Newman Township High School - Talisman Yearbook (Newman, IL)

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TAL I SMA! FOOTB XI L CLontrnuedD Newman recery ed the krck off and rmmedrately took the ball to Arco las 30 yard lrne where Grrffrth on a cut back play scampered oyer the goal lrne Thrs play was that famous old 16 as all on the team would remember rt The goal krck was missed and the score was 6 to 0 The half ended wrth this score In the thrrd quarter by lrne plunges of Hance Wax and Wrese Newman agarn worked the ball to Arcola s 30 yard lrne where Gr rffrth took the ball for another cut back for a touchdown Hance kicked the goal In the fourth quarter after an exchange of punts Hance took the ball over for another counter from the three yard lrne The krck for pornt was mrssed The game ended wrth Buckler rn possession of the ball on Arcola s 1 yard lrne after receryrng a 40 yard pass and berng forced out of bounds The final score was Newman 19 Arcola 0 The Arcola team outweighed Newman but could not compare wrth made 298 yards from the lrne of scrimmage while Arcola made only 20 HINDSBORO OCTOBER 19 The Newman Hrndsboro game was postponed on account of rarn untrl the next week but when the next week arrived rt was as muddv and rarny as ever so they lust played anyhow The game was slow on account of the rarn and mud and the first half ended wrth the score 6 to 0 rn favor of Newman Hance makrng the touch down on returnrng a poor punt from the '50 yard lrne In the last half the Newman eleven got the hang of thrs Water Polo Football game and every backfield man got the opportunity of makrng a touchdown before the game was oyer Only one goal for pornt was kicked during the game due to moisture on the ball so the game ended wrth the score 20 to 0 rn Newman s fay or ATWOOD OCTOBER 23 New man defeated the Atwood team 19 to 0 at Atwood rn a game which was rather slow due to the fact that Newman had a sllght attack of that contagious drsease called over confidence Doc Wax took the ball over for the first touchdown rn the first quarter and before the half closed Hance went over for another from the 5 yard lrne after a serres of lrne nrashes and end runs by Wax Wlese and Grlffrth The last touchdown was made rn the fourth quarter on a long pass to Buckler over the goal lrne Only one of the three tries for points after touchdowns was counted due to Newman s being offsrde There was a Pg Ffty h l ll 'if Q f g lr ...- - A A All 7 '- v . ' , .' ' , - , Y 4 ' Y . 1 ' ' v - as as , . L , V I ' v 'sw v v . y . . , L l ' , . , - , ,Y - . K - v H . , . , . the swift Newman aggregation either' on offense or defense. Newman 7 Y v L . .1 ' 1 ', nl ,l sv v . r I I ' 1 7 1' . V K A ' , Q , . y - . 7 , Y 7 L y . ' ' KK - Y! K I 7 ! . . . - y . S , ' , . ' . V v 5 y . . V v ' ' ae i -I ve 1, I I 1 ---f -A H r

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TALI .sm- FOO'l BAI L-CContlnuedJ The season as a whole is to be consideied Xen successful and Coach Millsom the squad the school and the town boosteis are to be congiatu lated on this w ondeiful team of 1926 VILLA GROVE SFPTEMBER 25 Newman opened the scason on Septembci the tw entx fifth by mvad ing thc Gioxe and thcy brought home the bacon to the tune of 14 to 7 The fiist quaitei ended with the scoie 1 to 0 in Villa Gioxe s fax oi but the Newmanites now mustered up the couiage twhich was known to be D1 esentb and w hen Villa Gioxe was foiced to punt fiom behind then own goal lme a bad pass was madc Bill Solleis tickled the Villa Gioxe man bchlnd theii own goal line which made a safety foi Newman The scoie now stood 7 to 2 Lefoie the half ended Newman scoied a touchdown bx Wiese caiu ing the ball oi tackle fiom the 20 xai d line aftei a steady adx ance made bv Hance Wax and G1 iffith Newman s next scoie was made m the fourth made after touchdowns The scoie ended 14 to 7 but as was shown later 1n the season the Newman lads must have been keeping the cat in the sack OAKLAND OCTOBER 9 The recoid game of the season was played on the home field wheie the Newman team walloped the stiong Oakland team which was out foi dow nstate honors The filst half ended with the scoie 0 to 0 and Oak land had received all the bleaks but Newman outplayed them and the Oakland playeis were badly in need of lest All thiough the third quaitei Newman plax ed in Oakland s teriitoiv but w ere unable to scoie Just befoie the thud quartei ended Oakland made a successful pass which netted a touchdown foi Oakland who failed to kick goal The fouith quaitei started with a bang and the batteimg backs of the Newman eleven behind a giant line staited a mai ch to the goal lme which 31119137 could not haxe been excelled bs Sheiman s maich to the sea In this qua1tei Newman made two touchdowns one by Sutton and one by Wiese Hance and Wiese took tuin about at kicking the goals and the game closed with the scoie 14 to 6 and was said to be one of the best ex ei witnessed on a New man gl1d1l0l1 ARCOLA OCTOBER 10 The game was play ed at Arcola on an excellent dav foi a football game and w as witnessed by a lai ge numbei of New man spectatois The New man eleven kept then slate clean 1cl'f Ll H IF W s' -J 'ul v x ' ' 1 1 1 1 , D L , L , Li , V L 'L ' 4 ' , A A A 1 ' ' I '- v ' - ' X as , , nv A I i , Q . in 1 1 v- - 1 7-V - l a v , 1 4 v v . L . , 1 ' A 1 R 1 ' w Av Y 1 K , ' 7' 1 7 H S 1 1 ' ' . y . I I L K Tl A1 I ' ilu 2 4 ' uw v , ' ' 1 v ' , ' , 1. y . 1 , A -. 1 , . V . L , . w . A , . V . ' . . ,- ' I 1 -ly 1 ' , 1 A v , , . . quarter by Griffith going off tackle from the 5-yard line. No points were . L ' , L' L Y I . ' 7 ' L c , Y ' y 1 y ' n S 1 7 . ' Y. L 1 , ' . 1 Y 7 'L 7 7 ' ' L . 1 l ' Q y 1 7 ' f 7 1' 1 7 . 1 1 1 kk S, v ' I 1 y . . . . . . 1 Q . , f ' . ' ' ' f 1 f ' ' 'Q ' ' . ' 1 1 y y y v f y' 1 1 ' ' 4 Y. Z 7 '. .h . , 7 1' A . . 1 v 'K' Y . . x a Pa 'e 'i ty-two if 7 7 - A ---W--A--1, -ANAQ---sl

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i EX ' HV 11.4.11 sum I' OOTB XI L-CLontmuedJ good c1ox1d of Nexx man c1t1zens ox 61 to see the team ln 3Ct10I1 as It xfxas a fine dax and 1ust Ilght T01 a football game ARTHUR OLTOBER 29 At thls t1me the1e VKQ19 th1 ee Qt10Hg contende1s f01 the Okaxx Val lex Champ1onsh1p namelx New man Tuscola and QW011t1C6ll0 but Ill 01 de1 fO1 Neuman to haxe a shoxung 1n the 1ace xve noxx 1eal1zed th t xxe must beat the st1ong A1lhU1 elexen who had held Tuscola to the aco1e of 13 to 0 To make 91118 that the team 1eal1zed xx hat xx as befo1e them O1 aa one ot the SD9dkQ1S at the pep meetlng put lt vxe x1e1e 011 top of the h1ll The students ot the l11gh Qchool and the ouslness men 131613211 ed a pep mcet 111g vxhlch I am su1e xxould h 1xe stlmulatcd anx l1XlHg thlng So on the lOllOVl1l1g, d 1x s game lldlllldlly lNex1xm1n put thc finlshmg touches to the A1thu1 agg1eg1t1on The econ xxas 14 to 0 and although lt cannot bc sa1d that lNcxx ma11 had an easx tlme of It thex shoxxed thell supe11o11tx 1n both defense and offense VERMILION GROVE ACADEMY NOVEMBER 6 Nexxman Toxxnsh1p Hlgh School defeated the Quake1 lads of Ve1 m1l1on GIOXQ to the tu11e of 32 to 0 The that qu 11191 6l1ClGCl x11th the QLOIQ 6 to 0 111 tax 01 of Ncxxman C11ff1th ca11x111g thc ball ox 61 11om the P 1 Ydld llI1L 011 an off tackle smash The half ended xx 1th the SLOIL 12 to 0 C111ff1th mlklng a touchdown flom thc 40 ya1d llnc The game ended C 11ff1th on 1 G0 xa1d 11111 Buckle1 on a lo11g paw flom Hance and VVaX on 1 l1ne plunge The Ncvxman substltutee got a ch ince to shoxx the11 stuff 111 th1s game and Geo1ge Ba11 md a fevx othe1s shoxx ed football 1b1l1ty xxhlch x11ll shoxx up mo1e so 111 xe 118 to come The VL1mll1OH GIOXQ Academx can be p1oud of thell splend1d l1ttle team co11s,1de1111g the1c ale O1llX about 12 or 13 out f01 the team B l1exc me' those Ql,l3li9lS S1110 can cook' Xou ahould haxe seen that New 111a11 agg1eg1t1o11 dex ou1 thosc mashed potatoes attel the game' CHARLI STON T C NOVEMBER 11 Nexx man deteated thc Cha1leston Tc lCh91m Q8 to 0 on A1mlSt1L6 Day Ill a game x1h1ch xx ae featu1ed bx an excellent ae11al attack a11d b11ll1ant 1u1111111g The QCOIS bx qLlclllL1S xxas is tolloxxs F1lSt qua1te1 Nexxman 12 Cha1leston 0 SGCO11ClQLld1tG1 Nexxman 33 Ch uleston 0 th11d qua1 te1 Nevxman 1 Challeston 0 fou1th qua1te1 Nexxma11 6 Cha1leston 0 1 11- '1 1 .I 1 J 1 4 1 v ,' ' J. U v Q ' ' ' A , 7 x 1 , 1 , ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 , ,, , v . 1 . - Y ' ' - v v 1 1 ' . ' , . - 9 . y 1 K y A , - 1 1 1 1 1' ' . , ' v ' . 1 a ' 9 K A w Y 4 u l y Y , ' . . , L I 1 1 , v y 1 ' . A. K1 . - K . f I .,- L13 . , , A X - ' y 1 ' 2 A1 1 1 2 1 L1 ' , A V7 ' 1' ' U ' ' 1 1' 1 1 1 Y 1 ' , ' 1 1 . U . f 1, 1 1 2 1 . ,- 1 1 1 T 1 2 ' I 1 ., ., . 'f . , 1 ' Y, , 3 D ' 1 S 7 ' ' ' - U1 S 1 ' . A1 1' 1' My ' K1 7 1 1 ' ' 1 . 1 - 1 , - ' . 1 v 1 1 1- 1 1' - . . . ' , . . 1 . , , . , 1. , ..-, , 1 . . ,, f r' ,. . ' , V. . , 1 1 1' 1. 1, A-fl '- ' L L 1 A ' 11 ,' ' 2 ' T . 1 , - 1 . ' J- ,.. x ' 1 . 1 5 4 - 1' ' 1 ' 1 xvlth the 51,016 32 to 0 G11fT1th Bucklel, and Wax makln touchdowns, 1 1 1 ,' l , v 1 v 1 1 , Y f '. 1 1 - til, !7 ' , 'N C 1 1 1 1 2 y 1 1 2 ' ' 1 ' 1' ' 1 ' z . J 1 ' ' 1 1 .1 y f 1 I ' ' . , A , 1' 1' -J 1 yy -I v ' ' Q- . I VJ 1 V S I 'Li A' 1 'l I I V bs K v - , ,. 1 ,-2 1- . L. , 2 K1 Y- 1 K1 1 1 ' f 1 . N 1 V 1 4J 1 11 A 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - 12 1 1 7 ' If ' v, D I 7 ' '1 I ' Y L ' 1 '. ' ' I . - . k,. . -D Y: - -N1 1 u 1 1 1 1 v - I ' W ' l ' '- 1 1 s 2 1 C ' V , , 1' . , . . . 1' 1 . . - - 1 - ' l , 1 ' L 1 1 ' ' Pzuzv Fifty-four 1 W Ag -7 V ,ll- Il' ' ' 14 W ' fm, ,.lQA. .. L-'..1T -ill