St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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FOOTBALL-CCont1nuedJ Our next opponents were St Marys Hrgh School of Cortland rn a night fray October 6 It was about 7 00 P M the crowds started fillrng tne stands the band clad rn green and whrte capes were marchrng on the field playrng the Alma Mater rn a short trme the two teams came out from the dressing rooms rn a few minutes the game was on In the first quarter Casey romped wenty yards for the first touch down In the second and thrrd quarters nerther team scored Early rn the last perrod St Mary s pushed over a tally the score now was 7 7 After St Patrick s received the krck off Capt Jerome Ryan ook matters rnto hrs own hands and ordered to be grven the ball He carried the ball four consecutive trmes for a gain of sixty yards and a touchdown This game endrng rn favor of the Emeralds and our second vrctory The next two contests both bern played away wr h St Alloy srus Hrgh of Pome and Green H1 h School on October 14 and 21 respectrvely were defeats Rome wrth a heavv team and strong offense took the contest by one pornt The Emeralds fought hard and barred Pome from crossing the goal lrne on drfferent occasrons Early rn the thrrd quarter Pome charged through our lrne for brg gains resultrn rn a touchdown In the final period we backed them up to therr own goal they tr red to krck but rt was took rt over rn three plays the ame ended 7 6 The nex week we lost to Creene 7 0 St Patrrcks took the field without Bill Courul regular guard who suffered a brd rmury rn the I ome game and wrthout several backfield men who were hurt rn practice Matthews and Warner showed up good rn a passing combrnatron whrch threatened the Greene team rn the second quarter but the half ended without a touchdown McDonald due to a broken hand had been out of unrform so far thrs season but broke rnto the Greene game and gained many vards through center and on off tackle plays for the Emeralds In our next game on November 3 we defeated Susquehanna 7 6 Up to thrs time the Pennsylvama boys were undefeated Cahill McManus and Ford starred defensrvely for the Green and White Whrle Purdy McDon ald and Horney rn the backfield made many nrce runs St Patrrck s were without Dutch Warner who broke hrs collar bone rn the Greene game In the final contest of he year St Patrrck s held the strong Sherburne eleven to a scoreless tie The two teams punted frequently The Lmeralds threatened once but lost the ball on the twelve yard lrne on a fumble Emrl Kovac Al Rose and Lorrn Telfer shared the honors defensively and Johnnie Green drd some nrce passing whlle Capt Pat Ryan Red Casey of St Patrick s and Capt Walnod of Sherburne copped the honors rn puntrng To end the football season the team was given a dance rn the school audrtorrum Letters were awarded to seventeen play ers and Manager Robert Green 5235 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 226 v 1 u y , . . ' , . ' : . ., ' , . v . U . , Q ' 1 I .3 . Y ' H ' . L . , . - . , ' - . , . . ' L . . , . u .X A 'I , l I . v' v w l g o u , 'td . A v ' ' t ' e. g A ' ' , . , v, . blocked and Ryan recovered for' St. Patr'ick's. Horney, Casey and Kovac ' . ' . Y 0. . - 4 , . v e- - '- I' vw , ' 44 ' H , 1 - . . , , c . m .. . ' - ' s y I - 4 . I , 1 Y . Y ' f n Y u ' Y v ' V. - . Y I ' 7 7 1 Y - . V., , '- ' u n y , ' - l , I l' 7 I- v, l u ' L V 1 1 ' v T ' U 'V .' , . - -- ' . 7 7 . . . . V . H ,, 5 ' 9 u 77 ,- 1 , - ' 7 ' 9 Q32 'Q' s 'G' 'GI 'Q' 'G' I R Page 65

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illnnihzlll Coach F1anc1s Plerson Assistant Coach Geolge Whalen Captain Jelome Pyan Manager Robeit Green Schedule Sept 30 Oct 6 Oct 14 Oct 21 Nov Nov John Matthews Emil Kovac Joseph Horney John Green F1anc1s Casey Patuck s Pat11ck s Patuck s Patrlclx s Patrick s Patuck s Jelome Ryan fCaptJ Wilham J McDonald Donald Kane James Warner John Gallaghei Lor1n Telfer Alfred Rose Squad Alumnl St Mary s fCort J St Aloyslus Greene Susquehanna Sherbui ne John Rosensweig Wllham Cahill William Courul George Sheehar Ernest O Brlen Charles Fos 61 Charles McManus Grover Purdy Alexander Lesko John Mlhalko James Small Summary of Season The Green and White eleven of St Patrlck s emox ed a successful sea son playlng SIX contests Of the SIX games three vxele V1CtO119S tvxo defeats and one lesulted 1n a t1e Candldates vxele called out for he fil st practice sesslon at Recreatlon Park on Septembel 7 Sults xx e1e given out and vxork began under the dlrectlon of FFHHCIS Pierson ou1 coach Neally fifty boxs 1epo1ted fo1 the first drlll As a nucleus fo1 the team the coach had sex en lettelmen three backs and four llnesmen Mr P1e1 son IS a gladuate of St Pa 11Ck s of the class of 1922 He IS a formei football sta1 of Sylacuse Un1ve1s1ty whele he graduated in 1927 Coach Pierson vxas also the football mentol for the Emerald team m 1929 After about three vxeeks hard p1act1ce under the leadeiship of Coach Pierson and Assistant Coach Geolge Whalen former St Thomas College s 31 we opened our season vxith the Alumni Septembel 30 The g'19811 clad grldmen of St Patrlck s va1s1ty vxon bv a score of 7 O It was a hard fought contest bx both S1d6S undei a hot and brlght sun at Johnson Fleld Through the first tvxo perlods the Alumni aggregatlon coached by James Tracy composed of colleglate and professlonal lum1na11es of past yeals had the be ter of the argument Only once the Alumnl threatened to C1 oss the Emeralds goal llne Th1S vsas in the first qualter but the varslty defense was too stlong for the grads In the second and third periods the txxo teams saxx ed back and fo1th IH midfield Eallx ln the final peuods Flancls Red Casey broke thlough the alumni l1ne for a S1Xty five ya1d run and the onlx scole of the game as 4 -:- -:- -:- -:- -:- M . St. ' ,............i.. 7 ' .....,.. . . St. ' ................ 14 . 1 ' . St. ' .,..,.........., 6 , ' . . St. ' ' .r.....er...,c.. 0 ..,,.... . 3 St. ' ' ' ..c..,,cc...c,., 7 . 11 St. ' 1 .,...c.,,....,,. O ' .' A ' . James Ford 9722 'Q' 'Q' 4' 'D' 'Q' R Page 64

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