Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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' ' CiO €RASIIl i; AIIEAir ' PilintJ vi lory on i( tor . llie team readied unprecedented lieiglils. brinfjiny to Lincoln for tlie first time in its history, a co-city cliampion- sfiip with Roosevelt. Taking the reins for his first se- mester as coach for the . l)es. Rus- sell Ruff, former Atlantic coacli and (irinnell passintJ star, was named outstanding high school coacli of the year. Starting in September with a bunch of hard working boys, he pro- duced a team that will be remem- bered as one of the best in the his- tory o r 1 .in( oin High. RECORD Lincoln 6 — Indianola 6 Lincoln 12 — Valley 0 Lincoln 12 — Chariton 0 Lincoln 6 — Roosevelt 6 Lincoln 7 — North 6 Lincoln 20 — Winterset 0 Lincoln 7 — East 6 Lincoln 28 — Pella 7 Lincoln 14 — Dowling 7 Bill Macy . . . Held down left end position, jjlaying in every quarter throughout the season. Reserves. Ralph I ' orter, Jack Anderson. Bill Haines . . . Rough ta( l le and blocker. Reserve, fllmo Lewis. Clarence Mickish . . . Ouarcl who gets what he goes after. Reserves. F rank Palmer. Lawrence Flaherty. COACH RIJSSEIX RUFF fjv 1 Maroon and Oold gridders strutk over night, alter 18 years ol Uigging behind. Bill Flaherty . . . Star center. On second all state team. I eserves. Harold .Johnson. Lloyd King. II OKeefe . . . All ( itv guard. All slate liftli team. Rough on delense. Reserve is Harvey Lllder. hu k Hamlin . . . Big tackle. Gets his men. Reserve, Amil Harker. Bill Benskin Reserves, Cross. . . . f ougli on defense. C lordon Kastler. .Hm Ken .loss . . Knows his Masimore. . FlasI iy c|uarterl acK. stuff. Reserve. Dick liin Reilly . . . Halfback, ting blocker. Reserve, men. Hard liit Hoi, hrv I )ic l Reynolds . . , FasI running halfback. Hard to slop. Reserves, Boh Alsup. Pete Yakish. I ol) Haycock . . . Smashing fidl- hack. Star blocker. Reserxe. Bill Sopber. COACH HAROLD C. JOHNSOX SECOND ' S RECORD Lincoln 7 — Roosevelt 25 Lincoln 0 — North 13 Lincoln 0 — East 0 Lincoln 0 — North 7 1. Standing, left to right: Coach Hull. Hamlm, Simon, Hull, Cook. Seated, lett to right, clockwise: Wilson, Jos.s, Lester, Comiskey, Elder, Palmer, Kastler, Co - 2. Palmer. 3. First Row, left to right: Palmer, Haines, Flaherty. Second Row; Macy, Reilley. 4. Macy. 5. First Row. left to right: Riggles, Ostren Lucas, Mickish, Burke, Brown. Second Row: Brightman, Stephenson, Hei:; mirg, Hudson, Evans, Jones, Coach Johnson. Third Row: Rich, Uhlman, Hanifen, Holhngs worth, Ramsey, Mortin, Gridges. Fouith Row: Van Vorhis, Dawson, Kinkaiti Reeves, Conn, Hull, Greco, Moon. 6. First Row, left to right: Davis, Johnso: Anderson, Mickish, Elder, King. Second Row: Reilly, Reynolds, Porter, lo-.- Lewis, Herker, Coach Ruff. Third Row: Haycock, Cross, Masimore, Sopher, Palmer, Macy, Hamlin. Fouith Row: Arnold, Haines, O ' Keefe, Bensk: Flaherty, Bremen. 7. Flaherty. C. O ' Keefe.