North Kansas City High School - Purgold Yearbook (North Kansas City, MO)

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s A- Q ,Qi . cz 1- .. ' . - 'F , .ex .1 'a' ' 4 3 FGOTBALL Top Row: B. Herod, E. Ballard, M. Murry, L. Kupersmith, 1. Bryant,- A. Price, 1. Williams, P. Coker, F. Wil- liams, R.Hague, R. Welch, E. Miller, C. Miller, B. Stroup, R. l. Hey, B. Grey. Second row: B. Gann, B. Macken, C. McMillian, B. Bates,MG. McGlothlin, A. Vandendale, C- Smlfh, W- BOW' man, P. jameson, P. Benton, V. Short, F. Gann, L. Brophy, D. Hunt, C0aCh ROY A- French- Bottom Row: O. Silvers, R. B. justus, R. Bratcher, E. Carr, L. Ross, H. Rapp, D. HBSV1, l- MOOVG, 5- Kelly. B. Troutz, B. Given, T. Ray, E. Given. Coach Roy A. French produced Hornet athletic squads for the l937-38 season Wl llCl l well lived up to his reputation as an athletic mentor. His football squad was runner-up in the Greater Kansas City Conference, meanwhile defeating the three arch rivals of the school, Liberty, Pembroke, and William Chrisman, which would make any season a successful one. He produced one of the most polished basketball teams the school has seen in many years, winning the Holt Invitational Tournament and losing the Greater Kansas City Conference title by one point to Chrisman l9-l8. l , He creates in his teams a determination to win which has won him the loyalty, admiration, and praise of the school. Season's Highlights The squad began football practice a week before school, enjoying a football camp held at Per- tile Springs, which is situated at the outskirts of Warrensburg, Missouri. The camp was under the direction of Coach Roy French. The Hornets opened the season under the floodlights of the home gridiron against Higgins- ville on Sept, l6. During the first-half Northtown was unable to stop the line plunges of jenkins, huge Higginsville fullback, which resulted in a touchdown and extra point for the invaders. In the second half the Hornets line became a bulwark, and their offensive got under way, but they were unable to score, being on the one-yard line when the game ended. - The following week the Purple and Ciold battled their arch enemies, the Liberty Bluejays and the Hornets showed a revised attack. Receiving the opening kickoff, the home team marched the length of the field only to fumble on the five-yard line, Liberty recovering. Liberty was held for downs and forced to punt. The Hornets, taking the ball in midfield, began a series of off-tackle plays and line plunges, and again traversed the field this time securing that cherished six points, Rapp carrying the ball. The extra point was added on a pass from Kelly to Moore. The rest of the game was played in the middle of the field with neither team threatening to score. This was a conference game and was played on the home field September 23. The Hornets added another coveted victory to the previous one by defeating another old rival, Pembroke-Country Day, by the convincing score of 27-O on October l under the lights of the Northtown field, The Northtown gridders showed a marked superiority from the first in all phases of the game. This was the most decisive victory the Hornets had administered to Pem-Day during the twelve years the schools have met on the gridiron. The reserves played much of the game. Kelly scored three times, once on a 75-yard end run, and Rapp scored once on a 25-yard plunge over center. The next week the Hornets journeyed to Columbia to lose to the Kew Pees 20 to 7 in a filled with fumbles, many scores came on miraculous . climax of three fine gains is game was played on October 8. game played in a driving rain and on a wet, slippery field. The game was of which cost North Kansas City scoring opportunities. The three Columbia catches of long passes. The l-lornetsi' scored in the fourth quarter at the by Doug Hash. lustus added the point on a place kick. Th 58

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1 Returning home, N.K.C. played their last game on October l5, against the Haskell Indian Institute of Lawrence, Kahsee- The. Same resulted in a 7 to 7 tie. The Hornet score came after the opening kickoff after a sustained drive with Rapp and Ross alternating in lugging the ball. The score came on a plunge 'by Rapp, and lustus added the point on a placekick. The rest of the game was a see-saw affair until Haskell recovered a fumble on the Hornet eighteen yard line late in the fourth qhuarter. They completed a pass and ran an end run for the score, then added the point to give t em a tie, lourneying to Chillicothe the following week the N.K.C. squad administered a sound drubbing to that highly touted team by the score of 39-O. The Hornets used a ground attack during the entire game and did not use a single pass. They bottled up Chillicothe on both the ground and in the air and then proceeded to bowl them over with a smashing offensive. Rapp, Ross, C-iven, Kelly, Hash, Cann, and Short scored for the Hornets , The following week was spent in preparing for the Chrisman game as no game was scheduled. On the afternoon of November 5, N.K.C. went to William Chrisman to win their most cherish- ed victory of the season, defeating Chrisman 6 to O. The Hornet score came soon after the opening kickoff when they recovered a Chrisman fumble cn a series of off-tackle slants and end runs. Kelly scored but justus's try for point was wide. Chrisman rallied and started a march to the goal but was stopped by a stubborn and determined Hornet', line on the one-yard line. After that the Hornets unleashed their offensive machine and piled up at number of first downs but were unable to push over another score, although they advanced to the ten yard line several times. lt was the most hard fought game of the season. On Armistice Day, November ll, the N.K.C, team lost a heart-breaking game to the Shawnee Mission Indians in the championship game, l2-6, on a cold, snow-covered field. The Hornets received the opening kickoff and advanced to the ten yard line before fumbling. The Indians recovered and marched down the field to score. Late in the second period, lVlcMillian caught a long pass and was tackled on the four yard line. From here the Hornets plunged across, but justus, attempting to plaqe-kick with an injured knee, failed to make the point. ln the second half the Hornets kicked to the Indians who swept down the field with a series of end runs, lateral passes, and plunges to put them ahead, l2 to 6. The last quarter N.K.C. tried many futile passes several of which failed only by inches to connect. Three regulars, Silvers, Troutz, and lustus, were unable to play because of injuries received in the Chrisman game. i938 FOOTBA LL SCHEDULE Four victories-Three losses-One Tie Sepf Higginsville 7 North Kansas City Here Sept Liberty O North Kansas City Here Oct- pem-Day O North Kansas City Here Oct. Columbia 20 North Kansas City There Oct, Haskell 7 North Kansas City Here OCT' Chillicothe O North Kansas City There Oct. Oper' Nov, William Chrisman O North Kansas City There Nov Shawnee Mission 12 North Kansas City There Runners up Greater K.iC. Conference 59