Spencer High School - Spencerian Yearbook (Spencer, IA)

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,pr-1 bu 'ww Mai. mama WWW? zzz? A T are !! 9' Spencer 21 Lemars 'IZ The Bengals opened the season wrth a vlctory over the Bulldogs Although scoreless for 2 quarters Bull lngs flnally pushed over for the flrst score In the 3rd period Conlon and l-lrtchcock followed up with a palr of T D s respectnvely Lee James fullback was hurt early nn the 3rd quarter due to a leg Injury James never returned to the llne up at full strength Spencer 20 Esthervllle 0 Lrttle tame was lost when kuckoff fume came at Sutherland Fleld at Evnlle for hardly had the clock begun when the Tigers began a drxve which resulted In a Blllungs touchdown A series of exchanging hands the ball fnnally rested on the Spencer 32 at half time Immediately after the 3rd quarter began the Midgets brought the plgskun deep unto Tnger terrntory when an attempted pass was nntercepted by Bob Carpenter cancelung any chance for scorsng Bnllungs score plus 6 polnts from Carpenter ended the game llAllSlll lllllllllll Spencer 40 Storm Lake I2 The Tngers took the field at Storm Lake strll ham pered by the casualty lust but worrned luttle after thus defmlte vlctory Agamn Spencer led In the statistical field Storm Lake could make ve-y lsttle progress In all attempts by alr and land due to a stronger than ever forward wall sparkplugged by Clrdden C-enson Doyle Steffen and Van Buren l-lntchcock was un doubtedly the otfensnve star by letting go on passung to make 3 long completions Three of the 6 T D s were made on long dnstance jaunts vla passing or rushing Max Van Buren Rodger Trenary Duck Glldden Lowell Hitchcock Don De Koster Don Conlon Lee James Bruce Shme OVIYII Steffen Glen Chenhall

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,.,-,--- ' in Homecoming Parade l95l The queen and her attendants made the traditional walk across the football field between halves of the Spencer- Sheldon game while the band played Let Me Call You Sweetheart. An excellent climax to the homecoming festivities was the I9 to 7 Tiger win over the Sheldon Orabs. At the Homecoming Dance held at Jefferson School after the game a special dance was dedicated to the queen and her attendants. 9531 ul Faculty Float

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Spencer 19 Sheldon 6 Spencer s homecomung was favorable because of a l9 6 vlctory over Sheldon at l-lart Field Third and 4th quarters relleved the worried spectators when Spencer recovered from a 6 6 tue Spencer galned thelr furst score early In the game but Sheldon followed up tn the 2nd quarter doing the same Spencer came back In the last 24 minutes to wln another vlctory Thus far Spencer had 5 wlns and no losses and a tue for furst place ln thc Lakes Conference wlth Cherokee Spencer O Emmetsburg 12 The Spencer hope of a perfect season was dlsmlssed when the Emmetsburg E Hawks lnvaded l-lart Fleld to stlfle a Bengal eleven The lack of sufflcnent block :ng and the lnlurles alded to the smooth salllng of the vusltors E burg started early un a drlve which ended un 6 points From here on tlll the close of the game nelther team was able to garn the needed ground But late In the fnnal period the E Hawks were able to cross the chalk lane vla the anr from lO yards out Although It was one loss to Spencers record they could stall share the top lf they could wun the remalnlng Z games one of which was wlth Cherokee Spencer 6 Cherokee I8 A second defeat came to the Bengals as Cherokee dosplayed thenr undenlable strength led by all state Lee Spence who complled two of the three Brave T D s After the flrst period the Trger defense tlght ened up to veto all threats save the flnal score Bull Speer crossed the chalk lane from a yard out to ac count for the Spencer score Spencer 25 Spmt Lake 6 The Tatemen ended the season with a 6 2 record clnmaxed by a 25 6 finale Carpenter relgned supreme IH this contest by scorlng twice for the Bengals The flrst two tumes they came possessors of the ball the Tigers marched to touchdowns ln most statlstlcs Spencer doubled In downs, rushing, passing and kick :ng Cherokee contmued :ts streak wnth a perfect rec ord, whale the Tngers copped 2nd place to end thus SCBSOF1 Buzz Curry Bull Doyle Frank Wadsley Stanley Hashngs Bull Speer Ted Lorenz Bob Barton Bob Carpenter Raymond Anderson Paul Bnllrngs ,wt ,Aww -new wmv .-Nm was kite-em 5 3 'ha,'f'VS WM 'WNQ gif? NN ,wen T' ii'- agile f' K -11.2- , .ai ,N . A - 1 ,,-s - ' V ' I ill -I , 5 A 1a I . . VV 1 my 4 - 7 - . gfigyfc 5 S' . S' A A 85 m - V I ' K l a :Z W 5 I , ei 5 1 ' JHVEQ-L , I K H I f K T1 1 3 r I T . 3... .V . . ' 5 A W- p f 'mi T- ' K I . Spf T A