Ogdensburg Free Academy - Devilog Yearbook (Ogdensburg, NY)

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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 '

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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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- . . . 'lf TH la.QLW1'Q?fffJ fi' W VARSITY FIRST ROW: C. HCNALLY, J. BRAY, R. BUSH, R. NORMAN, G. BROWN, R. ROSS. SECOND ROW! W. BROWN, MGR., J. PEARSON, H. JENKINS, S. WELLS, R. PREMO, W. MORLEY, D. ADAMS, MGR. P BALL LL the omens pointed to a banner year for the Blue Devils. The championship seemed clearlj ,in view. The Blue and White got off to a good start. They triumphed over Massena on the Raiders' own court. Next the Devils met Saranac and the Lakers toppled them by a 51-44 margin, This was not too discouraging because the Lakers were the team to beat in '50, The Norwood-Norfolk team sur- prised the Devils on its meager court in the closing seconds of the game. Malone was swamped as the Demons sprang to life in a brilliant burst of basketball. This proved to be one of the locals' best games in 1950. Gouverneur also was stunned by the championship brand of ball displayed by the Devils. The next struggle matched the Demons against Tupper Lake. This was a close game a the way but the Devils were rushed out of the win column by the defending champions. Wins over Canton and Potsdam ended thefirst round of the '49-'50 season. In the second half of the season the Devils went stale. They emerged victorious in only three struggles and these were against second division teams. A season that started out to be one of triumph turned into a fiasco. However, this year had its bright spots as well as its dark, side. Stan Wells, playing his final year in Blue and White turn- ed in many brilliant moments on the court. Dick Norman also SCORES added to the better part of the season. The addition of Chuck Opp OFA Opp OFA McNally and Bunny Ross was of great advantage to the local cause. 33 40 56 44 Massena Bill Morley gave keen competition for a starting role and achieved Saranac 51 44 55 38 it late in the season. .Tack Bray, Mickey Jenkins, .Terry Brown , Norwood 53 51 33 44 aggtlicglcgixllemo gave hints of great ability that will be welcome Malone 35 48 60 54 ' Gouv' 42 72 44 63 Gordon Powers' Junior Team and Ralph Wilhelm's J'V's had TUPPGI' 35 34 70 60 fairly successful seasons. These two teams will contribute many Cant0n 47 56 31 37 players to the Varsity next year. Potsdam 37 38 51 35 38