St Ignatius High School - Ignatius Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ST. IGNATIUS 33. ST. PATRICK 0 To a team that had been rolling smoothly and in high gear for five weeks, St. Pat's presented no problem. After a comparatively slow start the 'lWolves penetrated St. Pat's defense late in the first quarter. Brocollo plunged 3 yards to score on a quarterback sneak and Rotunno ran the ball for the point after touchdown. In the second quarter Grimes heaved a 20-yard aerial to Ed Fran- coeur, who covered the remaining 30 yards to the goal line for the second tally. Rotunno again added the point. Rotunno scored in the third quarter on a reverse from Fran- coeur that netted l6 yards. This time Grimes plunged over for the point. In the fourth period Grimes powered 12 yards off tackle Section race, adding that years later recol- lections of this game would stand out in their minds. The talk wasn't of the go-out-and- die-for-the-school variety, but nevertheless an inspiring one. The final score demon- strates how well the team took Mal's advice to heart. Before five minutes of the first period had elapsed Rotunno climaxed a pair of passes from Hodek to Francoeur, good for 30 yards, with his plunge for the score. Big Bill Keefe went over for the point on a quarterback sneak. The second quarter went scoreless, with most of the action taking place in the vicinity of the Mel 35-yard line. The third quarter netted us 2 more points when Mel's Hurst Was to attempt a punt in his own end Bob Grimes, hard plunging fullback for the Wolves, goes off right tackle for a gain against De Paul in VVinnemac Park. Guard Bill Guay is running interfer- ence. to score. Then Pat's took to the air, but there, as on the ground, their attempts were futile, Big Bill Keefe intercepted one aerial and raced 75 yards to the goal line, and another score. The solefPat threat came late in the last quarter when Hettinger uncorkedl a 60- yard desperation heave to McCaffrey, but their next pass was intercepted, and so end- ed the game. ST. IGNATIUS 21. ST. MEL 6 Intent on emerging North Section champs, the Iggies took the Key Branch field in the last league contest of the season against an aggressive St. Mel eleven. Before the game Coach Mailliard reminded his boys that they had come a long Way in the North zone. The pass from center sailed over his head-an automatic safety. The ball was then put into play by a place kick on the Mel 20. The kick was short, and three drowns later saw Big Biff Grimes plunge 8 yards over left guard to score. In the final period Guard Bill Guay realized the lineman's dream of carrying the ball when he inter- cepted a pass from Mel's Quarterback Biller, and scooted 26 yards to the goal line. Mel's sole score came in the Waning minute of the final period when, after a 30-yard march, the Cadet's Biller scored from the l-yard line. It was certainly a Welcome sight to see Bor- degan, Garrow, and Turek back on the field after sustaining injuries earlier in the season. NORTH SECTION CHAMPS!

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Bob Turek gains ten yards to set up a score against Marquette. Bill Barcal t52l, Lee Bennish l27l, and Ioe Bacigalupo 1151, pave the way with their blocking. over center for the score after brilliant runs by Grimes and Francoeur had advanced the ball to Loyola's 3. Early in the third quarter our lead was lengthened to 8 points thanks to the alertness of Guay and Wood in block- ing a Loyola punt in the end zone for an automatic safety. Later in the same period Ioe Small climaxed a drive highlighted by a pair ot passes from Grimes to Barcal and to Francoeur by scoring from the 3. Guess what happened then? That's right, it started to pour. Late in the fourth quarter Bill Roche scampered 72 yards down the sideline for Loyola's sole touchdowng this was, by the way, only the second touchdown scored against the 'Iggies in four games of league play. ST. IGNATIUS 20. DE PAUL 0 On the Winnemac Park field, the same field that last year saw Ignatius lose a close one to St. George C6-Ul, the Iggies routed 'xcornes a-runnin'. the De Paul Demons by the decisive score of 20-O. After a scoreless first quarter that didn't prove anything except that the De- mons were tougher than the final score indi- cates, the Wolves dug in and soon an- nexed B points. This score came when Eddie Francoeur ploughed 12 yards over left tackle on a reverse from Small, who later ran the ball for the p. a. t. Midway in the third quarter Grimes fired a 30-yard touchdown pass to Francoeur in the end zone. Again Ioe Small plunged for the point after. Early in the fourth quarter Francoeur repeated the same play that led to the first touchdown. again with the same result. The fact that the same man scored all three touchdowns seems to indicate that this was -a one man show, but this is far from being the truth. Li'l Bill Keefe, field captain for the day, along with Guay, Schneider, and Wood, did devastating work in the line. St. Ignatius 33, St. Patrick U Rotunno runs wide around right end tor a gain t twenty yards against St George. l'Broc t57l runs interference While Garrow

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Standing: lleft to right? I. I. I. Sullivan, Witry, MacDonald, T. Maher, Reynolds, Foran, Faccenda, R. Maher, Henry, Fenlon, Cusick, R. Maloney, Moroney, Casaletto. Middle row: Burke, Wanucha, Abata, Moore, Hackett, Foreman, Foote, Galvin, Geraghty, W. Maloney, Uhler, Garvin. Bottom row: Williams, Quinn, Mininni, Kelliher, Shelffo, Wise, Hurley, Murphy, Reiland. THE LIGHTS This year's Lightweight Team showed very much spirit and willingness to fight. The team had a fairly heavy line with a light backfield. The starting team was composed of Quinn and Tobin at ends, Garvin and McDonald at tackles, Cusick and Burke at guards, and Fran Maroney at center. In the backfield was lohn Foran at quarter, Maher and Abata alternating at full, and Sullivan and Wanucha at the halves. The team was under the capable direction of Bob McDonnell, '42, who assisted Coach Mail- liard while on leave from Notre Dame. IGNATIUS 7. LEO 7 Ignatius won the toss and elected to re- ceive. After a few tries at the line, Sullivan ran off tackle, eluded several would-be tacklers, and sprinted down the field for a touchdown leaving a seventy-yard trail of bewildered Leo players behind him. Abata scored the extra point on a center plunge, making the score seven to nothing with the Wolves on top. Wanucha's kick to the twenty-five was run back to the thirty. After a hard tackle Leo fumbled and Iggies recovered. Then the Wolves marched down to Leo's eight yard line. There, however, a Leo tackle broke through, grabbed the ball from the quarterback, and ran ninety-two yards for a touchdown. The kick was good and the score was tied 7-7. To begin the third quarter Stan Wanucha made a nice kick to the Leo thirty-five. The line held well -and forced Leo to kick out. It was a bad kick but Leo recovered the ball on their own twenty-eight. The Lions fumbled and Ignatius recovered but gave the ball up on downs. After trying our line without success, Leo kicked to the 42. Ignatius re- turned it seven yards to end the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Ignatius was con- stantly the aggressor. Wanucha made a first down and the referee gave us fifteen more yards because of holding. The day was muddy and the ball was slippery. The pigskin got away from the center and Leo recovered on the forty-five. The Wolves made a savage tackle and Leo fumbled. With a few moments left to play Witry faded back and threw a pass to Wanucha who speared it on the fifteen and battled it to the ten. The whistle blew at that point and that was the game. Fenwick 20, Ignatius U Ignatius won the toss and elected to re- ceive. Wanucha ran the ball back to the twenty-eight before he was stopped. After four downs Ignatius forfeited the ball to