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

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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

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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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Fenwick. The Friars marched down the field to the Ignatius ten-yard line, where they threw a pass that was good for the touch- down. The extra point was made on another pass, making the score 7-U. In the second quarter our captain and quarterback Iohn Foran was injured and was unable to see any more action that day. In the closing minutes of the half Fenwick made another score on a plunge from the three. The conversion was unsuccessful and the score at the half was Fenwick l3, Igna- tius U. In the second half Iggie's line was play- ing a heads-up game. The team was bol- stered by the high spirits of Maher who was dealing out plenty of punishment to the Friars. Wanucha kicked to the thirty and the Friars were stopped on their thirty-five. Iggies took over on downs and began to fight its way down the field sparked by hard runs by Iim Casaletto and by Witry-to- Quinn passes. Fenwick took over on downs but surrendered the ball after four plays. The Wolves fought back, making two first downs and bringing the ball to the Friars' thirty-eight. Iggies was forced to kick. Un- able to make ground on runs, Fenwick took to the air and threatened to score from the ten yard line. Ignatius held fast, however, and took over on downs. The Wolves were forced to kick. The kick was partially blocked and rolled to a dead stop on the twenty- three yard line. Fenwick took over and com- pleted three out of four passes that brought them over the goal. A plunge through center added another point and made the score 20-U. Both teams fought hard in the final quar- ter, but neither team scored. Ignatius had the ball within scoring distance when the whistle blew to end the game. Ignatius 26, Rita 12 Ignatius received and began to march on runs by Wanucha. Then Murphy took it over the goal on a quarter back sneak. The con- version failed and the score was B-0 with the Wolves on top. Ignatius kicked to Rita and they started moving on passes, getting as far as the four- teen, where they fumbled and lost the ball. Unable to gain, Barney Foote made a beauti- ful fifty-yard punt to Rita's three, from which spot Rita was forced to kick. The kick was partially blocked, and the Wolves took the ball on the twenty-eight. On the fourth down a pass from Abata to Quinn was good for another score. The conversion was good, making the score 13-U at the half. Ignatius kicked to open the second half, and again Rita threatened but was stopped on the thirty. A long pass from Wanucha to O'Connor was good for a third touchdown. Wanucha split the line and the score was 20-O at the third quarter. A St. Rita pass was intercepted and was run to the forty-five. Again Wanucha made a running pass to O'Connor, who scored for the fourth and final time. The kick was no good and the score was 26-U. Here the second and third team came in and Rita was able to score-but only after supreme effort. Rita kicked off, but the Wolves couldn't go, and Rita made another score on a long run. The kick was not good, and the game ended with the score 26-12. Loyola l9, Ignatius U After trouncing St. Rita the Monday before, the Lights ventured out once again with new spirit. But Loyola must have been look- ing for revenge for the loss they had suffered the Sunday before. The score shows they had their revenge to the tune of 19-U. Q However the score had no effect on Maher and Foran for their offensive and .defensive play sparked the team on to keep fighting. Also much credit goes to Abatta whose passes to Tobin and O'Connor picked up many valuable yards. Ignatius 18, Weber 6 The Lights trounced the Red Horde from Weber by the decisive score of l8-6. Tom Maher our quarterback and captain was injured in the first quarter and was taken out of the game. The team made a seventy-five yard march down the field to score from the three on a pass to O'Connor from Wanucha, but the point failed. Nothing happened for the rest of the first half and the score was 6-U with the Wolves on top. In the third quarter Weber made a suc- cessful forty-yard pass and scored. The con- version failed. In the final quarter the team really began to move. Wanucha made a beautiful run eluding four tacklers and go- ing seventy yards for a touchdown. The kick was off. Bob Maher made a long touchdown run that was called back. Witry plunged from the five for the final score of the game.