James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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RILEY FOCDTBALL SEASCDN, FALL 1936 E take great pleasure in presenting to you the football team of 1936 and their schedule. A more difficult and lengthy schedule has never been played. No team has ever encountered such great odds and terminated so victoriously, We salute this gallant group of men. Riley, 12: Fort Wayne. O: The Wild- cats' biggest scoring threats seem to be con- cealed in its forward wall which is also its best means of fortification. Bob Sweeney qualifies with the best of high school ball carriers. By recovering a blocked kick and racing eight yards for a score Oscar Hill- ring proved his ability. Morton Kimball also scores on a blocked kick. Riley, 19: Niles. O: With uniform strength on and above the gridiron Riley scores its second decisive victory. Joe Dom- nonovich blocks another kick which is good for six points. Dick 1-luckins is out- standing in his running and passing: cross- ing the goal line on one of his frequent jaunts. The final score was made in the third period by Sweeney: Good adding an extra point. Riley. 18: LaPorte, O: Riley's first con- ference opponent. Bill Wagner appears to be back in form on his quick kicking and also his ball carrying. After a long march Riley's second barrage is prevented by the end of the half. The scores were made by Wagner. Verink. and Ciood, respectively. Faulty place kicking displayed the Wild- cats' weakness to score points after touch- downs. Riley, 8: Hammond Tech. O: Riley looked ragged with only the breaks pre- venting trouble. Sweeney scores shortly after a long run by Tomsits. The only other score being made when Bill Berta blocked a kick with Hillring scoring a safety. There was a wonderful goalline stand by Riley in the fourth quarter. Riley, 7: Elkhart, O: The lone score was made by Sweeney, after a seventy-five yard run, accompanied with good block- ing. Tomsits appears to be another excel- lent back. The Poets looked good and undoubtedly out-played the Blue Ava- lanch. Domnonovich played a great game. Riley, 13: Goshen, 0: The quality of football played by the Wildcats was on a par with the previous week. Dick Ciood showed marvelous running ability by re- turning many of Goshen's fine kicks so that they did not prove advantageous for the Redskins, and also scoring the Hrst touchdown early in the second period. All of the remaining Riley threats to score, ex- cept when Wagner scored in the fourth quarter, proved useless because of offside penalties. Riley, O: Michigan City. 6: The foot- ball ability centered in the Riley squad bloomed. but simultaneously. did the breaks. The lmps scored in the closing minutes due primarily to a misplaced kick. The untimely Wildcat fumbles and inac- curate passes prove calamitous. Riley. 19: Washington, O: Through a dense fog Riley again displayed its capacity of football playing. The ball carrying of Good, Wagner, Sweeney, and 1-Iuckins added to Domnonovichs recovery of a fumble prove sufficient for three touch- downs and a place kick. The Wildcats' forward wall was impenetrable. Riley. 6: Central, 7: The Bruins were surpassed in every division of the game except the final score. A hard-hitting Wildcat eleven lost the ball again and again in the very shadows of the goal posts. Their lone tally came in the third period on a pass caught by Berta. Riley. O: Scott High. 14: Although statistics give the Wildcats another moral victory. we find them on the lower end of a very unbalanced scale when considering the score. Many unfortunate injuries pierced the Riley camp with the final out- come leaving them without a regular quar- terback. Huckins was appointed for the task and proved himself capable. Riley, 18: Mishawaka, 7: The Wild- cat eleven brought a fitting climax to their 1936 football season by trouncing the Cavemen. The Poets played an inspired brand of ball in this, their final game. Don Walden must be given attention for his outstanding playing at quarterback. Additional praise and credit must be given to Coaches Wood and Owen for their Hne work. ln conclusion, let us also applaud those boys who struggled with their masters, the varsity, but were in- capable of winning a letter. I-IOOSIER POET 23

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VARSITY R s JOE DOMNONOVICH ROBERT REITER BILL WAGNER S M DICK HUCKINS f+ A 1 ' HARRY JENNINGS V if A A- , - ,V L'.,v GILBERT COOPER V '1R .':Q f ' F Qi FOREST WOOD Coach 'VFP' ANTONY NYE Manager