Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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i ',51l'iui,:iM- ll, Ibn Bryon. Ni v l ' iff? !' ..,m .I X ' --1.11. 5, .4 LL xl i Aflfin ?'l1fWf1 -is muh .- I 't 0 fi' Wm' behind, un. . L, e 5.5 I .OL 'I+ -JT . . wg, .J ,, , A , .. ,fvfm r f ., ,ggi J -',,,, it the teachers watc-lilllg jm5f'liI but I of THE POTTER SHIELD 'I ' If I If if flWl W WlWW Z if' fi , f ii ca Z 5 2 li. 4 4 g 2 iwl1lll1iliniiiii1-- if 5 ' - -W - gi- ne fl? ALTHOUGH the outlook at the beginning of the 1917 football season was decidedly gloomy the season itself was a great success, out of the ten games played only one was lost. This is one of the best football records the school has ever made. By winning the two games with the University School we gained possession of the new cup, offered by Mr. Nolan and Mr. Potter, for at least one year. Mr. Dyar left us last spring to enlist in the Army, but his place as assistant coach was admirably filled by Mr. Horsford. Mr. Traver had an exceedingly hard task before him this year as he had to make a winning team out of very light material. Practice began the week after school opened in September. One month was devoted to practice before any outside games were played. A large squad came out for practice daily, and although the men were light, Mr. Traver had enough material from which to pick a Winning team. Folger starred throughout the season. His running was excellent and his sure tackling saved our opponents from making many a touchdown. Mailliard played a good, steady game during the whole season. Tod never misses a tackle and he makes the best interference of anyone on the team. Greenbaum made many long gains by his great speed and when it comes to intercepting forward passes no one can beat Greeny. Wheeler was shifted from end to fullback this year. 'fKirk played remarkably well at this position and his punting was of the best. Hayne filled the place of center. If Booie had aimed his cannon ball passes at the enemy instead of our quarter he would have probably killed a few of them. These passes were not hurled out of any enmity of Booie's to our quarter back, but rather they were due to Booie's zeal in getting them off quickly. McAllister and Drum made the right side of the line very strong. Dohrmann, Bd., and Atkinson, although rather light, showed a great deal of fighting spirit and stopped many rushes through their side of the line. Moody was the surprise of the season. He was removed from his place at fullback on the scrubs, and played end as if he had been at that position all his life. His tackling was remarkably good. Abbott played a steady game all through Tweniy-fire

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'IHE POTTER SHIELD Monroe Dorsey of the Culinary Department was drafted and is pI'OlO9Jb1Y HOW training at American Lake. Before he left, the school, aided by Mr. Potter, took up a collection and presented him with a traveling set, asafety razor and a wrist watch. All of which things caused Dorsey to show his 1vor1es in a wide grin o pleasure. A - . ,af wk vk HEARD AROUND SCHOOL I Now, let's make this room like a college library. Five demerits, Moody. That applies to you, Knight. Yes, quietly. . I might just as well hire a policeman at two dollars a day. :kgs ac 'Toddy Mailliard has challenged Greeny for a race. If he puts on as much speed as he showed one day at the Stadium, he will surely leave Louis way behind. Pk Pk Pk Mr. Newsom is going to join the Boy Scouts. Pk Pk ik ' Mr. Walker is surely driving Old King Cole CSD to desperation. To All Intents and Purposes, This is Enough Mr. Newsom seems to be exceedingly interested in the knitting that the teachers of the Primary are doing during the luncheon period. If he has been watchino' the work all this time, he surely would be able to knit quite accurately himself ' bziit in which is he more interested, the knitting or the knitters? I Twenty-four

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THE POTTER SHIELD V . . - d a reat k lth h f the lightest men on the team, showe g dleglsgfsgelp aiitlafighfi. Sjxiiimcelfs ajlso played a good, Steady game throughout the SGELSOII. POTTER, 6. TAMALPAIS UN1oN HIGH, 0 The first game of the season was played with T amalpais Union I-Iigh,hon Octp- ber the fifth. The playing on both sides was poor. Potter lost many c ances 3 score through fumbles. The single touchdown was made by Folger in the secon half. Wheeler failed to kick goal. What advantage our opponents had over us in weight was made up for by their lack of -knowledge of American football. Folger and Mailliard starred for Potter. The l1ne-up was: .lVIoody, left end, Drum, left tackle, Summers, left guard, Hayne, center, McAllister, right guard, Atkinson, right tackle, Abbott, right end, Oapt. Folger, quarter, Greenbaum, left half, Wheeler, fullback, and Mailliard, right half. ST. MARY'S, 18. POTTER, 0 On October the eleventh we met the St. Mary's 145-pound team, on their field in Oakland. Our opponents outweighed us about ten pounds to the man. The line-up at the start of the game was: Moody, left end, Atkinson, left tackle, Dohrmann, Bd., left guard, Hayne, center, McAllister, right guard, F. Drum, right tackle, Abbott, right end, Sutton, left half, Wheeler, fullback, Mailliard, right half, and Capt. Folger, quarter. St. Mary's received Wheeler's kick-off on the twenty-yard' line and ran it back to the forty-ive yard line. A long end run brought them to within twenty yards of the goal. Five line bucks through center and tackle gave them their first touchdown after four minutes of play. Potter received and by two line bucks and an off tackle play brought the ball to the thirty yard line. Folger then punted on fourth down. In the second quarter St. Mary's, by two forward passes and an end run, made the second touchdown. Our fellows fought well and had the lead in the third quarter, but the superior strength of our opponents kept us from making a touchdown. In the last quarter St. Mary's made another touchdown. Atkinson, Folger and Mailliard played well for Potter. The whole team had a great deal of fight and deserves much credit for holding the St. Mary's fellows to the score of 18 to 0. In the second half Greenbaum took Sutton's plarfi and in the last few minutes of the game A. Drum was substituted for Mc lister. r POTTER, 14. sr. MARY'S, 7 On October the seventeenth our 125-pound team met St. Mary's third team on our field. This was the Hrst game of the second team and the playing was poor. Our interference was bad, and the backs were slow in getting started. In the first quarter Somers recovered a fumble on the twenty yard line, ran the length of the field and made a touchdown. The other touchdown was made by Folger in the second half. In the second quarter, St. Mary's, by a series of line bucks, suc- ceeded in making a touchdown. ' POTTER, 18. ST. JOSEPI-I'S, 7 Two days later, on October the nineteenth, the 125-pound team went to Berkeley and played St. Joseph's. The team played better in this game than in the previous one. By a series of end runs and forward passes Potter worked the ball up to the ten yard line. Folger then made a forward pass over the line to Blake. Blake caught the pass and dropped to the ground., This touchdown was made seven minutes after the start of the game. The attempt at kicking goal failed The second touchdown was made by Folger in the third quarter on an off tackle lav Folger kicked goal. In the next few minutes St. Joseph's had the best of the bigttlei ' 'r Twenty-six