Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Elmwood Park Immaculate Conception Luther North Luther South North Park Walther Luther North Shore John Huffman 195 lb. end All-Conference Co-captain George Kraft 185 lb. back All-Conference Gerry Gedde 165 lb. guard All-Conference Jim Carmeon 170 Ib. end All-Conference

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,............ ...vw i .... . ..-.-- ri ci t' --4 -rv . ,-.,,.. .,, . . - -' - X v Starting the Warriors on their way to the championship in the P.S.L. and a Homecoming victory, Bob Snelgrove boots to Luther North's 15. UNDEFEATED SEASON! With Christ as our Captain, the Academy Warriors battled to the first undefeated football season in Academy history. When the fellows turned out for practice, there were no returning lettermen in the backfield and because of this, there was little anticipation of a successful season. Even after the team shaped up, lack of depth was o definite drawback. But with much determination and hard work, they ended their season victorious. The Warriors jumped off to a good start for the season by blanking Elmwood Park 28-0. It was our game all the way as early in the first quarter a recovered fumble set up the first touchdown, this one 65 yds., by George Kraft. During the second quarter, end John Huffman picked up a loose ball and toted it over for the next T.D. Taking to the air, the Warriors scored on a pass - Westphal to Carmean and added another extra point. After the ball had changed hands, the Parkers were penalized iust as the clock ran out for the half. Taking advantage of the extra play, Kraft tallied for the winners to end the scoring for the day. Against a tough Immaculate Conception eleven, our boys kept the Knights from scoring 44 and went to win 7-0. Huffman scored on a 30-yard pass play midway through the first quarter to give the Warriors their one and only T.D. Westphal, calling plays from the quarter- back slot, then flipped a pass to Carmean in the end zone for the final point. Sparked by the hard line smashes of l.C.'s fullback Wilkens, they moved the ball down to the l yd. line just before time ran out in the first half. Our boys came too close to losing their first homecoming game since Coach Harris has been doing the coaching when they slid by Luther North 20-13. Trailing 13-6 at the half, the Academy had been scored upon twice by two short passes in the first quarter. They picked up their lone tally of the half after a long drive, when Stewart went off tackle for a few yards and the touchdown. But the Harrismen had no idea of seeing their rivals take this one as they fought back hard in the third quarter. After another sustained drive, Westphal drove over from the 2 to put us back in the game. Running plays at a terrific clip, the champions scored the winning T.D. with only 20 seconds remaining as Stewart got his second of the day.

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152232 First row: Davidson, Stewart, J. Sevall, Fletcher, Edwards, Chrouser, Bosgraf, Tracy, Manager Guenther. Second row: Line Coach Mitchell, Jervis, Spangler, Novak, Fogle, Gedde, Murphy, MacDonald, Robinson, Snelgrove. Third row: D. Sevall, Westphal, Carmean, Mannel, Huffman, Madison, Kraft, Seeland, Coach Harris. Chet Stewart 150 lb. back Merold Westphal 160 lb. back John Novak 155 lb. back Continuing their winning streak, the powerful Warriors trounced Luther South 33-O. On the first play from scrimmage, Kraft scampered 87 yards for his initial touchdown of the day. Later in the first half, running out of the half-back slot, he toted the pigskin over again. Little John Novak had a field day against the Luthers as he romped for three T.D.'s. Coach Harris substituted freely and many of the second and third string boys saw action. Despite being plagued by the Asiatic flu, Wheaton downed a previously undefeated North Park team 22-O in a rain. We defensed their passing offense perfectly to hold them scoreless. Kraft and Stewart performed the honors for the winners and a safety was picked up in the second half to complete the scoring. Maintaining their excellent defensive record of only 13 points scored against them in 6 games, the Academy fellows whipped Walther Luther 33-O. Walther threatened our goal line several times but were unable to succeed. Stewart continued to be the leading scorer in the conference by making two tallies while Novak and MacDonald scored one a piece. The Academy team came through and won their last and most crucial game by edging North Shore 19-7. Strong defensive work and good line play once again were vital factors in the Warrior's triumph. Five plays after we got the ball Stewart went off tackle for his first T.D. After the kickoff, North Shore failed to move the pigskin and were forced to punt. The ball rolled dead on the three from where our boys advanced 58 yards before punting. Later West- phal recovered a fumble and a few plays later passed to Carmean for the T.D. The conversion failed as the score stood 13-0. Midway through the second half, Stewart carried it over again from the one. With minutes remaining, all-conference half- back Ron Rosset weaved his way through the Warrior's forces and scored their lone T.D.