Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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almost parallel to the Blair struggle. the Redmen repulsed a determined H. M. onslaught to salvage a 7-6 decision. A long pass gave St. ,lohn's a one- touchdown advantage at the intermission, and the Brooklynites held that margin until Pat Nash fought his way over seventeen yards of hotly contested turf to tally for Horace Mann. Only a successful place- ment kick separated the two teams as the last quarter began. St. John's fumbled at midfield. and Duesing. Nash and Co. reached the 13-yard line with seconds to go. Nash heaved a long pass to Duesing, apparently clear in the end zone. but a St. John's secondary popped up out of nowhere to bat the ball down. crushing Horace Mamfs hopes. The team took it out on Irving. 20-0, in its annual encounter against the Tarrytown Tor- nadoes. Bottling the Westchesterites, attack to a mere zephyr. the Maroon and White started slowly and ended the first half with a rush. Pat Nash turned in the most sensational play of the year when he shook off tackler after tackler and followed his make-shift interference perfectly on a twisting 55- yard run. Nash's trick knee was hurt as he was brought down over the goal line. and after Al Horton added a second touchdown on his famous Statue of Liberty play. Nash went out for the after- noon. Tony Pope ran 13-yards. after blocking a punt. for a third Horace Mann score. Milford's powerful eleven was the varsity's next opponent. and in what was in many ways the Badly oufweiglleil and younger than their visiting oppon- nents. llle Maroon nncl While' played une of llieir greulest games against Milfurzl. On this play Hunan has wrigglvzl loose on an cml run and is cutting away from llie sizle- lines as two larlflers close in. most thrilling of a series of breath-taking gridiron battles, the New Englanders followed a familiar formula in repelling Horace Mann, 7-0. Unce more the Maroon and White gave up a touchdown in the first half and saw a sensational counter rally fall short of victory. The husky Milford aggregation uncovered a deceptive attack, and a 33-yard for- ward-lateral made it first down on the H. M. five- yard line. Here the courageous little forward wall put on its finest goal-line stand of the year. and Milford failed to gain an inch in four plays. Pat Nash then booted a magnificent seventy-yard quick kick. and Milford's poor return punt placed H. M. in scoring positiong but Ray Pulaski. giant Milford tackle. blocked one of Nash's passes. snatched it out of the air. and scampered to the Maroon and Wfhite seven-yard line. Two plays pushed the ball across and Milford led, 7-0. Taking the ball near midfield in the final moments of the game. Horace Mann. with three of its starting backs carried off the field. staged a fifty-yard sustained drive before losing the ball on the three-yard line. Lou Duesing was the only regular back left. but with the linemen opening huge holes, he and Kubie alternated in carrying the mail through the strong Milford defense on straight power plays. Acclaimed as the shining stars of the team were Nash, Duesing, and Pope, although the Milford game drove home the fact that every man on the

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turned from Jersey on the short end of a 13-6 count. The home team took advantage of penalties and a timely pass interception to roll up a two-touchdown lead at the end of the half. Horace Mann came hack and marched -L5 yards to score. Eddie Beckman circling right end for the last seven yards. The final quarter saw the battered Maroon and White eleven stage a brilliant 67-yard drive before the exhausted Tewhillmen hroke down on the five-yard line. Tony Pope. rangy tackle. exhibited the fiery hrand of playing that was destined to earn him all-city honors at the end of the season. S Assislanr 1.'tIlIl'l1 Dari.: came to Horace Mann lhis year to liclp limp willz the line. A Penn Slam man, lic lias coavlietl at Manual Training anrl St. Pctefx. Snappccl :luring tlie lrring game, llmp Tcwlzill describes to Nick Pagano, zlisalzled by a trick knee, lzaw Rickey flumpezl his man on lhe last play. The following week saw Horace Mann tackling first-class opposition again. as one of the best Montclair Academy teams in recent years fought the Maroon and White to a scoreless deadlock. A fumble on the eight-yard line lost a fine oppor- tunity for H. M. early in the game. and only a succession of amazing goal line stands prevented Montclair from chalking up a winning touchdown. Pope again played the major role in halting the Red and Black's devastating offensives. It was the Hrst time in the eleven-year rivalry that Horace Mann failed to score, and the enthusiastic Montclair rooters were envisioning the school's first triumph over the New Yorkers in the long series. Another traditional rival, St. John's Prep, invaded Horace Mann Field and put on a spine-tingling thriller. In a game By its 77-0 swamping of Fanwoocl's deaf-anrl-rlumlz learn. Harare Mann gave notice of a brilliant season. The score. linwener. was an unfair fudge of tlie leanfx rnerils. Here Pat Nash, in his first game of football, elurles a tackler on one of his gaalwaril flashes. 143 '

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varsity was doing his share and more. Pope was named on two All-Scholastic teams picked by metro- politan newspapers, while Duesing was chosen second team quarterback. Ump Tewhill's main worry all season long was the end situation. Don Kubie and Howie Wenner- holm. two lightweights. were the most effective com- bination. but Kubie had to be pressed into frequent service in the backfield and Wennerholm replaced the patched-up Nick Pagano at center when the Maroon and White pivot man was injured in the Montclair tie. Buff Crozier earned his spurs after that game and made good use of his six feet four of fighting manhood. Dave Gratz came through at Irving and was Big Bill's running mate through most of the Milford struggle. Sam Fishman. a promising Fourth Former. drafted from the soccer team. played the whole Montclair game with only a few days, experience. The guards and tackles were capably taken care of by the veterans. Ernie Hollis, Jere Davis, Harry Ricketson, and Tony Pope. Hollis played his second successive year at one guard, and Davis, last year's second-string center. won a hard fight for the other post. Ricky made a steady running mate at left tackle for the more brilliant Pope. and Clyde Arnspiger saw frequent action in all four line positions. Duesing, Nash, Beckman, and Horton formed the regular backfield, but each member of the quar- tet was out with injuries at some time during the season. Don Kubie was the first ranking reserve. and Al Heins and Bill Mook occasionally broke into the line-up. Nash played the difficult role of triple threat man. He carried the ball brilliantly. kicked consistently, and frequently passed well, although his other accomplishments overshadowed his spotty passing. Field General Duesing's great blocking. coupled with his jupggernaut plunging, made him an invaluable asset to the team. Beck- man ran and received passes well and Horton. Duesing's room-mate at the Dorm. provided a threat with a well-known but effective Statue of Liberty and flashy punt runbacks. Horace Mann's 1936 varsity football team was a typical Ump Tewhill product. Handicaped by such a lack of reserves that he could not even hold a satisfactory scrimmage, Coach Tewhill molded a formidable team out of the inexperienced material at hand. Helping him was Mr. Davis, who began as Ump's right-hand man just for the fun of it, but remained to take the part of line coach, trainer, and assistant pessimist. Only in the latter role did he fall short of expectations. That the team could do no better than win two of its games is no reflection on the coaching of Wifi: fl Milford mun 1Il'llt'lf- fully l'I1'ngfng on his legs. Duesing is still running hard after ll brerzlr of iarlflc. This run started one of 1110 few of- fFV1Sl'1'l' drives in the first half.