Elgin High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Elgin, IA)

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Way ns' Posh A I ' . - . ' A-' - :' 1 Q 5 9 1 2 Q? Q5 Y,-MI I 4 9 I h by -rl l - Qs.. rg' V - 2 t allele, ,, a I MW, VT Q , 73 T, I- r ' . .4 'Q v. . ' 33- 7 3 r ,. l 1 . 226 3:-. '97 ' ac 3' 321 1 ' ' ,Al ,of A 'xii 7 tr! , sf. ' 4' J ' M at 3 1 tif-Q-.u,:. sit '.:A -.-.,.j:HM' ,Tp A QT., ,K .4 .U t Y A A. H n CONFEBERCE STANDING SCHEDULE Won Lost Elkader 6 1 Sept. 12 Elgin O Calmar 38 Fayette 6 1 Sept. 19 HElg1n O West Union 12 Postville 6 l Sept. 26 HElgin 7 Waukon 20 Summer A 3 Oct. 3 +Elgin O Postville hh Waukon 3 H Oct. 10 HElgin 7 Elkader 26 West Union 2 S Oct. 17 aElgin O Maynard 32 Maynard 1 6 Oct. 2h iElgin 7 Fayette 38 Elgin O 7 Oct. 31 eElg1n 7 Summer 33 4 Conference Games Thirty able-bodied young men reported for the 1952 football squad. With only five returning lettermen, Coach Paul Shank had his work cut out for him With the able as- sistance of Paul Zurbriggin he whipped the boys 1nto a united fighting squad. Lane Ash, a senior, was the captain. Other lettermen were Paul Pinney, Karl Lembke, Dennis Butikofer, and Burnell Blockhus. The 1952 football season would seem to be quite unsuc- cessful if one looks at the list of games won. Actually, the experience gained was of great value to the players. This year's green squad made good use of all the knowledge they acquired, and improved steadily as the season passed. Elgin, plagued by many 1DJUTi6S and lack of experience, started the season oy losing an afternoon game to Calmar, 38-O. The following weekend against West Union the boys showed much improvement, but still lost 12-O. At Waukon the next week the boys finally scored. The halftime tally was 7-7, but the Waukon boys came back strong and won 20-7. One of the conference leaders, Postville, handed the Panthers a hh-0 whipping the next week. This game was followed by, per- haps, the best game the Panthers played. They held a strong Elkader eleven to a 26-7 margin. The next game against May- nard was supposed to have been a close contest, but Elgin was short-handed due to the loss of a couple of regular players. ,The Maynard team triumphed 32-O. Elgin couldn't seem to stop Fayette, one of the title contenders, and took a 38-7 loss. The last game was played against Sumner on a hard dirty field. The Panthers lost 33-7.