St Marys High School - Tower Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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as ta '3'T'A f2t . .C f-C tucked away when, in the last few minutes of play, Walnut Hills worked the ball to the two-foot line and, after three unsuccessful attempts, plunged the ball over and tied the score, which remained 7 to 7. Schwertman, always consistent, starredon the line, as did Williams and this humble scribe. Tristano shone in the backheld. Then came the championship game, the battle with St. Xavier High for the Catholic title. It was in this contest that the boys proved their mettle. Xavier registered its first touchdown in the Hrst few minutes of play after blocking a punt. Their next score came in the second quarter. But our boys came back in the second half to show that they were not to be outclassed. Having worked the ball down to the fifteen-yard line, misfortune again laid her callous hand on the team. The Blue and Gold fumbledg Xavier recovered and ran for another touchdown. Still the boys would not give up. They again Worked the ball to the three-yard line and over for a touchdown. But it was too late to even up the score, for a few minutes later the game ended with the ball in St. Mary's possession on Xavier's twenty-yard line. VVe were defeated but not disgraced. We gave our best, but the breaks went against us. Everyone on the Blue and Gold performed well. The punting of Tristano was the best that has been displayed around the local high schools in years. The playing of Ratterman, King and Walsh featured. The Newport game was played on a muddy field. The St. Mary's boys, being greatly outweighed, could not stop the plunges of the heavy backfield men of the Ken- tucky eleven. The St. Mary's team did not display the same Hnished teamwork that characterized their previous games. Schwertman, King and the gentle chronicler performed best for the Saints. E The boys then closed their season in a blaze of glory by defeating Hamilton Catholic High, 12 to 0. The' Weather being very cold, fumbling marred the game somewhat. The work of Tristano, Walsh, Schwertman, Dreyer, Ratterman and Wessel stood out for the Saints. Thus ended another successful season for St. Mary's on the gridiron. 1 -JEROME HUGGER, '27. J 2' . 2- Af- A A S., r f ,Sf , F, ' Page One Hundred Eleven

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Nl H to To I A 'W w , Q . es 9 y 9 K , R ,TV AQCQWEY 7 nnthall 1925 At the start of the 1926 football season, Coach Reddington had only three regular players leftifrom last 'season's eleven. Around these three lads he built up a strong team by filling in the vacancies with boys who never before played the game. From the time of the opening game at Norwood, which resulted 1 in a 0 to 0 tie, the group developed with more than ordinary speed, and as the season went on the Blue and Gold continued to show im- provement, so that it now can be classed with the fine St. Mary's teams of the past two years. The opening contest with Norwood was played in a sea of mud. The play was a slow and uncertain one in which punting and fumbling predominated. It was just :i case of slippery, sluggish attempts to put the ball over,'but neither team succeeded. Rielage, King, Williams and Dreyer starred for the Blue and Gold. The team then traveled to Ft. Thomas, where it met the powerful eleven of Highland High School. This game was played on a sodden gridiron. Neither team could make headway on the heavy field, and both failed to score. Line smashing was resorted to by both teams, but with little success, although thrills were plentiful, as each team brought the ball within scoring distance a number of times. Dreyer, Queenan, lwullen, Walsh and Gardner were the outstanding stars of this game. The third game was played with liflilford. The opposition here was strong, but llfilford was unable to stop the dashing Blue and Gold backs, who scored twenty-two points. White and Rielage looked best in the backfield, while the work of Williams, VValsh and Mullen stoodvout on the line. Ohio Military Institute was the next opponent. In this game Coach Redding- ton used many of his second eleven, who performed creditably and proved that they could be depended upon when needed. A score of twenty-five points was run up on the visitors. Hickey, Egan, Scanlon, Ratterman and White starred. The Walnut Hills game brought another thrill. P The Blue and Gold eleven got the ball over for a touchdown in the first period, and seemed to have the game safely 1 Z x, 2 X6 B1' i Page One Hundred Ten

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