Bloomington High School - Bear Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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Edina 7 — Bloomington 0 The Bears opened the season with a heartbreaking 7 to 0 defeat by Edina. The Bears inexperience showed up throughout the game. At times they appeared lost on the football field, but each time Edina threatened at the goal line, Bloomington’s line outfought the Edina forward wall. The only score of the game came in the second quarter when Ryse of Edina went off tackle for a 65 yard touchdown jaunt. De LaSalle 27 — Bloomington 7 The highly-regarded De LaSalle team just had too many men for the hard fighting, but outnumbered Bears. The defense of both teams was equally balanced except for the occasional outbursts of All-State Jack May. The Bears opened the second half with a quick touchdown scored by Kobs on a quarterback sneak. The score was then 14 to 7, but De LaSalle quickly countered with two more touchdowns to sew up the game. Bloomington 19 — University High 6 Bloomington opened their defense of the Valley Conference Championship race by walloping U. High. Left Halfback George Miller was all over the field, running with a 8.0 yard-per-try average. Miller pushed one touchdown over and raced 55 yards on a long pass for another. Orlan Tromsness squeezed off tackle for 6 yards to make the score 19 to 6. Bloomington 7 — Deephaven 6 Bloomington squeezed by a surprisingly strong Deephaven eleven. Maxson scored on a weak side pass to put the Bears ahead 6 to 0. Kobs made the all-important extra point on a quarterback sneak. Deephaven answered with a-touchdown but failed to make the conversion. Deephaven outplayed the Bears throughout the game, but penalties amounting to 200 yards held the Bears back. 30

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CHUB HOllENBACK Right Half BOB KOBS Quarterback ORLAN TROMSNESS Fullback MICKEY MCDONALD Guard GENE WISE Center GEORGE CUMMINGS Tackle COACH MOLOSKY The Champions GEORGE MILLER Left Halfback GUY CHIRP Guard DAVE ECKSTROM Tackle 29 DAVE MAXSON End LARRY LINVILLE End

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Bloomington 22 — Waconia 6 This year the Bears entertained Waconia in the Homecoming Game. The Bloomington line started to move in this fifth game as they ripped large holes in the opponent's line. Waconia scored first, early in the game. The line began to hold after that score, and Kobs went over from the eight yard line and converted on a quarterback sneak. Kobs passed to Charles Hollenback for another, and David Maxson tallied on an end around. Miller then converted for an extra point. Bloomington 20 — Chaska 6 Bloomington closed the season by soundly whipping Chaska. The victory was strictly a team victory, with the line charging, blocking, and tackling viciously. The Kobs-to-Hollenback pass combination again set up the touchdowns. Bob Kobs scored twice, one on a quarterback sneak and the other on a bootleg. Kobs tossed an aerial to Mal-linsen for a touchdown. Miller and Tromsiness added extra points to round out the scoring. Shakopee 6 — Bloomington 6 Shakopee and Bloomington played for the Valley Conference Championship, and the game ended in a tie. Shakopee opened up right away and drove to an early touchdown. They missed the point and the score was 6 to 0. Midway through the second period Kobs began throwing strikes to Charles Hollenback, and the Bears scored through the air route. Kobs displayed the finest passing seen in a long time in the Valley Conference. THE CHAMPS At one end was Linville, the fingernailed one, Who liked nothing better than to hit on the run; At tackle was Ekstrom, no star by any means. But a man who was always right on the beam; On guard was a boy, a sophomore in school. Chirp was his name, and he let no one through; At center was Wise, a tough boy to fight, Any one trying to score got a good bite; At guard was McDonald, an Irishman by name. Who always played a whale of a game; The tackle was Cummings, big and strong, No one went through him very darn long; The end was Maxson who could run like a deer. And never gave the other team anything but fear; At quarterback was Kobs, the ends' delight. Who threw his passes so nice and light; At left half was Miller running so hard, Always good for at least five yards; At right half was Hollenback, with sticky fingers, Who gave people heart failure when with a pass he lingered; Tromsiness, the fullback, was always getting hurt, But always came back to hit where it hurt. Don Maddaus 31