Roodhouse Community High School - Railroader Yearbook (Roodhouse, IL)

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FOOTBALL MANEUVERS SERGEAN T BILL VIN YARD .................................................................... END Wilkie has put forth a strong arm when they started around his end. He held his position with great ability. LIEUTENANT MAURICE DURHAM ..,........................................... TACKLE Ko-Komo the beef trust of the right side of line. When Moose struck, the op- ponents stopped dead. SERGEANT O. D. HARP ...................................................................... GUARD Oat , by his always fighting spirit, gained his position on first eleven. He will be promoted to Lieutenant and will be back to help gain another championship. LIEUTENANT JOHN R. LEWIS ...................................................... CENTER Loonie , the ladies' man. His position at center was excellent, but boring. He remedied this by making a touchdown, which was a new job for the center. LIEUTENANT DAVID WEDDERSTEN ............................................ GUARD Turpentine held this position with great skill and fighting spirit. Dave was a hard man to get out of the way of. He advanced from second squad to Captain of the team for this year. SERGEANT KENNETH JACKSON .................................................. TACKLE Ernie lived up to his name Jackson, for when they advanced against him they stopped like hitting a stone wall. He gained his commission and should fill a big hole in next year's team. SERGEANT RAY KNOTH .......................................................................... END Goz , by his aggressiveness and spirit, gained a regular position on the first eleven. He played end on the offense and in the backfield on the defense. SERGEANT DALE STONE .......................................................... LEFT HALF Henry , although halnpered by injuries the earlier part of the year, became one of our most dependable backs in the latter part of the season. SERGEANT RICHARD WHITNEY ......,............................. QUARTERBACK Mouse , a smart field general and line-backer, made the longest run of the season against Pittsfield for a 7-0 victory. He should be a threat again next year. LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WEDDERSTEN ........................ ........ H ALFBACK Bud played with a fighting spirit and made many good runs. He made his share of points, had lots of aggressive and jovial fighting spirit. SERGEANT BOB NEAL ................................................................ FULLBACK Longgreen , overcoming the same early season tough luck, by his determined playing became a regular and showed ability as a line backer and pass receiver. SERGEANT EUGENE NEWTON ................................................ HALFBACK Sis , an end last year, was converted into a backfield man this year. I-Ie carried the ball like a veteran, and spoiled many an enemy's march by his alert defensive playing. LIEUTENANT WAYNE ELLIOTT ............................................ HALFBACK Peck , though this was his first year out, made the squad and made many ex- cellent runs. He was small and fast as greased lightning, with lots of fight. LIEUTENANT JOE DAWDY .............................................................. GUARD Mort filled an important spot when in the game. He had plenty of fight and aggressive spirit always in playing hard games. SERGEANT N. J. BUCKLIN .............................................................. CENTER Skinny played as a good substitute to center and kept up the team with his joking spirit. He will be a big help next year. LIEUTEN AN T JOE MORGAN .......................................................... TACKLE Ears was a good substitute and held his position with good judgment. He had a lot of spirit and fight. SERGEANT JERRY CLARK .................................................................... END Jud kept up the team's spirit with his fight spirit. He will be a big asset to next year's team. PRIVATE L. BENNER ................................................................................ END Bud was a substitute who played a big part in bringing another victory to the Railroaders. He was a good player with a great fighting spirit. CORPORAL JESSE SCOTT .................................................................. GUARD Jesse was a good sub and should show great ability next season, with a little more experience. Ninteen

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'Pup Row: Assistant Pouch lirwkenlmaivh, Huh Spom'0i'. fl0l1il'l'Yl'l2lll, Smith, f'ill'l'Tl0Zl!l. l.. lCiigl:nml. .l. ltluun-3 llc-il. J. llliiglzlml, Hill Siwiicer, Sifillli-Y. XV. lYuilclvi'st4-ii, Neill. Stow-. XVliitm-51 Nvwtoii. Hill xvllll'j'2ll'll, lirmlshaiw, XVilkilismi. filllblilllll, .l, i'i'zil1ti'oq. li. Sittmi, Holm Vim-- ynnl, ll. XVumlnll. J. lVoml:iIl, lluilsmi, Rico. Ii. S1-ntl. 'l'. Sittmi.. :mil l'u:i4-li t':implull. ltuilmii ltuw: l.ovlwl'. Kiinth. .lair-ksuii. llurhzim, lillf'lillll. J. Imwily, lii'llll1'l', llzlrp. ll, XY1-1l- clvrstm-ii, In-wis, .l. Scott, lilliutt, Vlzirk, liuslim-ll, Iii:-si-lifvlt. Uumis. llillllllll'lIl'll, Mvfh-1-, l'. l'i':ihti'i-v. FOOTBALL ATTENTION-The Railroaders again come through with another successful season. The Railroaders annexed a co-championship to its past successes. This makes it the sixth championship out of the last eight years. The Railroaders are to the Illinois Valley what Minnesota is to the Big Ten. The competition was very strong this season, with the Rail- roaders losing only to Carrollton, 6-0. The turning point of the season, giving us our co-championship, was the upsetting of highly rated Pleasant Hill and the hard fought victory over Pittsfield, 7-0 in the last game of the season. The highlight of the season was the 98-yard run by Dick Whit- ney in the last four minutes of play with splendid blocking of the entire team, spelling defeat for Pittsfield and victory for the Railroaders. We They We They Sept. 20 Waverly .... 34 6 Oct. 18 Jerseyville . . . 12 6 Sept. 27 Winchester . . 12 0 Oct. 25 Pleasant Hill . 27 0 Oct. 4 Greenfield . . 13 0 Oct. 31 Louisiana . . . 0 0 Oct. 10 Carrollton . . 0 6 Nov. 11 White Hall . . 20 0 Nov. 15 Pittsfield . .... 7 0 'A' if if D. Weddersten: 'Tm a little stiff from football. Joe Morgan: Where did you say you were from? 97 Eighteen

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'Imp Row: l,o4'hi-r, R, Ihwm. ll. VVuo4l:1ll. L. Daly, Benner, R. X'lllX1ll'4l, .Tom-s. Klillvlnml. Rim-. Sw-uiul Row: l'u:u'l1 Wlrnplwll, NVilkinson, Guntm-rrnzm, ll. Stum-, Nvail, XX'liitm-y. Slr:mp.:, lil. 'in ' S . nth. ll. Evolt, lmrhaim. hlziiizigt-r. Bottom Row: J. XYond:llI, XV. Viliyzlrcl, IJ. XVt'l'lll1'l Sf4'll. K. .lzu'ksun. J. Scott. lflvere-tt, llulim-s. 1941-42 BASKETBALL SEASON RIGHT FACE-The Railroaders enjoyed another successful season, winning twenty games, and losing eight. With scheduled games this year, the Railroaders were slow to win, but when a trophy was offered the Railroaders came through. We won the Winchester Invitational Tourna- ment for the first time we started taking part in it. We also won the Greene County, which was played at Carrollton. We went to the Sectional by getting second place in the Regional. We played Cathedral in the open- ing game, but they won from us by five points. ' Kenneth Jackson, a Sergeant, broke an all-time scoring record set by Jack McDonald in '39 and '40 of 230 points. Jackson broke this record by scoring 328 points. Nov. Dfw ,Dec Dec Dec Dm' D00 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb Feb Feb Feb We They VVINCHESTPIR INVITATIONAL 28 Pittsfield . 21 27 We The-y 2 Patterson . 59 11 Jan. 20 Griggs-ville . . . 40 19 5 Alsey . . 30 22 Jan. 22 Bluffs . . . 42 23 Sl Eldred . . . 37 21 Jan. 23 Mt. Sterling . . . 32 24 12 Winchester . . 28 21 Jan. 24 Murrayville . . . 31 22 lf Ml '.'?'yV 1 ' - 22 13 GREENE COUNTY 'roURNA1x1EN'r I9 Bluffs ' ' 21 35 Feb. 4 Carrollton . . . 22 17 3 - Feb. 5 G1-eenfieul . . . 47 :sis - if ' -- -' ' , 1 . . . .1 2V girgggggif - gig Feb'R2J5fGZii.Tl' JERSEYVIZLE ' 30 Carrollton G . 25 T NIHP. 4 AlS6y .... 56 31 10 Wllitye Hall I G 23 -Z0 M21l'. 5 C21l'l'0lll0Il . . . 29 19 13 Jerseyviue . D 38 15 M312 6 Whlte Ilan . . . 28 29 17 Greenfield . . 44 24 SECTIONAL AT JACKSONVILLE 20 Rushville . 23 25 Mar. 10 Cathedral . . . 43 48 Twenty