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

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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

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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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TITE ROUND TABLE 27 through center. The try for a point failed. The Seniors then kicked off to the Juniors and the Juniors were held for downs. Kaiser then made a fine 25 yard run through splendid in- terference. The ball moved back and forth first the Seniors getting in posses- sion of it and then the Juniors, but none could score before the half ended. In the third after a little seesawing the Seniors managed to get the ball on the Juniors 7 yard line after line plunges and end runs by MoIIer, Kaiser, and Irwin. Then Irwin suc- ceeded in crossing the goal for the second touchdown. The point failed. Irwin kicked off over the goal line for a touchback and the ball was brought twenty yards. After the Jun- iors plunged through the line a few times they made their first down. A long run by Hubbard and then by Leddy brought the ball to the 50 yard line. Leddy then gotten out of the way his brother Eddy made a long run but was brought down by Oaker- son by the 10 yard line. A series of losses and a penalty brought the ball into the Seniors hands as the third quarter ended. Oakerson made 7 yards through tackle, Kaiser added 4 on an end run, making it a first down. Irwin, Kaiser, and Oakerson made steady successive gains, and Irwin tore through left tackle for 1 1 yards. Moller after dropping the ball picked it up and neatly raced 17 yards before he was tackled. Kaiser made 8 yards through center. Irwin brought another first down with a 5 yard run. Kaiser then made a long run of 40 yards bringing the ball to the Juniors 1 yard line. Irwin then took the ball over for the third and last touchdown. The try for the point failed. It was getting dark now and a full moon shown brightly from the skys. The boys in the moleskins now played, or rather fought, under the stimulating influence of moonshine. During the Juniors control of the pigskin oval after the kick-off E. Leddy made 5 yards, E. Hubbard made 3 on an end run, and then a misjudged pass lost 12 yards for them. The Seniors then got the ball. Kaiser then made 7 yards, and a pass was incompleted, and the game ended. The Line-up: Seniors Juniors Taylor L.E Ivans Rice L.T Smith Noonan L.G Martinson Wilson C C. Irwin Stout R.G Sweel Jeffrey R.T Cooke Bennet R.E Ebie Oakerson Q.B E. Leddy Moller F.B Hubbard Kaiser R.H.B C. DeGarve Irwin L.H.B F. Leddy Subs: S. Maloney for Stout G. Gallagher for Ivans Touchdowns: Irwin (2) Oakerson (I). First Downs: Seniors 1 3 Juniors 2 Ground gained from Scrimmage: Seniors 218 yds. 22 in. Juniors 79 yds. First team “RY : F. Kaiser (Capt.), W. Colio (Mgr.), E. Irwin, C. Irwin, J. Sweel, J. Noonan, W. Wilson, W. Jeffrey, H. Moller, J. Cooke, C. Oakerson, E. Leddy, C. Ben- nett, W. Rice, G. Taylor, E. Hubbard, C. DeGarve, P. Smith. Second team “RY : E. McDermott (Asst. Mgr.), C. Ebie,