Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

Page 152 text:

Z ,, -i ,TL ire f 'mwgr , Jim Welch Ray Kaylor Franlc Newman Henry Palmer Joe Pepe Franlc Palmer Phil Jochem ,iz 5 ir c K I ., s -- s ,,-.WL Leonard Carrier 5 Y 3 f .,,., A l48 Roy Evans George Jochem oT Ponce lbending over Lalce WorTh baclcl arrives on The scene Too Iale, as a Trojan baclc scores. By The Time The Ponce-Miami Beach game came around on Halloween nighT, The slcirmish was considered The conTesT ThaT would evenTually decide The GulT- sTream ConTerence championship. IT seems ThaT The Beach had converTed Their sTar bloclcing baclc inTo a Tullbaclc and, in malcing The change, musT have goTTen him mixed up wiTh a bulldozer, Tor ThaT nighT, one Arnie Galcen weg 6 human Tanlc ThaT we simply could noT sTop, Oalcenis I26 neT yards gained sunlc The Cavs To The Tune oT a 6-O deTeaT. Ponce nexT Traveled To Lalce WorTh wiTh hopes oT remaining in The race Tor The ConTerence TiTle wiTh a win over The 'llroiansm buT Those hopes were smashed by a l4-6 Lalce WorTh vicTory. Welch's passes were again Ponceis mosT poTenT oTTensive weapon, wiTh George Jochem and Joe Robinson on The receiving end oT mosT oT Them. l:orT Pierce's Eaglesi' were The nexT Toe oT The Coral Gables Team, in a game played in The up sTaTe ciTy. l:orT Pierce succumbed To The powerTul Ponce aggregaTion wiThouT The expecTed sTrong opposiTion. So, The Cavaliers came back wiTh a I8-I3 vicTory under Their belTs and a won-Three and losT-Three record Tor The season. .--. 1

Page 151 text:

Marvin Wheeler Jo Russ Nichols oT Ponce is broughT down by Two Lake WorTh Tacklers aTTer shorT circuiTing one oT The many Troian aerials in a game played in The Palm Beach CounTy ciTy. The T949 ediTion oT The Ponce de Leon l-ligh School Cavaliers came onTo The Tield aT The Grange Bowl sTadium wiTh a cloud oT mysTery shrouded around Them: The Team was oT an unknown gualiTy, and was noT considered To be a ThreaT Tor The GulTsTream ConTerence TiTle. The Cavs Took The Tield againsT The Pahokee Blue Devilsm, and Tor 47 minuTes oT ThaT conTesT showed Tlashes oT rank mediocriTyg buT, wiTh only seconds remaining, The passing combinaTion ThaT was desTined To prove a Thorn in The side oT all Ponce's opponenTs hiT wiTh a game winning T. D. pass: Welch To Evans. WiTh a roar oT The elecTriTied crowd rocking The huge sTadium, The vicTorious Cavs leTT The Tield wiTh a 7-O win. A week laTer, The Cavs ran smack inTo a powerTul sTeam-roller usually known as Miami Edison's Red Paidersm. The Raiders were Truly a powerhouse ThaT nighT, wiTh The laTe Red Daniel oT Edison running wild. Ponce's only score came as All-CiTy End Joe Robinson hauled in a shorT pass To make The Tinal counT 39-7. Ponce proved To all ThaT They were one oT The Teams To beaT in The 6ulTsTream, as They Took Their second conTerence vicT-ary wiTh a sparkling 20-l3 win over Tech l-ligh. The whole Team was commended by Coach KruTulis Tor The wonderTul game all The boys played againsT The Tavored Blue Devils . AnTon Brice l-larper Davidson George Jochem l-lolT Garrard Jim EsTaver M - . 'E -i lm, -i f' a is fi if 2 .. , ivy A Lf e Robinson Donald Barnes Bill Fader Jimmy Brooks 5 V ,, s 5 I. ,I

Page 153 text:

4-4, 2 ' Y 5 fi ' ,iz ' ,H , . - 2. J' . A ., kA,.fRl-T.. Jimmy l'larTneTT Phil Sendal Bob l-laines Russ Nichols ' . ., , . . . , , , , , , , . VT in :' 3 I -, 'x' 1154 -' ' TWU ' il V ' 'X f V V f - Frank Newman l24l and Emmef Webber lol oT Ponce close in on a galloping Lake WorTh. The week Tollowing The vicTory over ForT Pierce, Ponce Traveled To Vero Beach Tor a ConTerence game wiTh The home-Town Torces. WiTh Sophomore Tackle Dori Barnes, End George Jochem and Fullback Jimmy EsTaver leading The way, we broughT home The bacon To The Tune oT I9-I3 in a real Thriller. SouTh Broward. evenTual ConTerence champion, was The nexT Ponce ouT-oT-Town game, wiTh The Bulldogs being lucky To pull ouT a I2-6 win over The spiriTed Cavs, wiTh The game being played in Hollywood. ln The Thanksgiving Day game aT ForT Lauderdale, The Flying L's eked ouT a I4-I3 win. Ponce's Claude Thomas made a circus caTch oT a Welch aerial Tor our second Touchdown. ln The home- coming game, Miami Jackson smacked us wiTh a I4-7 deTeaT, in a game ThaT saw Ponce come on in The laTe sTages To play The kind oT TooTball oT which They were capable. Ponce boasTed several ouTsTanding players during The sea- sonj Bill Fader sTarred aT guard, as did Ed WolTeg Tackles Russ Nichols, Don Barnes, Phil Sendal and Jim Brooks all played well. Robinson, Welch, AnTon Brice, Marvin Wheeler, Jim FsTaver, Murray McClain, l-lolT Garrard, George Jochem and many oThers gained commendaTion Trom sTudenTs, Tans, coaches and sporTs wriTers. Miles EaTon 4. Jack Wiley Bob Owen Leonard MarTin iw. I49