Wayland Academy - Pillars Yearbook (Beaver Dam, WI)

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place kicking the extra point, which was the margin of vic- tory. A pass Day to Marsullo scored for Elgin in the last period, but the attempt for the extra point failed. Wayland Old Grads in large numbers came back for the Homecoming game and they were all hungry for a Home- coming Victory as it had been seven years since such a thing had happened. Milwaukee Lutheran school provided the opposition and the visitors fought hard and well, but Way- land gridders were out to take this one for the returning alumni and they did 19 to O. Latisch passed to Weber for the first touchdown in the first period, the point failed. After a march put the ball on the one yard line in the second period, Latisch scored on a quarterback sneak and then place kicked the extra point. In the third period Ray Jones got away on a pretty 35 yard run for the third touchdown and the attempt for the point failed. Three conference wins in a row and the Wayland boys had visions of a championship had it not been for Milwaukee Country Day. The Milwaukee eleven was highly favored over the locals and the November 3 battle on Brown Field was much harder fought than the score indicates. Milwaukee Country Day won 18 to O, Jim Howard scoring touchdowns in the first and fourth periods and Tom Grossman scoring in the third. No after touchdown points were scored. That de- feat buried all hopes for a championship as the Wayland gridders prepared for their final game of the season. Wayland went to Lake Geneva for a game with North- western Military and Naval Academy and won 96 to 14 in a ding dong battle, little realizing that Northwestern Prep gridders would provide the upset to give Wayland a share of the title, a defeat of Country Day, Northwestern Military proved a worthy opponent. Land- rud scored a first period touchdown and Rauschert scored in the second with one after touchdown point being scored, but Wayland was trailing 14 to 13 at the end of the half, Northwestern Military having scored two touchdowns and registered both points. Wayland came back strong in the third period Latisch passing to Weber for the touchdown and rushing for the extra point to take the lead 90 to 14. Ray Jones did one of his fancy stepping acts in scoring an- other touchdown in the fourth period and the attempt for the extra point failed, Wayland winning 96 to 14 and finish- ing a most successful football season, the best in several years. Wayland Post Football Issue Page 41

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Front Row: Antrim, Ashworth, Nickle, A. Jones, Latisch, Toutant, Rauschert, Nolan, R. Jones, Weber Second Row: Coach Schnur, Kleindl, Aylward, Padtke, Weiner, Johnson, J. Herrick, Justus, Poedl, Griffin Third Row: Byerly, Pontius, Bunge, Heaton, Corey, J. Landrud, Raddatz NWAYLARW H4AR Grid Season is Successful for Red-White Squad Win Five Games, Tie One and Lose Two During Season JOE HELFERT Wayland came back into the football spotlight during the 1945 season after several years of being pushed around and tied with Milwaukee Country Day for the Wisconsin Prep School conference championship. Coach Schnur's determined and hard fighting Wayland gridders played a schedule of eight games, coming through with five wins, one tie and losing two contests. Stoughton High School was the first opponent of the sea- son and Wayland's inexperience was no match for the in- vaders, who won 'I4 to O. They scored in the First period on an 80 yard drive and again in the final period on a sustained march. The first game, a non-conference battle, gave the Wayland squad just what it needed in the way of experience and con- tact work to prepare them for the Milwaukee University school battle, first conference game of the season. Wayland won 13 to 6, but it was a real struggle. Puelicher scored from Milwaukee University school in the second period and the Page 40 ES PREP TITLE try for the extra point failed. lt was not until the third period that Latisch tossed a pass to Nickle for a touchdown. Latisch plunged for the extra point and Wayland took the lead 7 to 6. Late in the fourth period Weber intercepted a pass and scored again for Wayland. Port Washington High was next, a team that was highly favored over Wayland, and it looked like a Port win until the last thirty seconds of play when something little less than a miracle enabled Wayland to tie the count at 6 all after Port had led from the second period on. Wayland had the ball on the Wayland 30 yard line and the timer said there were thirty seconds left to play. Latisch used up fifteen seconds to toss a pass to Rauschert who was knocked out of bounds on the Port 30 yard line. The remaining seconds were used up for another pass play, Latisch to Rauschert, who scored as the game ended. A plunge for the extra point failed and the score was tied. Wayland gridders went to Watertown and won over Northwestern Prep '13 to 6. Ray Jones scored in the third period on a beautiful 40 yard broken field run and Landrud place kicked the extra point. Northwestern scored in the same period on a touchdown by Fricke and then for good measure and to give the fans a real thrill, Ray Jones got away for a sixty yard run and touchdown just before the game ended. The attempted kick for the point failed and Wayland won 'I3 to 6. Wayland displayed a rare brand of defensive play in de- feating an old rival, Elgin Academy, 7 to 6, in a game at Elgin. Wayland scored on the first scrimmage play ofthe game, Ray Jones going Fifty yards for a touchdown and Latisch

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