Saint Anthony High School - Anthonian Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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SAINTS I4 WARRIORS 0 The SAINTS, piaying I::eTore a nome Tcwn crowd oT over 3000, opened Their ICPS7 CaThoIic Lea- gue season wiTh a I4-O win over ar inspired PIUS X eieven. Mid- way In The TirsT quarTer. reserve qcarTerbacIc ESCUDERO seT up The Tirsr TD. Two piays iaTer he handed oTf To MAYNEZ who smashed S yards over The r'ghT side oT The RIUS Iine Tor The TirsT score oT fhe evening. LaTe In Tne TourTh quarTer, NOONAN came info The game and connecTed wiTh Tnree passes in a row To CASAGA, one oT which he raced ZS yards deep inTo RIUS TerriTory and seT up The second score. WfTh less Than a minaTe To pray OS- GOOD broughT The near capaciTy Crowd To Their TeeT when he Iouii- ed his way 7 yards over The righT side To cinch The game Tor The SAINTS. ROMAN, who had kick- ed The P,A.T. aTTer The TirsT T.D.. added his second QT The nighT, Thus ending The scoring againsT The WARRIORS wiTh a I4-0 vic- Tory. SAINTS I8 PHANTOMS 7 The SAINTS had To reIy on The defensive TacTics oT iunior LOUIE FAUST, and a SI yard T.D. run by speedsTer DAVE SCI-IILLING, To pu3I This one ouT oT The Tire. The SAINTS. IaTe in The TirsT quarTer, wenT ahead in The game 7-6, ATTer The SAINTS evened The score, iunior TacIc'Ie, LOUIE FAUST Took over, The second SAINT score came in The second quarTer when FAUST came charg- ing Through The iine and biocked a CATI-IEDRAL punT which was recovered on CATI-IEDRAI. 3 yd. iine by The SAINTS. On The TirsT piay Trom scrimmage ROMAN buIIed over Tor The T.D. making The score 7-I2. Again FAUST proved himseiT by inTercepTing a pass on The CATI-IEDRAL 26 and -umbered inTo The end zone Tor a T.D. To compIeTe The scoring. The SAINTS sTouT deTense prov- ed The IaesT weapon as The SAINTS picked up onIy 3 TirsT downs oTTensiveIy. They heid CATHEDRAI. on severai crucial piays iaTer in The game. The Tine PUUIIVICI OT OSGOOD aiso heiped keep The PHANTOMS away Trcm The SAINT goa' ine. TTopI Roman drives Tor a score. IMiddIe L.I Casaga. IMiddIe R.I DesToueT receives a word of ad- vice 'From Coach Haggerfy. IBOT- 1'omI Oh, When The SainTs come marching in!

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THE 1957 STORY I44 SAINTS I4 TARBABES 7 The SAINTS, sporTinq new uni- Torms and renewing and old riv- alry, ToudhT Their way To a big yicTory over hiqhly-TouTed COMP- TON. The SAINTS and TAR- BABES, boTh picked To win Their respecTiye leagues, piayed a Thrillinq ball qame Trom The open- inq kickoTT To The Tinal gun. SCI-IILLINO Took The opening kickoTT and raced 76 yds. Through COMPTON defenders Tor The TirsT score, ROMAN added The P.A.T. The second Touchdown OT The niqhT was a 26 yard scarnper oTT Tackle by ROMANQ Al. also kicked The exTra poinT Tor his sec- ond R.A.T. oT The garne. LaTe in The TourTh quarTer The TAR- BABES ThreaTened To Tie The score, buT a Tine deTensiye, fed by WURTI-I, CASAGA and saTef Tyman PAUL MAYNEZ, held COMPTON on downs aT The 6 yard line. OTher sTandouT SAINTS who conTribuTed To The yicTory were OSOOOD, JACOUEZ, OTERO, and NOONAN. T'SAlNTS 7 LANCERS I2 I-Iarnpered by The Tru-bug, which keoT six sTarTers away from prac- Tice Tor a week, The SAINTS iosT a I2-7 Thriller To BELL GARDENS. The SainTs dominaTe-cl The TirsT quarTer scoring in iTs 5aTTer min- uTes. LOUIS FAUST seT up The Touchdown when he recovered a Bell Gardens Tumble on The Lan- cerls 6 yard line. DAVE SCHIL- LING Took over and carried The bad around IeTT end Tor The score. WALT OSGOOD Toed iT Through The upriqhTs To make iT 7-O. The Lancers did Their scoring in The second haIT on a Tour yard orunqe and a Tong desperaTion pass. The SainTs brouqhT The overTlow crowd To iTs TeeT when They marched down To The Lancer Three yard iine wiTh 35 seconds IeTT in The dame, buT a Tumble ThwarTed SainT hopes. BrTqhT spoTs in The SainT Toss were produced as Noonan com- preTed I3 ouT oT 20 passes. CA- SAGA snaqqed 7 oT Them Tor a IO yard everaqe. OSGOOD and SCT-IILLING boTh ayeraqed close ro 6 yards per carry. lTopI Roman drags Comp+on de- fender in+o pay dirT. IMiddle R.I Schilling on way To 77-yd. Comp- Ton lriclcoff reTurn. IMidclle L., Casaga sTreTches and caTches. ILower L., Mayne: l42I and WurTh ISII move in Tor kill. lLow- er R.l Schilling shuggling free From defenders.

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SAINTS 26 CAVALIERS 5 In a crLiCiaI game Tor The SAINTS, The CAVALIERS fefi vic- Tim To The TirsT reai oiTensiye punch shawn by The SAINTS. MAYNEZ reTurned a pun! 34 yds To seT up NOONAN's OB, sneaT ThaT pu? The SAINTS ahead 6-O. The CAVALIERS ThreaTened To Tie The score, TNT an aierT and Tough deTense sTopped Them on The 3 yard line. The SAINTS Took oyer and sTarTed a 70 yard drive. highIighTed by OSGOODE I4 yard T.D. run oTT righT Tackie, AT- Ter SERRA scored Their Ione T.D., SCT-IILLINO broke The game wide open when he darTed 60 yards Tor The TirsT oT his Two dazziing T.D, runs. SERRA moyed The baii To The SAINTS' 29 where again SCI-IILLING Took oTT on a 71 yd run Tor The Tinai score, SCTTIL LING pIayed his greaTesT game gaining 222 yards Tor an II yard average. The Tine deTensiye oay oT CASAOA, WURTI-I, and DES- TOUT, The oTTensiye power QT G O M EZ, JACOUEZ, I-IOLMES, OTERO, and ROMAN neIoed The SAINTS To win The big one. SAINTS 45 KNIGHTS 7 ConTinuing Their oTTensiye pow- er shown in The SEIRRA game, The SAINTS compIeTeiy demoiished a NOTRE DAME eieven. SCHIL- LING dashed oTT ieTT guard Tor The TirsT score. The second score came iusT a Tew minuTes iaTer when OTSOOOD Turned riqhT end and sTomped 73 yards To paydirT. S C I-I I L LI N G inTercepTed a KNIOI-IT aeriai, and ROMAN ad- ded Two Touchdowns beTore The haiT, Reserve I-I.B. MENDOZA accounTed Tor aif The SAINT scor- ing in The second haIT, wiTh Two T.D.'s. The second oT his Two was a scinTiiiaTing 7I yard punT re- Turn. The KNIGI-ITS did noT geT on The scoreboard unTiI The Tinai Two minuTes, when Their sTar ha?T- back NODINE Took an II yard pass Tor a score oT 6, The SAINTS' OowerTuI oTTensive showing aImosT oyershadowed Their briIIianT de- Tensive game. Whiie oTTensiye'iy' They gained 4IO yards rushing, Their TighT deTensive heid NOTRE DAME To a mere 42 yards rush- ing. No one piayer couid be singied ouT in such a game: iT was Truiy a Team eTTorT and a Team vicTory. ITopI Team awaiTs 'Final gun To end crucial Serra game. IMiddIe L.I Schilling broughT down a'fTer a Iong gain. IMicIdIe R.I Osgood and Casaga IiTeraIIy break N.D. man in I1aI'f. IBoTTomI Osgood drags 'Four TacIxIers as anoTher N.D. man comes To Try his IucIc.