Loras Academy - Log Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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GOLDEN GUBS OF '53 A combination of smooth operating backs and a mighty forward wall produced one of Loras' most credible seasons this year. While gaining a total of l55l yards on the ground, and 986 via the air lanes, the Cubs racked up I05 first downs over the eight game slate. Averaging 5 yards per try in rushing and l 7.6 in yards gained pass- ing, Coach Thomas' charges finished with a 6-2 final record. Record Loras -'--- -'--- C linton John Prochaska, left tackle, signs up for the new season Loras Fort ,Dodge as Father Weimer and Coach Thomas look on. Tom Loras ---'- -'--- D owllng '- '- Butler, fullback, waits his turn. Loras St. Ambrose Loras Campion .... Loras Marshalltown Loras Aquinas ...... Loras Heelan .... LORAS 27, CLINTON 7 The Golden Cubs of '53 hit the road for their first tilt of the new season, and as underdogs against the River Kings, poured out an offensive barrage worth 27 points. Flashy Don Nachtman received the honors on this trip, against a rough , but ineffective Clintgn Squad, TD5- pass, Hig- Coach Thomas listens in while Don Nachtman calls a girls to Johnson, yds? pass, Higgins to Nacht- play during practice session. The defensive squad looks man, 9 ydsg Higgins, 2 yds, Nachtman, 30 yds. On- BACK ROW-Left to right: George Smith, Dave Simon, Tony McDonald, Jim Keeney, Paul Fitzgerald, Chuck Higgins, Don Zenz, Pat Palzlcill. SECOND ROW-Left to right: Tom Butler, Joe Burback, Ken Sullivan, John McGettr'ick, Max Scott, .lim Krotzer, Tom Fleming, Ron Hoffman, Don Nachtman, Pete Langkamp, Charles Johnson. THIRD ROW-Left to right: Bob Sisson, David Osterberger, Bob Helling, Barton Brown, Allan Eberhardt, Tom Reilly, Steve Voelz, Tony McMahon, George Welinske, John Prochaska, John Klaas. FRONT ROW-Left to right: Coach Thomas, Larry Schadle, Bob Baker, Ken Stecklein, Pat Mulgrew, Bob Timmerman, Dick Goldhagen, Tom Bertsch, Al Serritella, Dick Kunnert, Coach Dale. Mum' lTUc IIf.X'-1'!II'I'1 l

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THE HUB WML fLeft to right, Hoffman, Klaas, Bertsch, Timmerman, Smith, Prochaska, and Burbach. LORAS 33, CAMPION 14 The Cubs got right back into step from the upset a week before, when they took the visiting Knites into Camp. Play after play clicked for the Cubs, as an effective new punch developed in the Higgins to Sisson Combination. TDS- pass, Higgins to Sisson, I0 yds, Tom Butler, 36 yds, Nachtman, ll ydsg pass, Higgins to Sisson, l 7 yds, Palzkill, 2 yds. LORAS 345 MARSHALLTOWN 13 On a cold windswept field in Marshalltown, the pin-point passing of Chuck Higgins proved to central lowa that the Loras Academy Cubs ranked with the best. Steady performance from the backs, and excellent line work ruined another host's homecoming, as the Cubs mercilessly crushed the Bobcatsu TDs- pass, Higgins to Nachtman, 80 ydsg pass, Higgins to Sisson, 4l yds, Nachtman, 5 yds: Butler, 7 yds, pass, Hig- gins to Keeney, 21 yds. LORAS 263 AQUINAS 13 Ruining Homecomings became a habit for the Cubs when they routed the Aquinas Blue-golds to the tune of 26 points. Nachtman again figured prominently in the scoring, as Aquinas' passes found the wrong receivers. TDs- pass, Nacht- man to Keeney, 20 yds, intercepted pass, Nacht- man, 30 ydsg Nachtman, 47 yds, intercepted pass, Nachtman, 30 yds. LORAS 195 HEELAN 25 The last game of the Cubs' season proved to be one of its worst as Loras took it on the chin in a real heartbreaker. lnjuries and scholastic troubles kept six Loras regulars from starting the bitterly fought battle, which at the end found Heelan in the victory column. TDs- Nachtman, 8 ydsg Nachtman, 8 ydsg Butler, 2 yds. Top: Nachtman elucles Campion tackler. Center: Butler surounded by foe. Bottom: Three tacklers stop Loras fullback. fwfr fivvzzlvi'-j4i':u'