Klamath Union High School - El Rodeo Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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PELICANS 26 COMMERCE HIGH 6 In the second encounter of the season, the Pelicans defeated Commerce High of Portland with a sparkling victory of 26-6. Eugene Love came out of the entanglement of players scoring two touchdowns. Patterson and Schortgen each pushed his way to the goal line for a winning touchdown. PELICANS 32 EUGENE 0 The Pelicans overwhelmed Eugene High 32-0 for victory three. McCandliss 57-yard scamper for the first touchdown and Weber’s pass interception for an 80-yard run high-lighted the affair. PELICANS 7 LASSEN JUNIOR COLLEGE 18 The Klamath High football team went out of their class when they tangled with Lassen Junior College. The Pelicans were overpowered 18-7 in an intersectional contest which brought them their first defeat of the season. Christiansen carried the ball to the 10-yard line, and Don Schortgen plowed over center for the Klamath touchdown. PELICANS 14 ASHLAND 6 Outgained and outfought in the first half by a surprising Ashland Grizzly eleven, the Pelicans came back in the second session and won the Ashland conference opener 14 to 6. Love plunged through center for a touchdown; Reginato converted. The winning points followed soon after when Reginato scored and converted.

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PELICAN FOOTBALL SQUAD FRONT ROW: Charles McCandliss; Marion Reginato; Don Rose; Eugene Love. CAPTAIN; Lou Mueller; Hill King; Bob Snyder; Roy Benedict: Wallace Turnidge; Roy BerglofT; Harold Patterson. SECOND ROW: Keith Howell; Dave Gifford; Neil Mayfield; Paul Sabo; Bert Dennis; Phillip Anderson; Bill Edinunson; Harold Weber; Bill Christiansen; “Buck” Hammer, ASSISTANT COACH. THIRD ROW: Jack Mitchell; Vernon Tuter; Jack Rich; Jack Shults; Don Schortgen; Jack Becker; Allen Cline, MANAGER; Lyle Cook. MANAGER; “Snowy” Gustafson. HEAD COACH; Charles Tilton, FACULTY ATHLETIC MANAGER. PELICANS 13 CHICO 6 The Pelicans launched the 1940 football season with a surprise victory of 13-6 over the Chico High visitors. Our first touchdown was made by Marion Reginato, and a pass thrown by Bill Christiansen to Neil Mayfield secured the winning touchdown in the last few minutes of the game.

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PELICANS 14 MEDFORD 16 The first defeat suffered by Klamath High in high school competition was by the Medford High Tigers. Louis Thurman. Medford quarter-back, turned a faltering last quarter touchdown drive into a victory for the Tigers when he booted a field goal which gave Medford a 16-14 win over the Pelicans. PELICANS 6 GRANTS PASS 18 The Grants Pass Cavemen, overlooked by Klamath in pointing, made up for the slight by running rough-shod over the Pelicans 18-6 and scoring two other goals which were nullified by penalties. In the third quarter the Pelicans took the ball on the 50-yard line; and, aided by two penalties, pushed over their lone sixpointer. PELICANS 14 EUREKA 6 After two defeats in succession the Pelicans took a change of heart and charged head first into the Eureka football squad for a win of 16-6. In the first quarter the Pelicans scored with a long pass from Love to Anderson. A pass from Love to Reginato brought another score in the third quarter. In the last quarter twelve players for the Klamath team were found to be on the field. There were two fullbacks, but the extra Pelican was quickly removed.. PELICANS 0 BEND 7 Byers, 190-pound full-back, was the driving force of a blue and gold steam roller from Bend which crumpled the Pelican football team 7-0 Twice in the closing minutes the Klamath Falls eleven fought its way beyond Bend’s 15-yard line, but a fumble on the first and an incomplete pass on the second ended the two threats.