Prophetstown High School - Prophet Yearbook (Prophetstown, IL)

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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.

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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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