La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1951

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 26, 1951

La Salle Departs For Grid Camp La Salle high School’s football team, one of the four participants in the Quaker Bowl in September 14 at Temple Stadium, leaves tomorrow for Gladstone, NJ where the Little Explorers will get down to serious training for the games. North Catholic, Pottstown, and Abington, the other Quaker Bowl contestants, already are in training for the contest which will lift the lid on scholastic football in this area. Coach Johnny Meyers, of La Salle, will take a squad of 45 men to Mt. St. John’s Academy in Gladstone. The team will stay there for 12 days, returning home on September 7 to get in their final lick on their 20th and Olney terrain. Faces St. Matthews Meyers has quite a formidable job on his hands since he doesn’t have one regular back from last year’s squad and only six lettermen in all. His task is doubly difficult in that he not only must ready his team for the Quaker Bowl but also for the battle with St. Matthews in Conshohocken on September 16, only two days later. Of the six veterans, four are linemen and two are backs. Tackles Bill Schumacher and John DelVecchio and guards Buddy Bauer and Al Behner will be the nucleus for the forward wall, while halfbacks Bill Sommers and Gerald Chesnes are the experienced backs. In his T formation system, Meyers needs a quarterback that can run the offense and he believes he has that man in Ronnie Boyle, a slim junior who is consider a budding passing star. Meyers doesn’t have any ends at all returning and figures that position to be the biggest weakness on his team. Sommers to Kick Sommers will likely handle the kicking chores, and Meyers calls Bernie Burke the leading candidate for the vacant fullback billet. However, Meyers emphasizes that every position is wide open, and the boys must battle to win them. La Salle scored heavily in Catholic League and non-league games a year ago but encountered difficulty in stifling the opposition’s scoring. They wound up with an overall 5-4 slate and fifth spot in the league. Aware of this failing of 1950, Meyers is going to devoted more time to defense this season.

Philadelphia Inquirer, September 14, 1951

4 Schools Play In Bowl Tonight Four of the area’s outstanding high school football teams will play in the first annual Quaker Bowl game tonight at Temple Stadium, starting at eight o’clock. North Catholic, defending Catholic League champion, La Salle, Abington, and Pottstown are the schools take part in the first attempt at a game of this type in the East. Sides Pool Points In the battle alignment, North Catholic meets Pottstown in the first period with La Salle facing Abington in the second. The third quarter will bring together La Salle and Pottstown, while North and Abington will meet in the last period. Under the special rules for the Quaker Bowl, North Catholic and La Salle will be teamed against Abington and Pottstown. The sides will pool their points and the combination with the greater number will be declared the winner.

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If there is a tie in points then first downs will determine the winner. If there is still a tie, then total yardage will be used as the yardstick. The winning teams will receive trophies. To Select Best Players Under the rules there will be no kickoffs at the start of the second and fourth quarters even though the teams will change. The start of the second and fourth quarters will be just resumption of where play ended in the first and third sessions as the team partners take over. A board of coaches headed by John “Ox” Da Grosa, State boxing commissioner, will select the two outstanding players – one on the winning side and one on the losing.

Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 1951

North, La Salle Football Victors North Catholic’s late surge gave the Falcons and La Salle a 20-14 victory over Pottstown and Abington in the first annual Quaker Bowl last night at Temple Stadium before 9500. Each Philadelphia team played a quarter against the suburban elevens. Ed Graczykowski, who tossed the winning touchdown, and Pottstown’s kicking, passing, and hard- running Stan Chaplin, who scored both visitors’ tallies, were picked as the outstanding players of their respective sides by a board headed by John “Ox” Da Grosa. North’s Harold James raced 18 yards to tally against Pottstown in the first quarter and Bob McKay booted the point. Bernard Burke split Abington’s middle from the two for La Salle in the second quarter, but a rush for the point failed. Pottstown gave the visitors the lead, 14-13, in the third quarter as Chaplin blasted two, then drive and sprinted 23 for touchdowns against La Salle. Bob Sutton converted. North finally got rolling late in the fourth period and Graczykowski flipped nine to Don Healy to end a 55-yard, seven play blitz. McKay again made good.

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North, La Salle Pool Points For Victory In Quaker Bowl Game On Friday evening, September 14, at Temple Stadium, a nine-yard pass by North Catholic insured a victory for North and La Salle in the first annual Quaker Bowl game. The losing squads were Pottstown and Abington. The action started in the first few minutes of the game with Pottstown returning the kick 34 yards only to fumble on the 44 with North recovering on the 41. Harold James, North, raced into the end zone only to have the play nullified on a penalty. Shortly after, James found his way into pay-dirt again and it was ruled a touchdown. Bob McKay added the point, giving the Catholic schools an early lead of 7-0. Again in the second quarter, La Salle, taking over North’s position (according to special rules) powered over the Abington eleven for the second Catholic School score. A rush for the point failed, and the score remained 13-0. With La Salle kicking off in the third quarter to Pottstown, the underdogs made their first bid for the lead. Stan Chaplin, in a spectacular show of running, passing, and ball handling, scored twice with Bob Sutton converting both times to give the Public Schools their first lead of the game, 14-13. The fourth quarter brought North and Abington together. North seemed to have lost some of its power as Abington held firm, but nearing the end of the period the Falcons picked up and scored the winning seven points.

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Awards for the outstanding players went to North’s Ed Graczykowski for his ball handling and blocking, and to Stan Chaplin for his running, passing, and kicking on the offense and for his excellent defensive play.

Game 1, September 16, 1951: St. Matthew’s 31 – La Salle 7

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Mirrors Swamp La Salle, 31-7, Avenging Last Year’s Defeat Scoring three times in a wild and wooly last quarter, Charlie Heavey’s Mirrors thumped a tiring La Salle High School eleven by a convincing 31-7 score yesterday, at the Community Center field. At least 3500 fans watched the passing of Zeke Borkowski and the scoring of Tom Kolanko gain sweet revenge for the 34-0 downfall the Little Explorers handed the Saints last year. Tight defenses kept the first period scoreless, but early in the second Borkowski commenced fire and found Al Hissner on the end of a 25-yard touchdown toss for the game’s first score. Borkowski himself got the drive going when he intercepted a pass by Ron Boyle, La Salle quarterback, on his own 39. Fullback Jack Stanish went for a yard and Borkowski picked up 11 in two carries for a first down at midfield. Scatback Bill Kelly ploughed for two and then broke loose for a 13-yard scamper to the enemy’s 26. From here, after a pass flopped, Borkowski pitched to the leaping Hissner in the end zone. The run for extra point failed and the teams opened the second half with St. Matt’s on the long end of a 6-0 score. The half ended none too soon for La Salle, however, as Tom Kolanko made the first of his two memorable interceptions, latching onto a Boyle toss on his own 10 and legging it all the way to the Philadelphian’s 20, thirty seconds before the gun. Second half scoring festivities were inaugurated when Hissner dove on a La Salle fumble on his own 42 and Borkowski toted 13 yards in three plays for a first down on the losers’ 45. Five tries later Borkowski heaved to Bill Kelly for thirty-five yards and what should have been a touchdown. But the Blue and White were detected off-sides and they had to try again from the 39. Five yards made little difference to the Heaveymen, though, and on the next play Zeke found Kolanko standing alone on the 17. Tom had little trouble making it to the end zone as the nearest visitor was ten yards away. Then came the fearsome finale. Borkowski, who with Kolanko snared more La Salle passes than La Salle did, pulled one down on the Reflectors’ 46 and ran to his opponents’ 33. From here he proceeded to hang one out for Kelly, who took the ball in stride 3 yards from the goal. Bill added the only successful Mirror try for a conversion and the score was 19-0. Three minutes later Boyle tried a long pass from his own 32. The oval sped straight into the hands of Kolanko, who tore down the North sideline into paydirt. Johnny Maloney got into the scoring parade in equally sudden manner. He scooped up a backfield fumble and streaked home from the thirty for the finishing touch of St. Matthew’s scoring. At this point, Heavey sending in his reserves, it was finally La Salle’s turn. They took the ensuing kickoff and marched steadily down the field to the local’s goal line when Roger Boyle turned left end for the losers’ sole TD. Bud Chesnes passed to John Barry for the seventh point.

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Sunday, September 16, was a depressing day for the La Salle squad, when it was defeated 31-7. Three interceptions and a fumble set up four of the St. Matt’s scores. Roger Boyle scored the touchdown, and Jack Barry caught a pass for the extra point. The deciding factor in the game was St. Matt’s pass defense which broke up most of La Salle’s concentrated gains.

Philadelphia Inquirer

St. Matthews Routs La Salle Scoring three times in the last quarter, St. Matthews of Conshohocken thumped a tired La Salle High eleven, 31-7, before 3500 at Conshohocken yesterday. Leading the Mirrors’ offense were Zeke Borkowski and Tom Kolanko. Borkowski threw three touchdown passes for 25, 35, and 39 yards. Kolanko’s two touchdowns came on a pass from Borkowski and a 50-yard runback with an interception. Others visiting the Little Explorers’ end zone were Al Hissner, Billy Kelly, and John Maloney. Roger Boyle, sophomore back, turned left end for a yard and a lone last minute touchdown for La Salle.

LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, Sullivan, D’Amico, Butterly, Barry. Tackles – DelVecchio, Behner, Torpey, Downey. Guards – Bauer, Schumacher, Pavletich, Murphy. Center – DeLuca. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Rog. Boyle, Burke, Stein, Gandolfo, Magee.

ST. MATTHEW’S Ends – Hissner, Jarosz, Nolan, Strycharz. Tackles – Prokopchuk, Murphy, Ruppe, Pettine. Guards – Stauffer, Walsh, T. Maloney, Pupeck, Blong. Centers – Galanti, Finneran. Backs – Borkowski, Stanish, Kelly, Greco, Kolanko, J. Maloney, T. O’Conner, Bruni, Richardson, D. O’Conner, Jurish.

Game 2, September 21, 1951: Central 36 – La Salle 6

Philadelphia Inquirer

Central opened its season successfully with a 36-6 rout of La Salle. The Mirrors scored in each period, getting two touchdowns and a field goal in the final quarter. A bad pass from center on an attempted punt gave Central its first chance midway in the first period. Bill Sommers was back in kick formation when the center went over his head to the one. He recovered, but central took possession and scored on the next play when Jack Bowser sneaked over. Score Odd Touchdown Central scored an odd touchdown in the second period when Lonnie Fuller picked up teammate Charlie Goodall’s fumble and ran 67 yards for the score. Midway in the third period Carl Brown sliced off his

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La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1951 right tackle for 76 yards and a score. On the second play of the final period, Goodall kicked a 24-yard field goal. A poor punt, which was sailed back because of the high wind, gave La Salle its chance for a score. Goodall’s punt netted Central only one yard and La Salle took possession on the Mirror 15. Three plays later, bill Magee passed three yards to Mike Sullivan for the score. Jack Finklestein and Al Kline scored the final touchdowns on runs of 27 and 47 yards, respectively.

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The Little Explorers saw defeat mirrored in the Central team 36 to 6 on Friday night, September 21, under the arc lights at McCarthy Stadium. Central Scores First The first touchdown came when an attempt by La Salle to kick its way out of a tight spot failed and Central recovered on the one yard line and scored on the next play. Explorers Tally In the second and third quarters, Central scored a TD in each period by a fine display of long running. The final period showed the most action of the entire game. The period opened with a 20 yard field goal by Central. La Salle, with some fine passing, then chalked up its only touchdown. Central capitalized on its great power to score two more, making the final score 36-6.

Game 3, September 30, 1951: South Catholic 37 – La Salle 0 by John Dell, Philadelphia Inquirer

S. Catholic Routs La Salle, 37-0 Lou Solari, a 5-foot-6 mite, gave a big performance as South walloped La Salle, 37-0, yesterday in the opening Catholic League football game for both teams. Solari passed for five of the winners’ six touchdowns before more than 4000 at 20th St. and Olney Ave. In addition, the 135-pound quarterback directed five scoring drives and contributed long runs to two of them. He raced 49 yards to help set up the first touchdown and romped 41 in the fifth push. McDonnell Scores Twice Two of his scoring heaves went to halfback John McDonnell, who was his most popular receiver, as he completed nine of 12 tosses and had another ruled complete by interference. His touchdown pitches to McDonnell covered 29 and 20 yards. He made other scoring hits of 22 to Charles Kisielius, 41 to Howard Cooper, and 16 to Don DiMatteo. South’s sixth touchdown in its second straight victory of the season was a 44-yard connection from Mike Nardi, Solari’s understudy, to Joe Moshinski. Charles Muzio converted after the third TD. Scoring Bids Fail La Salle, led by the running of Gerard Chesnes and Bernie Burke and the running and punting of bill Sommers, made only two scoring gestures as it lost its second straight. The Little Explorers, set off by Chesnes’ 46-yard scamper, moved 58 yards to South’s 21 with the opening kickoff. In the last period a recovered fumble gave them possession on South’s 11, but they were stopped on the five. But there was no stopping South. The Pirates’ paying drives were sustained through 33, 65, 73, 95, and 29 yards.

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LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, Sullivan, D’Amico, Byrne, Barry, McCarthy. Tackles – DelVecchio, Torpey, Bauer, English, Pavletich, Kane, Facciotti, Lezynski. Guards – Lamprecht, Schumacher, Murphy. Center – DeLuca, Cover, Paul. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Rog. Boyle, Burke, Stein, Ferguson, Sommers, Keenan, Garoppo, Magee.

SOUTH CATHOLIC Ends – DiMatteo, Kisielius, Ginoble, Werner, Squilla, Lavin, Kelly. Tackles – Alfonsi, Ruggiano, Healy, Budka, DiGrazio, Donato, LaPergola. Guards – Sarcone, Scelzi, Nocella, Cimoni, Gallo. Centers – Liberatore. Backs – Solari, McDonnell, Midiri, Moshinski, DeSantis, Cunningham, Nardi, Morley, Santangelo, Cooper, Norton, Reinert, DeCecco, Muzio, Bracken.

LA SALLE 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH 0 19 6 12 37

South Catholic Scoring – Touchdowns: McDonnell 2, Kisielius, Cooper, DiMatteo, Moshinski. Point After Touchdown: Muzio (placement).

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On Sunday, September 30, La Salle lost to South in its Catholic League opener, 37-0. La Salle Strikes First The Little Explorers opened up in grand style as Gerald Chesnes ran 46 yards on the first play before South’s defense could pull him down. This early threat was, however, the only thing La Salle rooters could cheer for, as Lou Solari and South came into the picture and stayed there until the final whistle. Passing Starts Finding they could not gain on the ground, South started passing. Solari immediately hit his receivers for 3 touchdown passes, before the end of the first half. Two more passes and a run accounted for the last of South’s touchdowns, giving the Explorers the short end of a 37-0 score.

Game 4, October 7, 1951: St. Joseph’s Prep 18 – La Salle 6 by John Dell, Philadelphia Inquirer

St. Joseph’s Beats La Salle St. Joseph’s defeated La Salle, 18-6, yesterday in the only Catholic League football game. Two games were postponed because of rain. St. Joseph’s defied the weather and use wide pitchouts to shake its back s loose for two of its touchdowns and big Nick Breslin sloshed 43 yards with a punt to score the other. La Salle (0-4) had the

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La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1951 satisfaction of mounting the game’s longest sustained march, which carried 52 yards in the fourth period. Bill Magee’s 22-yard pass to Ed Stein capped the drive. But by then St. Joseph’s had the points necessary for its opening league triumph. The Hawklets scored twice in the second period on Jerry Boyle’s 15-yard circuit of left end with an Ed Scanlan pitchout, and on Breslin’s long run. Scores After 71-Yard Run They completed their scoring in the third, when Ed Dougherty took another pitchout and ran 71 yards.

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On Sunday, October 7, La Salle was handed its second successive Catholic League defeat by a well- manned St. Joseph’s Prep team by a score of 18-6. Right after the second quarter commenced, St. Joe’s scored on a pitchout by quarterback Scanlon. Two minutes later Nick Breslin ran back a La Salle punt to make the score 12-0 at the half. A 71 yard run by Dougherty of the Prep made the score 18-0 near the end of the third quarter, but the Explorers came back with a 20 yard pass from soph quarterback Bill Magee to Ed Stein to make the final score 18-6.

LA SALLE Ends – Pettit, Sullivan, D’Amico, Byrne, Butterly, McCarthy. Tackles – Torpey, Bauer, Wilson, Pavletich, Kane, Facciotti. Guards – Lamprecht, Schumacher, Bray, DelVecchio. Center – DeLuca, Cover. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Burke, Stein, Ferguson, Sommers, Keenan, Magee, Rae, Bense.

ST. JOSEPH’S PREP Ends – Hynes, Spratt, Doyle, Barton. Tackles – Miller, Heck, Adamczyk. Guards – Whalen, Johnston, Boyle, Finerty. Centers – Currie, Farley, Simmons. Backs – Scanlan, Eustace, Dougherty, Breslin, Boyle, Slawek, O’Brien, Logan, Calgan.

LA SALLE 0 0 0 6 6 ST. JOSEPH’S 0 12 6 0 18

St. Joseph’s Scoring – Touchdowns: Boyle, Breslin, Dougherty. La Salle Scoring – Touchdown: Stein.

Game 5, October 14, 1951: Roman Catholic 60 – La Salle 6 by John Dell, Philadelphia Inquirer

Roman rebounded from its 9-6 opening loss to West to give La Salle its worst hiding in loop play, 60-6. Ed Lafferty scored three – on runs of 30, 65, and 45 – and Bill Seigfried twice – on two 20-yard heaves by Art Robach – in Roman’s holiday. Other touchdowns resulted from Bob “Gus” Glascott’s 45-yard sprint; Frank Corrado’s run of 35; Johnny Ryan’s return of an intercepted pass and Robach’s 45-yard 7

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At 20th St. and Olney Ave. LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, Sullivan, D’Amico, McCarthy. Tackles – Bauer, Kane. Guards – Lamprecht, Schumacher, Lepo, DelVecchio. Center – DeLuca, Cover. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Burke, Stein, Sommers, Magee.

ROMAN CATHOLIC Ends – Seigfried, Katcavage, Ellis. Tackles – Bell, O’Donnell. Guards – Vassallo, Kenny, Boegley, Tinaley, Hanlon. Centers – Angelini. Backs – Robach, Buchanan, Koob, Glascott, Moran, Russ, Ryan, Adolor, DiSepio, Funk, Lafferty, Corrado.

LA SALLE 0 0 6 0 6 ROMAN 13 17 7 21 60

Roman Scoring – Touchdowns: Lafferty 3, Glascott, Seigfried 2, Corpato, Ryan, Koob. Points after touchdowns: Katcavage 5 (placements), Ellis (pass). La Salle Scoring – Touchdown: Sommers.

Game 6, October 21, 1951: West Catholic 48 – La Salle 6 by John Dell, Philadelphia Inquirer

West Routs La Salle, Holds Loop Lead Unbeaten West (5-0) held first place by making La Salle its fourth straight league victim, 48-6. Seven of coach Jack Shields’ West players scurried into the end zone to send La Salle (0-6) to its sixth straight league defeat. Shields used his entire 33-man squad as his first-line offensive unit rested nearly half the game. Starters Take It Easy His starters registered 21 points in the first quarter, sat out the second, when John Bauer scored for the Burrs from the four-yard line, and returned to pile up 21 more counters in the third period. Joe Posse started West’s scoring with a 26-yard turn of right end to conclude a 73-yard drive with the opening kickoff. Then, Walt Bradley crossed on a 13-yard run and John McEachern went over from the seven, after running back an intercepted pass 30 to set up the score. In the third quarter, Art Dettra pounded over in three bucks from the 20 after tackle Frank Kane recovered a fumble. Later, Dettra blocked Bill Sommers’ punt and Kane claimed it for West on the nine, from where Andy Pecora banged home in three plays. In the final minutes of the period Tony Spodabalski streaked 90 yards on a reverse for the final Burr touchdown. Bauer placekicked six extra points. 8

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Sommers’ 20-yard run from short punt formation gave La Salle its touchdown in the waning minutes.

At 58th St. and Elmwood Ave. LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, McCarthy, Pettit, Ferguson, Byrne. Tackles – Bauer, Kane, DelVecchio, Lezynski. Guards – Sullivan, Schumacher, Facciotti. Center – DeLuca, Cover. Backs – Chesnes, Burke, Stein, Sommers, Magee, Keenan, Garoppo, Boyle.

WEST CATHOLIC Ends – Ferry, McKernan, McClellan, Dodds, Ahearn, Dougherty. Tackles – F. Kane, Pastorius, Martin, Hanson, Gill, Costigan. Guards – Donigan, McFadden, J. DelVecchio, Perna, Delosa, Monahan. Centers – Basile, Johnson, McLaughlin. Backs – J. Sommers, McEachern, Bradley, Dettra, Posse, Spodabalski, Fusonie, J. Bauer, Pecora, Henry, O’Neill, Brown.

LA SALLE 0 0 0 6 6 WEST 21 6 21 0 48

West Scoring – Touchdowns: Posse, Bradley, McEachern, J. Bauer, Dettra, Pecora, Spodabalski. Points after Touchdowns: J. Bauer 6. La Salle Scoring – Touchdown: Sommers.

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West’s Single Wing Defeats Gridders On Sunday, October 21, La Salle lost to a very strong West eleven 48-6. West got its single-wing attack working early and shook Joe Posse loose for a 27 yard touchdown gallop in the opening period. Walt Bradley ran 13 yards to score the second West TD, with John McEachern charging off tackle from the La Salle seven for the third. Bauer scored TD number four in the second period with a smash from the five yard line. Art Dettra completed another scoring effort with a plunge from the four. Andy Pecora slid over from the one, and Tony Spodobalski turned in the long run of the day by breaking loose and sprinting 90 yards for West’s final touchdown. Bill Sommers scored the singleton for La Salle on a 20 yard scamper around right end in the final minutes of the game.

Game 7, October 28, 1951: St. Thomas More 27 – La Salle 24 by John Dell, Philadelphia Inquirer

St. Thomas More (1-2-1) kept La Salle (0-7) from gaining a tie by the margin of three extra point plunges, 27-24. Bill Sommers was three-time scorer for La Salle on runs of 18, 11, and 8, and he tossed to Jim McWilliams on an 87-yard pass play. Bob Wilkins threw two St. Thomas More scoring passes, to Ed 9

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Chelius for 70 yards and Ed Kennedy for seven. Dick Van Trieste ran 84 and Joe Carlin 42 for other Bear scores. Wilkins plunged for one extra point and Bill Way for two.

At 20th St. and Olney Ave. LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, Barry, D’Amico, McCarthy. Tackles – Bauer, Lamprecht, DelVecchio, Lezynski, Murphy. Guards – DeLuca, Schumacher, Pavletich, Coone. Center – Paul, Cover. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Burke, Stein, Sommers, Magee, Ferguson, Rog. Boyle, Gall, Garoppo, Rae.

ST. THOMAS MORE Ends – Teodoro, Loro, Gambino, Begley. Tackles – Gormley, Curran, Sullivan, Kelleher. Guards – R. Way, Finn, Souders, Thorn. Centers – Aikens. Backs – McCaffrey, Carlin, Ranelli, Van Trieste, Kelly Cannon, Kennedy, Chelius, W. Way.

LA SALLE 6 6 0 12 24 MORE 0 7 7 13 27

More Scoring – Touchdowns: Chelius, Kennedy, Van Trieste, Carlin. Points after touchdowns: Wilkins (plunging), W. Way 2 (plunging). La Salle Scoring – Touchdown: Sommers 3, McWilliams.

Game 8, November 4, 1951: North Catholic 35 – La Salle 0 by John Dell, Philadelphia Inquirer

North spanked La Salle, 35-0. James Sprints 81 and 64 Scoring sprints of 81 and 64 yards by Hal James and 35 by Jim Walsh highlighted North’s attack. Jack Lauch also went over from the nine and John Hilferty chucked 20 to Ed Kerpius for other North touchdowns. Don Healy and George Wudarski placekicked the added points. Healy made two, Wudarski three.

At 20th St. and Olney Ave. LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, Barry, D’Amico, McCarthy. Tackles – Bauer, Lamprecht, DelVecchio, Lezynski, Murphy. Guards – DeLuca, Schumacher, Pavletich, Coone. Center – Paul, Cover. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Burke, Rae, Sommers, Magee, Ferguson, Rog. Boyle, Gall, Garoppo.

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Ends – Healy, Maher, Conroy, Eife, Wudarski, Kerpius. Tackles – Mergo, Leilman, Ray Lyons, Kulinsky, D’Agostino. Guards – Krop, Fox, Veneziale, Fendler. Centers – Robert Lyons, Krivda. Backs – Grindrod, Lauch, James, Graczykowski, Spera, Vizza, Walsh, Caraccido, McGinty, Hilferty, McLaughlin.

LA SALLE 0 0 0 0 0 NORTH 14 7 0 14 35

North Scoring – Touchdowns: Walsh, Lauch, James 2, Kerpius. Points after touchdowns: Healy 2 (placements), Wudarski 3 (placements).

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Falcons Defeat Explorers 35-0 A powerful North Catholic aggregation overpowered a weakened Explorer squad by the score of 35-0. After an exchange of punts in the first quarter North started on its parade to the goal line with Harry James scoring his first of two touchdowns. It wasn’t the runaway that the score would indicate. The halftime score was 21-0. The third quarter was the only period in which the Falcons didn’t score. North turned on the gas in the last period and became the second team this season to blank an Explorer squad. The other Falcon scorers besides James were Walsh, Lausch, and Kerpius (on a pass from Hilferty).

Game 9, November 11, 1951: St. James 26 – La Salle 12 by Hal Freeman, Philadelphia Inquirer

Dick Christy sparked St. James’ attack with a 70-yard TD run in the opening quarter and a tally on the receiving end of a 13-yard peg from jack Flood in the second.

Chester Times

Bulldogs Win Over La Salle, 26-12, For 1st Of Season They evened the weights a little yesterday for St. James so the Bulldogs took advantage of being outweighed by only 10 pounds per man and steamrollered La Salle High, 26-12, before a handful of loyal followers who journeyed to 20th & Olney to see their team win its first game of the season. The Jimmies were right in all departments yesterday and poured it on from all angles. The running of John Flood, the passing of Dick Christy and the defensive work of Bob Mahoney, John Dougherty and Jim Arrington stood out on a day when standouts were hard to pick. Enough can’t be said about the blocking in the line by Vince Kuberski, Harry Bailey and John Dugan. It was just one of those days and the bulldogs made the most of it. Joe Logue’s scrappy line forced La Salle into the air in the first period and Johnny Kowac intercepted Chesnes’ toss on the 10 and returned it to his own 25. Flood dug through tackle for five to the 30 to set 11

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1951 the stage for Dick Christy’s sprint. Dick took the pass from center and faked a handoff to Flood, spun back through center and went all the way. Christy completed to Flood for the point but a clipping penalty nullified the play and put the Jimmies back to the 18 where a Christy-to-Flood pass was incomplete. After Chesnes returned Kuberski’s kick to his own 34 the bulldog line took over again and nearly pushed the Explorers out of the ball park. Chesnes lost 11 to the 23 and Sommers lost 14 to the 9 so Sommers punted to the St. James 42. Joe Smith rounded end for 9 and Flood got 4 in the middle for a first on the La Salle 45. Christy skirted end to pick up 12 to the 33 and it looked as though the Bulldogs were on their way again but a valiant stand by the La Salle line and a last ditch effort by Roger Boyle who batted a touchdown pass out of the hands of Harry Bailey stalled the Jimmies on the La Salle 1. In the second period, Arrington’s recovery of Sommers’ fumble gave the ball to St. James on the La Salle 18. Christy made a first down for the Bulldogs on the 8 with a sweep around end but on the next play St. James was called for illegal motion and set back to the 13. This opened the La Salle defense just enough and Flood hit Dick Christy in the end zone to make the score 12-0. Dick’s placement was true to end the scoring for the half: St. James 13, La Salle 0. In the final stanza, Christy tried to pass in the flat but Frank Garoppo intercepted for La Salle on the St. James 35 and was hauled down from behind by Bob Mahoney on the locals’ 5. The Bulldogs dug in and held the hard-running Burke to 1 yard in three attempts but with a last and 4 situation, Gerry Chesnes slid around end for the score. Sommers bucked for the point but was smothered at the 5. Later, Sommers punted out to Kowac on the 50, who returned to the Explorers’ 37. St. James worked a forward-lateral play here that has never been worked better by any team. Christy faded as though to throw long but turned and tossed to John Flood on the line of scrimmage. Just as the secondary defense of La Salle hit Flood, he handed off to little Johnny Kowac, who covered the remaining 37 yards with ease. Christy’s placement made it St. James 20, La Salle 6. Chesnes fumbled to Flood on the La Salle 34 to set up the final score for St. James. Christy hit Kowac with a nine-yard pass and flood reversed 16 to the nine. Flood then picked up seven to the two. Margiotti was held for a slight gain at center. With La Salle set for the reverse, Flood faded and looped one into the end zone, where Bailey took it in all alone. Christy’s placement was blocked to keep the score at 26-6. After an exchange of fumbles, La Salle wound up with the ball on the uptowners’ 35. From here, Bill Sommers’ rush for the point failed, the final score remaining St. James 26, La Salle 12.

At 20th St. and Olney Ave. LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, McCarthy. Tackles – Bauer, DelVecchio, Torpey, Murphy. Guards – Lamprecht, Schumacher, Pavletich, Paul. Center – DeLuca, Cover. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Burke, Sommers, Ferguson, Rog. Boyle, Garoppo.

ST. JAMES Ends – Schwartz, Arrington, Hall, Bailey, Siminski. Tackles – Dougherty, Miller, Broadhurst, Mullen. Guards – Kuberski, Dugan, Ruane, Nacrelli, Brodkin, Klecko. Centers – Mahoney.

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Backs – Flood, J. Smith, Kowac, Christy, Marziotti, Feinberg, Zizza, Van Horn, A. Smith.

LA SALLE 0 0 6 6 12 ST. JAMES 6 7 7 6 26

Touchdowns: La Salle: Chesnes, Burke. St. James: Christy 2, Kowac, Bailey. Points after Touchdowns: St. James: Christy 2 (placement).

Game 10, November 18, 1951: Camden Catholic 40 – La Salle 6

Philadelphia Inquirer

La Salle Bows Camden Catholic topped La Salle, 40-6, administering the Little Explorers’ tenth loss in as many games. Four Camden Catholic touchdowns came on passes. Joe Callahan pegged for two, Bill Seitzinger and Bob Rodriguez one each. La Salle’s tally came in the final period on Jerry Chesnes’ eight-yard off-tackle slant.

At Camden LA SALLE Ends – McWilliams, Sullivan, Byrne, McCarthy. Tackles – Cover, Lamprecht, DelVecchio, Lezynski, Pavletich, Gandolfo? Guards – Bauer, Schumacher, Facciotti, Lepo. Center – DeLuca, Barry, Speakman. Backs – Chesnes, Ron. Boyle, Magee, Ferguson, Rog. Boyle, Stein, Garoppo, McWilliams, Murphy.

CAMDEN CATHOLIC Ends – Diepla, McComb, White, Connor, Demarco, Zeidler. Tackles – Strippoli, Bloxson, Franks, Trainor, Stefan, Taylor, Carty. Guards – Amato, Herman, Ladner, Gronin, Wilron, Bauman. Centers – Truran, Easner, Gibson, Embus, Shemely, Gallagher. Backs – Callahan, Raimondo, Seitzinger, Monroe, Flemming, Rodriguez, Demarco, Worrell, Simons.

LA SALLE 0 0 0 6 6 CAMDEN 6 13 14 7 40

Camden Scoring – Touchdowns: Flemming 2, Connor, Monroe, White, Raimondo. Points after touchdowns: Trippoli 4 (placements). La Salle Scoring – Touchdowns: Chesnes.

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