Easton Area High School - Rechauffe Yearbook (Easton, PA)

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I AS I ON S3 WILSON 7 The Easton Red Rovers opened the 1951 football season by crushing a weak Wilson ball dub. Outstanding in this game were Payne and Bertolino, who scored most of the Rovers’ touchdowns. EASTON 13 MASTRALM TECH 0 On Saturday the Red and White battled a strong Mastbaum Tech team at Cottingham Stadium. The Rovers had a little trouble with Tech, but they managed to come out on top with their second straight victory of the season. EASTON 28 ROXBOROUGH 7 Although the Red Rovers held Roxbor- ough to one touchdown, they still found plenty of time to score four themselves. Easton employed a two platoon system for the first time this season and found it to be very suc- cessful. EASTON 27 SCRANTON TECH 13 Trailing at half time by the count of 13-7, the Red and White came back in the second half to defeat a fine Tech eleven in the first night game of the season. EASTON 13 HERSHEY INDUSTRIAL 8 Giving tlie Rovers a good battle all the way, a strong Hershey team finally was sub- dued; thus, Easton won its filth consecutive game. 18

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J. V. FOOT BALI September 17 Easton 88 September 24 Easton 0 September 27 Easton 8 October 1 Easton 0 October 3 Easton 21 October 8 Easton 38 October 15 Easton 38 October 19 Easton 19 October 21 Easton 25 October 24 Easton 25 October 29 Easton 12 November 12 Easton 0 Mr. CaSSKBAI'NI Mr. Kresslfr Wilson G Home Allentown 0 Away Allentown Central 0 Away Bethlehem 20 Home Phillipsburg 0 Home Northampton 0 Away Wilson 0 Away Phillipsburg 0 Away Northampton 6 Home Bangor 0 Away Bethlehem G Away Allentown 18 Home Coach Coach Richard Allen John Donnelly Henry Fleck Donald Lushis Markley Race Ronald Scholl Karl Van Norman Charles Bennett John Bulette Elmer Collina Charles Dentith Carl Fisher Stanley Fitelson Rocco Fracicca Lester Hartman Donald Hicks Henry Hummell Clewcll Hofschild Isaac Knighton Roger Kutzler Vernon Lallas Frank La Valva Earl Lucy Bernard Maletsky John Mann Roderick McClay Douglas Mcnikheim Richard Metz F.ston Morgan Gerald Paulus Donald Pritchard Robert Rasmussen Frenk Rena Id i Joseph Romeo James Smereczynsky Russell Stull Blaine Williams Douglas Steckel Jon Broscius 17

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EASTON 7 BETHLEHEM 28 A powerful Hurricane team invaded Cot- lingham Stadium to hand Easton its first defeat of the season. Fine passing and a good defensive play sparked the visitors to a victory. EASTON 6 JOHN HARRIS 21 The Red Rovers of Easton tasted their second defeat ol the year from John Harris. The statistics for the game were practically even; yet the Harirsburg team was too strong for the Red and White of Easton. EASTON () ALLENTOWN 0 Playing in a sea of mud and relentless downpour of rain at Allentown, the Easton Red Rovers, sparked by fine defensive play- ing. held the Allentown Canaries to a scoreless tie. ALLENTOWN CENTRAL EASTON 0 CATHOLIC 0 Two rough, hard-playing teams met at Cottingham Stadium and played one of the greatest defensive games of the year. After four quarters the score stood: Easton 0. Allen- town Central Catholic 0. EASTON 28 PHILLIPSBURG IS Playing before a large crowd at Fisher Field, the Red and White put on a fine offen- sive and defensive display to whip decisively a previously unbeaten P-Burg team. Deter- mination and the will to win were key factors in the Rovers’ victory. Ray Roberts Richard Hanlon Lawrence Palmer Anthony Asch Lyle Burns John Bovlan Charles Reick John DiEmidio Senmor Eric Payne Gus Basso Adam Diomedo Dick Troxell Earl Young Fred Firth Mario Camaioni Lettermen Bill Tate Sal Nigrone Dale Kindt Art Sc hall Wayne Grube Nick C)liveri Carl Miller Charles Smith Sam DiVietro Phil Bertolino Kenneth Fahl Angelo Marrello James Fisher Joe Thomas Willard Oden welder 19