John Marshall High School - Lex Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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i l Senior Bob Kelley is tackled after advancing the hall for the Minutemen durimz the Washington game. y Through fare Wctorics, , llllillen Overpoxvcr Engineers, On Saturday, September 12, the Minutemen 'opened the football season by defeating the Benson Engineers, 33 to 13. This was the first victory over Benson in four years Benson struck first witha quick 45 yard run to go ahead, 7 to O. They were unable to hold their lead for long. Senior Bob Kelley contributed Marshall's first touchdown, and team-mate Ierry Kelly, senior, added the go-ahead score. Kelley capp- ed his performance for the M-men by scoring three more touchdowns, including a spectacular 85 yard run. S I c B T m W -,G A Marshall gridder carries the ball for another six points against the Lincoln 1, 0 Q , 'Cardinals Friday, September 25, found the Marshall squad on the Lincoln field. Under pressure all evening by a hard-rushing Marshall defense, Lincoln was unable to mount any semblance of a drive for three quarters. After a scoreless first quarter the M-men completed an 83 yard march with a 28 yard scoring pass from senior Bob Kelley to senior Tom Nearing. Bob Kelley, senior Ierry Kelly, and senior Steve Hougak cooperated in advancing a third quarter drive that ended with Kelley plunging over to score from the two. Kelley and Hougak then sparked a sustained fourth quarter drive that Kelley capped with a touchdown dive from the one yard line. Lincoln scored their only touchdown on a short pass from the Marshall 35 yard line. The final score was Marshall 20-Lincoln 6. cofongiacs fG5ic!l Defeated, On October 2 Marshall broke out of a second place tie in the P. I. L. by defeating the Washing- ton Colonials , 53-12 . Senior Bob Kelley, the P. I. L. leading scorer, added three touchdowns to his total in the romp against the winless Colonials. Kelley's efforts included a 70 yard sprint that helped push the Minutemen toa commanding 40-0 halftime lead. Washington was able to score two touchdowns in the second half against the Mars- hall reserves . Other Marsha ll players contributing tothe score were seniors Steve Hougak,l Iim Reh- berg , and Jerry Kelly, juniors Bob Swygart and Dave Ginter and sophomore Dan Nelson. , 71 l .

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Gay Ware Kao By lt takes hours of arduous practice to make a fine football team. P, I. L. Final Standin W . L T Grant B 0 l Wilson S l l Jefferson 6 l 2 MARSHALL 5 3 0 Franklin 4 3 1 Madison- 4 4 0 Roosevelt 3 5 0 Benson 3 5 0 Lincoln 2 5 0 Cleveland l 6 l Washington 0 S 0 ent of silence before the game. gs Pct. . 944 .BIB .778 625 .563 .500 .375 .375 . Z50 .180 . 000 Coach fvercccu, Even though the Minutemen only finished fourth in P,I, L, competition, they had a great football season. In mid-sea son they ,were ranked fifth in state. It wasn't until their sixth game and their loss to Wilson that they were removed from the top-ten rank- ings. The highlight of the season came with the Marshall-Grant game. The entire studentbody poured out in mass to support the Marshall gridders. The Minutemen had dreams of becoming the P. I, L, champions until Grant de- stroyed the M- Men's hopes by fourth quarter touchdowns. The Minutemen rounded out a five win and three loss record including an untimely loss to the Madison Senators. Marshall was ladden with out- standing talent, foremost being Bob Kelley, senior, who made All-State honors and was voted most valuable player in the P, I, L, Others sharing grid-iron honors were: Neil Melvin, Lloyd Beil, Ken Sato, Steve Donald- son and Barry Moore, all seniors, Coach Everett ended his fifth coaching season and Coach Smethurst his fourth coaching season at Mar- shall with the best record ever attain- ed by the Marshall football squad. Marshall can look for an even better standing next year when juniors Ierry Accuardi, Frank Savage, Bob Roach and others return to don the Marshall football uniform. A coach who cares.

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'Clam Agmgizing Defeat,,, The Marshall - Jefferson game proved to be a major victory for the Minuteman. touchdown of the Seasgnl and fOr Gwcracs Deciver SIS? 2055, On October 17 Grant destroyed Marshall's undefeated record. It took the Generals three quarters to wear down Marshall's resistence. Once that was accomplished, they quickly roll- ed over Marshall to a 26-12 triumph. Defense arranged Marshall's opening score in the dying seconds of the first half. Senior Neil Melvin spearheaded arush at Grant's Steve Renned and blocked his punt from the 31 yard line. Senior Bob Kelley scooped up 'crows inn, 25-7 On Friday, October 23, the Marshall foot- ball squad battled the Trojans on the Wilson field. Marshall jumped to a 7-O lead on a sec- ond quarter touchdown march, arranged by a pass interference penalty against Wilson. The Trojans quickly recovered with a touchdown of their own. Marshall led at the half by a slim 7-6 score. Late in the third quarter the Trojans again fired across the score line to gain a 13-7 lead. The M-Men unveiled a shotgun attack as they drove, in vain, for the fourth quarter equalizer. Bob Kelley, senior, the trig- german, guided the M-Men from their own 34 yard line to the Wilson 10 before the drive stalled. On fourth and three a charging Wilson line put the pressure on Kelley and his side- line pass was intercepted. This broke the back of Marshall's resistance, and Wilson went ahead to win the game 25-7. 72 a Marshall triumph, 21-6 2642 the loose ball and ran it 12 yards for the score to givex Marshall the jump. Grant's defense twice stopped the M-Men inside Marshall's own five yard line, threatening to blow the lid off the contest. In the third quarter junior Bob Roach and senior Bob Kelley covered a punt and in three plays went over for the score. Kelley engineered the final run. The fourth quarter ignited Grant's string of successful touchdown runs. Coach Everett gives apep talk to the team concerning the tactics of g d football te m'men Taclwe '-Cebow On Halloween day the Roosevelt football squad engaged the Minutemen Roosevelt drew first blood, but Marshall senior Bob Kelley engineered three counterpunches that put the Teddies up for the count in the P,l, L, matinee. Roosevelt s first quarter touchdown gave them a short lived lead. Kelley started the M Men on their path to victory with several timely passes to senior Iim Rehberg and junior Prank Savage as Marshall measured Roosevelt for the knockdown A pass from Kelley to senior Barry Moore provided it early in the second quarter jim Rehberg senior, kicked the extra point and Marshall was ahead to stay Moore padded the total again in the second quarter when he made a diving end zone catch of Kelley's 21 yard pitch The final touchdown for the M-Men came when the Teds gambled with a fake punt from their own three yard line. Marshall took over on downs. Kelley quickly capitalized on the opening He carried the ball through the Teddy lines for his 12th