Short and West, quarterbacks; Harris, Chambers, and Safford, halfbacks; and Tosaya and Recchia, fullbacks. A Cee manager’s letter was presented to Joe Hartley. The team expressed its gratitude for the untiring efforts of Coach Victor Francy throughout the season. otis short T h e S e roll, 19 .? :7 101