Bronxville High School - Bronco Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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Broncos finally counted in the second stanza when Dumont took Miller's spot pass to score. A minute later, Schuh intercepted a pass deep in Orange territory and tore twenty yards to tally. However, Tarrytown roared back in the second half with two touchdowns, and it was only in the fourth quarter that Miller's pass to Houston clinched the Grey's second victory. The next Saturday saw the Blue entertain Saunders Trade at Chambers Field, the Broncos taking the contest, 38-0. The Grey striking through the air and on the ground equally well, started in from the kickoff to hammer away at the Tradesmen, and they scored a few min- utes after the opening whistle when Milleris pass to Dumont clicked. After going off the field at half-time leading 18-0, the Broncos gained twenty more points when Schuh scored twice on an intercepted aerial and a fling from Miller. Belmer's forty-yard punt return com- pleted the Bronco scoring, 38-0, in their third victory. The Blue and Grey next played host to Al- bert Leonard of New Rochelle and, after a slow first half which saw Miller connect twice for touchdowns on aerials to Belmer and Schuh, finally broke loose as White, Belmer, and Hous- ton all scored in the third period. Tackle Dick Smith and Pete Stearns scored in the fourth stanza. Charlie Dumont's three extra points and one assist brought the Bronco total pointage to 46, a new season's record. Saturday, November 3, saw the Broncos en- tertain the big, highly-touted, contingent from Washington Irving. Determined to upset the Authors, the whole Bronco squad as well as the rest of the school was keyed to a fever pitch. W. I., after being outplayed throughout the first quarter, finally broke into the scoring on a deflected pass, but the Broncos surged back and tied it up at 7-7, as White took Schuh's pass and Dumont converted. Irving scored once more in the half on a pass play covering forty- five yards. The second half saw the Broncos trying desperately to score, while the Irving- men added six points to their total after they had been stopped three times on the one yard stripe. Although the game ended that way, 19-6, the tremendous crowd at Chambers Field had nothing but the utmost respect for the fine fight and aggressiveness shown by the Broncos, who seemed to be the better team throu hour 8 most of the contest. However, the Broncos bounced back the next Saturday when they downed East Rockaway, 26-13, on the Rockaway field. A new school in Bronxville interscholastic opposition, Rock- away put up a spirited fight before the superior forces of the Blue and Grey. Passes figured in all Bronco scoring as Schuh tossed to Dumont for the first score, Miller heaved to Houston, Houston tossed to Belmer, and Miller again winged, this time to Dumont. Charlie's two placements made the score 26-0, but Rockaway struck suddenly for two t. dfs, making the final count, 26-13. The season's last game saw the Broncos down their traditional Scarsdale rivals up at Scars- dale by 19-13. There were plenty of thrills all the way, and the Broncos scored on the first play of the game as Houston and Dumont con- nected for the tally. However, the Bronco root- ers hadn't even settled down when Feldman of the Maroon tallied for Scarsdale on a sixty-yard gallop. Both teams scored once more in the half, the Bronco tally coming on Miller's pass to Houston. Both teams also came out on the field, as the second half commenced, determined to ice up this all-important tilt. However, the Blue and Grey got their break when Dumont caught Milleris long aerial on the Maroon goal line. Although they were set back twenty yards in penalties, the Broncos scored the decisive six points as Miller passed to Stearns, who nego- tiated seven yards to tally. The Blue held on doggedly to their six point advantage, and White's interception of a Scarsdale fling clinched the game for Bronxville, 19-13. That night, Scarsdale presented the Broncos with the tro- phy, ending physical activities for the season of 1945. However, the season didn't come to an oflicial end until December 8th, the day on which the annual football dinner was given at the Grama- tan. Besides hearing Mr. Yott of the Down- town A.C., and Sleepy Jim Crowley of Notre Dame and Fordham fame, the boys were enter- tained by their own team members afterwards at the domicile of the Fred McGraths, sponsors of the affair. Page twenty-fi U6

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On January Sth, Eric Miller, Dick Houston, and Charlie Dumont went to the Downtown A.C. with Coach Matthaei to see the Lambert trophy presented to Doc Blanchard. All guests of Mr. Yott, the boys were picked by their fellow Bronco team members. Besides these last honors, some of the Blue and Grey squad mem- bers had other honors bestowed on them. Charlie Dumont and Dick Houston were chosen ends on the Met All-Stars, and Eric Miller was recog- nized as second varsity quarterback in West- chester. Bruce Belmer and Johnny Kuntz were given honorable mention for Westchester. All of Bronxville that has seen these boys play can well appreciate these honors accorded them. In fact, for most of the squad and the school, as well as for Village supporters, the season couldn't have turned out much more satisfac- torily. However, there was one inevitable sad spot when the dinner at the Gramatan ended, as it was brought to the teamls minds that thir- teen of the squad's members, all Seniors, had played their last game for BHS. For everyone in Bronxville, it will be rather hard to imagine a team next year without certain of the senior Bronco stalwarts. Perhaps one of the most-missed of this yearis gridders will be Quarterback Eric Miller. 'Rick' as he is called by most, has been on the squad four years right through high-school, a rather unique occurence in Blue and Grey football his- tory, and he has been running the team out of his quarterback slot for three of those years. The value of his flinging and signal-calling will be sorely missed when the Broncos field their next grid team. Hank White and Whit Williams, two more of the senior backhelders, will also be missing next season. Whit,s hard-running which has bowled over BHS opponents for two years, and Hank's shiftiness and defensive prow- ess, shown for three years, were a big factor in the Bronco successes of the last few seasons. Graduation will also take the Broncs' pair of stalwart flankers, Dick Houston and Charlie Dumont. Anyone who saw one or more of the tilts of the past season, good or poor, knows for himself what a whale of a job they did all fall. Suffice it to say that their pass-snaring and de- fensive feats around the wings played an im- portant role in Grey victories! Dick Smith and Page twenty-six Johnny Kuntz, too, will be lacking when the '46 season rolls 'round. Both Seniors, their fine play, Oz' at tackle and 'fJ,s at center and as line-backer-up, will be sorely missed. Many other senior members of the squad de- serve mention for their varsity work of the '45 season. Tom Hodgson, now in the Army, played at his guard position in a very high-spirited and aggressive way, which, despite his diminutive- ness, won the respect of his own fellow grid- men as well as that of his opponents. Walt Howell and Randy Amis, also guards, deserve plenty of credit for their fine work and spirit throughout the season. Always ready when called on, both proved the universal truth that a team is as strong as its reserves. Joe Holmes, Murray MacDonald, also in the army, and Wild Bill Rodgers make up the others of the thirteen graduating senior squad members. Although none of these fellows saw other than limited action, their work in practice and their spirit helped the team immeasurably throughout the season. To all these guys, as well as to the under- classmen on the squad, the credit should go for a fine record, on and off the field, win or lose, and a fine and successful season. .Sf if J is Sfsfft me Ti LVXEI . ,XX N X, -Xpp 'x