New Trier Township High School - Echoes Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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The backfleld had its difficulties, Harry Gillogly, a stellar fullback, going out for the season with an injured shoulder in the second game of the year. In two games he made enough points to take second place honors in scoring. Harry's place was taken by Al Nicollozzi and Swede Waters, who were backed up by Gielen and Simonds. In the third game of the season at Proviso, New Trier's most able field general, Colin Finlayson, was lost for the remainder of the season with a sprained shoulder. Bill Nord- burg, whose passes were a winning factor in every game, shifted from halfback to iill this vacancy. Don Alford, Claude Hamilton, and Earl Weinstock also directed the team from this position. Captain-elect Sam Smale, Goog Dahl, Bob Seiler, John Ballenger, and Jack Foster were a quintet hard to beat in running, kicking and passing at the halfback posts. Q A total of 84 points were scored in eight games against their opponent's 35, an aver- age of 11 to 4, per game. The team was coached by Mr. Walter Aschenbach assisted by Mr. Caton and Mr. Delaporte, who were in charge of the line. New Trier 6, Proviso 0. New Trier opened its Suburban League title chase against Proviso on October 10 at Maywood. Displaying a versatile attack, they wore down a stubborn Proviso team in a Held of mud covered with water. This was the day Northwestern and Notre Dame battled to a scoreless tie and Proviso almost held New Trier to the same fate. ' New Trier 6, Morton 3. A strong Morton team received New Trier October 17 at Cicero. New Trier sensed its first defeat of the season when Kopecky stepped back and booted a perfect fifty yard placement kick over the crossbars to give Morton a three point advantage. But New Trier came back in the same quarter when Wolff caught a forty-yard pass from Nordburg for a touchdown. New Trier 6, Oak Park 12. On October 24, with the stands at Phelps Field packed to capacity, the outcome was one of the most important of the year. New Trier opened up the game by passing to a touchdown in five startling plays. Oak Park also scored in the first quarter by march- ing forty yards to a touchdown by Schwartz. Following this Smale and Ballenger left the game with injuries. The score remained a tie until the third quarter when Belzer of Oak 'Park passed the ball forty yards to Zinkil, who caught it over the goal for a touchdown. The to-be champions of the league held New Trier until the final gun announced the Grey and Green's first defeat. .fa K f .A . Page 22

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Lind Wolff Mr. Aschenbach Smale FOCTBALL The history of the 1931 New Trier football teams holds many stirring accounts of victory won in hard fought battles, in which the Green and Gray warriors fought their way to third place in the Suburban League standings with five wins, a tie, and two losses. New Trier has not been so handicaped with injuries since 'iaway back whenf, Prac- tice began on September 155 after the first game the squad numbered fortyg when the season finished one quarter of this number were unable to play because of injuries. This even went so far that in the Waukegan game the entire backfield was composed of second team men. For the first time in history the Gray and Green team was headed by two captains. Albert Lind and Leonard Wfolff were elected to this position of honor. Co-Captain Albert Lind played center, being backed up by Foster Bennett. The New Trier team had four equal guards to do its blocking: Phil Ogan, Hugh Fleming, Henry Crawford and Stanton Schumann. Ted Wachs and Frank Riley, who was all- state, filled up the holes at tackle with the aggregate 400 pounds. Reserve tackle material was found in Ray Kimbell, Renny Ostrom, Jerry Wilson, and Chuck Dostal, another one of those ever promising sophomores. Co-Captain Wlolff, who won All- Suburban honors, and Dick Preston, a sophomore, were the ones to terminate end runs and receive Bill Nordburg's passes. - Page 2 1

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. ' FACULTY COACHES First Row-C. I. Persing, R. Welxr, P. Delaporte, C. Grater, E. jackson, G. Flannigam. Second Row--J. Nay, C. H. Jones, R. Carpenter, B. Shearer, H. Aram, W. J. Aschenbach, C. V'nters. New Trier 19, Deerfield 0. New Trier resumed the league invasion against Deerfield the following Saturday. This proved an easy game. Touchdowns were scored by Bob Seiler, Leonard NVolff, and Jack Foster, who intercepted a pass and ran 50 yards for his touchdown. New Trier 0, Evanston 7. New Trier and Evanston battled for charity, November 25, at Dyche Stadium, Evanston. This, the most important game of the year, was sponsored by the Junior League of Evanston. More than ten thousa-nd supporters witnessed the highlight of North Shore prep football. STUDENT INTRA-MURAL COACHES First Row-K. Stilling, H. Whidden, B. Racine, J. Bartlett, J. Mitchell. Second Row-C. Zipprich, G. Gromis, B. Howard, J. Howe, J. Hicks. Page 23