East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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2 Miss Snook and the girls of the several cooking classes to put up lunches for the boys. And such lunches! Ask any of the men who made the trip. They certainly went right to the spot and we think they aided materially in East bringing back a victory. East received the ball on the 'kickoff and punted, recovering the ball on Council Bluffs fifteen yard line. With a series of oi tackle plays the East High warriors carried the ball over and kicked a successful goal during the first three minutes of the game. From then on it was a fight back and forth in the Council Bluffs territory, until in he last quarter, under the generalship of Bus Tew, and with the renewed effort of the back field and of the line men, East High began to gain ground consistently and showed all the fine qualities that go to make a championship eleven. With the East back field puncturing the BIuff's line for long gains, and with many beautifully executed forward passes, our team advanced across their opponent's goal line three more times and kicked one goal. By winning this game with a score of 26 to 0, our team showed us that they were in the fight head and feet for the state cham- pionship. Q C ' 1 East High vs. Storm Lake ' TORM LAKE gave us a surprise, on November first, when she downed our championship contenders by a score of 10 to 7. East High had not looked for much of a battle, as Storm Lake had won only one game during the season. The game opened with East receiving. The Storm Lake line held and East was forced to punt. Long end runs by Storm Lake brought the ball to our 25 yard line, and after the East linelheld they landed a drop kick between the goal posts. ln the second period East blocked a punt on the 12 yard line and when they .gained little headway with line smashing, they slipped over a nice for- ward pass and went for a touchdown. In the third qurter, neither side scored and the ball was kept zigzagging across the field. In the final period East carried the ball to the ten and 'fifteen yard line seven different times but were either penalized or fumb- led. Once Wallerstdt ran the ball over for touchdown but the Referee said he blew his whistle by mistake so the ball was brought back and the run not counted. Several passes were tried but Pete and Mac were held, blocked, and tripped so that it was impossible to complete any of them. The Ul11l3lTByS attention was called to these flagrant fouls but he appeared either blind or paralyzed and did not call ,one penalty. When the game was ended the ball was in East's possession on Storm Lake's ten yard line and our boys were fighting every inch of the way. The team was somewhat crippled in this game for the Hibbs Page Twenty-nine

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2 :aeil E it Tia Captain Hibbs put up a great game as .did Handstrom, Walters, and McConkey. McMains and Bollinger, who went in place of the regulars, playefl a good game and promise to make two good men in the backiield. The improvement East showed compared with the way they stacked up against the Oskaloosa and Indianola teaivs proved to the followers of the Scarlet and Black school that the Fast side eleven still has its hat in the state high school football championship race. Coach Moyer's players worked well together, and the first line charged and held the opponents at the right time. St. Joe Central High vs. East High HE Missourians came to Des Moines Friday night expecting on the morrow, October 18, to give East High a good wai- loping. According to the score it was the other way around, for East High found St. Joseph Central High easy picking in a one-sided game. The game was featured by many spectacular plays in which the East High players starred. Our fighting warl- riors worked like a well oiled machine and played a fast, clear game of football. Despite the topheavy nature of the score, the visitors played a i'air game hut the East line held at all times and St. Joe's chances to score were very slim. During the first half, the East High hackiield got away with long gains through holes made by the line. The St. Joe line could not stand the on-- slaught of East's husky warriors, and the hard smashes made by the backiield. At the end of the first half, the East eleven had been across Central's goal line three times and easily kicked goal at each attempt. During the last half, the visiting eleven stiffened somewhat but the East line held, and the only way that St. Joe men could gain was by forward passing, They gained very little ground by this method until Wyatt ot Central caught a forward pass and started towards East's goal line with a clear field in front of him. This netted the visitors a fifty yard gain and would have given them a. touchdown had not Pete Vifalters outsprinted the runner and tackled him from the rear. During' this half East High succeeded in carrying the ball across the goal line for three more touchdowns and also kicked goal each time. The final score was 42 to 0. East High vs. Council Bluffs HE game with Council Bluifs on Oct. 25th. was 'looked for- ward to all season as it meant a nice trip to the river- town. The team left on Friday afternoon. A pep meet- ing was held during the day and the team was given a good send- oif. Since there was no diner on the train, Mr. Warren anticipat- ing the appetites of a football squad made arrangements with Page Twenty-eight

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Q it 'a lie brothers were temporarily crippled and may not be able to play in the West High game next week. The East High rooters seemed not to care about the defeat, for Monday morning they were run- ning over with pep. - East-Wlest Game T is in the air. It is everywhere. The papers are full of it. The old grads are Wandering down toward the East High Stali- ium. There's a look of excitement and anxiety on every stu- dent's face. The big game of the year is here, the annual clash between East and West, the game looked forward to all year by players and students alike. A rousing Pep Meeting was held on Thursday night. Dow Byers, who has been a hero in many football battles for East in former years, was Chairman. After many yells and songs, former players on East I-ligh's teams came to the platform and in fitting words told of the East High spirit, the games of former years, and paid tribute to the splendid record of this yearis team. Then the team was called to the stage and each, man was given an oppor- tunity to tell just what he was going to do and how West must surely be defeated. Coach Moyer gave a short talk and introduced each man on the team. It was a great gathering, one long to be remembered. ' The team had caught the spirit of East's slogan, Eat Em East. A large truck, graciously donated to us by the Red Line, took our team to the Drake Stadium. The team arrived at 2:15 and we will never forget that sea of Scarlet and Black that arose to greet its favorites with a yell that filled the Stadium and then rolled away until its echo was heard all over Des Moines. A few moments later the warriors of West appeared and were greeted by the Maize and Blue. Each team Went thru some peppcry sig- nal practice. Captain Hibbs wins the toss and elects to defend the North goal. . The teams line up, the Referee signals for the attention of each teanfs captain, the whistle blows and West kicks off to East be- ginning' another battle between East and West. . Tew returns the ball 10 yards, Johnnie makes 2 yards, then fails to gain and East punts. Bryant fails to gain, Lair makes 5 yards, Lee loses, and West punts. East .attempts a pass .and West is penalized 15 yards. A ,line play, gains 2 yards, and Johnnie makes a 15 yard pass to Pete. . East is penalized and Lair intercepts pass on East's 48 yard line. West is thrown for a loss, and East intercepts pass. Yencer makes 6 yards, Johnnie fails, and East is penalized 5 yards, Pete takes another pass from Johnnie for 10 yards and first down. Dick makes alyard, ,Johnnie adds 3 more, West is penalized for holding. Page Thirty