Junction City High School - Junco Ed Yearbook (Junction City, OR)

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THE JUNCO-ED 1927 THE FOOTBALL TEAM BRUCE QTRIPLE PASSJ YOUNG. Left end- Bruce was made famous by his execution of fthe triple pass play. ln- quire of Oakland and Lebanon for further information. Young was a steady, consistent player and formed fthe left end of a line which was hard to get around. Bruce will be back next year. CHARLEY CCHUCKJ NEILSEN. Left tackle. Chuck was the proverbial stone wall on thc left side of the line. Many Ptimes the opponent's plays were halted in their tracks by Neilsen. VARDELL CVARDJ NEIJSON. Left guard. Nelson, playing 'his second year at .left guard, was usually a depend- able linesman- The game wasn't over for him until Uhe last whistle. This was his last year. GORDON QDARLINGJ WATROUS. Gordie Darling was the big gun at center. This was his first year in football but 'he played like ia veteran. Center is an important position on the offensive and was handled in great style by Watrous- He will be here for the next season. ROY Q-SOGYJ SOGAARD. Right guard and utility. Altho baseball is Sogaard's major, he played a good game of football. Sogaard was used part of the time at righlt guard and part of the time in the backfield. He replaced Breckenridge at Oakland 'and turned in a fine game. , BENNY CBENJ LAURITZEN. WRigh't tackle. This was Lauritzen's first year in football and like Watnous, he -played a hard, steady game at ftackle. Ben was in the mix on every play and -with- stood the enemy attack without a falter. He will be with us next year. WALLACE CPATJ, AYERIS. Right end. Al-tho Pat was the smallest man on the team, he was the hardest one to get around.Witness the Oakland game. Ayers was by far the best tackl-er on the team. He will be here next year. GEORGE QBRECKEMJ B-RE'C'ICEN'RIDfGE. Left halfback. George was the speed man on the back field- His end runs didntt work very well because he left his interference behind him. George scored a touchdown on the kick-off in the Shedd game. WILLIAM CBILLJ BLACKWELL. Full back. Wee Willie plowed, plunged and tore his way thru the opponents lines on every play. Bill, as a ball carrier, was 'hard to equal. Blackwell was also la fine defensive player, playing many games as a defensive tackle and stopping opponents in their tracks. He will be back again next year. GALE QGALIXQ BLACKWELL. Right half. Altho Gale played but two games, he .showed plenty of stuff and if he comes back to school nex-t year the team will be benefited a great deal. LLOYD CTEDJ EVANS- Quarterback. Ted was the general of the team. He very seldom called the wrong play, thus enabling us to make plenty of yardage. Ted was also an excellent ball carrier who knew his stuff when it came to plunging the line. KENNETH QKENJ HTOYT. Utility. Kenneth came in late in the season but came in time to plug up a hole left open by ineligibilifty. Kenneth was at fine all-around player. CHARLEY FELLERS. Utility. Charley played guard, tackle, halfback and safety with about the same degree -of efficiency. He will be back next year. EARL Q-SPICERJ IVIE- Utility. - Altho Earl d.idn't get to play in but a few games he showed the right spirit in coming out and being ready to take his place in an emergency. 3

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THE JUNCO-ED 1927 FOOTBALL SEASON OF 1926 The High School football team was without a coach this year. Altho the team was much stron-ger this year than last it was able to win but one game. All other games were lost but -by a small score. We were defeated in the opening game at Springfield 6 to 0. After having out played them thruout the game we lost on a break. Lebanon, the team which beat us 54 to 0 last year, was held to a 12 to 6 score. They came close to being beaten several times and were made to look like dubs when we pulled the triple pass play. The Shedd game was a joke as far as we were concerned. Brecken- ridge scored the first touchdown on the kick off. After that it was one touchdown after another. The final was 33 to 0. ' The Oakland game was played under an 80 degree sun. This was another game where Junction had nearly every break 'go against her. Oakland. scored in the first quarter on a forward pass. From then on it was all Junction. After having the ball near the goal line steen dozen times and losing it because of some penalty or fluke, we finaly crashed the ball across near the close of the last quarter. The try for point was un- sucessful so we were beaten 7 to 6. Oakland told us afterwards that the score showed that they won and that was all. The annual Brownsville football-fistic battle was a tame affair com- pared to the game last yearg 60 minutes of slipping, sliding and swimming resulted in no score for either team, altho we came mighty close one time when Pat made the famous tripple pass- The last game of the season was played on Thanksgiving Day and the only thing we have to be thankful for is that the water wasnit a foot deep- er and the temperature 10 degrees colder. Wet to the skin on the first play, Harrisburg and Junction battled back and forth across the field until finally Harrisburg broke thru for a 70 yard run and a touchdown. The net result was 6 to 0 loss, two or three cases of flu, several sets of cramps, 11 ruined uniforms and 858.35 for the treasury. FOOTBALL SCORES JUNCTION CITY 0 SPRINGFIELD 6 JUNCTION CITY 6 LEBANON 12 J UNCTION CITY 33 SHEDD 0 JUNCTION CITY 6 OAKLAND 7 JUNCTION CITY 0 BROWN SVILLE 0 JUNCTION CITY 0 HARRISBURG 6

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THE JUNCO-ED 1927 BASEBALL SEASON OF '26 The baseball team of '26 made a fair showing under the coaching of Clarence Harpole- The first game was played on Coburg's combination brick patch and cow pasture. Due to the fact that fthe Junction boys were not accustomed- to fielding among Irish confetti lots and because Sogaardl and Aasted c0uldn't get the ball over to the left-handers, we were left teetering on a small end of a 19 to 6 score. On a following Friday the traditional game with Harrisburg was play- ed to a 7 to 7 deadlock. The game was called after the ninth because there weren't enough flashlights available to finish the game. Coburg slickered us again on our home field 11 to 7. In this game The Hon. Sam Mitchell made his debut in high school ball, when he re- placed Lauritzen who 'had been hit on the knee. Shedd journeyed down to Junction and took the game back home with a 19 to 4 score. Junction contributed 14 errors to the day's festivities- Oh! it was awful. One of the best games of the season was played against Halsey at Junction. The final score was 7 to 6 aztlter a 10 inning mound battle be- tween Paul Bunyan Norton of Halsey and Roy fSogyJ Sogaard of Junc- tion. 7 Shedd again defeated us on their cow pasture. That's no lie. The cows were driven off before the game. The final count was 15 to 5. Harrisburg was defeated for the first time in six games when So- gaard out pitched Jackson. The .score was 4 to 3. The following Saturday morning, Woodmen Picnic Day, Harrisburg returned the compliment and handed us a 10 to 5 w-alloping- Sogaard couldn't pitch two games straight. Triangle Lake was defeated High School Picnic Day 7 to 3 only after five Junction men had their turn at pitching. THE SCORES J unetion -City ........ .......... 6 Coburg ........ Junction City .... 7 Harrisburg ..... Junction City 7 Coburg Junction City ....... 4 Shedd ........ Junction City ....... 7 Halsey ..... Junction City ........ ....... 5 Shedd .......... Junction City ....... ....... 4 Harrisburg ..... Junction City ....... 5 Harrisburg ..... Junction City ....... 'I Triangle High