East High School - Eastonian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Senior Mike Nash Center Senior Tom Bryant Bock Junior Lowell Fisher Center Senior Jack Balias End Bears Fade Tigers’ Stripes On October 17, Nowlin Field was the scene of another East victory. This time the Lincoln Tigers were the runners-up by a score of 12-6. The battle was hard-fought and gave further proof that East’s versatile eleven would not be downed easily. In the first half, although both teams had the opportunity, neither was able to score. The second half, however, sealed the fate of the Tiger men when the Bears scored on a pass play from John Finfrock to Tony Rodak. Albert Miller raised the total to 12 in the last quarter. Lincoln scored only once in the course of the game on an 86-yard end run but failed in their attempted conversion. Both teams seemed to be moving well in the last quarter when the Bears took the situation into hand and added the finishing touches. This victory paved the way for the so-called “Cinderella” team to scramble the Blue Eagles of Central in a homecoming duel which preserved East’s claim to a first place tie with the Southeast Knights. Ballet of the boll carriers wos performed by Swinging wide, John Finfrock evades Lincoln bock Albert Miller ond a stalwart Lincoln player. pursuers on a punt return.

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Senior Lorry Smith Tockle Junior Albert Miller Bock Senior Tony Rodok End Senior Gery Kouffmon Halfbock Falcons Get Plucked October 9 found East on Nowlin Field pitted against the Van Horn Falcons for its third league game. The Bears found the underrated Falcons a more formidable opponent than they had anticipated. However, East's powerful ground offense succeeded in pulling down a 12-6 victory. All predictions were coming true: East was championship bound. The Bears started their scoring early as halfback Dean Tomlin claimed our initial touchdown in the first quarter. Neither team threatened again until late in the game. The Falcons were able to crack the Bear defense for only one touchdown. The Bears, however, followed up with another score to retain their coveted lead. Conversions for both teams failed. The final gun ended a tight game with East emerging victorious. Quortcrbock John Finfrock toils in a lost-min- This isn't cricket! excloimed John Fintrock ute U-turn to ovoid o Folcon menoce os he bucked three tocklers.

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 Durn those pesky Bears. Although one Central blocker removed John Finfrock, alert Jerry Owens stayed in to pull down a fleet Blue Eagle. Junior Jerry Owens Back Junior Jerry Womack Fullback Senior Ron Jamerson Back Junior Dick Potts Quarterback Blue Eagles Lose Altitude Friday, October 24, saw the downfall of the Blue Eagles of Central at East’s Nowlin Field. The powerful Bear squad shattered the thirteen-game winning streak of the stunned Eagles before a huge homecoming crowd by an overwhelming score of 33-6. Bob McDaniel scored the first touchdown when he blocked a punt in the Central backfield and raced down the middle 45 yards for the score. Gene Cope, later in the first half, blocked another Central punt, and Bob Scott scored from the two-yard line. Gery Kauffman, Scott, and Cope scored the remaining touchdowns, Cope scoring on a pass play from John Finfrock. Central’s tally came from a touchdown pass in the latter part of the first half. East’s stonewall defense and bulldog attack paralyzed the unfortunate Eagles from the beginning until the final gun.