Cathedral High School - Echo Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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G. 12 HASTINKB 38 As Napoleon had his Waterloo, and Caesar had his Brutus, so also does Cathedral have its Hastings. With two wins tucked under their belt, and a bright future ahead, the Birds were defeated in a humiliating first home game. With occasional spurts of defbnsivs power by Rice and Truman, the game wasn't ever a contest. Rice took a pass from over his head and neatly stepped his way to pay dirt for 'the second canto. Beecham took a short pass and hotfooted it into the prom- ised land. That was all the scoring power the Birds had, but they had learned a le son the never forgot. 97,716 M455 . X Hermes 3' 011120 , n :lt si ' PridQ8,Jo .-'Uv-Jw. X A- B llf1fx 'l N:-M rxflllffffff v-E9 c. 3h NORFOLK 21 Defeated once in 3 years of top notch competition, Norfolk was out- scored by an underrated Cathedral. On the fourth play of the game Sweeney gathered in a punt and raced L15 yds. to score first. Kryger con- verted to make the score read 8-0. A few plays later Crotty engineered a TD for Norfolk. A dropkick tied the score. The Birds roared back setting up a Sweeney-to-Beecham pass which left us with a half-time lead. After the half Norfolk began to cut down the C. line. First came Truman, then Lohmeier, and finally Burns. The Red shirts took advan- tage of this and scored which made it 20-114. Accurate passing wet up the Birds next score, with Sweeney clinbing over for the TD. This tied the score and the Knights were never back in the game. The Birds were masters. Pg 35

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I o. hh GRAND ISLAND 12 The Bluebirds, in handing Hermia Rohrig an almost perfect first game scored in every period on spectacu- lar passes, and a vicious ground attack. Rohrig, in using lb players left no doubt, as his charges were never threatened on the offense as well as the defense - every man showed up well. The Sweeney'-to-Beech am combination di.splayed an attack that virtually could not be met. Beecham crossed the double stripe four times and collected two extra points, while Lohmeier, Brusnahan, and Sweeney each got one TD. x.f W C. 31 13 T The fireworks started early. On the third play of the game, Sueeney grabbed a stray Dwight aeriel and romped SS yards to pay dirt behind faultless blocking. Beecham grab- bed a toss from Sweeney and scored the second before the home team had a chance to figure things out. A few minutes later Becker pulled a ball out of the sky in a clrcus ca.tch and went the distance. The Birds led by 19 to O at the quarter. The remaining three quarters saw Trojan and his mates fight on even terms with Cathedral. le matched them score for score, with Beecham getting one and Becker the other. lhen the dust cleared Cathedral had clipped another undefeated club. Pg 4

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C. 36 SEIARD 28 Although the Bluebirds scored' in every period and were never led, the visitors simply refused a lick- ing and threw a scare into highly favored Cathedral by turning in a magnificent second half. The initial frame saw a Rohrig aided machine pile up a wide gap as a 15 yard Sweeney-to-Beecham aerial drew first blood. Not to be outdone Kryger swept the end a few plays later for the second score. Bill Rice intercepted a stray pass and went 55 yards to score. At the half the birds led by a margin of 23-6. Following the intermission, a new bullpup team took the field,pushing across 2 double stripers before the birds got one, a Sweeney-to-Beecham masterpiece, once again a game de- fense was downed but sprang right back as Sweeney danced and shoved his way 50 yds. and the final score. 333 - '.aaC9o55m f i' Q! X ' u -ge X so ' , N lf' nuff Es 115 5 X xl lox 1 I5 Wir xiii By, U ' i VF C C. L48 FALLS CITY gin o Taking a back seat, the first six watched a good reserve outfit steer themselves thru lowly Sacred Heartcf Falls City. Herm Rohrig pulled his regulars from the encounter as they prom tly scored twice in as many minutes. 'lhis however proved little comfort to Coach Brown as the seconds ran thru his charges at will. At the half the score read 26-9. It soon became evident that the juniors birds would have to slowdam if the game was to go the full time. The Birds in trying to prevent a score came up with some funny plays. But temptation finally gave way to action as Kryger scooted across the double stripe to stop the game. Pclg