Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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The loss of the Arcola game must have made the Sages mad or something, because they went out and ran over Cerro Gordo by about 25 points. Frank iloffman again headed the scoring list with two touchdowns. The other boys did alright too, as the total score was 31. Armistice day dawned clear and warm as our boys took the field for the final game against their great rivals from Bement. The gridders proved to be warm too scoring a touchdown in each quarter for a total of 26 points. Bement threw a small scare in the third quarter when they scored two touchdowns in rapid succession. But the Sages had no intention of closing the season with a defeat so they snapped back and the final score was 26 to l2. So ended an interesting if not a spectacular season GROUND GAIN ERS Players Times iarried Yds. Gained Av, a F. Iloffman 79 6.1 Gadbury 83 7,0 Manuel 62 343 5,5 Lyons 62 225 5-6 jones 16 loo 6,8 Pike 4 26 5,0 Woodall 9 56 4,0 fv1cPheeters 1 3 3,0 Williams 2 1 0.5 SEASON STATISTICS Uni Iligh of Normal 39 Le Roy O Villa Grove 0 Oakland 6 Tuscola I5 Clinton 7 Arcola 12 Cerro Gordo 6 Bement I2 L EADING TACKL ERS Sages 27 Sages 34 Sages 20 Sages 25 Sages 7 Sages 12 Sages 6 Sages 31 Sages 26 Gadbury 59 ' Woodall 52 Lyons 34 Blacker 24 Bailey 23 F.IIoffman 22 Merriman I8 Iillis 20 SCORERS TITS Gadbury 11 Hoffman 6 Manuel 5 Lyons 4 Woodall 3 jon es l PASSES .f!s1H2L2L Hoffman 46 Gadbury 36 Manuel 6 Pike 9 Lyons 3 jones 2 Benjamin I7 jones 12 C. Hoffman IO Manuel 8 Fray 6 Sumner 4 Alexander 4 Nleece 4 EP Total 4 70 3 39 3 33 3 27 0 18 1 7 .CQLIEELQL 20 . I6 5 l 2 2 Compliments of CENTAUR CALDWELL DIVISION

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Some forty eight boys, under the dominant planet Mars, with the promise of recognition probably in the form of special distinction or honor had an- swered the call for the first football practice a few days before the start of classes. Coach Freemuth was consid- ered the man to help them advance their career and they worked long and hard under his tutelage until September 22 when full of hope and confidence they journeyed to Normal to play University lligh. But the boys from Uni High re- membered last year and gained their revenge in a high scoring game but with the Sages on the short end of the 27 to 39 score. Number two was played against LeRoy. This was a fairly easy game but it did prove that the Sages needed plenty of practice. The scoring was pretty well divided up among the play- ers until Frank lloffman was high man with two touchdowns and an extra point. The final score ended up 34-O in favor of the Sages. Coach Freemuth, assisted hy Gregory, condition squad. On October 14th the Sages played Tuscola in a game that they just had to win, But the luck seemed to be with the Tuscola Warriors. The only Monticello touchdown made that night was by Elmer Lyons, the acting captain for the night. Rich Gadbury came through with the ex- tra point. The score was 14-7 in favor of Tuscola. The fourth was perhaps the dirt- iest game played by the Sages this sea- son. KNO reflection on the sportsman- ship of the contestantsb It was at Clin- ton on a wet and muddy field. For a while it looked as if the Sages were in an unfavorable period but just before the half Rich Gadbury went across to hit paydirt. In the third quarter Rich broke loose for an eighty yard run which payed off again. The rest of the game was like a pendulum, the teams swinging back and forth, accomplishing nothing but to pass the time to the final score 12-7. Number five is the game that every- one in Monticello would like to forget. lt was October the 28th and Homecoming Arcola was the foe. The game started off just fine, but the further along it got, the more luck Arcola seemed to have. The Sages were throwing every- thing but the kitchen sink at them but Arcola wouldn't be stopped. The final score was 12-6 in favor of Arcola. Where the Sages drink-- COUNTRY cluuzm DAIRY

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Football CHESTER WOODALL--SR. Chet, the biggest boy on the squad, played at an end posi- tion most of the season taking over fullback duties occasion- ally. He ranked second best of all tacklers and the boys voted him outstanding player for the season. ELMER LYON S--SR. Elmer was our first-string full- back when he was'r1t out with an injury. In the first game he received a broken nose which kept him out of action for a couple of weeks. A little. later on he received a leg injury which kept him hopping most Of the season. R 'EWS RICHARD GADBURY--SR. Rich has been paged as one of the greatest athletes at Monticello. He is a natural end but due to lack of power in the backfield shifted to tailback. Ooponents likened him to a mad bull in football for his tackles really rocked them. He was elected by his teammates as Captain at the end of the season. ,W fl' ROY BENVI AMIN--SR. Roy was another of our bigger boys. Ile was a little late getting-started but after he got rolling he was one tough cookie. The fellows say that one way to get an opposite player mad was to tell Roy to use his feet and that was the end. Letterman DARRELL BAILEY--SR. Buckethead came out for foot- ball this year with a determined idea that he could make a place for himself on the first eleven and made his idea a reality. Xu. s 2 I Q , wg O s 5 l FRANK HOFFMAN--SR. The Hard-Luck Kid firally went through a season without any trouble at all. Frank played a very good season and his long runs helped us very much at many times. The fact that he won't be back next year will weaken our backfield consider- ably. : ..,. li tr l 5 . 6 I iv i ext 4 t , p , 1 v'?1'f59sw