Edgewood High School - Crusader Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Burc Hn.c as Sc E G W s C F llback Tac! .EZ an back Halfback Watch me get em T lk t p Get set yo guy ' ch t me left7 St Norberts De Pere To start a strmg of v1ctor1es the Maroons humbled a weak St Norbert s outfit 37 o Kovacs proved h1s worth by collectmg three markers w1th Mc Cann addmg two more McCann made the first 1n the opemng perlod to be followed by Hughes After a blocked punt Kovacs brought the last score 1n the fnrst half McCann ga1ned another 1n the openlng m1nutes of the second half the second came when Kovacs mtercepted a pass and re turned lt to the goal Clos1ng all scor1ng Kovacs agaxn crossed the l1ne yust before the end of the game Racme M1l1tary Academy Playing a superlor brand of ball Edgewood broke a two year deadlock by defeat1ng the Racme eleven 39 o McCann turned lt 1nto a gala affa1r of h1s own by mak1ng three touchdowns on passes He opened scormg 1n the 1n1t1al perlod to have hxs feat duphcated by Rxpp who used a lateral pass Shortly afterwards the ball was carr1ed across agam 1n the hands of McCann Hllgers downed on the three yard l1ne after a long run plunged over for the fifth touchdown McCann made the s1xth after a com pleted pass Raclne never threatened The Edgewood Echo Page 66 H B BILL HILLKNG G IE zz Boa AREY u ke u cr .. . .. .. a i U ,ganga .. Y u S... .How mu i i ' 9 . . . ., , i . . . I n . , 5 , . I . . . . , , . ' , 7

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ERNIE Kovfxcs FRANK Wrwcunsrna Rxcxv ELLIS Tom FLAD .Quarterbac Center n n Signals' Shlfr' Hey check' Try my end' R ck em gang' Rlchland Center The Maroons passed and k1cked the1r way to a I4 I3 dec1s1on over a speedy R1chland Center eleven on October 16 Rlchland Center scored Hrst as a result of a costly Maroon fumble The try for extra po1nt was also good A dr1ve that started 1U the v1s1tors own terr1tory brought the score to a deadlock Passes end runs plunges every k1nd of strategy xmagmable was now resorted to by both teams to ga1n supremacy The vlsrtors however had an edge on the pass1ng game and scored on a beaut1ful long pass to McCann Wlth the extra po1nt good the Maroons settled to a t1ght defense rely1ng on the1r seven po1nt lead Th1s defense gave under the straln of a fiery Orange and Black attack and a long run throughout the ent1re Edgewood eleven brought the1r last marker The extra po1nt whrch would have knotted the score was smothered at 1ts or1g1n by an avalanche of Maroon lmemen Off went the gun' Whew that was close' Compet1t1on has been keen between these two schools for the past few years and thxs game by 1ts hard dr1v1ng block1ng and tackl1ng that made the stands r1se 1n a roarmg cheer was most outstand1ng of the SCIICS Burnham and Kennedy were the stars for the R1chland Center team The Edgewood Echo Page 65 A , C ij Qi b - 1 r a a r ', ' 41.7 , ,, . V 1, , ll ' ' 'is-, at-A .. U ,'. -1 L Kp, .5-,-:A N k E a E a . . , , , c , . , . . . . . , ' 5 5 , ' 1 5 ' 9 9 3 , . ...W -.,.-,,,..-..q,,..,

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. - R B N Y LYN uc M C M Russ WIWMA Dlc K uw Halfback Gu d Gua d Where my b llc p To gh ron Ill get hr d t Co c ' St Peters Oshkosh Br1ng1ng the number of stralght v1ctor1es to four the Maroons emerged from the fray S3 I2 Rxpp Hughes and Ryan ran over touchdowns 1n order Kovacs netted a fourth and added the extra polnt Maroon passes filled the au' and the ball was carrxed over by McCann In the second half WICSC added the s1xth touchdown Late 1n the game St Peter s drove over two touchdowns before they could be stopped Thxs ga1n was more than balanced when the Maroon regulars added twenty pomts to the score St john s Mllwaukee Wlnnlng 1ts last game of the season under the hghts Edgewood battled 1n a sea of mud to a I3 o score The game was marred by a downpour of ra1n and a sllppery ball Desplte these odds a very fine brand of football was shown In the opemng perrods both teams resorted to puntmg 10 at tempts to feel each other out Rlpp early 1n the second perlod raced elghty five yards for the flrst score In the same style Hughes galloped nmety yards after hookmg a St John s pass The short pass attack of St Johns netted them few yards s1nce they could not ga1n the necessary speed Gregory Verona and Dmeen were the stars for the v1s1tors The Edgewood Echo Page 67 l 11 N A H oxu: RA an N K an ar End 1 s a a. u 351 m. lcan 01, ah. , ' a I f . . ' 3 , . . . . ., , . - 9 7 , , ' 5 7 . I . . . , , 9 '