Girard High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Girard, IL)

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FOOTBALL SEASON IN REVEIW This was Coach Bull Lewis fnrst year at G T H S Coach Lewis formerly a Western Illnnoxs State Teachers College athletxc star graduated from Dxvernon l-hgh School where he had also been a star and had recexved a most valuable player award The Redbirds started the season off vlctorxously by defeatlng Greenfleld Hxgh 13 0 jlm Whxtler scored ln the second quarter and Eldred Weddle ln the fourth perxod We journeyed to St james for our second game of the season Weddle scored our fxrst touchdown Ln the first period Whxtler converted Then St james scored Glrard scored agaln ln the flnal minute of play Fxnal score Gxrard 13 St james 7 Carlmvzlles Cavaliers came to Glrard for our thlrd game After losmg jzm Whxtler m the second quarter with a leg mjury the Cavalxers made the only score of the game Due to thxs mjury jun Whitler recelved 1n thls game he was unable to play anymore of the season Lloyd Allen who had been playing end was converted into a fullback to take Whttlers pos :tion On October 3 Nokomls came to GTHS to be defeated They took a quxck lead tn the first period when Shalbat ran forty yards to score The Redbirds came back U1 the thxrd when Eldred Weddle raced saxty two yards to paydlrt Weddle converted Fmal Glrard 7 Nokomis 6 Gxrard was defeated by Waverlys Scottxes for the fxrst tune smce 1929 McMann scored from the one yard lme for the only tally of the game Flnal Waverly 6 Gxrard O A strong and determmed Auburn team defeated the crippled Redblrds by a score of Z0 0 All the scormg came 1n the last half Mann scorxng once in the thlrd and C Leskovmsed twlce ln the fourth Gtrard came up to the game of the year w1th a record of three wlns and three losses On s1x consecutive wms and seekmg an undefeated season carrled away a vlctory but found xt wa tougher defeatmg the Redblrds than they had ant1c1pated Fmal Kmcaxd 26 Gu-ard O For the last game of the season the Redb1rds traveled to Kmcaxd The Pomes broke the 1ce m the fxrst per1od w1th a touchdown pass just before the horn ended the fzrst half George Swxft rxght tackle intercepted a Kmcatd pass and raced forty yards for Gxrards only touchdown Kmca1d scored agam Ill the thxrd and twxce m the fourth Final Kmcatd 26 Guard 6 Letter wmners tn football this year Included Freshmen joe Tosh Sophomore Perry Adcock Karl Ball juniors jxm Whxtler Lloyd Allen George Swxft Orval Neff Bob Anspaugh Don Tucker Bewford Norman There were f1ve Semors who wlll not be back on GTHS next season Eldred Weddle Benny Starks D1ck Whzte Derald W1lson Warren Davus Standouts ln the l1ne for the season mcluded Benny Starks center George Swxft tackle Dick White guard and Bob Anspaugh guard Eldred Weddle was one of the be st backs m the MSM Conference The Girard second team played Dlvernon tw1ce and were defeated Z7 6 the f1rst txme The second game the Dlvernon crew defeated the Redbirds 13 7 The athletic The lllmois KIWBDIS Club gave the football squad a banquet on November 18 Raymond Hanson director of Western Il11no1s State Teachers College was the speaker football squad journeyed to Champa1gn on November 8 to see the Umversxty of defeat Western Mlchlgan 64 14 S October 24, we had our Homecoming game against the Virden Bulldogs. The Bulldogs, with