Eastern High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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mv B 5395333 B Q S 565 Twenty boys answered Coach Shields' initial call for football practice when school opened in September. With but few regulars returning the team was built largely from inexperienced material. After a month of intensive practice Eastern started the season playing the White gridders who usedzafast and effec- tive passing attack to defeat the Blue Jays 35 to O on the White gridiron, Sep- tember 24. The Jays journeyed to Volga for their next game but being unable to break through the strong Volga line came out on the short end of a 45 to O score, October 8. This was the first eleven-man football game the Jays had ever played. The more experienced White team again took the measure from the inexperienced Blue Jays 32 to 6,ina game played before a large number of home fans, October 25. Although out scored,the Blue Jays played a fighting game.The last tilt was played at Hudson where the Jays were edged out by a score of 25 to 18, October 29. Stanley Hansen received national rec- ognition by being named end on the All- American six-man football honor roll as compiled by the American Boy magazine. Regulars who saw action were Stanley Hansen,fullback3 Lawrence Ritz,halfback3 Tom Lyons, quarter back3Donald Hanneman, centergwallace Gross,tackleg Gyles Mart- inson and Virgil Johnson, ends. Substitutes seeing acdon were Morris Jackson, Clarence Chris- ' ' tensen, stuart Rekstein and Ru dolph barrand use asm same