Academy High School - Academe Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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wit alarm- lily .um ing .,.... fllarii..1t:l.l., ,fflnerum S v Football History During the summer of 1931 Coach Drake molded from the material turning out for football training, two first teams: one called the Blue team, and the other the Gold team. By the time the season games were to begin, the Gold team proved to be the better, and therefore was allotted the harder assignments during the first half-season. At that time the best players from each team were chosen to constitute a varsity to play the remainder of the schedule. 5 September 12-Academy 345 Wesleyville 0. Academy football started a brilliant season with the Blue team scoring a victory over Wesleyville High. September 18-Academy 245 Huntington, West Virginia 6. The Academy Gold team in- troduced night football into Erie by scoring a victory over the Hrst intersectional foe of '31, September 19-Academy 65 Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio 0. The Blue team sojourned to Ohio, and returned with a victory over Ashtabula Harbor High. September 23-Academy 195 Erie Tech 0. The Blue team played Tech High for the first time to emerge from a well fought game in victory. September 26-Academy 75 Jamestown, N. Y. 13. The Gold lads travelled to Jamestown, and although they fought hard, were unable to click. ' October 3-Academy 405 Chaney Hi, Youngstown, Ohio 7. The Gold team entered the fray, still feeling the sting of a bitter week-old defeat, determined to gain revenge. And they did! October 9-Academy 595 Ashtabula, Ohio 0. In this game Coach Drake combined his Blue and Gold teams much to the dismay of the Ohioans as the score tells. It was Academy's second victory under the stadium lights. October 14-Academy 135 Tech Hi, Atlanta, Ga. 24. A varsity team was sent way down South to Georgia to play the second intersectional tilt under the lights of a Georgian stadium The varsity fought valiantly, and faithfully in a game full of thrills, but went town in proud defeat. October 24-Academy 85 East Hi. 0. Chapter nine brought us face to face with our tradi- tional rival from the East Sidef The day dawned cold and clear, but by game time an icy drizzle set in, interspersed with rays of a cold sun, to last all afternoon. At 2:30 P. M. a confident and plucky Academy team, with the odds and newspaper clippings most heavily against them for the first time in many years, entered the battle against a highly-touted East Hi team. The East line failed to hold5 the backfield failed to succeed. The Blue and Gold Standard Bearers completely outsmarted and outplayed the East Hi squad in every department, but for three quarters failed to score. The final period is football history. The Warriors were forced back to their own goal, a punt was blocked and converted into a safety for Academy. The disillusioned, disheartened East team kicked to Captain Watson who dashed through the entire East eleven for a touchdown. The game ended Academy 8-East 0. The sport critics were proven wrong, and the boys had again come through in real Academy fashion. October 30-Academy 135 Parkersburg, West Virginia 7. Another intersectional game under the Stadium lights was anybody's game until the final gun shot with Academy ahead. November 6-Academy 205 Farrell, Pa. 0. The Farrell boys came to Erie confident they could turn the trick. They left confident they could not. November 14-Academy 345 North Tonawanda, N. Y. 0. The Academy Lions invaded the Lumberjack territory, returning crowned with laurels of victory. November 20-Academy 405 Alliance College 0. In Academyfs last night game, next year's team was seen in action for part of the game against the Polish lads from Cambridge Springs. November 26-Academy 345 Vincent Hi 7. Turkey day saw the final city series game of 1931. The Vincent Colonels fought valiantly, but the Lions won the city title by a fine victory. December 4-Academy 05 Fairmont, West Virginia 0. The varsity travelled to West Virginia for a post season intersectional game. The field was a sea of slush, water and mud. Both teams slid, slipped and waded to no score. l21l

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wif lu.,n1i1 'ii .Ill ln: f 'lllMH!lEMIlh Statistics oi I93I Football Points-351 vs. 316 in 1921 Victories-12 vs. 11 in 1921. Participation-Sixty-one men in different varsity games. join Academy and see the United States and other points in the world. Academy traveled into 11 different states, played four intersectional games, live Pennsylvania teams, three Ohio teams, two New York teams,-and one Georgia team. They scrimmaged twice in Washington, D. C. and visited Canada on one of their trips. Individual Records: - PASSING-Tell was the best passer. BEST PASSING COMBINATIONS-Tell to Watson at Atlanta: McNees to H. Snell in the Tech and Ashtabula Harbor contestg Dan Snell to Lutz, and Wuenschell to Kopec. The best receivers were Merle Schreck and H. Snell. KICKING-Place Kicking- Tell and Spath. Contest-Wright. PUNTING- Watson kicked 81 yards in the East game. H. Snell kicked 83 yards in the Farrell game. Dave Snell gave the ends plenty of time toget down under punts to tackle the receivers. Dan Snell was the most accurate kicker. BI.ocK1NG-Backfield- Dave Snell and Lugo. LINE- W. Engle. ALL AROUND INTERFERENCE- Alexander. BALI. CARRYING-Open Field- Watson, Mazza, and McArthur. Line Smash- Lugo and Dave Snell. OUTSTANDING RUNS OF THE SEASON- Watson ran 68 yards vs. East. Clfor a Touchdownl. Watson ran 63 yards vs. Alliance, the first play of the game. Watson ran 50 yards vs. Huntington. Watson scored in each case. Tell ran 60 yards returning the kickoff in the Atlanta game although he did not score. Dan Snell intercepted a pass in the North Tonawanda game for a scoring run of 60 yards. Lugo intercepted a pass in the Vincent game and ran 55 yards for a score. Lugo caught a pass in the Jamestown game and ran for a 50 yard gain although he did not score. DEFENSE-Best all around- Lugo. Tackling- Lugo, W. Engle, and Watson against Fairmont. Spilling Inter erence- Q Dan Snell, Schreck, Schneider, and Kilpatrick. IMPROVEMENT- Alexander improved the most, thereby winning the Urich Trophy to he ginen aicgraduation. He improved the most in winter, spring, and in a wor . 1231