California School for the Deaf - Foothills Flame Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE FOOTHILLS FLAME 1'9'3'9 First RowMVarsity: J. Pospisil, Right Endg A. Taylor, Right Tackleg C. Hutcheson, Right Guardg B. Harris, Centerg F. Sladek, Left Guard, R. Miller, Left Tackleg M. Skropeta, Left End. Second Row -J. Kirby, Centerg M. Davis, Right Guardg D. Smith, Right Halfbackg A. Skropeta, Fullbackg L. Escobar, Quarterback, R. Frazier, Right Tackleg F. Price, Left Guard. Third Row-W. Watson, Left Guardg A. Herold, Left Tackleg D. Nowdesha, Right Guardg W. McClendon, Right Tackle, H. Castro, Left Halfbackg L. Silveira, Fullback. Fourth Row-Mr. Byouk, Coachg H. Hauschildt, Left Guardg C. Corey, Left End: C. Pruitt, Right End, E. Ruffa, Quarterbackg L. Shoe- maker, Right Halfbackg R. Specht, Manager, an . FOOTBALL Our football team has had two very successful seasons in a row. Under the tutelage of Coach Byouk and Captain Roy Miller, we came within three points of the Championship in 193 7, and six points in 1938. Playing honors are distributed among the team, but we must praise Michael Skropeta, Arlie Taylor and Captain Roy Miller for their superb playing. Last season our team was scored upon only twice, the total points being 105 in our favor as against the visitors' 13. Pleasanton 0 C. S. D. 6 On October 7, our football team journeyed to Pleasanton to play the first conference game. The game was a nip and tuck affair, the deaf boys having a slight edge on the Amador team. The only touchdown of the game came on a short pass from L. Escobar to M. Skropeta. The conversion was blocked. Pleasanton made no serious touchdown threat throughout the game, the deaf gridders holding their reverse plays in check. The score should have been larger as our team made twenty-two first downs to Pleas- anton's seventeen. Danville O C. S. D. 41 The second conference game of the year was played on C. S. Dfs 1371

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THE FOOTI-IILLS FLAME l-9'3'9 Firsl Hun'-R. Drake, J. Ranta, R. Frazier, L. Silveira, L. Escobar. Second How- J. Kirby, A. Skropeta, J. Pospisil, M. Skropeta, D. Smith, B. Harris, F. Price. Third Huw-F. Slatlek, M. Davis, C. Hutcheson, R. Miller, A. Taylor, R. Specht Mr. Vernon Birck, director of athletics. LETTERMEN On the evening of February 22, 1939, at the annual F. A. A. Banquet, and Dance. a big surprise was handed to nineteen boys, the football coach and the athletic director. Cn behalf of the F. A. A., Mr. Elwood Stevenson presented them with sweaters. On the left sleeve of each sweater are orange bands, each of which represents one year of service on the football team. Roy Miller, Roger Specht and Arlie Taylor have four bands which is the most any boy received. Also on the sweater is a large orange C with a football engraved on it. Some of the boys who were not on the football team were honored with similar sweaters with the old English letter C on each. These boys were honored because of their outsanding work in other sports. Mr. Louis Byoulc, our coach, and lVlr. Vernon S. Birck, dean of boys and athletic director, were also honored with sweaters for the faithful service the F. A. A. had received from them. The Foothills Athletic Association hopes to continue the custom of presenting ubloclcsn to qualified players. This year Michael Slcropeta and Arlie Taylor were among the players chosen for American Schools for the Deaf All-American Football Team. Roy Miller and received honorable mention. E361 v

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THE FOOTHILLS FLAME 1'9'3'9 rf. Danville, a new team in the league, took a terrible lacing from the deaf gridders. The first touchdown came when our star backman, - . and M. Skropeta were constantly running for touchdowns. Danville forfeited the game in the third quarter with four and a half minutes to go. M. Skropeta and D. Smith each made a touchdown run of fifty or more yards. The nal score was 41 to 0 in favor of the deaf. Brentwood 6 C. S. D. 0 The game with Brentwood at our field was a thrilling game, our team dropping the game, 6 to 0, the only defeat in the season. Our boys, out- weighed by the towering Brentwood boys, tried desperately to stave off the only touchdown of the game, but with the aid of a fumble and six fifteen-yard penalties against our team, Brentwood finally pushed over the score by a sweeping end run. The game was mostly played in the territory of our team. Emeryville 0 C. S. D. 31 On October 28, our football squad journeyed to Emeryville to play the highly touted Spartans. The deaf boys, after dropping the game to Brentwood, were out for a victory at any cost. Here our team whipped up a running attack that would make a college coach envious. M. Skropeta, A. Skropeta, D. Smith, nd C. Hutcheson each contributed a touchdown to make us the overwhelming winners, 31 to 0. Livermore 7 C. S. D. 7 At the final conference game the C. S. D. gridders played hosts to the Livermore cowboys. The jinx of not having won a game from these lads for a number of years was almost broken when our boys tied them for the second consecutive time, 7 to 7. The game was mostly played in Liver- more's territory. Our team outplayed them but buckled up when close to the goal line. St. Helena 0 C. S. D. 20 The last game of the season, a non-conference game, was played in St. Helena November 11. The St. Helena boys in the first few minutes' of play clashed to our team's six-inch line but failed to score on three line plunges. That was the closest they came to scoring all afternoon. The fire works began when Captain Roy Miller scooped a blocked punt and scamped for a touchdown. Dale Smith uncorked a fifty-three yard run for the second score, and M. Skropeta scored from a line plunge, the deaf boys taking the game by a 20 to 0 score. 1381 ' 1 . QLHQLY- -. . . 1