Red Bank High School - Log Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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i6 THE ROUND TABLE the «core 12—0 in favor of the High School. •In the fourth quarter the school team broke the Alumni defense and scored another touchdown when Hodgkiss took the ball around left end. Another point was added when Lartaud suc- cessfully kicked the goal. The game ended with the High School team lead- ing by the score of 19—0. The fea- tures of the game were the line plung- ing of Wolcott and Hendrickson, the end running of Captain Irwin and the work of Nestler and LesL on the line. One victory for Red Bank boys. R. H. S., 18; FREEHOLD, 6 The second game of the season was played at Freehold on Saturday, Oct. 7, 1922, beneath a cloudy sky and on a slippery field, but Red Bank won its second game by a score of 18—6. Red Bank scored its first six points after a few minutes of play. The team car- ried the ball to Freehold’s ten yard line, and Irwin scored the first touch- down, with a run around end. Red Bank kicked off and the 'ball was put into play on Freehold’s thirty yard line. The first quarter ended a few minutes later with Red Bank leading by a score of 6—0. Both teams played hard ball in the second period, but after eight minutes of play Brannin caught a pass from Lartaud and raced twenty-yards for the second touchdown of the game. The second quarter then ended with the score 12—0 in Red Bank’s favor. Neither team scored in the third period, both teams played good foot- ball and seemed evenly matched. But Red Bank again broke through the Freehold defense in the fourth quarter, and after a series of 'line plunges and end runs Hendrickson carried the ball across for another touchdown. Red Bank kicked off and Freehold received the ball on her forty yard line. The county-seaters then lost the ball when they failed to make first down on line plunges. Red Bank took the ball in mid-field and was slowly advancing to- wards Freehold’s goal, when Irwin fumbled the slippery ball after being tackled, and enabled a Freehold player to run sixty yards for a touchdown. The game ended a few minutes later with Red Bank leading by a score of 18—6. Two victories for Red Bank boys. R. H. S., 32; SOUTH ORANGE, 0 The third game of the season was played on the Oriole Field, October 12th, with South Orange, and resulted in a defeat for Orange. Score 32—0. Red Bank played one of the best games of the season, and no alibies were offered by the opponents who knew they were outclassed in every part of the game. Neither team scored in the first period, and the ball went from one team to the other. Red Bank players seemed a bit nervous in this period, but they gradually gained confidence when South Orange failed to break the defense. The period ended with the score tie: Red Bank 0, South Orange 0. In the second quarter Red Bank started with a rush. After a few min- utes of play Captain Irwin broke around left end for the first touchdown of the game, and Lartaud added an- other point by a perfect drop kick. Red Bank kicked off and Orange re- ceived the ball on her forty yard line, but lost it when she failed to make first' down. Red Bank received the ball and Captain Irwin again ran for a touch- down around right end. The first half ended a few minutes after with Red

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THE ROUND TABLE 15 FOOTBALL SCORES R. B. H. S., 19 18 32 12 53 12 15 22 Alumni, 0 Freehold, 6 South Orange, 0 Leonardo, 7 Toms River, 0 Newman Prep., 7 Lakewood H. S., 7 Leonardo, 0 VARSITY LINEUP Hartman—Taylor, Left end Sloss, Left tackle Rice, Left guard Nestler, Center Lesh, Right guard Scotch, Right tackle Brannin, Right end Lartaud, Quarterback Irwin (Captain), Left Halfback Hodgkiss, Right Halfback Hendrickson, Fullback Hartman—Injured in Newman game, out for the rest of season. Substitutes, were: Klatsky, Wolcott, Eberly, Bennett, Dietz, Elliot, Goldman, Ed. Irwin, Kaisar, Mason, Coles, Randall, Stout, Crispell, Crosbie, Maloney, Blecker, Muller, Marthens, Wiesman. Wolcott—Hurt in practice—out for rest' of the season. FOOTBALL R. H. S., 19; ALUMNI, 0 The High Schooil football team began its season with a rush, defeating the Alumni on Saturday, September 23rd, at the Oriole field, by the score of 19 to 0. The High School boys started scoring in the first quarter and were never in danger of loosing the game. The first touchdown of the season was scored by Wolcott after Captain Irwin had brought the ball within a few yards of the goal line by a twenty- yard run around right end. The first quarter ended shortly afterwards with the High School team leading with a score of 6 to 0. During the second quarter the High School team scored again. The Alumni were pushed slowly but surely towards their goal line, and six more points were added to our score when Wolcott brought the ball over for his second touchdown. The period ended soon after the ball was again put in play, with the High School team leading by the score of 12 to 0. Neither team succeeded in scoring in the third period. The alumni defense was strengthened and the team strove to keep the score from getting higher. The third period ended with

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THE ROUND TABLE 17 Bank leading by a score of 13—0. Red Bank started another furious attack in the third period, which netted then nineteen points. The first touch- down of this quarter was made 'by Lartaud on a trick play through center. The play was cleverly worked and the South Orange players tackled Hend- rickson who did not have the ball. Red Bank again kicked off and South Orange received the ball on her thirty yard line. Knowing that she could not gain through Red Bank’s line or around the ends. Orange started an aerial at- tack. A few plays later Hodgkiss inter- cepted one of these passes and ran forty yards for a touchdown. Lartaud again added another point to our score by another drop kick. South Orange kicked off and Red Bank received the ball on her forty yard line. After a series of line bucks Irwin broke around right end for the third touchdown of the period. This ended the third quar- ter with Red Bank leading by a score of 32—0. South Orange made a desperate stand in the last period and neither team scored, so the game ended with Red Bank again victorious by a score 32—0. No special credit can be given to any one player of the team. The team played as a unit and well deserved the victory. One thing that Coach Sieber feared was that the boys would need to buy new hats. Be careful team, Leonardo might prove to be much harder. Three victories for Red Bank. R. H. S., 12; LEONARDO, 7 The fourth game of the season was played with Leonardo at Red Bank on Friday, October 20th. The game proved to be one of the hardest fought and one of the most interesting con- tests of the season. Neither team was able to score in the first quarter, the ball going first to one side and then to the other. This period ended with the score, Leonardo 0, Red Bank 0. Leonardo started the fireworks in the second quarter and slowly but surely pushed Red Bank back to their goal line. Then the Leonardo team pushed the ball over for a touchdown and added an extra point by a drop kick. The first half ended soon after this with the score Leonardo 7, Red Bank 0. Red Bank showed more fight in the third quarter and after pushing Leon- ardo to her thirty yard line, Lartaud ran for Red Bank’s first touchdown on his trick play through center. Red Bank kicked off and Leonardo received the ball on her thirty yard line. The period ended with the ball in Leon- ardo’s possession on her thirty-five yard line. The score was still in Leonardo’s favor; Leonardo 7, Red Bank 6. The fourth quarter opened with the ball in Leonardo’s possession. Leonardo made first down and was pushing Red Bank up the field. With five minutes to play Leonardo still held the ball on her forty yard line. Then Leonardo fumbled, and Nestler of Red Bank re- covered the ball near Leonardo’s twenty-five yard line. Irwin ran around right' end for a ten yard gain. A series of line plunges brought the ball within a yard of Leonardo’s goal, from where Lartaud went through center for the second touchdown. Red Bank kicked off and Leonardo was downed on her thirty yard line. After a series of short gains the game ended with Red Bank again victorious by a score of 12—7, Four victories for Red Bank boys.