Ogdensburg Free Academy - Devilog Yearbook (Ogdensburg, NY)

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GRIDIRO GLORY well-balanced group turned out for the grid team. Coaches Blake and McNally worked the , squad lightly at first and gradually stiffened the practices in preparation for the opening con- test. Finally the initial Saturday of the football season arrived and the local mentors had molded what they considered the best team from available material. The team was coached to run from the Missouri T and the single wing and was well prepared for their first battle. The curtain-raiser matched the Blue Devils against the Huskies from Franklin Academy of Malone on the local gridiron. The Blue and White tasted glory first when half-back Ned Hackett skirted end from Ma.lone's 20-yard line into paydirt. The locals failed to convert and led 6-0. Later in the contest Pete Dishaw picked a free ball from mid-air and skooted across the goal for the second Ogdensburg score. This time the Blue and White converted and led 13,-0. However, Malone sprang to life and scored two quick T.D.'s and one conversion to tie the score. In the final few minutes both teams fought on a par and the game ended deadlocked 13-13. In the second game, weakened by injuries to two of their first string players, Dick Amo, a hard fighting lineman and Bill Morley, a hard running back, the OFA Blue Devils went down to defeat at the hand of a formidable Tupper Lake eleven. Although the score at the end was 47-0 in favor of Tupper, the Blue Devils fought stubbornly and never gave up even after the slaughter by the Tip Toppers was evident. The Blue Demons were determined on victory in the next struggle and succeeded at Gouver- neur's expense. The Devils without too much difficulty managed to defeat a weaker Gouverneur eleven 27-6. The scores were furnished by Morley, Pearson, Douglas, and Dishaw. The high point of the encounter came just after the OFA offense had bogged down. Gouverneur had started to roll and things looked dark for the local athletes. However, Pete Dishaw snared a Gouverneur pass and sprinted across the last white line. This was the turning point of the contest and paved the way for the victory. In the next conflict the Sons of Satan proved too much for the Golden Bears from Canton and rolled up a score of 27-7. Bill Morley scooted over for the first T.D., followed shortly by the Blue and White's lanky left end. When the game terminated and the Bears returned to their den, the scoreboard stood OFA 27, Canton 7. FIRST ROI! D. CROINHART, ASST. IGR., R. DOUGLAS, H. JENKINS, D. COOL, R. AMO, J. BRAY, T. CUMHINGS, G. BROIN, B. PECK, IGR. SECOND ROI! A. STRADER, H. JACQUES, J. MOORE, E. HACKETT, L. DESCHAIIPS. I. IIORLEY, J. PEARSON, F. BARR, R. FLULLER, A-SST IGB. THIRD ROI! COACH BLAKE, L. MORLEY, J. HOLLIS, E. HOLMES, C. MABTEL, W. BEAN, J. KIAH, J. CUTWA, A. DENNY, R. KINCH, S. CARLISLE, R. POLNIAK, COACH ICNALLY. 13-A 36

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DOWN THE HOME STRETCH HE Blue Devils launched the '49 track season . against the Tip Toppers from Tupper Lake. A1- though the Demons gathered five blue ribbons, all in running events, they fell short in the field contests and Rfinishedlon the short end of 112-93 score. The subsequent week the Blue and White Cindermen outranked Saranac Lake 107-1X4-985. In this meet the locals broke the tape six times for first place honors. In the third meet the Blue and White encountered Watertown in a non-league contest. The Cyclones picked tilpefgztggace banners in every struggle to overwhelm passing the Baton In the final dual fracas of the year the Sons of Satan fell at the paws of the Malone Huskies by a margin of 107i-985. The locals garnered four firsts. Track bowed out for the '49 season with the Van Dusen. At this annual meet the Blue Devils finished second to Massena. Ned Hackett and Joe Pearson gained the only blue banners for OFA. Forthe '49 season joe Pearson was elected honorary captain, and Joe Connors was honored with the captaincy for the '50 season. The 1949 team was composed of Harry Ellis, Jack Price and Larry Ward in the 1003 Harold Iacques, Harry Ellis and Larry Ward in the 220, Dick Norman, Joe Pearson, Robert Walker and Rodney Downey in the 4403 Ned Hackett, Charlie Northam and Don Hastings in the 8803 Joe Connor, Art Connor and Larry Green in the mile, Bill Morley, Jerry Brown and Don Mills in the hurdlesg Larry Dishaw, Brock Morley and Sheldon Carlisle in the shot-put, Gordon Fuller, Fred Swan and Brock Morley in the high jump, Harry Ashley in the pole vaultg Jack Price, Iack Shingles and Bill Morley in the broad jump. In the relay were Harry Ellis, lack Price, Bill Morley and Larry Ward. FIRST ROW! R. HENTSCHEL, J. PRICE, C. NORTHAM, G. PERKINS, E. HACKETT, J. CONNORS, L. GREEN, H. ELLIS, R. WALKER. SECOND ROWZ G. BROWN, F. SWAN, L. MORLEY, R. DOWNEY, D. MILLS, A. DENNY, H. JACQUES, A. CONNORS, D. HASTINGS. THIRD ROW! W. MORLEY, J. PEARSON, R. NORMAN. M. COLE, L. DESCHAMPS, W. BROWN, MGR., COACH ELLIOTT, S. WELLS, F. BARR 35

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.., ..-M - . V Bringing Down a Golden Bear FTER two straight victories, the Blue Devils rushed into the fray against Potsdam. The game was a hard fought battle all the way. Bill Morley flanked his left end and raced to glory only to have the score cancelled because of backfield in motion. Later on in the contest Potsdam scored and converted to put them in front 7-0. Jerry Brown, fleetfooted end of OFA, caught a pass in the final minutes for a T.D., but the conversion failed and the game ended with Potsdam on top 7-6. Massena followed the next week and outscored the Blue Devils by a score of 27-7. Jerry Brown scored the only local T.D. on a pass from Ioe Pearson. Ron Douglas converted and that ended the scoring for the local eleven. ln the final contest of '49 the Blue Demons sneakedaby a powerful Saranac Lake team 14-13. Bill Morley scored the first T.D. on an end run. Ron Douglas marked up the other. The Devils converted both times and knocked Saranac out of championship honors. A scrappy B squad, coached by Slim Elliott and Gordon Powers, was formed from the younger athletes. This team faced such keen competition as the Watertown and Malone junior teams. The local B squad proved too much for Malone in two contests, but Watertown and the junior Demons split two games. The local team showed a great deal of fight and many players will advance to the varsity in 1950. Downed on the Forty D GAME CAPTAINS p Malone Dick Amo Tupper Pete Dishaw Gouverneur Ioe Pearson Canton Bill Morley, I Ned Hackett Potsdam Tom Cummings p Massena Ron Douglas Saranac lack Bray, Jerry Brown HONORARY C0-CAPTAINS Dick Amo and Ioe Pearson 37 '