Jefferson High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Football Although predicted as underdogs, the Jeff football team gave Franklin a real fight for the city's prep league championship. Jeff went through the entire season without a loss, but two 0-0 ties marred her record. Injuries handicapped the team throughout the entire season. From the first game to the last, the first string had to be constantly changed as a result of injuries. Before the opening game with Franklin, Lenneville, Manegre, and Simmons were all hampered by injuries. The backfield seemed to get banged up the most, but Coach Waldorf kept in reserve a strong second string which filled in. The number of returning lettermen was about twenty-four, so the material was a little more plentiful than usual. This year in Jeff's pre-season game they took a 13-0 thumping by the Trappers of Vancouver, who later proved to have one of the strongest teams in the Northwest by beating Klamath Falls High School. Because of the war, the traditional gala opening at the stadium was not staged. However, Jeff did play their first game of the season on the stadium turf against Franklin. This was without a doubt the Demos’ toughest game of the season in which Jeff was deemed to lose by the authorities. But the Blue and Gold scored a moral victory and played an excellent defensive game by tying the Quakers 0-0. Franklin got the ball deep into Demo territory but just couldn't put it over. They got as close as the two-yard line, but the Jeffmen dug in and held on doggedly. Benson was next on the schedule and, as predicted, lost by a 15-7 count. A Uhle- Carlson passing combination counted for much of Jeff's gains. Both times a pass from Uhle to Carlson scored for Jeff. The Mechanics' lone touchdown came in the last quarter when Coach Waldorf sent in his second and third stringers. The final score was 15-7. The Cardinal game was a see-saw affair until a series of power plays with Simmons in the driver's seat gave Jeff a tally after marching down most of the field. As in almost all the games the Demos had plenty of backfield men, but most of them were hindered by minor injuries. The line proved to be almost impregnable, and the only way Lincoln could make real yardage was through the air. Jeff's total was 12 against Lincoln’s 0. The next Friday found Jeff battling with the Roughriders on the Hopkin Jenkins Field. Jeff annexed this game in the second quarter when Bob Manegre ran from Roosevelt's sixteen-yard line around end and over the goal line standing up. Another 15-7 score in favor of Jeff was piled up, this time on Washington. By virtue of two touchdowns by Simmons and a touchback, Jeff managed to take an easy victory over the Colonials. Highlight of the game came when Jeff was on the Wash- ington eight-yard line and pulled a new play that had half the Washington line off-side and which also scored one of the touchdowns. The big Thanksgiving day game at the Multnomah Stadium was the deciding game of the season for Jeff when they met the once beaten Generals. The field was so slow and muddy that few passes were successful. Jeff's only threat came when they marched fifty-eight yards to Grant's twelve-yard line where they were stopped dead. Grant

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