Roosevelt High School - Strenuous Life Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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stepped over the white lines to end the Teds' scoring attack for the night. A flurry of passes saw the Hilltoppers march 71 yards in the waning moments of play, to score, and save them from a complete whitewash. Rain, the greatest equalizer between two teams, played a prominent role in the outcome of Roosevelt's 0-0 deadlock with Ballard. Although the home club piled up a decided advantage along the statistics’ route, they were unable to muster sufficient power to bring the porkhide to pay-dirt. Ballard's 14-yard stripe was the deepest the Riders could penetrate all night. In the (Inset) Spirited song leaders start a new Ted tradition! left to right, back row: Eva Sjursen, DeNeece Marker, Shirley Lancaster, Harriet Kreps; front row: Marilyn Jacobson, Mary Ann Knutzen, Jean Rue. Barbara Schmid third stanza, the Beavers, highlighted by the running of Hugh Locker, waltzed down to the Teddies 24-yard line. A Ballard Homecoming crowd went into a frenzy, but their joy was short-lived as a fourth down desperation pass failed to click and the Teds took over. With six minutes remaining, the Roughriders began a final drive. Despite the hard work of Monroe and Hudson, the Teds failed to cash in, and their efforts were naught, when a clipping penalty set them back on the Ballard 27. Throughout the game typical Seattle weather (rain to you) hindered both clubs, and firm footing was impossible to achieve, as the field was a sea of rain-swept mud. 27

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Great teams sometimes stumble, and this year the boys from Lincoln, who had been 1949 Football Kings, fell by the roadside. Roosevelt-Lincoln contests have always had plenty of spirit, and this year was no exception. The Teds, besides having the hustle, had the material, and dominated the play from the opening whistle. With Monroe spear-heading the attack, the locals piled up 367 yards via ground and air maneuvers. Mike’s accounting for two T.D.’s, McNamee’s six-pointer, and end Larry Bean’s gallop over 50 yards of gray sand ran the evening's score to 26 points, while the Railsplitters were being held to a safety and a couple of touchdowns. A Friday afternoon marked the fall of the West Seattle Indians. It was as simple as that. Capitalizing on four fumbles, three intercepted passes, and a field goal of their own, the Teddies racked up their third win in as many starts. Rollicking Mel Mosteller started things moving when he intercepted a W. S. pass and raced 27 yards to score. After a 61 -yard quick- kick had rocked the Indians back on their own 17, Monroe picked off another stray pass and hit pay dirt for an additional 6 points. Hudson’s field goal from 6 yards out ended first half scoring 16-0. After McNamee had inked the record book with a T. D., and Hudson had con- verted with a try-for-point, the day’s scoring read 23-0. The Queen Anne Grizzlies, hit hard by graduation and out-weighed by the Green and Gold forces from Roosevelt, simply were outclassed. Every available Ted player who had a suit on, saw at least a few minutes of varsity action, and when the clock ran out, the scoreboard read 26-6. The Colonels’ fearsome-foursome combo of McNamee, Hudson, Monroe, and Hull wasted little time in starting to roll. Hull bucked over from the one, ’’Mac registered another from 4 yards out, and Hudson cracked left guard for the third counter of the game. A fourth period T.D. came by way of air express. Monroe completed a 24-yard aerial to Gene Hull, who 26

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Cleveland was next to fall beneath the Ted’s oncoming grid machine. In spite of a slippery turf, the local outfit rolled up two touchdowns and kicked an extra point in checking the Southenders 13-0. First-half scoring threats vanished as both teams bogged down when the Oozing to a 0-0 tie with Ballard Hup, tuh, three, four . . . going got rough. Roaring out after intermission, the undaunted Green and Gold drove straight down field for the first T.D. After the try-for-point had split the uprights, the Roughriders again found the scoring circle when the three M’s (McNamee, Mosteller, Monroe) combined their efforts to set the pattern for Gene Hull to pull a quarterback sneak. This drive covered 70 yards, and with the win, the stage was set for the season’s finale with unbeaten Franklin. The scene was Memorial Stadium, time 8:00, as a football could be seen spinning end- over-end toward a Franklin backfield man. This game linked together the once-tied North- 28