Royal Oak High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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ws SPURT , aww, A first class backfield but hardly any line was the problem confronting Coach John French as the Royal Oak football squad prepared itself for the 1941 campaign. Taking these facts into consideration and stressing the fundamentals of football, Coach French went to work, and with the help of his new backfield mentor, James Pixley, turned in six wins to one loss making this year's eleven one of the best ever boasted by Royal Oak. A tie score with Fordson kept the Oaks from clinching second place in the Border Cities League. As a result they ended up tying Mt. Clemens for second place honors. Sparkled by a superb backfield composed of Bob Martin, Charles Knox, Bruce Flu, ii X 2 Y A

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, 4 my and Jack Shader, the Acorns started putting on the heat. Each game they improved, and the line, which started with just a bunch of boys, rounded up into a first 1-lass forward wall. ,lim Dallavo and Johnny Gauss were the spirited ones who enabled Don Jensen, ,lack Lester, Orin Alstrom, Bob Stauffer, Bob Groves, Howard Delevan and George Papageorge to work together and make the line the impassable steel barrier tllat kept the Oaks on top in most of the games. Bowling was only partially successful this year as eight teams were made up under ,lack Schmitt, secretary. The season is still going and will continue until spring.