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

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SE IOR GRIDDERS Tom 1012 When St. Rose defeated Plymouth, 14-6, three boys played their last game in the uni- form of the Red and White. They are Joe Lawler, fullback, Bill Shambarger, center, and Tom Daley, quarterback. Nice going fel- lows and good luck in the future. BILL

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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.

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RESERVES HN 98 li Top mir: Tom O'Connor, Don McNamara, Dick Burke, jerry Todd, Joe Gallagher, Tom O'Neil, jim Coyle. Sermlzl row: Bob Stolly, John Klaus, Tom Shively, Tom Bonifas, Jim Fox, Clyde Webb, Dick Webb, Bill Hawk. Bnllnm row: Dave Parent, Bob Williams Augie Rohe, Pete Stallkamp, jim Alcorn, joe McNamara, Harry Westhaus, Alvin DeMeo. The St. Rose reserve football team under coach George Keller, besides play- ing in a few varsity games, played two games of their own during the '49 season. In these two encounters the Baby Cardinals dropped decisions to Delphos jeffer- son, I2-6, and to Shawnee. 4363