Rice Avenue High School - Unitas Yearbook (Girard, PA)

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Football Season 1928 BY CLARENCE BORLAND When the first call for football was issued by coach Von Neida, only 26 men reported and of these only six were lettermen from last year. To build up a Team around Captain Foye from this green material seemed quite a problem for Whitey. However after summing up our season's total we are quite satisfied. In athletics, as in every other contest of life, to accept the results, whether victory or defeat, in true sportsmanlike spirit shows real manhood. We hope to do bigger and better things in athletics in the coming year. Union High opened their season against Fairview. It was the first game for the new men and some of them were a bit nervous. 'ijimmyn Andrews, playing his first game for Union, reeled off a 60 yard run for a touchfdown. ln the fourth quarter Jacobson punted from the thirty yard line. The ball hit the top of the goal post and the upright toppled to the ground. Score: Union 30-Fairview 12. A The next game was with Cathedral Prep of Erie. Father Conway's highly touted Irishmen found the sledding a bit rough and Union tied them 6 to 6. Figula, Prep man intercepted a pass and ran 45 yards for a touchfdown. Union 6-Cathedral 6. Kanty proved to be too heavy and experienced for us and gave us our worst beating of the year. The two teams battled on practically even terms until L'Jakey was forced out of the game in the last quarter due to an injury and Kanty put over two touchdowns. Score: Union 6-Kanty Hi 27. Albion got a lucky break in the second quarter which netted them a touchdown and beat us. It was a great game and we can assure you that the boys from Albion knew they had been in a football game. Koehler received injuries in this game which kept him out for the remainder of the season. Score: Union 0-Albion 6. Union got the breaks against Union City High and we won. l think that the touchdown was the queerest of any that I ever saw. Foye made a beautiful pass to Andrews but it was intercepted and knocked down by a Union City man. Miller, who was running interference for Andrews, caught the ball before it touched the ground and fell on it. When the scramble was untangled the ball was over the goal line. Captain Foye tore the muscles in his left arm so badly that he was out for the rest of the season also. Union 7-Union City O. East High defeated Union in the next game at Erie. With Foye and Koehler on the bench and Jacobson playing with a badly injured leg it was small wonder that we were beaten. Union 6--East High 19. Union lost to Erie Central in a sea of mud at Athletic Field the next game. The game was played under the worst kind of handicaps, a wet Cand I mean wetj field, cold g and at bad wind. The breaks were in favor of Central and they took advantage of them. Both Central touchdowns came as the result of recovered fumbles. Score: A Union O-Central 13. , ' a The Union seconds wound up the season by battling the West Mill Creek Varsity to a scoreless tie. Five Yard Fox, the fifth of the famous four Horsemen, played a great game at fullback for the Seconds. Score: Union O-West Mill Creek O. Page Forty-Eight

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