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

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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

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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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ase enera a em s o own arsha 'unior o Roac arries e a or irs own. S4166 S iric Sims f P l l Senators Receive mdJ'O!l!C8, l 0' The final game of the season lfor the M-Men was played against the Madison Senators on Friday, December 6. The game was played on Madison's field, which was engulfed with fog and everlasting? spirit. Even though the Marshall team put forth much effort to please the enthulsiastic crowd, they were unable to rise above the fog. Madison upset the favored Minutemen by a score of 20-2. Marshall senior Ken Sato broke up a scoreless game when he tackled John Shafer of Madison in the end zone for a two point safety which brought the temporary lead to 2-O. Three dis- appointing Madison touchdowns in the dying seconds of the game ended the final battle for the M-Men in defeat. Tlie final score was Madison, 20 and Marshall, 2. This was the only game which the Minutemen lost to a team which placed lower than Marshall in P,I,L, competition. ahl ictorio us wr Sefzlf, I8'6 On Friday, October 9, the Marshall foot- ball squad up-ended favored Iefferson to take the P.I.L, lead. A fine Marshall defense play- ed a big role in the victory. All told, the M- Men intercepted six Ieff passes, several choked the Democrat touchdown tries. Marshall runners were given plenty of clearance as they struck for three first half touchdowns. Midway through the first period Ierry Kelly, senior, stormed across for Marsha1l's first score. A few plays after the first touchdown, Bob Roach, junior, scored from six yards out to give Mar- shall a 12-0 lead. Ieff came back in the sec- ond half to score their only touchdown of the game. Senior Bob Kelley wrapped up the night's scoring when he plunged four yards, making the final score Marshall 18 - Jefferson 6. mighty Touchdown and victory!