St Rose High School - Rosarian Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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FOOTBALL .. ,....s 'Y' . 5 . ' 4 ' . - Saturday, October 8-The Carcinals gained a moral victory as well as addimg another win to their record by completelf demolishing a previously undefeated Wayiesfield eleven, 56-6. Despite the impressiveness of their rec- ord the Tigerswere not in the same class with St. Rose that night. After clalking up a 39-0 lead at halftime, the Varsity retired for the night and let the reserves play the entire second half. Little Harry Westhaus, a Sopho- more halfback, showed signs of future great- ness by sprinting for three touchdowns. It was a well played game before an apprecia- tive home crowd. fWon-2, Lost-29 Friday, October 14-St. Rose moved to Ada to take on the highly touted Bulldogs of Ada High School. lt was homecoming night in Ada and the Cardinals had high hopes of ruining the Bulldogs' celebration. But such was not to be the case. Two fumbles by Ada, both in their own end zone, resulted in a touchdown and safety, and a 9-7 halftime lead for SRS. Late in the final quarter, however, a reverse play completely fooled the St. Rose defense and a golden-clad gridder went 62 years to put the Rosarians on the short end of a final 14-9 Score. fWon-2, Lost-32 'lhursday, October 20-Once more it was time for that traditional rivalry, St. Rose vs. Shaw- nee. Year in and year out, whenever these two teams met on the gridiron the fans have al- ways seen a good game. This year to make it even more exciting, Shawnee was undefeated. True, in our first meeting with an undefeated team we had won with ease, but Shawnee had played stiffer opposition, and was generally considered unbeatable. The Cardinals, how- ever, had high hopes of knocking the Indians off their lofty perch. Neither team scored in the first quarter and both teams traded touch- downs in the second stanza, with Shawnee cashing in on its extra point attempt for a 7-6 lead at intermission. At the start of the second half the Cards came fighting back and their ace passing combination, Tom Daley to Jack Weger, accounted for a TD which gave them the lead. Shawnee, still determined to win, came right back for a touchdown of their own and again made the point to make it 14-12. Another Daley to Weger aerial once more gave St. Rose the lead midway through the fourth quarter, but again Shawnee came back. They started a drive of 75 yards which looked as if it were going to be stopped short when a St. Rose player slipped and fell over a Shawnee receiver and pass interference was called. Two plays later they scored the winning marker. Final score: Shawnee-21, St. Rose-19. CWon-2, Lost-41 Saturday, October 29-The Cardinals, trying to get back on the winning track, traveled to Co- lumbus to meet a strong St. Mary's eleven. St. Mary's started out fast and before the Cards knew what hit them, they were behind, 13-0. But the Rosarians stayed in there fighting and, helped out considerably by Tom Daley's ac- curate passing, came back to tie the score, 13-15, at the half. Then, in the fourth quarter, joe Lawler sprinted 25 yards to put SRS into the lead. Toward the end of the game another touchdown was added for good measure mak- ing the final score: St. Rose-26, St. Mary's-13. fWon-3, Lost-43

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FOOTBALL Friday, September 9-The 1949 edition of the St. Rose football team'was brought out of wraps as the Cardinals participated in the jayCees Fourth Annual Football Olympia at the Stadium. Playing in the third game on the card, the Rosarians showed signs of more good things to come as they edged the Elida Bulldogs, 6-0. The Cardinal fans were treated to a young, inexperienced team, but one with plenty of spirit and fight. A fumble recovered by jack Weger set up the only score of the abbreviated tilt. Friday, September 16-We borrowed a stadium, and lost a football game. Our first home game of the season against the mighty Railroaders from Crestline. Due to circumstances prevent- ing us from playing at Lima Stadium, we had to borrow Shawnee's field for the night. The Cardinals, a green, nervous team playing their first regular game of the season, started off slowly and were trailing 18-0 at halftime. Shortly after the second half opened, Crestline added another touchdown making it 24-0. It was then that the Cards found their feet and came flying back. But the rally was too late, the damage was already done, and the Rail- roaders went home with a 37-18 victory. lWon-0 Lost-19 Saturday, September 24-The Cardinals traveled to Marion to take on the Fighting Irish of Marion St. Mary's. St. Maryis was supposed to be tough, and everyone in the stands was surprised when the inexperienced Cards walk- ed off the field at the half leading, 7-6. In the second half, however, some St. Rose strategy misfired, and an Irish end took one of our lateral passes and went 60 yards to give St. Mary's a touchdown and the ball game. Final score 13-7. lWon-0 Lost-25 Sunday, October 2-Well, we finally won one! After absorbing two straight losses the Ro- sarians came back to win their first game of the season, defeating the Mohawks of Fostoria St. Wendelin at the Lima Stadium. lt looked at first as if the Cardinals were going to make a runaway of the game as they rolled up a three touchdown lead by halftime. But in the second half the Mohawks came back to make a close game of it until the Cards pulled away and clinched the game in the final stages. Final Score: St. Rose-37, St. Wendelin-27. CWon-1, Lost-27

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FOOTB LL mf. - Q 3 S it!! X ' Friday, November 4--The St. Rose Cardinals, who two months previous had been a bunch of green, nervous boys, had developed into a smoothly operating team as they went to Pauld- ing to play their eighth game of the season. The first score came in the first minute of play as a Panther back was dropped behind his goal line for a safety. The Cards didn't stop here, but kept right on rolling and going into the last quarter held a 27-0 lead. At this point, however, Paulding came to life and stormed to three quick touchdowns before the Rosar- ians finally stopped them long enough to win the ball game. Final score: St. Rose-27, Pauld- ing-19. CWon-4, Lost-45 Thursday, November 10-For the first time this season, the St. Rose football team had surpassed the .500 mark. The Cardinals, playing their last out-of-town game of the season, knocked off Rockford's Tigers, 14-6. Rockford was good, but St. Rose proved that they were better. Again the Cards had to do it the hard way as they came up from a 6-0 deficit to win. Bill Shambarger was the outstanding defensive player of the night with his stellar linebacking. CWon-5, Lost-43 v Friday, November 18-Homecoming night, the last game of the season. This was the one the Cards had to win. And win is just what they did, although once more they had to come from behind to do it. The opponents were the Plymouth Pilgrims, who played a good game and went down fighting. The game was feat- ured by one of the most spectacular runs of the season by Don Cygan who went slicing and swerving 29 yards through almost the whole Plymouth team for a touchdown. The final score: St. Rose-14, Plymouth-6. It was a great climax to a good season. The Cardinals final record of six wins and four losses was a tribute to the spirit and hard work of the fifteen boys who made up the first team, a team that wasn't supposed to win more games than they lost. It was also a tribute to the coaching ability of Chuck McClain and the rest of the staff who developed from a group of in- experienced boys a polished, well-organized team of which St. Rose School can be proud.