Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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— COACHES —— F. Ribbel A. Williams P. Hempler | VARSITY GRID SEASON Or NOVEMBER 13 the Richmond High football squad ended its 1936 season in second place in the A. C. A. L. Out of eight games played, two were lost— one practice contest to Tamalpais and a league game to Piedmont, A.C.A.L. : victors. The Oiler team was coached by Frank Ribbel and Arleigh Williams who gathered together the remains of last year’s undefeated team and filled the empty berths with newcomers and former Jayvee players. Training was begun in the spring and after the summer vacation every detail of football was worked out in practice. The effective passing combination of “Whalen to Borgstrom” ‘| was developed, putting the Oilers on the happy end of the score many times. Defeat Diablo High 20-0 The Oiler’s first practice game was with Diablo High on the Richmond turf. The Diablo invasion was a complete failure as Richmond won 20-0. By this time the local rooters began to believe the Oilers might again go undefeated and a large crowd turned out to see San Rafael get dumped 12-0. Lose to Tamalpais Still unscored upon in ten games, the Oiler football machine crossed the bay to Tamalpais and scored a quick touchdown. Things looked easy until the second quarter when Bill Peters ran the Oilers ragged. Richmond lost 13-6. Whip Alhambra Panthers The last practice game was with Alhambra at Martinez. Still smarting from the last defeat, the boys vowed they would win. They settled down and played a fast, accurate game that was too much for the Panthers. After this game two © weeks were spent in hard practice in order to prepare the team for league competition. | Open League Against Piedmont As the first league game with Piedmont drew near, rumors said that Rich- mond would retain the championship. Piedmont was rated second in strength to | Richmond because of their poor showing against Diablo. However, when the day of the big game rolled around, Richmond was not at full strength, due to | previous injuries. In the first play Glen Whalen was injured, and the Oiler | PAGE TWENTY-NINE

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pe D. Christiansen, G. Whalen, K. Speer, J. Vargas J. Tandy, B. Blair, E. Johansen, L. Bonaparte, D. Lazzeretti, W. Batchelder, L. Borgstrom machine was torn apart by the shifty Scots. Led by the lightning sprints of Francisco, Piedmont handed the Oilers a 32-0 beating. After this terrific loss the boys stayed at home and met the attack of the Alameda Hornets. Still hampered by injuries they were able to eke out a 13-12 victory. After this poor exhibition the dopesters said Berkeley would trim the Oilers. Oilers 27, Berkeley 0 Richmond entered the Berkeley game as the underdogs because Piedmont only beat them 14-0. The Oilers were hot on that day and won 27-0. In the first two minutes of play Borgstrom intercepted a pass and ran 895 yards to score. Whalen’s return to the team restored their spirits, and their alertness brought two other scores on Berkeley fumbles. The last score was made on a power drive through the mangled Berkeley line. Plow Farmers Under 26-6 By this time the Oiler machine was working perfectly. Hayward was their last game and they had their eye on second place in the league. Richmond quickly scored on Hayward, and Hayward scored in turn while the Oilers were asleep. From then on the Richmond offense moved fast and won 26-6. Varsity Awards The varsity members who received their letters were William Baker, Walter Batch- elder, Leroy Borgstrom, Don Christiansen, Owen Henson, Dante Lazzeretti, John Meyers, George Millovich, John Odisio, and Lester Putnam. Stars went to Bill Blair, Louis Bonaparte, Robert Crane, Edward Johansen, Jack Tandy, Joe Vargas, and Glen Whalen. Following are the A. C. A. L. standings: Won Lost Pct. Piedmont ....... 4, 0 1.000 Richmond ...... a 1 6130 Berkeley -....... 2 2 000 Vaisiey Captain Alameda ......... 1 3 .250 GLEN WHALEN Hayward saeast ees 0) 4, .000 PAGE THIRTY