Frederick High School - Warrior Yearbook (Frederick, CO)

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WARRIORS FOOTBALL OF YORE Art Mosher fSponsorJ The follow rng story about to be unfolded rs undoubtedly new stuff to most Frederrck students today but perhaps some of the older alums who were here rn the days rmmedrately precedrng the 2nd World War wrll remember wrth nostalgra thrs tale that wrll forever remarn ched rn Frederrck football annuals The football outlook for the Warrrors back rn 1939 was not brrght All of the lettermen had graduated and there were not more than 14 freshmen werhrng over 120 pounds Coach Rockne Tesone had to do somethrng and do rt fast to snap Frederrck s 73 game losrng streak The problem possessed hrm He hardly knew where to turn One Sunday afternoon he was walkrng through some farmrng country as was hrs custom rn those days Wrestlrng wrth hrs problem of how to freld a football team he hardly notrced the passage of trme and as dusk began to descend he realrzed he had lost hrs way He whrpped out hrs Boy Scout Manual to frnd whrch srde of the tree moss grows on but before he could frnd the proper page he was aware of a huge shadow besrde hrm He looked up and there stood a great hulk of a man Coach Rockne gasped The brologrcal currosrty was at least 6 feet 7 rnches tall and werghed 350 pounds rf he werghed an ounce He wore a T shrrt and hrs muscles bulged lrke watermelons Duh h h krn I help you out mrstuh? rnqurred the fellow The Frederrck mentor never one to be slow on the draw whrpped out a form contract and sard How would you lrke to go to Frederrck sonny? Sonny wrggled one of hrs 6 rnch toes blrnked an eye and expressed hrmself beautrfully wrth a resonant Ruh h h Before the monster knew what had happened the redoubtable Warrror coach had made hrm put hrs thumb on an rnk pad Then the tremendous thumb was rmprrnted on the contract under some mrcro scoprc prrnt Coach Rockne Tesone was posrtrve he had the answer to hrs football problems now The large a Lummox Gary was hrs name rt developed was duly regrstered at Frederrck The frrst day Lummox came out to practrce he was clad only rn some crude burlap sacks A order was sent to Chrcago to have a specral football unrform made up It was more drffrcult than Rockne had supposed to teach the ape the fundamentals of football He had no conceptron of whrch drrectron to run The scrappy and game Warrror frrst lrne whrch averaged 126 112 couldn t stop the huge Gary Coach Rockne worked long and hard on the grant After erght long hard weeks of practrce the Warrrors were ready for therr frrst game wrth Loursvrlle Prrates They were confrdent because the arduous weeks had pard off Gary was set Remember Lummox the coach sard affectronately rn the pre game pep talk 200 Frederrck students wrll be up rn those stands cheerrng for you The Prrates wrll never be able to stop you so get out there for the glory of old Frederrck Lummox s mouth dropped erght rnches rn a sort of grrn and Rockne knew that he understood As the team ran out on the freld the tremendous student body of 1939 200 strong rarsed therr vorces rn a thunderous cheer Rah Rah Rah Lummox Lummox Grve them hell You re our man The Prrates won the toss anu erected to recerve Lrttle Sam krcked off for the Warrrors and rt wasn t a bad krck for Sam It just about reached the mrd freld strrpe Crusher DeBorskr Prrates full back Just got hrs hands on the ball and never knew what hrt hrm Wrth an awful rmpact Lummox Gary the tremendous ace rn the hole for the Warrrors pounced on hrm The game was delayed momentarrly as the remarns of the Prrate fullback were carrred off rn a beer mug The fans were on therr feet for rn the same motron Gary had fallen on the lost ball The ball too was completely deflated by the force of the tackle so a new one was brought rnto Plal' Page Sponsor FORT LUPTON STATE BA NK WALTERS JEWELRY Longmont Colo -v 11 V . . V . 1 V . . . . -1 . . V . V V . . 1 . . . , . ' 1 V V . . V . . 1 . V V V . . 1 1 I 1 , ' 11 - - 11 - 1 , . 1 1 1 11 , - - 11 11 11 ,- - - - Y I - - - 11 11 1 1 - V . . . 1 1 V . . V . V 1 - 1 , . ' . fl V . . . V . . ' I K I V . . . - 1 1 - 1 V . . . . . 11 11 1 - - 11 - 1 1 ' l - 11 , . . . . , . I I I .1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 11 ' 1 . V , , . V- . . . . - , . 1 V Q I , . . 1 1 1 ' . , V I I . l 1 . , , .

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lt ts not necessary to go 1I1lO details of the game The Ptrates were slightly demoraltzed as they saw Z? of thetr players scraped off the fteld in ten minutes They had to forfeit There was Joy tn old I-redertek that ntglt Kickapoo Joy juice flowed like water Sam Dt Paolosky then a young man in ht early ftfttes gave away free beers The Joy was but short ltved For come Monday afternoon and football practice there was no Gary Coach Rockne had the town combed But after a week of fruitless search there was sttll no Gary For three more weeks there was still no Gary Somehow the team managed to wtn anyway B fore every game the coach would face the squad with tears tn hts eyes and say Lets win this one for lttmmox But the big Ilomecomtng game with the Lafayette Bobcats was coming up and the Warriors had no chance without Gary C oach Rockne had beeome a ehanged man stttce the mysterious dtsappearanee of Lummox Cary Ile hardly ate hts face beeame ltned and hts hatr was rapidly turning Murphy ra The day be fore the Ilomee omtng game the eoaeh went out to play some golf fin I ongmonty hop tng tt wottld relax htm Ile wasn t having one of hts better days He had a treat 31 for4 holes 3 the ftfth hole he shot a tremendous drive that hooked at the last minute and went off tnto the rough 'Its Seotcn blcod botltng at the thought of losing a ball Tesone went wading tnto the rough tn pttrsutt of the pellet Ile stopped de ad tn hts tracks There eurled up under a tree was Lummox all of htm And rtght beside htm was a coed beauty a skirt Lummox was running hts ktng stze fingers through her hatr and he had a stupid grttt on hts face Tesone s face turned an tndescrtbable color somewhere between purple and green Lummox he screamed lummox slowly raised an eyebrow saw the coach and blushed actually blushed btg enough to htt Lummox over the head with I ve been right here eoaeh replied Gary duttfully I m I m Qand even the wtnd stopped blowtng before thts epic pronouncementj I m 111 love lf Tesone thought he was dumbfounded when he heard these words he mllsl have been really stun ned when the ape eonttnued hts soltloquy And and I m a quttttng football eoaeh my gu here wont leave me play Rockne stood there for a moment Forgotten was hts lost golf ball suddenly something snapped tn hts bratn A horrtble scream fTesone sj split the Colorado atr You you you WOLF he shrieked and ranchers as far aw ay as Estes Park loaded thetr guns as hts cry went echotng thru the htlls What happened just then tn the rough bestde the ftfth hole at the Longmont golf course ts not clear tn htstortcal records But here ts the common legend for what tt ts worth Lummox Gary always one to take hts coach s words literally stood stock still for an tnstant Then a horrtble look came tnto hts eyes He stamped a foot and the earth shook under the tmpact Wtth a look of a man possessed by the devtl he satd tn a low voice O K tf you say so coach There were tears tn the monster s eyes But hts course was clear tn hts mind Ile drew up a trememdous breath of atr IUIO hts lungs a bolt of lightning struck the spot where they were standtng and nothing remained except a huge bronze statue of a wolf Maintenance men found tt the next morning Police records sttll ltst the mysterious disappearance of Coach Tesone Lummox Cary and one Gladys Aebly But all those who know of thts story know what happened Somemourntng htgh schoolmen cartedthe statue from the golf course and erected tt tn front of the football fteld And there to thts day stands Lummox Cary the greatest football player tn the htstory of Frederick High perpetuated tn bronze at the word uf hts coach You n ay not believe thts story but any stormy ntght tf you wtsh to go to the football fteld and watch you wtll notice that every ttme a bolt of lightning lights the sky the bronze Warrior wtll curl hts ltps tn a wtstful smile Football players may come and football coaches may go but the legend of Lummox Gary and coach Tesone the coach who meant what he satd wtll ltve on forever ftms Page Sponsors BEATRICE FOODS, MEA DOW GOLD PRODUCTS Denver ' iw 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 I f 1 ' 1' 1 1 ' I ' 1 V 1 1. 1 ' ' ' I 's ' 1. ' ' ' ' Y fs ' v. 1 s ' U I ' '1 ' 'S A A 15' 1 1 13 1 L. ' ' 1 1 1 1 s 1 1 s ' 1 1. 1 ' , 1 1 K 11 1 K ' . G 1 ' 1 x 1 ' I I' e- 1 ' x 1 V ' ' 1 1 7 H 1 ' 1' A x , I . . , . .. i . g . . 1 p 5 . I . 1 - I' .t 'B f s - s ' 1 ' ' ' ' , 8 Y- x 1 'A 1 1 1 4 A, 1 1 1 I ' - ' ' f - I ' , - ' ' 1 ' - 5 .. l X : en . e . , . ' 1 3 ' I 1 1 - A A x 1' x ' 1 ' 1 A 1 1 1 11 N U Where the hell have you been, screamed the coach, his eyes searching wildly for something ' s s s ' s 1 s - ' . ' ' ' ' 1 ' . A 1 1 l ' 1 '1 ' ' 1 'V , , , , . , V . . , , , . . , ,. - , , . , .. . . . . , . . - ' V1 I ' 4 f ' A 1 's s '1 V 4 I V Y . , . . . x ' ' I V H 1 ' ' ' I - ns n 5 can ' ' I 1 ' I I i - u I ' . . . . , I . 3' A . . . . . . , 1 ' I l --f . I 2 . : , ,