Loyola High School - El Camino Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Cantwell 13 Loyola 6 The final game of the season found the fighting Cubs on the short end of a l3-6 score. Again Loyola missed some of its key players when fielding an inexperienced defensive line except for Tackle Mike Kirmer and Guard Ben Boudreau. Despite this the Cub machine, tired by Vic Bruno's sensa- tional 40 yard t.d. run, showed great spirit right down to the wire. Bruno and Forth- mann spearheaded the backfield through an overdose of California's liquid sunshine while key defensive linemen were Carson, Kirmer and Ben Boudreau. Lenihan, Nolan, Toomey and Tom Boudreau proved their mettle on offense. Joe Lenihan slushes into Cardinal N defender Ray Gallego. VARSITY HEADLINES During the first week of September you would have thought there were only two football players worth mention around the campus. One was Charlie and the other George. As that week progressed Charlie set up a 25 yard gain and George made way for many a down--field march. Charlie and George were the l2th and l3th men on the Cub Varsity. They were the key to the offensive signals which led Loyola to a tie for second place in the always-tough Catholic League. And they were the brain children of Loyola's new mentor, Mr. Leo Haggerty. Mr. Haggerty had quite a surprise in store for him that first day of practice. Over 40 determined aspirants to Loyola's grid team met with him for the first time. But it was hard to believe that there were only six returning lettermen. Six lettermen, a line that couldn't average more than l7O and a small backfield of no unusual speed was not too promising for the approaching schedule. But Coach Haggerty said he had heard about Loyola before he ioined the faculty, and now he was going to see if it could live up to its reputation. The first week passed. The line under the tute- lage of Coaches Robinson and Stewart began to take shape, while the backfield passed and ran and kicked until Coaches Haggerty and Seelig lost sight of them in the autumn dusk. Scrimmage fol- lowed soon after. At first the openings in the for- wa'd wall were more like chinks than holes, then they widened to a good sized crack until after weeks of work they yawned wide in front of the backs. And the backs? Locomotives run wild. Were they ready? Their fine record tells the story. Hindered by their inexperience and light weight, they piled up two straight wins and a tie before iniuries destroyed their chances in the last two games. Best of all it was the record of a team which fought its way to League lead by sheer will to win and a great spirit worthy of Loyola's best traditions. We are all very proud of the Loyola High Varsity, the Cubs of l952.