Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Undefeated Luther was next. Our airtight defense easily set them at a standstill and they rallied to hold us to a 0-0 tie. Our best scoring chance was destroyed as George Fikeis's 25 yard dash down to the five yard line was called back due to a disputed penalty. Principia, a non-conference foe, came all the way from St. Louis to beat us by three touchdowns. They scored two gift touchdowns early in the first quarter on a tricky reverse. The Warriors slapped right back as Dave Lindberg took the ball 50 yards to the two-foot line from where Dave Johnson took it for the tally. The North Park game, the last for 13 seniors, was one we really wanted to win. We took the open- ing kickoff and marched 60 yards before we lost the ball on a fumble. We scored soon afterwards on a 4 yard plunge by Werner Von Bergen after we re- covered their fumble. In the second half our defense again checked them, and in the fourth quarter, George Fikeis, a consistent ground gainer through- out the game, scored on a 6 yard pitchout to climax a 2 win, 2 loss, T tie conference schedule. At the close of the season the Warriors swamped the other teams in the all-conference voting. The league's coaches selected seven Wheaton players on the all-conference teams. They were Dave Johnson and Jim Hanchett, ends, Frank Hicks, tackle, Jim McKellin, guard, Jay Hoppe, center, and Don Bul- lock and Dave Lindberg, halfbacks. Werner Von Bergen takes the ball around end for a first down against North Park Academy. I - '-fs! . ,,,fg2'.:jj,f.FLQf-0 4-. -s ?'Vw5?P'r-f ' f - Q ,L ,IV K ck ,xiii :,,P.f:':.,Ejf 18,1 4 I K. Af'Lf.ii '.f' 'N' '-r , ,. , Q ,. V ,.-:na -4- www , f' as J, Ili I 'tr fer 2 - ew 'i .i,e.'sfi?:f,- el! , -1 '. -M fx., 1 ' ' 55 5 wk! s'. m . l,,',- vb' 7 aw! 0,-5 , ip, Q ,, K ,sig I 5 . O. ' o . -A ,1 ' , v ' iiybv , an v 5 . fs- 5 W six. 3 ..-gi g Q Kirby Buchanan Line Backer, 175 lbs. Tom Buis Defensive Halfback, T60 lbs. Don Bullock Halfback, T50 lbs. Al Dasburg Tackle, 165 lbs. Bill Edwards Guard, 160 lbs.

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Football .-ans. vw-'Y' ' Quarterback Dave Johnson, most 1 valuable player, breaks away for ' yardage against Parker. P l . ' W' -QI ' -x , 'fl 1 in The charging of linemen and the handoff to a fast backfield man, this was the result of hard practices. The Warriors fought, and won, not every game, few teams do that. Hard practice and competition at every position moved the team forward on Sat- urdays. There were a few tough losses, the Latin and St. Procopius games in which the score was tied until the closing two minutes, and the Harvard game where, losing by two touchdowns, we had two called back. Still, the season was one we want to remem- ber. St. Procopius was our first opponent. The game seesawed from one half of the field to the other with mistakes halting our scoring drives. The game wasn't decided until the last minute when they tal- lied the winning touchdown. We opened our conference season against Latin. Before we got set in the first quarter, they had scored. As the second half opened, we took the ball, and with an inspired drive, marched down to the five yd. line where Don Bullock took it for the score. The contest remained a tie until Latin scored on a twenty 92 . ,f ' t ' n ' if - K yard reverse with two minutes remaining in the game. In the Harvard game we were without the ser- vices of quarterback Dave Johnson, but neverthe- less, gained consistent yardage. The Harvard team scored in the first quarter on a runback of an in- tercepted pass and late in the game marched to another score. In the final quarter both Jim Hanchett and Tom Buis caught touchdown passes which were called back on account of penalties. The Parker game really proved the Warriors. We consistently stymied the defending champioin's attack, and we made yardage ourselves in huge chunks. Our first score came very early in the open- ing quarter after a fumble, as Don Bullock charged into the end zone from the eight yard line. Later in the some period, Dave Lindberg picked up a punt and reeled off 70 yards for our second touchdown. The attack again started functioning in the third period as Don Bullock again scored on a short lunge and Warner Von Bergen crossed the goal line from 30 yards out. Dave Johnson finished the scoring in the final period on a 10 yard plunge.

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Varsity Football team Row 'lz Garber, S. Oury, Fikeis, Bullock, Von Bergen. Row 2 Erickson, J. Oury, Lindberg, McNally, Pittman, Karsen, Johnson, Edwards, Hoppe Row 3: Cqach Hoisington, Palmer, Hearn, Hanchett, Buis, Gale, Hicks, Hurlburt Dasburg, McKellin, Buchanan, Neff, Haraldsen, Junior Varsity Football team Row 'lz Rasera, Hug, Nanfelt, Gardziella, Walles, B. Oury, Joransen, Coach Hoisington, Derrick, J. Oury. Row 2: B. Gale, Skrudlond, Jasperson, Kay, Kinsler, Pollard, Groen, Penn, Gerstung, Robinson, Skinner, Gould, Tenney, Petersen. ix!! . . 'Q If 'J' TL 7,,f'f' ' J-ya - -2 v.- -- - - .,. ' s ' X A .1 '