Harrisburg Catholic High School - Pridwen Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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.FQ the fans with a long run. This time he cut off tackle, reversed his field, and raced down the sidelines 80 yards to a touchdown. The third contest of the campaign found the Crusaders chalking up a 20 to 0 triumph over a strong Coal Township eleven. A lateral pass from Eddie Trees to Ben Russ, which covered 60 yards, accounted for one of the six-pointers and provided the crowd with the most brilliant play of the evening. With Ben Russ on the sidelines indefinitely because of a hand injury, fleetfooted Rudy Tezak became the spearhead of the Crusader attack. He ran rings around opposing linemen in the Chester Catholic game to lead the team to a 34 to 7 win. Diminutive Rudy ran 67, 65, 15, and 10 yards to score all but one of the Crusader touchdowns. ' 1 On a mud-covered, water-filled field, the Farina men reached their peak when they defeated Lancaster Catholic High School. The Crusader line opened tremendous holes for their backfield mates, Johnny Sinkovitz, Keith Coale, and Rudy Tezak, to go galloping through. When the game was over the score stood at 46 to 7. The toughest battle on the schedule took place on November 7. Mt. Carmel Catholic came to McDevitt Field with an unbeaten team and provided the Crusaders with stern opposition. Co-captain Eddie Trees completed 10 out of 15 passes to account for all the Crusader touchdowns. The visitors scored late in the game but were soundly beaten, 27 to 6. Hershey Industrial suffered the next defeat at the hands of C. H. S. on November 15. The Crusaders scored shortly after the kickoff on Johnny Russ' recovery of a Hershey fumble over the goal-line, and then went on to rack up four more six-pointers. The final tally was 32 to 0. Middletown High invaded McDevitt field for thc annual Thanksgiving Day game which resulted in another victory for the Crusaders. Ben Russ returned to action after being out .. -v,.,...,.,P 7, for over a month and sparked the team to a 31 to 0 triumph. , Delone Catholic played host to C. H. S. at McSherrystown in the last game of the regular schedule. Eddie Trees ran 90 yards behind brilliant blocking to thrill the fans with the longest Crusader run of the season. The reserves played almost half the time, but still the score reached 31 to 0. Because of their undefeated record, the Crusaders made arrangements to.meet West Catholic of Philadelphia on December 7 for the State Catholic Championship. A large crowd of 1500 persons journeyed from Harris- burg to Philadelphia to cheer the boys to victory. However, the Philly gridiron machine ripped the Crusaders' defense to shreds and smacked down their offense as they ground out a 31 to 0 win. Led by Dillion, halfback, and Willis, quarterback, they scored almost at will and except for some great playing by Sinkovitz, Trees, Trephan and John Russ, the final figures would have been much greater. Eddie Trees got off many good punts and several good passes, although rushed con- tinually. He was the only Crusader back to gain much ground, and on several occasions stopped West Catholic from scoring with his hard tackling. Johnny Sinkovitz with his sensational line backing up, Johnny Russ with his good de- fensive play at left end, and Johnny Treplian with his vicious tackling of punt receives, were standouts in the Crusaders' cause. Despite this defeat, Catholic High's record was the best ever had during a regular season. Nine straight opponents were bowled over. making it the first undefeated and untied team in the history of the school. Much credit for this brilliant performance must go to Coach Ralph Farina and Assistant Coach Joe Settino. With many good players, headed by Captain Johnny Sinkovitz, returning next year will see the star of Catholic High rise still higher in the athletic world. PAGE 65

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