Edmonds High School - Echo Yearbook (Edmonds, WA)

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FOOTBALL Led by Captain Dick Hicks, The Edmonds Tigers clawed through one of their most successful seasons, and under the efficient instruction of Coach Warren Bieber the team achieved an enviable record of five victories, two ties and two defeats to tie for second place in the Snohomish County A League. The Tigers had a fine pre-season record, trouncing Redmond 19-0, Kirkland 12-0, and O’Dea 20-0. For the fourth straight victory of the season the Edmonds Tigers sank their claws into the Arlington Eagles to win 12-0 on the home field. Roe scored on an end-around and Bartlett out-ran the Arlington secondary to score from the 30 yard stripe. The Tigers definitely out- classed their first conference opponents, taking the offensive all the way. Coach Bieber’s gridsters at this stage of the game was one of the three unbeaten, untied and unscored-upon teams in the state. An eleven year old jinx, coupled with a brilliant Snohomish passing attack caught the purple and gold squad flat-footed at Snohomish and knocked them from the unscored-upon list. The game resulted in a 13-13 tie. A constant barrage of passes netted the Panthers two touchdowns. Edmonds connected when Bob Downing passed to Johnny Johnson and when Chuck Johnson snared a Snohomish pass on the Edmonds five yard line and galloped 95 yards to pay territory. After battling in the rain for three quarters the Tiger grid-machine came from behind to nose out Monroe 7-6 in the last forty seconds of play at Monroe. A lighter Bearcat team outclassed the Tigers until the last minute, when a long pass from Bartlett to Roe tied the game at 6-6. Roe’s conversion was good and the Tigers had preserved their no-defeat record. Playing the strong North Kitsap Vikings on the home field Edmonds managed a 6-6 tie when Sam Ewing plowed over the chalk line in the third quarter. A courageous band of purple-gold charges played heroically before a packed grandstand on Armistice day but finally went down in defeat to the Marysville wonder-team. It was the first game the Tigers had lost on the home field in the last three years. Though the Tomahawks scored both touchdowns in the first half, the initial scoring for Edmonds came in the last 50 seconds of play in the second quarter when Ewing shot a perfect 26-yard pass to Roe, who waited in the end zone. With true Tiger spirit the local boys came back in the second half to take the offensive all the way, and keeping Marysville out of scoring territory. In the fourth quarter Edmonds lost the ball only once and staged a brilliant passing attack that clicked for a second touchdown on a flip from Bartlett to Roe. Roe’s kick for the tying point was wide by only a yard. This game was by far the outstanding one of the season. The Tigers engaged in the first post-season game ever played by an Edmonds eleven when they journeyed across the Sound Thanksgiving day for a gridiron tilt with the Bremerton Wildcats of the Cross-State League. With nothing at stake they lost all the fire they showed in the Marys- ville melee and came home on the short end of a 19-0 score. The Tigers’ string of victories and ties gave them honorable mention rating in a list of state high school grid teams of 1938. At the last official meeting the first squad elected George Stockamp as next year’s captain. Bob Roe was chosen to receive the inspirational award. Out of the forty-seven footballers who started the season twenty-two players earned awards. The returning lettermen are Jim Specht, Gordon Magill, Clint Bueklin, John Johnson, Jack Bartlett, Matt Randish, George Stockamp, Charley Johnson, Bob McGinness, Don Day, and Bill Birt. The eleven graduating seniors are Capt. Dick Hicks, Sam Ewing, Morgan Bartlett, Bob Roe, Bob Hirschberg, Bob Downing. Bob Bishop, Bill Meyring, Fred Stadler, Paul Patterson, and Walt Fisher. Although these boys will be missed we are confident that Coach Bieber will put out another winning team in 1939. 28

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athletics Block that kick!—thru the hoop—kill it! — It's going, going, it’s over—blanket finish—yeah, Tigers! Steady nerves, strong bodies, healthy minds—construct- ing and strengthening the framework for the thoughts and ideas of the future builders.

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Block Your Man !—Coach Bieber—Manager Storm work !—Inspirational award—winner Roe—Starting lineup— Captain Dick Hicks- -Touchdown !—The full squad 29