Coolidge High School - President Yearbook (Coolidge, AZ)

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Q4- New the Bears were put to a real fight when they played Florence. The odds were against them by weight and the Gopher's strong aerial attack, The final Score was 7-O in favor of the Gophers. However, this was not the last of the Coolidge and Florence game. A Florence Gopher was proved inel- ligble and the game was forfeited to Coolidge 1-0. T e following week the Bears invaded the Chandler Wolves domain and succeeded in trouncing the folves 31 to 13 with the Cubs playing half the game for Coolidge. Scoring 20 points the first five minutes of th game, the Bears smashed the Nogales eleven, L7 to 13, in the eighth game of the season, The Bears journeyed to the Casa Grande Cou- gar's field of mud where both teams had all kinds of bad luck. The teams came out about equal in had breaks in their scrambles for the ball. At the final quarter the score was 14 to 13 in the favor of Coolidge, Every Bear who played showed unusual spirit and determination. In the last game of the season against the Mesa Jackrabbits, the Bears held their opponents scoreless for the first quarter. The first half promised a good game, but injuries and lack of sub- stitutes for Gcolidge gave the Jackrabbits the de- cisive victory of 42-0. The following players were awarded letters in football: Sylvester Jones Eddie Schell Oscar Montgomery George Acton Roland Freeland Gene Vollmar Duane McKinney J. B, Carter Bobby Skousen Kent MdEuen Nelson Gammon Oscar Bueno Jack Pretzer B111 Davis Don Pew Jim Vidano

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If . ' f? 2L2u4'A,, 75 4 . 'Ihis year's team consisted of a well balanced line and a firey backfield. The veterans returning-1ke4.. from last year were Jim Vidano, Oscar Montgomery5,'a' ,ggij2y,E qi Jack Pretzer, kent McEuen, Sylvester Jones, Gene Volmar, Uscar Bueno and eddie Schell. The new members of'the starting lineup were Don Pew, J. B. Carter, and George Acton. This year the foot-all team of Coolidge High continued its domination of the East Central Valley Conference by taking its seventh Consecu- tive Conference Championship. The Bears placed two players, lineman, deck Pretzer and back, Eddie Schell, on the Conference first team, and lineman, Oscar Montgomery on the second team. .Coolidge was represented at the all star North South Game at Tem e by lineman Jack Pretzer and backs Eddie Schell and George Acton. Eddie Schell was chosen Second Team All State. After a hard sixteen days of practice under the watchful eyes of coaches Uhlson, Lani0r, and Wismer, the season was opened against Aja. The Bears defeated the hed Raiders by a score of 32-13 with a powerful running attack by Acton and SchelL All the touchdowns were made by runs between 40 and 86 yards in length. ' In the second game the Coolidge Sears out- scrambled the Amphitheater Panthers, 13 to 6, in the rain at the Panther field, with little Eddie Schell scoring both touchdowns. Right Guard, Jack Bretzer was the standout for the line. The Bears eked out a 6 to 6 tie against the Tempe Buffalows in the first home game of the sea- son played in Coolidge High School's new stadium. a smooth passing attack of In a game marked by Tbmpe's team, Coolidge showed itself weak on past defense. The Coolidge Bears defeated the Superior Panthers 34-13. The touchdowns were made by runs between 50 and 96 yards long. Eddie Schell made s 96 yard run which was the longest of the season. Montgomery stood out by placing his kickoffs be- tween the Panthers goal and I0 yard line. M-fly?

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O . i The Coolidge Bears started their season by drubbing a Casa Grande team 14-4. Oscar Bueno and Warren Thompson were the Bear's pitchers for the day allowing only 3 scattered hits between them, and striking out seven batters. Joe Ortiz was the outstanding hitter getting 4 hits out of 5 times at bat. Salazar and Armenta were worked for l2 hits. Runs vera made as follows: Ortiz, 33 Perkins, 25 Jones, 25 Acton, 35 Freeland, 23 Vidano, lg and Bueno, l. The Bears opened the Conference with a win over Hayden of 3 to 1, with pitchers Bueno and Thompson holding the Hayden boys to two hits. Acton completed the battery behind the plate. The Hayden pitcher, Roy Montana, allowed 7 hits and struck out 12 Coolidge batters. Runs were made by Ortiz, Perkins, and Schell. The lone run made for Hayden was made on a Coolidge error. In the next game Casa Grande was defeated for the second time bv the Bears. George Acton pitched for 4 innings and Joe Ortiz was behixd the plate. Then Ortiz pitched and Acton caught. They both allowed only 3 hits while the Bears pound- ed out 9 hits from the two Casa Grande pitchers. The game ended with Coolidge again the winner, 12-1. The only run the Cougars made was a ho e-run by Salazar. Coolidge won their next game at the expense of the Sup- erior Panthers, 12-5. Bueno pitched and Acton caught. The Panthers collected 4 hits from the Bear pitcher and Coolidge collected 9 from the fcnther pitcher. Bueno pitched seven strikeouts. Coolidge made three errors to Superior's four. Catcher George Acton of Coolidge and catcher Joe Herrada of Superior both tallied home runs, the first of the season for the new Coolidge field. Coolidge racked up three runs in the first inning, four in the second, and five in the third be- fore Superior tightened up to hold the Bears the rest of the gamr. George Acton of Coolidge turned in the best hitting performance of the day with with a 3 for L average. Coolidge managed to keep a clear record for 5 consecu- tive games when they defeated Ray l.'3 in a tight ball game. Neither team scored until the xixth inning and all the runs for both teams were made in that inning. The Bears, with Bueno pitching and Acton catching, collected six hits from the Ray pitcherg Hay, with Gonzales pitching and Martinez catching, got four hits. Three of the Eesr's runs were made on errors and all of Ray's runs were made on errors. Cool- idge's winning run was made by Joe Ortiz, after he doubled and he was brought in by Jones with a single. The next game was a tie between Coolidge and Superior. The reason for this is explained as follows: with two outs, Joe Herrada, Superior catcher, was on third base in the last of the second inning. Fraijo was up to bat, George Acton, who was pitching, pitched the ball and the batter, who was Eryiggtto get out of the way, accidently hit the ball with is .