Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

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Collester, Laue, Water and Captain “Hiene” Hobelman, of the tackb- em-lowfame, gave about as much comfort and profit to our rivals as the fellow who willed his vest sleeves to his mother-in-law. The Mutt and Jeff ends, Projedinec and Ried, were as bothersome as mosquitos during the games. Their bad-good fault was that they were too forward. In fact, there were too many forwards to suit our rivals. A good deal of credit also went to our substitutes who gave the regulars staunch backing with their scrimmages and hard workouts. Praise and glory shines on all these fine chaps for their attainments. The glory of our accomplishments lies in the fact that we have de- feated experienced teams. Our first victim was Butler. Emerson was sent to defeat next; while Park Ridge, with a record of five consecutive victories, came to Clifton only to die a hard death. Of the Pingry affair much need not be said in the football column, for it is a matter to be discussed in the fistic world. Our real test came in the Hackensack game from which, after a struggle like that of life and death, we emerged victorious. Our merciless destruction later left in its wake the crumpled remains of Irvington, East Rutherford and Hasbrouck Heights. The last but not least of our victims was the Alumni; a good team but out of form. Mercy, however, was extended to them and they died an easy death. The support of the faculty and the student body showed up admir- ably. It helped a great deal to pull our boys through the strenuous season as well as they did. The team surely did appreciate the loyalty which the school extended toward them. Their appreciation cannot be expressed in words, but it is evident that they reciprocated by giving us a wonderful record of which we can be justly proud. EDWARD POJEDINEC, ’22. 1? « U FAMOUS SAYINGS OF THE FOOTBALL SQUAD “Let me at ’em and you couldn’t find their gains with a micro- scope.”—E. Reid, L. E. “You may get through the right side, but you can’t get through here.”—H. Hobelman, L. T. “It’s all right, Zieg, he didn’t hit me.”—D. Collester, L. G. “All together, children.”—Wm. Ziegler, C. “I have heard of people talking to spirits.”—“Will someone please tell the High School Spirit that it is time that he awoke ?”—F. Laue, R. G. Page Twenty-two

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THE FOOTBALL SEASON, 1921 |ES, sire-e-c, a new addition has been built to the Hall of Fame to accommodate the members of our nineteen hundred and twenty-one rugby squad. Some squad, eh? Or, as our i victims have said, “Some wrecking crew.” The blame for this terrible destruction which our boys wrecked upon our opponents rests solely upon the shoulders of our coach, Mr. Palmer. In the eyes of his pigskin chasers, Napoleon looks like a back number compared with him. Of what importance is a trifle like conquering the world when it comes to placing Clifton High on the map in one year by winning nine games in succession? Probably the person most afflicted by this rugby-itus bacillus, and the one upon whom it inflicted the most amazing results, is Mr. Nutt. How opposed he had been to football in former years—and now! Some change, not only in his attitude, but his chest measurement as well. There is enough space there now to print in bold type, “That was my team.” We don’t blame him for feeling that way; he sure had a fine lot of boys. Ye gods, but how this fine lot of boys could tear, ruin and destroy! Sympathy was all that was extended to the unfortunates who tried to stop the onslaughts of that Chimenti-Augauer combination. “Red” Sut- ter, our strategist, with his “sixteen sixty-six,” used “Rummy,” the larg- est fullback in the country, to chop up our rivals by sneaking him through their lines. Our ace, “Billy” Sigler, also spoiled many a football aspir- ant’s ambitions with his steamroller crush. “Billy’s” able assistants, Page Twenty-one

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“Oh, my leg!”—E. Maier, R. T. “Gee! his chin was hard.”—E. Poejednic, R. E. “I want to see anybody that worked harder for the team than I did.”—A. Argauer, L. H. B. “You should see the teams they put out in Brooklyn.”—V. Chimenti. “9—46—Hip, hip, hip, kick the goal, Art.”—M. Sutter, L. B. “Sig-i-mals.”—R. Bidnarcik, F. B. “Give us a chance.”—“Scrubs.” 8? 1? Memories Take an old-fashioned county fair, and magnify it by 100. Add the noise of an old-fashioned 4th of July with the colors of a three- ringed circus, and more excitement than a Wall Street explosion. This will give you a plain idea of the night after the Hackensack football game. CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RECORD OF 1921 Butler 0 Clifton 46 Emerson 0 it 32 Park Ridge 19 It 27 Pingry 1 ti 0 Hackensack 14 it 21 Irvington 6 it 13 East Rutherford 6 it 13 Point Pleasant 0 it 1 Hasbrouck Heights 0 36 Alumni 0 it 26 Page Twenty-three