Cumnock School - Chronicle Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

Page 111 text:

THE COACH'S PRAYER Glen Galvin Lord, send me a squad With the right attitude, Give me some men With much fortitude. Give me some ends Both tall and fast- Some ball-snagging fools That can handle a pass. Send me some tackles Big and tough- Some men that love it When the going is rough. Bless me with guards, Who'll charge like a flash, Who will never let up, When opposing lines clash. Give me a fullback Who can bruise and welt, Who can rip and slash Till the opposing lines melt Send me a center A man that has class, Who under pressure Will not bauble a pass. Procure me a quarterback, Both heady and fast- Not like the dumb-bells l've had in the past. Lord, grant one more thing To round out my season, just make the faculty Listen to reason.

Page 110 text:

THE FOOTBALL SEASON The Fall season of i934 found Cumnock football interest hitting a new high , The advent of Ford Palmer, Trojan captain in l933, wit- nessed the installation of a new set of gears. Coach Palmer innovated the Southern California shift at Cumnock with great success. At various stages of the season the team functioned in different gears. The team opened the season in intermediate with a l3 to O victory over San Bernardino, shifted into high against Taft, spun the wheels in vain against Santa Barbara without making headway, dynamited away in high gear upon encountering Loyola Frosh and slowed down again against Urban, and barged out again against Los Angeles junior College, and finished the season in reverse against Menlo junior College, after tying Black-Foxe Mili- tary Institute a few weeks previous. The gridders, under Coach Palmer's tutelage, employed the Trojan shift with such smoothness and precision that they were praised by Howard jones, Palmer's former mentor. Coach jack Babcock was instrumental in securing the use of the New Gilmore Stadium for Cumnoc-k to use as their home field. Six night games were played under the arcs at the bowl and only one afternoon game. The San Bernardino and Taft encounters were played away from home, both with great success as indicated by the scores. The prize victory of the season chalked up by the Maroon porkhiders was a surprising 12 to O vic- tory over the Cubs of Los Angeles junior College who were undefeated in two years of competition until the fateful night at Gilmore Stadium. Ford Palmer was regarded by his pupils not only as an excellent coach and strategian but as a regular fellow for whom the boys would give their best efforts. He wisely stressed fundamentals throughout the en- tire season and it brought him satisfactory returns. lOO

Page 112 text:

CUIVINOCK GRIDDERS SUBDUE SAN BERDU On Friday evening, September 29, the Cumnock football machine trav- eled to San Bernardino to engage the junior College gridders. When the dirt clods had stopped flying, and the dust had settled, the Cumnock team emerged from the fracas on the long end of a i3 to O score. Coach Ford Palmer's charges displayed mid-season punch. San Bernardino opened the game with a scoring drive that began on the Cumnock 20-yard line. When three running plays failed, they at- tempted a field goal, but the attempt was unsuccessful. After a drive of their own that failed, Cumnock team launched a lO yard attack on the 40 yard line, and scored the first touchdown of the season. Eight plays later, Glen Calvin carried the ball on the scoring play. john Schultz con- verted. San Bernardino showed power but once, when in the second half they made three consecutive first downs. Cumnock drove from the 48 yard line to the 2-yard stripe in six plays, and then failed to score. Shortly after, they scored from the ZO-yard line. Schultz again converted. Keller and Galvin in the backfield were outstanding. Moore, Crownover, and Black- man shone in the line. Thompson Makes Ten lO2