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

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THE ROUND TABLE 25 vantage. Hubbard soon scored a touchdown on an end run, and now near the close of the game, Bennett made the point after charging at and being absolutely stopped by a goal post. He finally veered to one side, and fell over the final stripe. For South Amboy, Shephard, Geehan, and Parkerson starred. Score: Red Bank 19 7 6 28—60 South Amboy 0 0 0 0— 0 Line-up S. A. vs. R. B. Ed. Irwin.......L.E........... Adams Kaiser (Capt.). L.T.......... Reiner Noonan..........L.G....... Mortinson Wilson.......... C. Van Hise Jeffrey........R.G......... Ferguson Moller R.T. Keegan C. Irwin.......R.E....... Lamberson Oakerson.......Q.B........... Geehan Taylor L.H.B. Oliver Rice..........R.H.B. Holman Bennett F.B........ Shephard Substitutes for Red Bank: Smith for Noonan; Hubbard for Taylor; E. Leddy for Oakerson; Par- ker for Wilson; Gallegher for E. Irwin; Hope for Jeffrey; Finklestein for Moller; Ivans for C. Irwin; Ebie for Kaiser. Red Bank, 46; Lakewood, 0. November 14, 1924 Displaying a strong deceptive attack and a remarkably tight defense, Red Bank ran rough shod over their op- ponents, downing them under an aval- anche of touchdowns. In the first minute of play, a Lake- wood kick was blocked and Moller fell on the ball over the goal line, making the first touchdown. During the entire game. Red Bank employed a steam roller type of attack led by Oakerson, which flattened the opposition. The air waves were also used very effectively in gaining many points. Last year Lakewood defeated Red Bank, and this victory was, therefore, very gratifying to the Red Bank back- ers. Doing their best to emulate the deeds of the ’22 eleven, the Red and Gray boys fought and fought until the final whistle which spelled relief for tired resort boys. Lakewood, however, deserves much credit for the courage- ous game she played, but she could not display the attack by which she beat Red Bank the year before. The Lakewood eleven showed better men- tal gymnastics than any other eleven during the season, and then especially the backfield—Cooms, Hirsch, and Constantine were very fast and clever. In the third quarter Irwin scored on a long forward pass. Taylor as usual contributed his long run feature, but was pulled down from behind just five yards from the goal line. Oakerson then succeeded in pushing it across the line. Taylor, Rice, and Bennett scored on end runs and line plunges. The Line-up: Red Bank Lakewood E. Irwin L.E Mohel Kaiser (Capt.) L.T .... Schutzbank Wilson C Taylor Noonan L.G McCanlay Jeffrey R.G Pulchrans Moller R.T Steckler C. Irwin R.E Newman Oakerson Q.B .... Constantino Taylor L.H.B Hirsch Rice R.H.B Coombs Bennett F.B Horner Subs: Red Bank — - Hubbard for Taylor; DeGarve for Rice.

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24 THE ROUND TABLE Our team proved its calibre in this game making its highest score of the season. Moller, the star tackle, started the scoring streak within the first two min- utes of play, when in practically the same situation as in the preceding Chattle game, he blocked South Am- boy’s kick and romped 20 yards for a touchdown. It was a spectacular block, and a splendid run. On South Amboy’s first play after the second kickoff. Rice neatly intercepted a for ward pass and raced through the entire South Amboy team 35 yards for a touchdown. Later in the quarter after a fine 20 yard run by an Amboy back, Taylor spoiled Amboy’s chance to score by intercepting a forward and after running 40 yards bringing the ball to South Amboy’s 40 yard stripe, and was a splendid run and a touch- down seemed sure until Hoggy was tackled by 2 men. After gains by Ben- nett and Taylor, Oakerson fumbled but Noonan managed to capture the ball out of the scramble. Rice made 15 yards on an end run. Taylor made 13 yards, and was tackled on Amboy’s 2 yard line. Rice brought the ball over the goal, and Irwin made the point. Red Bank already scored 19 points in the first 7 minutes of play. For the rest of the quarter Red Bank forced South Amboy back, and nice runs by Oakerson, Rice and Taylor brought the oval to S. A.’s 2 yard stripe as the whistle blew for the cul- mination of the first quarter. Red Bank did not score however, on account of a fumbled pass which Am- boy retrieved. After Amboy kicked to midfield. Rice and Taylor made 2 successive first downs on end runs, Irwin made 12 yards on a pass, and Red Bank gained at will, finally bring- ing the ball to Amboy’s 10 yard line, where a chance to score was lost on a pass being grounded behind the goal line. Afterward Rice made a touch- down, after a pass to Irwin netted 24 yards. Hubbard went in for Taylor, Leddy for Oakerson, and Parker for Wilson. Hubbard made the extra point. The half soon ended with the score 26—0. Early in the next half, S. A. furnish- ed a scare by possessing the ball on Red Bank’s 3 yard line, on a 15 yard penalty. Red Bank allowed Amboy another yard and then showed its superb defensive potentiality by hold- ing S. A. for 3 downs until the latter fumbled but recovered with a loss. Then, a drop kick was attempted but failed, and Red Bank was saved from the ignominy of being scored against. A little later South Amboy tried an- other drop kick from the 25 yard line after intercepting a pass. Then an- other drop kick failed after another Red Bank pass was intercepted. Mol- ler was doing some splendid work on the defense. Leddy made a speedy run off tackle for 15 yards, and Rice added 12 more. A lateral from Rice to Hubbard and a splendid run netted 25 yards. Bennett added a few, and then the wizard “Eddie” Leddy scored a touchdown, after speeding around an end and through the entire Amboy team for 20 yards. After Hubbard on a 15 yard end run brought the ball to Amboy’s 3 yard line, Rice scored an- other touchdown. For the remainder of the game Leddy and Hubbard and Bennett furnished plenty of thrills by their splendid runs. Hubbard made a touchdown and Leddy the point. Al- most all the subs were now herded into the game, and showed up to good ad-

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26 THE ROUND TABLE Toms River Game Cancelled. On Saturday, Nov. 22, the weather man was cruel to us, and due to the exceedingly inclement weather Toms River phoned to Red Bank, and the game was mutually cancelled much to the regret of our grizzly moleskin clad warriors, who were very eager to add another victory to our string. How- ever, the elements were kinder to us on Thanksgiving day. Ah! Red Bank, 13; Leonardo, 3 Even though Leonardo scored against Red Bank in their annual fiasco, the Red and Gray team left the field with gladdened hearts for they earned a real victory. Red Bank avenged the defeat of last season by Leonardo. This game marked the last appearance in moleskins for Red Bank of Rice, Moeller, Bennett, Oakerson, Jeffrey, Irwin, Wilson and many others. Rice and Bennett scored their last touchdowns for Red Bank. Through most of the game, the teams swept back and forth the field in a deadlock. Red Bank’s gains came mostly on long end runs, with a few smashing line plunges and forward passes, most of which were successful. For Leonardo’s lone tally, a smiling back sent a long splendid drop kick over the bar after a few previous at- tempts had failed. Senior vs. Junior Dec. 9, 1924 In their annual interclass meeting, which in the spirit of intense rivalry equals the famous Army vs. Navy bat- tle, the Seniors trounced the Juniors by the score of 18—0. The game was played at Victory field soon after school, on a windy, snappy afternoon. Neither class was very well represent- ed by their class mates, but neverthe- less they had a fast game. The Juniors surprised the Seniors by their extraordinary strength on the defense, the Seniors making practically all their gains on end runs. The back- field for the Seniors was composed of Kaiser, Moller, Irwin, and Oakerson. Oakerson was the only varsity in his regular position. The others were var- sity linemen. The regular backfield, Taylor, Rice, and Bennett, played on the line. Although this change was made they all played as though they had been in their present positions all year. The Juniors had Hubbard, DeGarve, E. Leddy, and F. Leddy, the first three being first team subs, who received their letters. The Juniors kicked off and Taylor made a neat 32 yard run back to the Senior 35 yard line. Then the Senior onslaught began netting them a first down. The unexpected came. Hub-» bard nicely intercepted a forward pass and was downed in his tracks. The Juniors failed to gain more than a few yards and were forced to kick, Oaker- son receiving the ball and running it back 10 yds. On the next play Kaiser, with great interference made a run of 20 yards. Four more first downs were gotten by line plunges and end runs until the ball was pushed to the Juniors 20 yard line where Sweel recovered a fumble and it was the Juniors ball The Juniors kept the ball for a while but Moller recovered a fumble on the 28 yard line before the Juniors had gotten first down. The quarter ended with the Seniors in possession of the ball on the 8 yard line. At the beginning of the second quarter Oakerson took the ball over for the first touchdown with a fine play