Superior Cathedral High School - Memories Yearbook (Superior, WI)

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ha. qootba ll The locale of this story might be Pelham or Oglethorpe or any of the various schools that dot the landscape of this fair country of ours, however, the setting is Cathe- dral High School. After the carefree days of vacation, school had again called the young men and women to the pursuit of knowledge, and with the opening of school came football. The Cathedral team, which we shall call the Pan- thers, started the season with a splash, having the first practice in a very drizzling and wet rain. The rain, however, did not dampen the ardor of the small group of football aspirants, but only helped to accentuate their vigor. The team comprised a group of Irishmen, smat- tered here and there with an occasional Frenchman to add color to the squad. The players were Murphy, Man- ley, Higgins, Flaherty, A. Fitzgerald, Gordon, Strong, G. Fitzgerald, Facette, Bouchard, McGill, Fairbanks, Hayden, Healy, McCarthy, Lyons, and Manager Mc- Donough. After a couple of weeks of practice, the Panthers were ready to engage Two Harbors in the first game of the season. The schoo 5 5 . ' if ' ' J ff l was steadily approaching that stage a 6-4 score. really to look like the great eleven that it was. They were to Wakefield, Michigan, the coming Saturday with a degree of seriousness that hereto- and were fore had not been so emphatically pronounced. Wakefield, however, deemed to be a foe worthy of her steel, and turned back the invading Cathedralites by a score of 7-0. Harv' Healy, the big thundering guard, was a bulwark of strength in this game, as was G. Fitzgerald, the diminutive end. An amusing incident, which remains very vividly in my mind, occurred during a chalk-talk the week following the Wakefield game. A certain first year man, who was forced to make way for an older and more experienced player, consequently not seeing much action was asked a question by the coach. What would the individual do if the opposition was on his I0-yard line and i1 was first down? The sarcastically alert player answered rather acidlv that he would move farther down the bench so he could see the play more clearly. -This all goes to show that we all have our crosses to hear. X 1 ,psy 1 , .-81... y high! Ng . , . u 5, Q I JH -fl' , LI--12 'fi' C'S X F , more became busily engage knowledge to which they were exposed, and the team, under the ever-guid- ing hand of the coach, was .. if.: ' W, - XY-F-if V i , i- C ' K, fslffs. 5 Aix X. x, X W .' f- is , 'F A f ,Nr gl 'qi ,.' J i in xx , , . . CAPTAIN THOMAS iyxcGu.l. where school spirit and excitement runs high. The day was bright and clear and Hislop Park was again the setting for a clean, hard-fought game. The referee's whistle pierced the calm atmosphere and the season had opened. It was a breath- taking game, with Two Harbors maintaining a lead of four points which it had garnered by two safe- ties. The crowd was electrified, however, in the second half when Fitzgerald caught the kick-off and raced seventy yards for a touchdown. The extra point failed and Cathedral was satisfied with The game and week-end over, the students once . d . J . T l l HARVEY in absorbing the HEALY i X y K 'A

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