Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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FOCDTBALI. The team started tts season wtth a record behtnd tt of three undefeated seasons Thts mar velous record couldn t last forever but wtth the help of stx of last year s lettermen back tn swtng agatn we were able to keep thts record at least for the ftrst three games After a number of practtce days and scrtmmages wtth Plymouth the team oflictally opened the season wtth Ktmball Unton Academy Durtng the rally the ntght before Roger Foss was elected Captatn and Ctus Mattersdorf the manager Those who composed the starttng ltneup whtch rematned nearly constant throughout the season except for Pete Kuehner who recetved a head tnjury durtng the Ttlton game that put htm out for the rest of the football season were Bob Emmons rtght end Al Nlerrtll rtght tackle Roger Foss rtght guard John Chtlds cen ter Btll Bradner left guard John Manley left tackle Brad Wagoner left end Homer Sewall quarter back Bud Ctrtmes full back Don Campbell left half back Francts Grant rtght half back The team started the lirst quarter wtth a march to the opponent s goal ltne Thts un htndered march gave us our only score of the game 6 potnts Ktmball Unton tn return patd tts respects by advanctng through the ltne for a twenty five yard run that tted the score 6 6 On the followtng Saturday the team determtned to prove tts greatness for tts own sake and for the sake of the alumnt as tt was alumnt week end at Holderness trtmmed New Hampton by a 21 0 vtctory Ttlton was our next opponent and wtth a week of sttff practtce to get tn shape for a pow erful black and yellow eleven we drove down to Ttlton Ttlton out wetghed us and used as thetr most effecttve weapon stratght power plays through the ltne In the first quarter two first downs on beauttful runs by Homer Sewall Don Campbell and Erancts Grant provtded the set ttng for a touchdown Don Campbell received the ball on the ten yard ltne and on a wtde end sweep gave us a touchdown John Chtlds ktcked the extra potnt Durtng the last quar tIerlTtltcgn on an end run carrted the ball to our goal ltne The game ended wtth I-lolderness 7 t ton After a day of rest we agatn started to practtce for a harder team Kennett Holderness showed a good deal of fight but Kennett carrted away the laurels by a vtctory of thtrty one potnts to our zero The followtng week we met Exeter who seemed just as hard as Kennett Agatn we met defeat 26 O Determtned to do or dte after sustatntng two defeats tn a row we tnvaded Proctor Academy and left wtth a vtctory of 7 6 ln the ftrst half Proctor gatned three lirst downs and completed thetr parade wtth a touchdown Bob Emmons saved the day by spotltng the at tempt made for the extra potnt At the begtnntng of the second half Grtmes and Chtlds showed thetr presence by powerful tackles and once more wtth our hands on the ball we gatned yardage The very next play Don Campbell sltpped out of the ltne unnottced and caught a touchdown pass from Sewall John Chtlds ktcked the extra potnt to make the score 7 6 There were many reasons for wtnntng thts last game wtth Brewster One was the pres ence of our houseparty guests another was that thts game meant the dtfference between a good and bad season But no one had reason to be dtsappotnted after the game for tt achteved all ts purposes The score was 14 6 The year thus ended wtth a tte four wtns and two losses The tnjurtes were many but none too sertous lwo of the tnjurtes came before the iirst game Harvey Scranton s and Bob Lovett s collar bones were broken Pete Kuehner s head tn jury also put htm out for the enttre season All season our teamwork because of expert coachtng from Messrs Judge and Htnman was good and Ca tatn Ro e F p g r oss was a truly tnsptrtng leader tn every game Don Campbell con stttuted our matn offenstve threat wtth hts remarkable offtackle runntng whtle Squeak Sewall earned much applause for hts passtng speed and broken fteld runntng Desptte the fact that our four year strtng of vtctortes was broken the team was 1 good one and at the ban uet Coach q Htnman remarked that tt had the best ftghttng sptrtt he had seen tn ten years of coachtng 1 1 11 1 1 . , 1 , . 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 .1 1 1 1.- 1 ' 1 , ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' , . r 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 ' . ' , ' 1 . . ' ' . 1 , 1 r ' . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 4 , ! - 1 1 1 1 1 . , , . 1 1 1 1 f , 1 1 1 , 1 ' 1 1 .. .. 1 1 1 1 1 . ' e . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 , 1. e 1 - 1 -11 1

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