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 Wolves 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 aerlal 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 15 yards Th1s 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 frve minutes of the f1rst per1od had elapsed Rotunno chmaxed a pair of passes from Hodek to Francoeur good for 30 yards with his plunge for the score Big B111 Keefe went over for the point on a quarterback sneak The second quarter went scoreless w1th most of the action taking place in the v1c1n1ty of the Mel 35 yard line The third quarter netted us 2 more points when Mel s Hurst was to attempt a punt in h1s own end Bob Gr1mes hard plunglng fullback for the Wolves goes off nght tackle for cr gam agamst De Paul m VV1nnemac Park Guard B111 Guay 1S running mterfer 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 sole Pat threat came late in the last quarter when Hett1nger uncorked a 60 yar esperation heave to McCaffrey but thei ext pass was intercepted and so end ed t e game ST IGNATIUS 21 ST MEL 6 Intent on emerging North Section champs the Iggies took the Key Branch held 1n the last league contest of the season agarnst an aggress1ve St Mel eleven Before the game Coach Ma1ll1ard reminded his boys that they had come a long way in the North zone The pass from center sailed over h1S head an automatic safety The ball was Mel 20 The krck was short and three downs later saw Big Biff Grimes plunge 8 yards over left guard to score In the final period guard Bill Guay realized the llnernan s dream of carrying the ball when he inter cepted a pass from Mel s Quarterback B1ller and scooted 26 yards to the goal l1ne Mel s sole score came 1n the waning minute of the final per1od when after a 30 yard march the Cadets Biller scored from the lyard line It was certainly a welcome Slght to see Bor degan Garrow and Turek back on the field after sustarmng injuries earlier 1n the season NORTH SECTION CHAMPS' ' ' ' ' then put into play by a place kick on the - ' - I - fn - .. . 1 I3

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Bob Turek gams ten yards to set up a score agaznst Marquette B111BarcaI I521 Lee Benn1sh 1271 and joe Baczgalupo H51 pave the way w1th the1r blockmg over center for the score after br1l11ant runs by Grrrnes and Francoeur had advanced the ball to Loyola s 3 Early rn the th1rd quarter our lead was lengthened to 8 pornts thanks to the alertness ot Guay and Wood 1n block mg a Loyola punt rn the end zone tor an autornatlc safety Later 1n the same per1od Ioe Small clrmaxed a drxve lughhghted by a paxr ot passes from Grlmes to Barcal and to Francoeur by scor1ng from the 3 Guess what happened then? That s r1ght It started to pour Late 1n the fourth quarter B111 Roche scarnpered 72 yards down the s1de11ne tor Loyolas sole touchdown th1s was by the way only the second touchdown scored agarnst the Iggres rn tour games of league play ST IGNATIUS 20 DE PAUL 0 On the Wlnnemac Park held the same held that last year saw Ignatrus lose a close one to St George C6 01 the Iggres routed COIDGS G FUHIHI1 the De Paul Demons by the decxsxve score ot 20 0 After a scoreless t1rst quarter that d1dnt prove anythxng except that the De mons were tougher than the f1na1 score 1nd1 cates the Wolves dug 1n and soon an nexed 6 polnts Th1s score came when Eddxe Francoeur ploughed 12 yards over lett tackle on a reverse from Small who later ran the ball tor the p a t Mldway 1n the th1rd pass to Francoeur ln the end zone Agam Ioe Small plunged tor the pomt after Early ln the fourth quarter Francoeur repeated the same play that led to the t1rst touchdown aga1n w1th the same result The fact that the same man scored all three touchdowns seems to 1nd1cate that th1s was a one man show but th1s 1S tar from be1ng the truth L11 B111 Keete held captaxn for the day along w1th Guay Schnexder and Wood dld devastatlng work ln the l1ne St Ignatrus 33 St Patr1ck 0 , it ' 2... 1 . - I ' - ' . quarter Grimes fired a 30-yard touchdown , . . I I . . . I I A ' I I I ' ' 1 , , 12 Rotunno runs wlde around r1ght end tor a gazn of twenty yards agamst St George Broc H571 runs mterterence whlle Garrow

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Standing: tleft to rightl 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 Iohn 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