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

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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,

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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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28 THE ROUND TABLE G. Gallagher, J. Maloney, L. Finkel- stien, W. Ivins, G. Carrey, F. Nielson, F. Hope. Ed. McDermott was elected manager for 1925 by the football squad. -------o------ BASKETBALL Red Bank’s basketball season is under way. Although the first two games ended in defeat the season’s outlook is promising as we have prac- tically our entire last year’s varsity. “Fritz” Leddy was elected captain of this years team and his choice as leader is considered fortunate for the team as he has proven himself capable in past athletics. Mr. Lovett has worked hard with the boys, and due to his efficient tutelage the team will probably attain a high rating as it did last year. Last year’s team had 1 1 victories and 3 defeats to its credit, one at the hands of Freehold which had been defeated twice before by the Red and Gray. Since the team is handicapped by not having a gym, the accession of our new gym will be greeted with es- pecial enthusiasm as it will mean a real opportunity for the present and future Red Bank teams to have practice and play games on its home court. South River Game Dec. 5, 1924 At South River, our team was de- feated by the home team 50 to 24 after a hard game. Red Bank had hardly any supporters from the student body as it was inconvenient to go to South River in the hard rain, yet the team played its hardest and deserves a great deal of praise for the showing it made. At the end of the first half the score was 33 to 2, but in the next half Red Bank played South River almost to a standstill scoring practic- ally all its points, and holding South River closely. All the Red Bank play- ers played well. Rice and Leddy doing most of the scoring, and playing a fine defensive game. Sakolowski, the South River star and all state basket- ball choice for last year, starred for the home team scoring most of the points, and playing a marvelous defensive game. F. Leddy, E. Leddy, Sweel, Kaiser, Rice, Tierney, Oakerson, McKnight and Fix represented the Red and Gray. Red Bank, 30; At. Highlands, 34 In a hard, closely contested game at the local Y. M. C. A., Atlantic High- lands barely defeated Red Bank. The entire game was fast and furious but cleanly played, and neither team could draw away for most of the first half. However, at half time, Atlantic Highlands had 19 to Red Bank’s 13 points. Late in the 2nd half, with Highlands 8 points in the lead, the Red and Gray staged a terrific comeback, adopting a daring offense and attempt- ing shot after shot from all angles, and the score would have probably been tied, but for the two splendid baskets made by “Bus”, the Highland right guard, whose offensive playing was a feature of the game. Atlantic Highlands forwards did practically all the scoring for the coast boys, while Rice, Kaiser and Leddy did most of the scoring for Red Bank. Tierney played a splendid game in offense and defense, while “Eddy” Leddy’s was really magnificent. “Fritz” Rice, Sweel, McKnight and Kaiser also starred especially in those exciting, throbbing, heart-rending, last few min- utes. Last year, we beat Atlantic High- lands 46—21.