De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Thoio are the De La Salle members of the All-Catholic Conference team os picked by the St. Paul and Minneapolis papors. Top Row— George Pawhk. Jim Dutcher, Coach Frawley, Don McGinty. Jerry Bailey, and Dick Fitrgerald. Bottom Row-Dkk Dargis, Tom Coulombe, Dave Kennedy. Fronk Borber, and Pot Kelloy. The individual ploy of these All-Stars is what enabled the Islanders to go through their conference with a clean unbeaten and untied record. ALL-CONFERENCE MEN De La Salle was honored this year in having ten men on the All-Conference teams picked by the Minneapolis Times and St. Paul Dispatch. The Times had Kennedy, McGinty, Barber, Kelley, Coulombe, and Dargis on the first team. Pawlik and Dutcher on the second. The Dispatch honored Kelley, Fitzgerald, McGinty, Dutcher and Coulombe with first string ratings, while Kennedy, Bailey, and Dargis made the second team. Tom Coulombe received All-State Honors. DE 35 - ST. AGNES 7 In a terrific showing of class and speed the Islanders beat the Aggies, 35 to 7. The first period had Dargis and Coulombe both scoring. In the second period Hinton scored for the third tally. Once again in the third quarter Coulombe easily loped 60 yards for a touchdown. Also In this quarter Steve Bell mode his speedy 75-yard runback and final Islander score. Dave Kennedy's toe accounted for all five extra points. St. Agnes scored in the final period. Brothor Mark, Athletic Director, and De lo Salle Cooeh Dick Reinhart happily admire the trophy presented to the Island ers for the football chompionship of '47, tho second that Cooch Reinhart's teams have won. Page twenty-six

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1947 RECORD WON 5 LOST 0 TIED 0 DE 35 7 DE 19 Cretin 7 DE 14 7 DE 19 St. John's 7 DE 28 St. Thomas 0 TOTAL POINTS 115 28 DE LA SALLE OPPONENTS First downs 62 21 Yardage gained rushing ...1712 745 Yardage gained passing .... 185 145 Passes attempted .... 38 59 Passes complete 12 17 Passes incomplete .... 26 42 Punts (yds.) .... .... 691 1177 CONFERENCE SCORING Coulombe 42 Bell 12 Dargis 36 6 Kelley 6 Kennedy (convers.) 13 Lined up below ore the Central Catholic Conference Football Champions for 1947. These men were the main stalwarts of tho Islanders jaugernout, which steamrolled its way through the conference undefeated. In the line aro PRE-SEASON GAMES Winning one game and losing two in preseason play, the sputtering De La Salle football machine gained needed strength and experience in tho three pre-conference tilts. De La Salle opened the football season by trampling Blake 14 to 0 on the losers' rainsoaked field. The Islanders were sparked to victory by the outstanding play of Tom Coulombe and Dick Dargis, who each accounted for a touchdown. This was the only defeat Blake suffered. The following game saw DE in action away from home against Duluth Central, to whom the Islanders dropped a heart-breaker, 7 to 0. Hard running in the backfield failed to halt Central, who seemed to have all the breaks. DE was unable to score, and Central won on a lone tally. An eventful second half spelled defeat for the Islanders, as Edison won 13 to 6. After outplaying the Wizards for a lead of 6 to 0 at the end of the first half, DE fell short of victory by allowing two touchdowns in the last half. Pot Kelloy (RE), Fronk Barber (RT), Gone Brownrigg (RG), Don McGinty (C). Dave Kennedy (LG), Leo Svobodny (LT). and George Powlik (LE)j In the bockfioldi Dick Dargis (RH), Jerry Bailey (QB), Doug Keefe (FB), Tom Coulombe (IH).

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DE 14 ST. CLOUD 7 Sr. Cloud appeared as one of rhe major bumps on the Islander path to victory. But DE overcame the Crusaders in o hard fought bottle, 14 to 7. From the outset the team and fans knew this was going to be a true test of skill for the team from down river. Both teams' defensive ploy was remarkable until the end of the first period, when Tom Coulombe found a hole in the center of the line and ran 60 yards to a tally. Kennedy's kick was good, and DE led, 7 to 0. The second quarter found the Islanders on the march from the 45 to the 3, where Dargis carried it over. Kennedy's kick was again good for DE's Final count. In the third period defensive play again came to the foreground. In the final period a remarkable block of Peterson's punt set up the Crusader's only touchdown. DE 28 - ST. THOMAS 0 The second straight Central Catholic Conference Championship went to De La Salle by way of a 28 to 0 victory over St. Thomas. This year was also the First time the Islanders had ever won nil Five conference games. Dick Dargis scored in the First quorter after George Pawlik had blocked a Tommy punt. Dargis, after repeated drives from midfield, got the next two tallies. The Final marker came when the alert Islanders recovered a blocked Tommy punt on the Cadets' six-yard line. From there it was easy, as Steve Bell went unmolested to pay dirt. Dave Kennedy converted on all four occasions. Upp«r left—Tom Coulombe, Islander All-State halfback and winner of the Stu Mann Sportsmanship Award, shows some of the passing form that helped make him All-State. Upper right—Jim Dutcher, The Rock of the Purple and Gold forward wall, warms up with a roaring charge, tho like of which mode him one of the best guards In the conference. Above-Kennedy kicks, Bailey holds—o combination that spelled the downfall of many a good team. Dave's educated toe piled up 13 points for the Islondors this year. Protection by the line was Dave's strongest asset, as is shown above in the St. Thomas game. Poge twenty-seven