Westmont Upper Yoder High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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November 14, 1936 Now that the last game of the season has been played, I like to look back over the football season, and think of the fellows who were my team mates in the games. Captain Jule Little, the full back, leaves two outstanding impressions with me: first, of his punting, which so often set opponents backg and second, of the pleasure and joy it was to know he was backing up the line with bone-crushing' tackles. . Jim Caddy, right end. I shall remember for the pass he caught against Franklin and the many times he started even with everyone else and smashed plays before they got started. Bob Mowery, right tackle, was one great guy to play next to on a line when the going became tough. Many opponents fell by the wayside when he started his dynamic charge. 'tRed Hess, back, was most assuredly the slowest getting out to practice, but once he got in a game he played hard and moved fast. Innumerable are the tim-es he came speedily up to smash a play on the line of scrimmage or to make long gains tor the Red and Gray. Jim Maley. left guard, held his own against all?comers. Catholic High backs whom he flattened coul.l vouch for this. Many would-be tacklers were properly set down when Jim ran interferences. Chizzie Emeigh, back, was the speed king of the squad, as so many tacklers found out to their dismay. Although he misjudged several punts, his elusiveness enabl-ed him to evade many tacklers. Tom Ro-dgers, center, was another bulwark in backing up the line, few were bad passes he sent to backs. Even with a heavy, wet ball, as in the Adams Township game, he passed the ball unerringly. Bob Harley, right guard. f'tJule Little writing for Bob J. Ball carriers learned to know Bob a great deal better after one fateful trip over guard. He played a great deal of the game in the oppo- nent's backfield. The enemy's favorite expression was t'Get that guy, or he'll get us. Al Jones, combination back and end, gave remarkable performances in both positions. He spilled most plays that came his way. His blocking aided backs in gaining many precious yards, and his near perfect passes counted for many more yards. Pee.Wee Tredennick, tackle, whose immense hands stopped more than one opposing ambitious back, was the big man of the squad. When he started accelerating his huge fram-e into the enemy's backtfield, I was always sure things would happen, and not to him. Andy Bezek, back, proved his merits in the many left-handed passes which 'he threw. Many times he started around on a reverse, a threat in itself, only to fade back and rifle a bullet pass into the enemy's secondary. Budie ' Budash, end, wreaked great havoc on enemy backs who had the nerve to think they could traiinple on his one hundred and thirty-five pounds. Many a punter was greatly harried by Buddfe'sl' speedv rus es. ' The loyalty ofthe second squad, the subs, and the managers has been very helpful and will not be forgotten soon. Finally and outstanding among my memories ist the work and leadership of Coaches Engh and Robinson. I. as well as the rest of the boys, shall always treasure the memory of how they labored with us and taught us the lessons in both football and life. K l . 'i QE. A . I., SCENES FROM FRANKLIN vs. WESTIWONT U-Y. GAME

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FOOTBALL INDIVIDUALS Too Row: Julius Little. Andrew Bezek, Harrv Tredennick. James Caddv, Robert Mowrey. Bottom Row: Charles Emeigh. Harry Rodgers. James Maley, Walter Hess. Robert Harley. ' October 23, 1936. DuBois 20-Westmont 7. Last night we went down to defeat again, but not too deep! Again we scored more first downs, but it's still the touch downs that count six points. DuBois had a little back whom we just couldn't hold down. They scored first, but we followed almo-st immediately with our touch down and try for point. Not far along in the second period they again crossed our line. It still looked like a chance, 'but we couldn't score again. Their final score came within a short time of the final whistle. October 31, 1936. Westmont 14-Franklin 7. Hurrah! This afternoon we pulled through again, and the score didn't show quite how well we did. We marched right down Franklin's field to score th.e only touchdown of the first half. The second half we started out again and scored, but too-k a little more time. Not long' afterwards a Franklin linesman inter- cepted aipoorly thrown pass and Wasn't touched until he had crossed into the promised land . He ran about seventy yards for this score. November 6, 1936. Somerset 19-Westmont 0. This afternoon we went to Somerset and were properly Htroiun-ce'd in the 'poorest exhibition of our season. Everything went wrong and it seemed as though Somerset scored at will. I don't like even to think about it. . 1 November 13, 1936. Ebenswburg 26-Westmont 13. Last night at Ebensiburg, I played my last game of W. U. Y. football. Although We again lost, all of us enjoyed the game tothe utmost. An Ebensiburg punt went out of bounds on our two yard line. Their return of Little's'punt1put them in scoring position and they didn't pass up the chance. They weren't cap- able of handling our next advance, though, and we scored almost immediately. This appeared merely to inspire 'a renewed attack by Ebefnsiburg, who scored aglin. Not to be outdone, we again opened up a vicious attack and retaliated. This seemed like a lot of scoring before half time. At the half, the score stood at 20-13, in ofur rivals' favor. The 'second half, scoring was at a comparative standstill, Ehensburg making the remaining six points to win 26-13.

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A, OUR BOYS' CLUB October 2, 1936. Dear Diary, In a few minutes I shall go to the first meeting of the Boys' Club. I understand from the fellows that the purpose of the programs this year is to give an appraisal of contemporary life. Mr. Mcllnay, the faculty adviser, and the officers decide the policies of the club. I think they are to be congratulated on their decisions. It is about time to go down to the auditorium now. I am anxious to see 'Charles Price, our president, take charge of this first meeting. Later The program was very Worthwhile. Mr. Robinson made a comparison between the hard knocks that have to be taken in athletics to gain perfection, and the corresponding distasteful -duties that have to be performed to achieve success in life. Mr. Engh and Mr. Shappell gave informal talks on football, Coach Engh illustrating his points with some of his famous stories. Mr. Shalppell made a few general but very appropriate remarks. We were very pleasantly surprised when the faculty quartet, composed of Mr. Ackley, Mr. lingh, Mr. James, and Mr. Shappell, sang 'tAlma lVIateI ' and the Bulldog on the Bank. November 6, 1936. I was impressed with the many phases of Rev. Fultonls trip to California, as he related them in our meeting. He told us of the unusual places he had visited, diderent customs he had seen, and various types of people he had met. I enjoyed hearing of his excursion through the Redwood Park, where, he explained, the giant and oldest living trees stand. He gave us a very good description of a group of religious fanatics who live in Arizona and display their devotion by self-torture. Our president introduced another interesting speaker to us today--Dr. E. C. Boyer, who presented a travelogue of his trip to Alaska. tThe Girls' League members were our guests.l The technicolor pictures and his comments captivated the entire assembly. Many of the pic- tures taken from an airplane which flew his party into the interior showed the smoking volcanoes and the beautiful timber-clad mountains covered with snow. Dr. Boyer said the terrain became more Ibarren as the party proceeded northward. They were lost for fourteen days and spent most of their time hunting. Pictures of animal life and trophies were shown. This hunter and traveler thrilled me with his adventures. BOYS' CLUB OFFICERS Left to right: Freeman Fullerton. Charles Price. Carl Hino.