Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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The Chipmunk 15 FOOTBALL (Continued) affair in favor of Lassen, but this does not mean that the Westwood boys did not give their opponents a hard, game fight. The smashing attacks of MacDowell and Terril for Lassen went through the West- wood line for repeated gains, but not without a struggle against both the line and backfield of W.H.S. The final score was 33 to 7. The last football event of the season was a no-score game with the Alumni on November 13. FOOTBALL SCORES September 19 Alumni 6 W.H.S. 0 October 17 Modoc 0 W.H.S. 12 September 26 Chico 13 W.H.S. 0 November 7 Lassen “B” 0 W.H.S. “B” 6 October 3 Redding 13 W.H.S. 12 November 11 Lassen 33 W.H.S. 7 October 10 All Stars 0 W.H.S. 20 November 13 Alumni 0 W.H.S. 0 The 1931 season of football was not as successful as was hoped for. The squad suffered badly from the loss of experienced football players, most of this year’s turnout being first year men. On top of this the team members suffered several injuries. Robert Allen, second year man, was out for some time on account of a badly iniured leg. He was replaced by Dick Mile.v. who filled the position well. Later Dick wras transfered to center, where he stayed till the end of the season. This was Dick’s first year, but he could make the center of the line hold like a stone wall. Also Lester Duer, receivine a fractured hand, had to sit on the side lines and watch for practically the full season. This was Ton Row—Coach Curtice, Atkins, Brown. Bickel. Allen, Bates, Crutchfield, Pinkham, D. Miley, June, Welder, McPhee, Prusia. Bottom Row—Roguin, Brand, Barry, F. Miley, Lorda. Hollis, Lamson, Walker, Markee Duer, Timone t I ' “i a i n,i it h it it m i . j. L T ' J . . 1

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14 The Chipmunk FOOTBALL GAMES The first game of the season was with the Alumni. The “grads” got together, worked out a few plays and with a line which greatly outweighed the High School and a back field made up of former stars, they came out witn a score of 6-0 in their favor. The following Saturday Chico came to Westwood. Chico had a very heavy line that battered dowm the High School forward wall, and a backlield that went through the holes for two touchdowns. Although Westwood put up a brave fight, the game ended in favor of Chico, 14-0. The Redding game was fast from the start to the finish. The “Lumberjacks” made the first two touchdowns, but after that the Shasta boys held like a stone wall, and drove down the field for two goals, getting one additional point on a convert when a W.H.S. man was off side. Then Hollis ran 65 yards to a touchdown, but failed to convert, and the game ended 13-12 in Shasta’s favor. The All-Star game was played instead of one with the Reno “Antlers”, who failed to appear. The All-Star team was a pick-up aggregation from about town of all the former football players of the W.H.S. The game was a good one, and even though the All-Stars had the disadvantage of being out of shape and were not well organized they put up a good fight. The score at the end of the game was West- wood 20, All-Stars 0. The Alturas game was played to a “shut-out”. The Modoc boys fought hard to push the Westwood boys back, but that was impossible. The “Lumberjacks.” clicked as one. The game ended, for the first time in many years of Westwood-Alturas rivalry, in Westwood’s favor, with a score of 12-0. The football game of most interest to W.H.S. every year is her “Big Game” with her traditional rival, Lassen. This year the West- wood varsity journeyed to Susanville, accompanied by every rooter who could find transportation. The game turned out to be a one-sided Curtis Lamson Hollis Prusia

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16 The Chinmunk FOOTBALL (Continued) hard to do for a person with the fighting spirit that is in “Les.” Francis Bickel took his place and proved to be a strong offensive and defensive player. “Red” Hollis, our fast half, was injured in the Modoc game when he was thrown out of bounds by a hard tackle which wrenched his leg. “Red”, the fastest man in the back field, made many long runs for Westwood, but due to his injured leg was unable to com- pete against Lassen, which was a great loss for the team. It was “Red” who ran about 65 yards for a touchdown at Redding. John Lorda, smart, small and fast, was the substitute for Hollis in the Lassen game. Lorda was also substitute for Walker in the Redding game when Walker was injured. An all around good player and good backfield man was Dick Markee. Dick was a steady player and always filled his position well. John Lamson was a player who was ever a fighter; he was always in the middle of things, could hit the line hard, and sometimes make a hole where there was none. At the end of the backfield was Jack Roguin, and due to his long passes and to the catching of Timoni at end, several touchdowns were made. Walker, quarterback for the “Lumberjacks,” showed some outstanding playing, and good brain work in the matter of picking out plays. In the backfield was a little fellow at whom every one marveled, Francis Miley. He had great ability in dodging around and under some of the big fellows. At tackles were Allen and Bates, a regular flving tackle and blocking pair. They were always in the way of the off-tackle plays of their opponents. Duer and June played the two guard positions and always fought hard to the bitter end. “B” FOOTBALL The “B” football souad. made up for the one purpose of playing and beating Lassen’s “B” string, proved a fast, fighting team. In their one public appearance they gave the onlookers a very thrilling game. Standing-.—F. Miley. Walker. Lamson. Hollis, Coach Curtice. Kneeling—Roguin. Allan. June Duer. D. Miley Bates, Timone