Prophetstown High School - Prophet Yearbook (Prophetstown, IL)

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BERTIE MAXFIELD-Bertie played at left end and took the ball from short passes for a good gain. He was a good runner also made good interference. VERNON HOTCHKISS-Vernon is a freshman but Coach Andrews drilled him to a foot ball man. He substi- tuted in left tackle. VERNON GIBSON-This was Gibby's first year in foot ball but he proved a good sport. He substituted as left guard and has two more years left. CLARENCE LA DINE-This was Bud's first year at football. Substituting at right end he snatched short pass- es and made good gains, also good interference. Bud will be back to work next year. CONRAD JOHNSON-Conjy started the season out with much vigor but received a broken shoulder blade in practice. He substituted as left half. DONALD WOODARD-We call him witty on ac- count of the bright excuses for being absent from practice. He finally turned out to be a good man. Substituting in right half. Witty will be back next year. FRANK BOYD-Big was a good fighter and on the go all the time. Having moved from here, was not in picture. He substituted as center. ATHLETICS FOOTBALL WALNUT-PROPHTESTOWN This was the first game of the season. Most of the team being freshmen they were unexperienced in playing. Only five members had had experience. The game was played at Walnut on Saturday, October 1. Walnut kicked to Prophetstown. All during the first quar- ter it was just a hard fight neither scoring. In the second quarter Walnut made a touchdown and kick- ed goal. The half ended with the ball in Prophetstown's possession. The score was 7 - 0 in favor of Walnut. Prophetstown kicked to Walnut. After receiving the ball Walnut, forcing through the Prophetstown line scored an- other touchdown. The score being 14 - 0 in Walnut's favor. During the fourth quarter Walnut made their final touch- down but failed to kick goal. The game ended in a brilliant victory for Walnut with 20 - 0 the score. Our team played hard all through the game, losing on ac- count of lack of practice. In this game Captain Burdsall, our full back was seriously hurt. , ROCKFALLS-PROPHETSTOWN This game was at Prophetstown, October 15. Rockfalls winning with a score of 57 - 13.

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PERSONNAL OF THE TEAM VALFORD J OHNSON-there are about three things that are ever called Old Reliable a wagon, a tobacco, and a man. The first so called because of its unmeasured dura- tion, second because of its frightful strength, and third be- cause he always does what he sets out to do. Val was so called for all three reasons. Position? Oh, quarter back. We lose him this year. VERNON LAWRENCE- A little of the ol' pep, now, a little o' the ol' pep. The team had confidence in Lawrence and he stuck to the fight in a way that put him in nearly ev- ery game. He will be with us next year. He is absent from the picture on account of illness. He played left half. CLARE MILLIGAN-Clare was a very gritty player. Playing right half. He earned his letter by hard playing, receiving several injuries. He will be missed on next years team. HARRY MCNAMARA-Mack was back again on the job again this year and wound up his last year in a blaze of glory at Prophetstown in the last game with Walnut. He is one of the best and most experienced players that ever play- ed for old P. H. S. When he takes the ball under his wing the opponents wonder how far he will go before they are able to stop him. We lose our full back by Mac being a gradu- ate this year. HOWARD BURDSAL-Burdsal was a hard hitter and a very good tackler. He has had several years of practice and is a sure stop 'em. He was injured in the Walnut game but soon recovered with more fight. What position did he play 'Z Oh yes, center and he has two more years . LUTHER CARLSON-Luke played a good game in defen- sive and offensive at right guard. He was always in the fight and always saw the funny side when he was hurt or bruised. This is his first year. WARREN CURRY-Warren is a good healthy farmer and a hard hitter. Making a good interference as left guard. He has one more year at school. ARNOLD WAITE-There is no place that anyone likes to be better than Waite in foot ball. He played at right tackle and was always in the road of the opponents break- ing plays also furnishing good interference for our team. He is a Sophomore and will help much next year. ROSCOE DAVIES-Rocky is a good helmsman playing at left tackle. Large enough to stop all opponents and make the best interference for the back field. He was injured in the back. He will be missed next year on account of grad- uation. JOHN ADAMS-His motto Die a hero rather than be a coward, and he held to this motto. Playing at right end he was always interfering with his opponents' plays and right there on passes and end runs when his signal was call- ed. John has two more years.

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STERLING-PROPHETSTOWN Played at Sterling, October 29, and was won by Sterling. The score was 67 - 13. STERLING-PROPHETSTOWN The game was played here November 6. Sterling won with a score of 19 - 0. ROCKFALLS-PROPHETSTOWN Played at Rockfalls, November 11. Rockfalls won again with a score of 51 - 0. WALNUT-PROPHETSTOWN On November 23, Prophetstown held its Home Coming. The foot ball team met Walnut on the gridiron. This game being the last of the season, and a well advertised one, the boys had a double incentive to fight. The first quarter end- ed with a score Prophetstown, but we failed to kick goal. In the second quarter Walnut scored, the quarter ending 7 - 6 in their favor. In the third quarter Prophetstown made two more touchdowns but failed to kick goal again. During the last quarter Prophetstown rolled up another touchdown. A few minutes before the game was over Walnut forfeited the game to us, changing the score from 24 - 7 to 1 - 0. This was the only victory of the season.