Virden High School - Kennel Yearbook (Virden, IL)

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Football VIRDEN VS CARLINVILLE 0-14 The Cavaliers travelled to Virden to avenge the 6-0 defeat handed to them last year by the high flying Bulldogs. Although Virden failed to score, they had several scoring drives and were on the one yard line of Carlinville before being stopped. It was a nip and tuck battle all the way with the Cavaliers finally gaining the edge. VIRDEN VS KINCAID 7-0 Travelling to Kincaid on the 16 of Oct., the Bulldogs managed to lug the ball through mud and rain for a 7-0 victory. In what was the mud- diest game of the season, Virden downed a tough Kincaid eleven after stopping Kincaid's drive on Virden's one yard line. The credit for this fete belongs to the scrappy play of Wargo, Brennan, and Talkington, who enabled the Bulldogs to halt the long drive made by Kincaid. Virden's score carne in the second period when G. Gazda crashed off tackle for twelve yards and a touchdown. Gazda then proceeded to plunge the point. Wargo and Page showed some fine defensive play in halting many of Kin- caid's drives. Brennan received a knee injury early in the game and was hampered throughout the game. VIRDEN VS WAVERLY 13-0 The Waverly Scotties travelled to Virden on the night of Oct. 29, and for the first half they managed to keep the score 0-0. Waverly had the edge on the Bulldogs the first half, but things were different the 2nd half. On the first play of the second half, Scofield ran from his won 15 to the Waverly 20. This drive was climaxed when Pickard scored on the fol- lowing play and then proceeded to add the extra point. Striking with fury, Virden scored again when G. Gazda recovered Pickar's fumble on the Waverly five yard line and rushed the ball over for the second score. The try for the extra point failed and the final score was 13-0 with the Bulldogs on top. VIRDEN VS GIRARD 7-12 In a hard fought battle, Girard eked out a victory over the Bulldogs by a slim 5 point margin. Virden opened the game withaa long drive to Girard's three yard line, but because of fumbles Girard was able to stop the Bulldogs before they could score. Girard's score came inthe second period when Allen travelled 15 yards around left end for a touchdown. Compliments of DR. HANKS Best Wishes from WM. F. HAINES, INS. AGENCY, Virginia Martin 67

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Football VIRDEN VS HILLSBORO 0-33 Opening the season against a strong Hillsboro team, Virden lost a hard fought battle. Coach McMul1in opened his season with a group of boys who had played very little football. There were only 6 letter-men returning from last year's squad, and these had seen but limited action. Although Virden wasn't in the game as far as the score was concerned, Hillsboro went home with their bumps and bruises. It was a battle all the way with Hillsboro taking the upper hand by a score of 33-0. VIRDEN VS BENLD 0-19 Virden, improved, but still showing their lack of experience, went down to defeat before a big, rough, veteran Benld eleven at Benld Sat- urday night, September 18. ln a game involving many penalties for un- necessary roughness and off-side, Virden again lostahard fought battle. Early in the game, Capt. Boyd was taken from the game with a leg in- jury: there were several other minor injuries received by several mem- bers of the squad and their loss was apparent throughout. Fine defensive work by G. Gazda and I. Nerone kept Virden in the gameg Virden's line also showed much improvement. VIRDEN VS RUSHVILLE 0-25 Virden travelled 80 miles to Rushville to take their third straight defeat of the year. Although Virden was unable to score, they outplayed Rushville throughout the whole game. The score of this game did not show justice to the Bulldogs, because they actually outpointed Rushville in everything but the score. Virden played without several regulars in the lineup. Boyd, Scofield, and Gwinn were on the injured list, and with the help of these fellows in the lineup, the score might have been differ- ent. Hard running by Pickard, Gazda, and Hamilton, and fine and much improved line play, enabled Virden to gain more gound and first downs than Rushville. VIRDEN VS ST. JAMES Z5-0 Virden opened their conference with a Z5-0 decision over St. James Trade School from Springfield. Although rated as underdogs, Virden proved their worth, and they also caused other M.S.M. contenders to sit up and take notice. Virden opened up their scoring when Hamilton gal- loped 15 yards around right end to score. Hamilton then proceeded to plunge three more yards to score the second tally, with Gwinn adding the extra point. ln the third frome Pickard smashed off tackle to score on a five yard canter. In the final frame G. Gazda went ten yards on a reverse to score the final tally. Hard smashing tackles and excellent defensive play by G. Wargo added much strength to Virden's rapidly improving line. Good Luck from PAUL COOK, GROCERIES Compliments of DR. A. E. SEYMOUR 66

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Football At half time the score was 6-0, Girard failing to add the extra point. Girard opened the third quarter when Whittler crashed off tackle to make it 12.-O. Inspired by several long runs and completed passes, the Bull- dogs came along to make the score read 12-7. The scoring was made by Pickard when he raced eight yards around right end to score standing up. Although Virden threatened several times in the remaining minutes of the game, they were unable to score and thus dropped a heart breaker to their strongest rivals. Some fine defensive play and hard tackling was shown by A. Gazda who entered the game for the injured Brennan. VIRDEN VS AUBURN 19-0 The Bulldogs travelled to Auburn to take a 19-0 victory from the Auburn Trojans. Auburn was an improved team according to early sea- son statistics,and offered the Bulldogs some real competition. Virden's scoring came in the first period when Capt. Boyd crashed off right tackle to score. The second tally came in the second period when a pass from Boyd to Wieland in the end zone was goody the try for the extra point was good and the half-tirne read Virden 13 Auburn 0. ln the third frame, Virden scored again in the third period when fleet-footed Pickard raced 50 yards for a touchdown. This was the longest run of the game. VIRDEN VS NOKOMIS 7-13 In what was the deciding game of the year, Virden was unable to share in any M.S.M. honors when they dropped a close 13-7 battle to Nokomis. In winning this game Nokomis was able to walk offwith the M.S.M. Cham- pionship-trailed by Girard and Virden in that order. Virden took over a Nokomis fumble in the first period and drove more than 70 yards to Score. Pickard scored around his own right end and then proceeded to plunge for the extra point. In the second half, Logsdon scored for the visitors and the try for the extra point was missed. Later in that period a pass from Reed to Cassidywas good for another Nokomis tally. Hiviz- bos' conversion was good. In the final frame, Virden threatened three times and was on the one foot line when time ran out. This was a hard game for the Bulldogs to loose. If Virden had beaten Nokomis, there would have been a three tie between Virden, Girard, and Nokomis. This was the Bulldogs last game of the season, and the last game for such Seniors as: Boyd, G. Gazda, J. Brennan, Wargo, Hamilton, Large, Sco- field, Talkington, and Walkington. Compliments of BERRY FUNERAL HOME 68