Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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THE SUMMIT, i936 5-yard off-side penalty. Murphysboro opened up with the final drive that gave them a touchdown just before the game ended. CHESTER AT DUPO Q33-143 Chester opened the game with a powerful attack, both in the air and through and around the line. The 'Iackets crossed the Dupo goal line at least once in each of the four quarters, while Dupo scored their two touch- downs in the last quarter. Mickey Cowell, our fast running guard, reeled off two runs of 30 and 23 yards on end plays. Capt. Adams accounted for one of the touchdowns and made all three points after touchdowns, twice on passes and once on a line plunge. Allison made good gains by snagging passes and Tilton broke up a Dupo attack by intercepting a pass. Ebert, star right tackle, played an excellent defensive game against the Captain and most powerful offensive man of the Dupo eleven. CATHEDRAL CBELLEVILLEJ AT CHESTER C0-63 The first three quarters of the game were scoreless, neither team making any decided gains. With four minutes of play left in the last quarter, Chester lined up for a timed play. Adams took the ball, pivoted and passed to Allison, who faked a short run and relayed the ball to A. Cowell, completing a triple pass. Cowell started from the I5-yard line, zigzagged through the opponents line, sidestepped the two Cathedral safety men and ran through an open field for the winning touchdown. PINCKNEYVILLE AT CHESTER C27-0l Neither team seemed to click in the opening of the game and the first quar- ter was scoreless. Pinckneyville opened up in the second quarter when Car- son completed a short pass to Sparks who carried the ball 35 yards down an open field for a touchdown. A place kick netted the extra point. Pyatt of Pinckneyville recovered a fumble on Chester's 20-yard line and brought the ball into scoring territory. Two more touchdowns and an extra point brought the score to 27-0, Pinckneyville on the heavy end, A 30-yard pass from Allison to Adams looked encouraging, but a fumble killed all hopes of scoring. CHESTER AT IACKSON K0-353 Our team held the Indians through the first quarter and half of the second. During the last five minutes of the first half the heavy Missourians pushed over four touchdowns. The Yellow jackets kept up a spirited attack and held the Indians to one goal in the last half. Chester's passing attack brought the team within jumping distance of the line several times. Laymon, our center, played a fighting game against the powerful opponents. Saak, end and safety man, showed that he had the stuff football players are made of, in the way he took care of the beef that was piled on him. CHESTER AT CRYSTAL CITY C0-245 Chester played Crystal City with Taggart, Allison and Mickey Cowell on the bench with injuries. Despite the one-sided score the teams finished the game with no great difference in yardage gained and number of first downs. According to spectators the 'Iackets played a far better game than the final score indicated. Chester came near scoring when Saak, on a double reverse play, got away for a 60-yard run, only to be stopped at the I0-yard line. A 30-yard run of Bruegger's following a single reverse play also failed to score. CHESTER AT SPARTA C0-l4j Armistice Day saw Chester play their traditional rival in a field of mud and rain. During the first half of the game the Yellow Iackets outclassed the Page 29

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THE SUMMIT, 1936 A Rack Row: B. Phegley, D. Heietich, VV. Schuwerk, H. Tilton, A. Cowell, D. Mages C Hoff Xvolff C Farney NV O qll'l11'l101I'i Co ch , , . .t ., .a . ilfmiit Row: J. Pzirkcr, A. Ponder, P. Kirk, A. Rieckeiilicrg. TRACK The Chester High track team of '35 was quite successful in encounters with teams of other schools, winning two meets out of three. The three meets sched- uled were: Chester at Dupo, Chester at New Athens and the Randolph County Track and Eield meet at Chester. ln the first meet of the season Chester defeated Dupo by a score of 63Vs to 4926. Although first places in the thirteen events were fairly evenly divided, the fackets taking seven, our team piled up a safe margin of points with sec- ond and third places. At the end of the meet Dupo presented Chester with a cup. In an almost steady downpour of rain our team rolled up a total of 73V2 points to retain the county track and field championship in the annual county meet held at the Eairground Moy 4. Evansville took second place with 49V2 points. The rest of the points were distributed between Coulterville, with lti, Red Bud 17, and Percy lil. Because of the handicap of mud and rain, no county records tumbled, although some of the marks indicated that favorable weather would have accounted for a different story. In the last meet of the season the Yellow lacket cindermen were defeated by the New Athens team, 66V2 to 46Vz, on the New Athens athletic field. Phegley completed a perfect record for the season in winning the half mile. Those who won letters were: Captain Phegley, Hertich, A Cowell, C. Ear- ney, Rieckenberg, B. Adams, and Schaak. CHESTER AT MURPHYSBORO K6-l3l The Yellowjackets went out to meet the Red Devils with the idea they were to play one of the strongest teams of the season. Had the game ended a minute sooner the result would have been a 6-6 tie. Murphysboro scored their first touchdown in the final minute of the first half, when Chester on their 20-yard line tried a forward pass. The Red Devil center snagged the ball and swept back through the field for a touchdown. ln the third quarter, A. Cowell, Chester fullback, came through off tackle to make a 38-yard run for a touchdown. 'With a series ot line plays in which Allison, Tilton, and Adams all functioned, Chester pushed the ball to the Red Devils 8-yard line. Here our touchdown play went hay-wire and the team was held for downs on a Page 28

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THE SUMMIT, l936 N X T li. in Back Row: L. Harmon, S, llrown. XV. Hzirrismm. XV. Fium-g:u1. , Second Row: F. llurgard, D. Harniuii, P, Smith. j. lleucr, O. Tilton, R. Allison, D. Bruegger, NY. Cowell, ' .. VV. Saak. . First Row: li. Aclums, A. Vuwcll, I. BlZ11lSlCC1'. U. Tilton, T, Taggart, D. l.:i5'mon, F. Ebert, B. Brooke, ff VV. Uilworth, C. :l'IOl-'l-lllilll. 1 P. Gorcms4 Blue Streaks, leading by two downs, neither team scoring. Oliver, flashy Sparta end, blocked Cowell's punt, caught up the ball and skidded for a touchdown in the third quarter. Davis took the ball through the line for Sparta's second touchdown in the fourth quarter. On several occasions the Yellow Iackets started power drives toward the goal line but failed to score only by thrilling margins. Taggart, veteran Chester end, was taken from the game with a knee injury in the fourth quarter. PERBYVILLE AT CHESTER C12-73 ln what was probably the best game of the season, Chester lost to Perry- ville in the annual Thanksgiving Day battle. Both of Perryville's touchdowns were made in the first quarter. Chester scored in the third quarter when Whitey Cowell made an off-tackle smash. A pass from Cowell to Adams made the extra point. We came near scoring again when Cowell ran for 60 yards on a punt return only to be tackled a few paces from the goal line. We failed to score when one of our men barely missed a pass tipped by one of the opponents. Outstanding back-field men were Cowell and Adams. Dilworth, Laymon, Taggart, Ebert and Brooke played a good game in the line. This season's football squad was handicapped by the size of its line and inexperience at the ends due to Captain Adams' being shifted to the backfield. The absence of the Cowell brothers and B. Allison bcause of injuries kept us from winning several games. The Thanksgiving Day game with Perryville was the best of the season. Because playing conditions were bad the game with Sparta was probably the worst. Offensively our team was much stronger than defensively throughout the season. Lettermen who are leaving the squad are: B, Adams, A. Cowell, Allison, Ebert, Taggart, Brooke, Mansker, and Hoffman. Lettermen who will be on the squad next season are: Dilworth, Laymon, Borgard, H. Tilton, Bruegger, W. Cowell, Saak, Brown, and O. Tilton. Returning veterans who missed getting letters because of a late start in the season are Moore and D. Harmon. Page 30