Edison High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Lake Station, IN)

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FOOTBALL If Edison’s football record continues to im- prove as it has the past four years, it will not be long before Edison will have a champion- ship team. The record is better each year than the preceding year of the first four years of Edison’s football history. Last year’s five and five record was improved by this year’s five wins and four losses. 1 his year, also, saw a change of head foot- ball coach and the addition of an assistant coach. Coach Chester E. Sanders replaced Coach Al- bert 1 horn as head coach, and James Alexan- der became the assistant coach. They are to he commended for the fine job they have done their first year in Edison. East Gary placed one man on the first team of the All-Conference Team this year as Frank Arndt was chosen to fill the right end position. Also, Roland Moore made the second team backfield, and Randall Riley, Roland Gregory, and Bill Metz received honorable mention. September 8 — Knox: The first athletic con- test of the season was won by the Eagles as they ground out a 7-0 victory over Knox. Both teams were held scoreless until the last quarter with the hall seesawing hack and forth across the mid-field line. The only touchdown of the game came in the last quarter when Hat- field threw a short pass to Krupchak in the end zone. The extra point was made by Krup- chak on a line plunge. September 15 — Hobart: One of the finest games of the season was played by the Eagles against their traditional rival, Hobart. East Gary played for the most part a hard, line- plunging game with short gains through the middle being the order of the day. Roland Moore made the only touchdown for the Eagles. The extra point was no good. Fine defensive play showed throughout the game with Edison letting up only a few times ; how- ever, each time Hobart was quick to take ad- vantage and made two touchdowns and a 14-6 victory. September 22 — Wirt: Edison had little trouble as she subdued Wirt 26-13. Touch- downs were made by Edison in all four quar- ters. Frank Arndt caught two long passes for touchdowns in the first half. He, also, caught The 1951 Edisonian 27

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Top row — Marty Faitak. Donald Kuzma, James Fritts, Paul Leathurby, Bernard Najar, Roland Moore, Da- vid Capron, Dale Hodges, Randall Riley, Ronald Hatfield, Howard Shaver, William Metz, Sidney Hoskins. Third rote — Coach Sanders, Keith Brimmer, James Carrigan, Fred Cochran, Edwin Woodard. Eddie Houck, Perry Pappas, William O’Kelly, Mitchell Najar, Ronald Park, Roy Claussen, Ray Taylor, Coach Alexander. Second row — Charles Krupchak, Carl Thorne, Walter Kosinski, Eric Scharf, Jerome Johnson, Thomas Nolan, Frank Arndt, Roland Gregory, Daniel Orlich. Front row— Dennis Good, Kent Hardebeck, Carter Jackson, William Funkhouser, Stanley Hoskins, Dennis Anderson, Bruce Swift, Roy Taylor, Ronald Good. FOOTBALL CHESTER E. SANDERS Coach JAMES ALEXANDER Assistant Coach FRANK ARNDT Co-Captain RANDALL RILEY Co-Captain 26 The 1951 Edisonian

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FOOTBALL (Continued ) a pass for one extra point. Roland Moore carried over for the other extra point. Last half touchdowns were made on long runs by Whitey Capron and Roland Moore. The point attempts failed. Wirt, also, pushed over two touchdowns in this half. October 6 — Portage : Edison received a very unpleasant surprise when Portage scored on the first play of the game after recovering Ed- ison’s fumble. From then on the game turned into a mad scramble to score touchdowns with Edison getting three and Portage two the first half. Touchdowns were made by Arndt, Moore, and Krupchak. No extra points were made by East Gary. Additional touchdowns were made in the last half by David Capron and Roland Moore. Frank Arndt kicked one extra point and Roland Moore ran the other. Portage also got one more touchdown against the second team leaving the final score 32-21. October 13 — Merrillville: This year for the first time, an Eagle football team beat the Pirates of Merrillville. The game was ex- ceptionally well played by Edison, as the Eagles showed what they were capable of do- ing if properly aroused. The defensive play was better than at any previous time this year by holding Merrillville scoreless both halves. Both of Edison’s touchdowns were made on the same type of play — a short screen pass to Roland Gregory who ran the rest of the way. One extra point was kicked by Frank Arndt, leaving the final score 13-0. October 21 — Edison: Evidently suffering a mental, as well as physical letdown, the Eagles fell prey to an aroused Edison of Gary team 22-6. The backfield seemed decidedly worse for the loss of Roland Moore, who was unable to play most of the game due to a sprained ankle. The line was hampered also, due to the loss of Bill Metz, who was unable to dress be- cause of a bad ankle. Edison of Gary gained her points on three touchdowns and a safety when Frank Arndt stepped into the end zone while kicking a punt. East Gary’s lone touch- down came in the last quarter when, after a long run by Paul Leathurby, Ronnie Hatfield carried over. 2B The 1951 Edisonian