Edmonds High School - Echo Yearbook (Edmonds, WA)

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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

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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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BASKETBALL Building THE team around three returning lettermen, Ralph Johansen, Morgan Bartlett and Capt. Bob Roe, the Tigers had a better team than the records of eight wins and twelve losses would indicate. Handicapped by the lack of a home gym the Edmonds hoopsters lost much valuable practicing time traveling to Alderwood every day. Continuing last year’s heart-breaking close-decision record, the Tigers dropped the season’s opener to the strong O’Dea quintet 30-28. The Kirkland Kangaroos slapped a 28-20 defeat on the home boys who bounced back to trounce Burlington 26-15. In the initial conference tilt the Tigers received a 28-20 setback at the hands of the Monroe Bearcats. Getting some much needed practice before the conference season got into full swing the Tigers nosed out Lakeside 22-21 and then lost a high scoring contest to the O’Dea Irish, 54-38. With the Alderwood gym jammed to capacity the Tiger quintet celebrated Dad’s Night by edging out the rival Marysville team 25-24 for their first conference victory. The Panther jinx still held as Snohomish knocked off the Tigers 32-23 in the third conference melee. Although they took an early lead over Arlington, the Tigers failed to hold it and lost a close conference battle on the Eagle’s floor, 25-22. By winning a non-conference tilt from Kirkland, 27-20, Edmonds made up for the defeat the Kangaroos handed them earlier in the season. Starting the second round of conference play, the home boys edged out a victory over the Monroe Bearcats, 36 to 34, in one of the most exciting games of the campaign. Then in the return game with Lakeside, Edmonds turned back the Lions 33-27 for their third consecutive victory. Although they started off as if they were going to hand Marysville another defeat, the Tigers failed to keep their stride and fell before the onslaught of the Tomahawks by a 35-26 score at Marysville. The conference was so close that at this stage of the race wins in the remaining two games would have given the Tigers a tie for first place. However, they dropped an all important contest to the Snohomish Panthers on the latter’s floor 28-26 and ended their regular season with a 27-21 defeat at the hands of the Arlington Eagles to finish in the cellar of the Snohomish County A League. Playing the Island County champions, Oak Harbor, to determine the eighth entry in the Sno- homish County Tournament, the Tigers were beaten out in a heartbreaker by the Coupeville Wolves, 39-38. Basketball was not over yet as the cagers were invited to compete in the Sixth Annual Lake- side Invitational Tournament. Losing to Port Angeles, 35-32, in the first round of play, the Tigers came back to polish off Concrete and Redmond by scores of 36-21 and 31-30. Playing off for third place, Edmonds lost the season’s final to the Lakeside Lions, 26-19. In the twenty game schedule the Tigers scored a total of 549 points to their opponents’ 579. B. Roe was the team’s top scorer with 137 markers, followed by M. Bartlett with 107. The usual lineup had Bartlett and Bucklin at forwards, either Johnson or Johansen at center and Nelson and Roe for the guards. However, with strong reserve strength, Coach Bieber often started Matson and J. Bartlett at forwards, either Johnson or Johansen at center, and P. Roe and Downing at guards. The inspirational award went to Howard Clark whose elegibility status was held up most of the season by the State Athletic Association. Being uncertain whether he would ever get to play he kept turning out and acted like a sportsman at all times. Coach Bieber will have to find men to replace Morgan Bartlett, Ralph Johansen. Henning Nelson, Bob Roe, Grant Matson, and Bob Downing, as these boys graduate in June. Returning lettermen are two juniors, Clint Bucklin and Johnny Johnson, and one sophomore, Phil Roe. With the new gym to be ready for use next year and many promising second team players returning, the Tigers hope to climb from their lethargy of the past few seasons. 30