Spaulding High School - Red and White Yearbook (Rochester, NH)

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26 THE RED AND WHITE making it 27-13, which was the final score. The fourth quarter was scoreless with Spaulding driving to the Som- ersworth seven-yard line as time ran out. It looks as if Spaulding may soon taste the cup of victory if they con- tinue to play the type of inspired ball that they played in the second half. Somersworth 7 14 6 O-27 Spaulding 0 0 13 0-13 .-- -.-Z SPAULDING 19- MANCHESTER WEST 7 Spaulding got its second win of the season by defeating West High 19-7. A Gale Varney's recovery of a fumble set up the first Spaulding tally. With Marcel Huppe and Kenny Dodge carrying, Spaulding went for the T. D. On third down, Ken Dodge carrying, Jim Smith booted the extra point and Spaulding led 7-0. West scored in the second quarter after Spaulding gave up the ball on downs on the West 44. Rosie Pa- quette went eight yards on the first play. Tom Casey threw a pass to Rosie on the 43 with Paquette scor- ing. Lennie Newell rushed the extra point. The score stood 7-7. Spaulding marched 53 yards only to lose the ball. The first play was a pass intercepted by Smith. With two passes incomplete, a five-yard penalty against Spaulding, and a Smith to Stuart pass, the half ended. Jim Smith opened the third quar- ter by returning the kickoi 33 yards to the 42. Huppe went around end for a first down on the West 42. Smith was forced to punt on fourth down, but was roughed up. It gave Spaulding a first on the West 25. They lost three yards in two plays. Smith went back to pass. Couldn't find a receiver and went around his left end for a T. D. The placement was not good. ' West came back, but Bucky Leon- ardi ended the threatfby catching Hamel's pass and raced from the Y Spaulding 15 to 47. Dodge went to the West 42 and Huppe went to the 28 for a first down. Dodge went for five yards and Huppe took a handoff to race the dis- tance. The try for the point was no good. The final score: .Spaulding 19, Manchester West 7. .iT SANFORD 19-SPAULDING 6 Flying fists and bad fumbles com- bined to spell the downfall of the Red Raiders at Goodall Park in San- ford. The score is no indication of the fighting team which Coach Pete Herman put onto the field. Spauld- ing fumbled on its own 20-yard line on the opening kickoff of the game. Sanford scored on two plays and the score was 7-0. Spaulding retaliated quickly and after a short drive Huppe sprinted 54 yards to score only to have the play called back by Umpire Berg. However, the Raiders contin- ued their drive and Huppe plunged over from the three-yard line to score Spaulding's only touchdown. Before the half ended Sanford managed to score once again and the score stood 13-6. Although Sanford scored once in the second half, there was more fistplay than football displayed. Dodge and Huppe were outstanding in their running and all around play for Spaulding. l SPAULDING VS. PORTSMOUTH VICTORY! l l Spotting Portsmouth a touchdown in the opening minutes, Spaulding roared back through the fog to over- whelm the Clippers 25-12. Ken Dodge and Marcel Huppe shared scoring honors with two touchdowns each. A Spaulding fumble in the first quarter gave Portsmouth their break and they capitalized on it, by driving 55 yards for their first touchdown. Their try for the point failed. Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 20 yards to the Spaulding '42, Dodge then

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g J, W ' I 1 I gf. Z f s X - fj- Interview learned that he s e fairly good By wrangling an on-the-spot inter- view with Mr. Richardson, coach of the Rochester teams during the 1930 era, I began asking questions which would compare teams of that time with teams of today. These are some of the answers: You have probably heard many of the old timers say that back in their day, football used to be a lot rougher and tougher and that the game today IS getting mild. But don't believe them. In fact, I believe that the game is even faster and more decep- tive than it used to be. He also mentioned the fact that today coaches have more boys to work with. Back about 1930 he said he did not have enough boys on his team to scrimmage each other in practice. g The former coach admitted that the equipment today is an improve- ment over the equipment of yester- year. He also said that the football itself used to be larger than it is to- day. His first year here, Mr. Richard- son built his team mostly of under classmen, and he received the satis- faction of ending the season by de- feating Dover 10-0. It is interesting to note that the formations we use today were used then, also-formations such as the T the Split T, the Box, and the Single- wing were popular at that time as they are today. Catching a few familiar names here and there, I happened to hear Sam ,Seavey's name mentioned and quarterback. Other familiar names mentioned were Frenchy Ferland, Don Mitchell, and Phil Bailey. Mentioning basketball Mr. Rich- ardson said that it had not been an interscholastic sport in Rochester for ten years when he received the coach- ing chores, so the team really had to start from scratch to make something of themselves. Since then, basket- ball has blossomed into one of Ro- chester's most popular sports. Finishing up the interview Mr. Richardson said, Any man who ever coaches a team never forgets that school. SPAULDING VS. SOMERSWORTH A near capacity crowd of 3,000 was on hand to watch the tussle between the Hilltoppers and the Raiders. In the first half it was all Somersworth as their wide end sweeps with per- fect interference proved devastating to the Spauldingites. At the half the score was 21-0, and it looked as if Somersworth would turn the game into a rout. However, in the second half, it was a different story. Spaulding received the opening kickoff, and in just three plays they struck paydirt, with Mar- cel Huppe reeling off 41 yards for the tally, and with what proved to be the longest run of the game. The try for the extra point failed, making the score 21-6. Somersworth once again tallied making it 27-6. But the in- spired raiders came back with Huppe running 33 yards for the tally and with Dodge pushing the extra point,

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-THE' RED AND WHITE 27 sneaked down the middle to grab Smith's pass on the 30, and ran un- molested into the end zone to put Spaulding back in the game. On the first play of the second half, Huppe broke away and romped 40 yards to make it 12-6. After holding Portsmouth on downs, Spaulding again took over, and after driving 35 yards to the Portsmouth 32-yard line, Huppe took the ball over, and outraced the Portsmouth secondary into the end zone, to make it 18-6. Dodge rushed -the extra point. Later in the third quarter Dodge intercepted Watson's pass and ran the ball back 31 yards to the 14-yard line. Huppe made nine yards and then Dodge took the ball the remain- ing five yards to make it 25-6. Portsmouth came right back with a 66-yard pass play for the final score of the night, leaving it 25-12. Al Ranagan may have won the full- back spot for his performance. Sam Theriault filled in at quarterback when Smith hurt his leg in the second half. Spaulding 6 13 6 0-25 Portsmouth 6 0 6 0-12 1,-.....---i LACONIA 24-SPAULDING 20 Laconia High saved their win streak by defeating Spaulding al- though the Raiders fought hard to stay in the lead most of the game. La- conia opened the contest by scoring on opening kickoff as Ken Wagnor ran 90 yards for the score. Spauld- ing bounced back and marched 80 yards for their first score. Ken Dodge and Marcel Huppe were the mainstays of this drive. A fumble set up Laconia's second touchdown and the first quarter ended 12-6. Again in second quarter a Raider fumble gave the Sachums their third score. Nevertheless, late in the second quar- ter Laconia also fumbled and a run by Dodge and a pass from. Jim Smith to Dodge gave the Raiders their second score. The Raiders came out fighting after the half as Jim Smith ran 43 yards to the La- conia 33 and Ken Dodge jaunted to the 22-yard line. This set up Huppe for a 22-yard end run score to make it 20-18 in favor of Spauld- ing. Both teams were held scoreless until the last few minutes of play when Laconia scored their all im- portant touchdown on a Raider fumble to make the final score 24-20. -,,1...il- SPAULDING VS. DOVER Spaulding's Red Raiders, playing their last game of the season, were edged out by Dover as the Green Wave avenged last year's loss by a score of 20-13. Hundreds of fans were on hand to View the 51-year old rivalry between the two teams. The game started with a bang as Dover fumbled the opening kickoff and Dodge recovered for Spaulding on the Dover eight-yard line. On the first play from scrimmage Huppe went over standing up on an end sweep. Smith rushed the extra point and Spaulding was ahead with a quick 7-0 score. But Dover refused to remain the underdog and Johnny Christiansen broke loose to score for Dover and make the score 7-6 as the first quar- ter ended. As the second quarter got under Way, Spaulding made a long drive, and Huppe again hit pay dirt by going over from the three- yard line. The try for the point failed making it 13-6. Dover again came back as Bastianelli tallied and Meserve kicked the point as the half ended. In the second half May made a long 65-yard run for Dover which proved to be the margin of victory, as Spaulding was held scoreless. Each team fought on even terms in the last quarter leaving the score 20-13. Spaulding 7 6 0 0-13 Dover 6 7 7 0-20 . SPAULDING VS. NEWBURYPORT Newburyport, Mass., squeezed out a tight 12-6 win over Spaulding High