Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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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

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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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The Chipmunk 17 FOOTBALL (Continued) At times Lassen was unable to stop them, and at other times the two teams fought in a deadlock. The ball changed hands rapidly and often. When the final whistle blew and the game came to an end, the score stood 6-0 in Westwood’s favor. An innovation of the 1931 season was the organization of the Junior high “Steelheads” and “Redheads”, teams made up of seventh and eighth grade boys, respectively. After faithful practicing, these two teams played feature games between halves of contests played on the Westwood field. They furnished a great deal of entertainment to the spectators, and besides aroused class spirit to a high pitch, as they were heartily supported by their classmates on the bleachers. Junior Ott captained the eighth graders, and Milton Miller the seventh graders. INTERCLASS BASKETBALL SERIES November 16 Seniors 36 Freshmen 8 November 19 Seniors 19 Juniors 15 November 17 Seniors 30 Sophmores 13 November 19 Sophmores 18 Juniors 21 November 17 Sophmores 25 Freshmen 13 December 4 Juniors 2.7 Freshmen 25 Due to the fact that the Seniors had to use P. G.’s on their team they had to forfeit the championship of the girls’ interclass basketball series to the Juniors, who held second place. The Junior team con- sisted of seven girls: holding down the guard positions were Faye Phelan, Wilma Klotz and Shiela Cooper; at center were Virginia Fowler and Mary Lorda: while at forward were Marion Dyer and “Bede” Martin. A banner which is awarded to the “Champs” each year was given to the Junior Class. Lorda, Martin, Miss Feusier, Phelan, Dyer, Klotz, Cooper, Fowler