Chamberlain High School - Totem Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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CAUGHT in a deep pensive mood is Chamberlain Coach John Adcoclc, planning his Chief sTraTegy as he waTches The progress of The game. TO HAVE or noT To have The ball is The Chief-PanTher issue aT hand. CHIEFS CALM TORNADOES, 32-O Clearwater was turned to muddy watern by the mighty Chief warriors in a 32-0 shut-out. After journeying to the Pinellas County Camp, the Chamberlain onslaught was led off by star halfback Bonar. In his crazylegs specialty, Bonar tucked the oval away and used every conceivable contortion to earn the first six point laurel for the Fightin, Chiefs. The extra points and much of the kick-offs were the efforts of kicking specialist, Ernest Brady. As of yet, the Clearwater Tornadoes have not beaten young Chamberlain. CHIEFS BOW TO PLANT, I3-I2 Entering the intra-city rival's stadium across town, Chamberlain took the field with a five-game winning streak. The entire pigskin parley was based on possession-football strategy, and the few breaks for either team proved vital. The Bob Hope Show was ignored by an overflow crowd of 9,000 rimming the sidelines who witnessed this duel. The Chiefs notched off the first tally in the late moments of the first one-fourth when, after the staunch march down field, quarter- back Hill fired a short pass to end Bobby Barnes in the end zone. Barnes made a spectacular catch as he wrestled the oval from three Plant gridmen. Brady's kick was wide for the extra point. Plant re- bounded on the kickoff to burst through the Chiefs' defense for a Panther TD, but muffed the PAT. In the second half, Hill recovered a Chief quick kick on the Plant 37 and the Fighting Chiefs seared through the Panther secondary for a Russ Mercer dive from the one after 9 plays. On the PAT, Brady's kick was perfect but CHS had 12 men in playing territory and was penalized back to the 7. Brady's next attempt failed. Plant took the kickoff and moved down the field to score. The winning Panther point was added, and an ache ripped every Chief supporter. , ,. , ., ,,- . l TACKLE JOHN DENT l7Il leaps on a loose Hillsborough pig, while The sTeady downpour of rain conTinues To impede The acTion of The game. DenT recovered 3 of The Terriers' 7 fumbles before being Taken off The Tield wiTh a pulled ligamenT ThaT was To sideline him for H-,e remainder of The season. 2

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NELSON McPHERSON GEORGE SMYTI-IE CHIEFS MASSACRE NORTHEAST, 4I-I2 Again canoeing across the bay to the St. Pete village, the Chiefs stomped Northeast's Vikings, 41-12, to cop their second straight conference win. The fleet of CHS backs were too fast for the Vikes to catch, and the stalwart forward wall was too tough for the host team to penetrate. Chamberlain's big tepee, still holding the Western Conference pass-play record due to the 99 yard teamwork of Ben Hill and Donn Kerbo, executed the play in last year's encounter with the Vikes, and threatened to set a new scoring mark. Starting the Chiefs scoring party was Russ Mercer, who used a 2-yard bolt for a six-pointer. Ending the first half with a 20-0 lead, the Chiefs continued the assault to lead 34-0 before Northeast could slip in a tally. After the Vikes contributed its last TD to their anemic score, the second and third string Tampans strengthened the shellacking with a final sextet-of-points blow. On the bandwagon of Chief TD makers were Russ Mercer, Ben Hill, Roy Wilcox, Eddie Roland, and racking up two for the night, Bill Sims. CHAMBERLAIN CALMS THE HURRICANES, I3-7 Unbeaten Chamberlain had to pull a near upset out of the fire to edge the stubborn Manatee Hurricanes, 13-7 before some 5000 fans. The improved Hurricanes forced the CHS eleven to take to the air to save the homecoming game. After Bill Sims, left halfback, pocketed a 44-yard Hill pass, he outran a 'Cane to put the first tally on the scoreboard in the last of the second period. The extra point failed but the Chiefs took the lead, 6-0. The 'Canes capitalized on a blocked punt and push-ed from the 29 to a touchdown. The conversion was good and the scanty one-point lead seemed to be the margin of upset. A double reverse with Hank Bonar winding up with the oval ate up 16 yards and set up che Chief war party. Hill pitched out to Ron Mercer, who threw a perfect strike to Tommy Allen, another outstanding halfback, and Allen bucked the secondary to the one. Comman- deer Hill sneaked over for the do-or-die score and Ernest Brady contributed the extra point. The clock snuifed out a final Hur- ricane storm, and the Chief rooters swarmed their brave gridiron Chieftains. BOBBY WEAVER TERRY Boom CHIEFS SWAMP SAILORS, 34-0 Caught off guard by a 100721 improved Manatee eleven, the Chamberlain warriors fired up their swift ground attack and shut out Sarasota, 34-0 to earn their fourth straight confer- ence victory. Scoring on Chamberlain,s Hrst two possessions in the opening quarter, Bill Sims took the defenders' goal for a TD, and then Hank Crazylegs Bonar tore loose from the Sailors, twisting, spinning, and weaving behind excellent block- ing to add his six points. Sims out-hoofed the Sailors for another tally, and the Chiefs led 20-0 at the halftime. The Chiefs flooded the Sailors again with Ben Hill sneaking over to up the 20 point lead by 6. After CHS punted, tackle Donn Kerbo recovered the runaway pigskin to set up the Tommy Allen tidal wave for the TD nightcap, shipwrecking the Sarasota Sailors, 34-0. PANTHERS bife The dusi' as Chief crawls for yardage.

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RONNIE MERCER l35l carries i'he mail, as Bill Sims l2Ol wards off a Bogie Pirafe. CHIEFS EDGED BY BOGIE, I5-I3 Catching Chamberlain in their worst mood of the year, the Boca Ciega Pirates upset the Chiefs, 15-13, the fatal 2 points coming from a safety. Bonar led off the scoring on a 3-yard thrust and Ron Mercer ran the PAT on an end sweep. But the Pirates weren't idle and retaliated with a tying 7 points. The Pirates rolled across the stripes for another 6 pointer and added the extra po-int. Then came the upsetting safety when Ben Hill was swarmed over in the first play of the second quarter. The final Chief scoring drive came in the last quarter as Bonar raced 21 yards with Donn Kerbo giving him the key block. After the encounter was over, the Chief eleven appeared to be shock in their dressing room. CRAZYLEC5S Bonar l40l 'l'wis'rs, spins, and sidesfeps for more Chief yardage. CHlEFS SCALP DRAGONS, 28-7 Chamberlain avenged two previous Jefferson victories by toma- hawking the Dragon defense and obliterating most of the rival offense. A hard-hitting CHS eleven slaughtered the intracity foe and captured the third place rung oni the Western Conference ladder. The first touchdown went up on the scoreboard when Ben Hill tossed the oval to Bill Sims for a 30 yard play. The Chiefs were off and rolling again as halfback Russ Mercer paced off three other scores of 10, 3, and 2 yards, with Brady kicking the 4 one-point goals. Jeffersonis lone tally came in the second half. It was a tribe of jubilant Chiefs that swarmed the players and paraded Big Chief Leto round on their shoulders. HALFBACK MERCER l35l rampages foward opponenl s ALLEY-OOP! Some do if The hard way like Bonar l4Ol, buf Leven h l h d. May l8ll prefers a ground baffle. goal, while sidekick Tommy Allen l32l leands a e ping an