La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

Game 1, September 25, 1936: La Salle 6 – Roxborough 0

Philadelphia Inquirer

La Salle High Tops Roxborough, 6 to 0; Long Pass and Run Bring Victory; Little Tommy Regan, Substitute, Is Star Fortunate strategy by Coach Bernie Bradley brushed La Salle High School over its first football obstacle yesterday when the Little Explorer uncorked a 40-yard pass and a 50-yard scamper to bowl over Roxborough High in the final five minutes of the fracas, 6-0. Coach Bradley inserted a mite sparkplug at quarterback, tommy Regan. Transforming the mode of offense from ground to air, Quarterback Regan called for a long pass. Halfback Johnny Edinger faded back, deep into his own territory, and from the 10-yard ribbon heaved a long pass to swift-footed Regan. The substitute skirted beyond the Roxborough secondary and even outdistanced the safety-man as he nabbed the oval at mid-field. With a clear field ahead, Regan opened the speed throttle and quickly left the Roxborough pursuers far in the rear, racing 50 yards for the score. Edinger’s try from placement for the point was blocked by a host of Indians.

From TBD

La Salle Gridders Defeat Roxborough; Edinger’s Pass to Regan Downs Redskins in Close Opener; Explorers Exhibit Defensive Strength; Fumbles Are Costly Holding the stands in suspense until a lone six-pointer was scored in the last four minutes of a tense conflict… but La Salle had the edge after a slow start.

Roxborough Position La Salle T. Bonder Left End Ewing Burrows Left Tackle Gilligan Pugh Left Guard Egan Helwig Center Bradley Hague Right Guard Sullivan Smith Right Tackle W. Dougherty Wilson Right End Deagler Gagua Quarterback Clinton Stevens Left Halfback Gibbons L. Bonder Right Half Edinger Morton Fullback Clemenson

La Salle 0 0 0 6 6 Roxborough 0 0 0 0 0

Touchdown – Regan. Substitutions – La Salle: Moross for Clinton, Occhi Bianchi for Edinger, O’Neil for Clemson, J. Dougherty for Bradley, Clinton for Moross, Regan for Clinton. Roxborough: Shinn for Wilson, Lees for Pugh, Gill for Morton, Glancy for T. Bonder, Lees for Glancy. Officials – Referee: W. Hallan. Umpire – Ziddie Trautwein. Head Linesman – Ike Wooley. Time of periods – 12 minutes. 1

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

Game 2, October 3, 1936: West Catholic 7 – La Salle 6 by Al Ringler, Philadelphia Inquirer

West Catholic Beats La Salle, 7-6; Chuplis’ Toe Gives Burr Team Win; Huge West Catholic Tackle Kicks Point That Beats La Salle Bill Chuplis, West Catholic’s 215-pound tackle, provided his mates with their second victory in the Catholic League race yesterday at 44th St. and Parkside Ave. The mammoth lineman neatly place- kicked the extra point which gave the lagging Burrs a 7 to 6 triumph over La Salle in the fourth period as 3500 spectators watched. The Blue and White band, annually in the thick of the fight for Catholic loop laurels, was unimpressive against the Olney Heights scholastics in their initial performance for the home supporters until Jack Hoey, substitute halfback, raced 19 yards for the tying tally which preceded Chuplis’ winning place-boot. In a previous encounter, the west Philadelphians defeated Salesianum at Wilmington, and thus with two games safely tucked away, enjoy the top position in the circuit standings. La Salle, however, gave their bigger rivals a terrific struggle yesterday. The Olney clan, although completely outplayed, bombarded their way into touchdown land in the third period to notch up the first score of the game. A 25-yard pass, John Edinger to Tom Regan in the end-zone, sent Burr stock to rock bottom. Another pass in the effort to garner the extra credit failed and upon this failure the West Philadelphians built their success. West Catholic Fumbles West Catholic players erred often during the early course of the game, fumbling frequently, calling plays in poor sequence and otherwise abetting the La Salle cause. The Burrs did not run with the ball a half dozen times during the first period, insisting upon trying forward passes, even after La Salle men demonstrated that they would not be scored upon in that manner. After the first four plays of the combat, the Blue and White had a sterling opportunity to score as two bad punts gave them possession of the oval on La Salle’s 35-yard ribbon. Four straight passes failed to gain an inch and La Salle took the ball on downs. The Sallies had little to offer in the way of an offensive. The big West Catholic line never gave an inch as Olney backs rammed into it and rebounded. Tom O’Neil, substitute fullback, gained real ground for La Salle by his punting.

West Catholic Position La Salle McKernon Left End Ewing Rumig Left Tackle Wickersham Rudolph Left Guard Egan Graham Center Bradley Rienzo Right Guard Sullivan Chuplis Right Tackle W. Dougherty Rossi Right End Wackerman Fleming Quarterback Clinton Cahill Left Halfback Edinger O’Brien Right Half Regan 2

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

Ward Fullback Clemenson

La Salle 0 0 6 0 6 West Catholic 0 0 0 7 7

Touchdown – La Salle: Regan. West Catholic: Hoey. Point after touchdown – West Catholic: Chuplis. Substitutions – La Salle: Cleary for Wickersham, J. Dougherty for Egan, Halloran for Wackerman, Moross for Clinton, Murphy for Moross, Behl for Edinger, O’Neil for Clemenson. West Catholic: McGoldrick for Rumig, Hoey, for Cahill, Carey for Rossi, Taylor for Fleming, Connor for Taylor, Leahy for Connor, Mandarino for Chuplis, Cedrone for Ward. Officials – Referee: Wilson, Lehigh. Umpire – Clayton, Swarthmore. Head Linesman – Thomas, Penn. Time of periods – 12 minutes.

Game 3, October 11, 1936: St. John’s 7 – La Salle 6 by Al Ringler, Philadelphia Inquirer

La Salle Is Nipped By Tally of 7 to 6; Rohlfs’ Touchdown, Extra-point Decide; Wolf, Janorowski Prevent Tie Sunday scholastic football was instituted in this city yesterday when St. John’s nipped La Salle High, 7 to 6, in a Catholic League tussle on the victors’ Manayunk plateau. A touchdown and the subsequent extra point collected by St. John’s in the first period withstood La Salle’s drive in the closing canto. Bruce Rohlfs, Manayunk fullback, virtually single-handed was responsible for his mates’ triumph, knifing 14 yards for the touchdown and diving the required distance for the all-important extra credit. Besides standing out as the leading scorer, the St. John’s star played every minute of the game; was a mighty bulwark behind the line on defense, and did some excellent punting to keep the Olney Heights scholastics back in their own territory. The Sallies never had a chance to collect until early in the last period when a punt blocked by Joe Wickersham rolled from St. John’s 32-yard mark to the 8, where it was captured by the same La Salle star. From this point, Tom Regan raced around his own left end for the remaining yardage, but the chance to convert the extra point was messed up as St. John tackles smothered a lateral pass. Tackles Are Standouts These same tackles – Joe Wolf on the left and Stan Jaworowski on the right – were main cogs in the homester defense throughout the game and were also responsible for many of the yards made by Rohlfs. It was virtually impossible to gain through them and they, in turn, ripped holes in the La Salle defense when called upon.

St. John’s Position La Salle Christman Left End Ewing Wolf Left Tackle Wickersham Hughes Left Guard Sullivan Ryan Center Bradley Pillinger Right Guard Egan Jaworowski Right Tackle W. Dougherty Muszynski Right End O’Brien Loux Quarterback Clinton 3

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

Tomlinson Left Halfback Edinger Krystopa Right Half Gibbons Rohlfs Fullback Clemenson

La Salle 0 0 0 6 6 St. John’s 7 0 0 0 7

Touchdown – La Salle: Regan. St. John’s: Rohlfs. Point after touchdown – St. John’s: Rohlfs (line buck). Substitutions – La Salle: Foster for Sullivan, Regan for Gibbons, J. Dougherty for Egan, Deagler for O’Brien, Moross for Clinton, Behl for Edinger, O’Neil for Clemenson. St. John’s: Devlin for Krystopa, Bernardo for Tomlinson, Kelly for Muszynski. Officials – Referee: Thornton, Temple. Umpire – Ryan, Villanova. Head Linesman – Collins, Villanova. Time of periods – 12 minutes.

Game 4, October 17, 1936: La Salle 7 – Catholic 7 (tie) by Al Ringler, Philadelphia Inquirer

Roman Catholic Holds La Salle to 7-7 Tie; Cahillites and Sallies Each Score in Second Session Roman Catholic and La Salle battled the length and breadth of Cahill Field yesterday as each sought to gain its first triumph in Catholic High School grid competition. A punch apiece, however, was all that either could offer and the tussle ended in a 7-to-7 tie. The Cahillites drew first blood by notching the score early in the second chapter. They traveled 50 yards into touchdown land on four plays and the attack culminated with a 1-yard knife by Bill Howlett. The Olney Heights band collected in the same canto with less effort. A 50-yard pass and run with Jack Clinton pitching and Sam Ewing catching provided La Salle’s touchdown. The only satisfaction gained by either team was that each managed to collect extra credits after the touchdowns for the first time this season. Catholic tallied the extra point on a pass, Howlett to Loughery, while Joe Clemenson split the uprights for La Salle with a drop-kick. Catholic Forges Ahead Catholic’s thrust to the coveted line was made in diversified fashion, aerial bombs and line-slashes placing the leather in position for Howlett’s buck. A 25-yard pass which Howlett spun to Schaeflein out on left end moved the oval from midfield to La Salle’s 25. The toss was neatly delivered and perfectly taken as La Salle, despite its 6-2-2-1 defense, was caught unawares. The Purple and Gold then went off the air and nominated Jack Loughery to advance from this point with two tackle smashes which gave the homesters the ball on the 1-yard mark. But the Cahillites never again were able to maintain a sustained attack. Larry Larthy, Catholic track speedster, did some very excellent end sweeping in the second semester and flashed brilliant form, but was stopped every time the La Salle line grew stubborn. La Salle displayed most of its power in the second half of the combat, when it employed forward passes to annoy the Cahill defenders and consistently pushed the Purple and Gold back to the danger zone. Interceptions, however, twice ruined these air lane advances. La Salle’s Drive Futile Early in the third period La Salle had the ball twice in advantageous positions. A fumble recovered by Bradley gave the Sallies the ball on Catholic’s 40-yard ribbon and they assembled for a goalward drive.

4

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

This march was halted after gaining a single first down on the 29 and the Cahillites punted out of bounds on the 40. Again La Salle girded for battle and appeared to have found the proper combination this time when two consecutive tosses moved the ball to the 27, but Larry Larthy intercepted a third attempt and sped to midfield before he was dragged down.

Catholic Position La Salle Hughes Left End Ewing O’Neil Left Tackle Wickersham Brady Left Guard Sullivan Pierce Center Bradley Rauch Right Guard Egan Dragon Right Tackle W. Dougherty Schorn Right End O’Brien Hannigan Quarterback Clinton Howlett Left Halfback Edinger Loughery Right Half Gibbons Dougherty Fullback Clemenson

La Salle 0 7 0 0 7 Catholic 0 7 0 0 7

Touchdown – La Salle: Ewing. Catholic: Howlett. Point after touchdown – La Salle: Clemenson (drop kick). Catholic: Lougherty (pass from Howlett). Substitutions – La Salle: J. Gibbons for Gilligan, Cleary for J. Dougherty, Wickersham for W. Dougherty, Moross for Clinton, Behl for Edinger, Clemson for Harrison. Catholic: Schaeflein for Hughes, Zanko for Rauch, Marshall for Dragon, Voldish for Schorn, Burke for Hannigan, Larthy for Howlett, Howlett for Loughery, Herman for Dougherty.. Officials – Referee: Dallas, W. Virginia. Umpire – Desmond, Mt. St. Mary’s. Head Linesman – Lavin, Penn. Time of periods – 12 minutes.

Game 5, October 23, 1936: La Salle 20 – Southeast Catholic 0

Philadelphia Inquirer

La Salle Bumps South Catholic; Little Explorers Win After Four Setbacks La Salle High moleskinners, unsuccessful in four previous Catholic League starts, disclosed their latent power against Southeast Catholic yesterday in the Phillies’ ball park. The Little Explorers, with unrelenting vengeance, rolled up a 20 to 0 tally over the hapless Southwark Buccaneers.

The Wisterian

Little Explorers Make Pirates Walk Plank; Gibbons, Moross Feature La Salle Offensive Drive After a pair of one point defeats and a deadlock in the Catholic League, the Little Explorers finally showed their true colors against the Purple Pirates of South Catholic in defeating them to the tune of 20- 0. 5

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

A pass from Johnny Edinger to Ed Gibbons accounted for our first six-pointer. Joe Clemenson kicked the extra point and we had our second extra point of the season tucked away in case. However the Little Explorers had little trouble for the rest of the game, keeping the Pirates well in their own territory all the while. In the last quarter the Pirates unleashed a passing attack that proved its ruin. Larry Bradley intercepted a pass in the same quarter to run for a touchdown. However, as he neared the goal, he found that he would be tackled before entering pay-land, so he turned and hurled a lateral to Sonny Moross, who was right on his heels. Sonny easily crossed the goal unmolested. A fifteen yard penalty crossed out Clemenson’s excellent kick for the extra point. Again in the last play of the game, Eddie Gibbons, the halfback, reached high in the air and grabbed a South Catholic pass and traversed the remaining thirty yards between him and the goal in rapid stride. Tom O’Neil applied the toe to the ball and the score, with the whistle, stood 20-0. Wickersham, Bradley, Egan, and Sullivan played stellar line work, while Ewing stood high at end duty, gibbons, Edinger and Clemenson were stars of the backfield. Bove of South Catholic certainly deserves praise for his fine roving center work.

Southeast Catholic Position La Salle Moughan Left End Ewing McCullough Left Tackle Wickersham Biginis Left Guard Egan Bove Center Bradley McGinn Right Guard Sullivan McDonald Right Tackle Dougherty Fenning Right End Deagler Alcesce Quarterback Clinton James Left Halfback Behl Santabarba Right Half Regan Crossan Fullback Clemenson

La Salle 0 7 0 0 7 Southeast Catholic 0 7 0 0 7

Touchdown – La Salle: Ed Gibbons 2, Moross. Point after touchdown – La Salle: Clemenson (drop kick), O’Neil (drop kick). Substitutions – La Salle: Edinger for Behl, Wackerman for Ewing, Gilligan for Wickersham, Occhi Bianchi for Bradley, J. Dougherty for Sullivan, Ferruzzi for Deagler, Moross for Clinton, E. Gibbons for Regan, O’Neil for Clemenson. Southeast Catholic: McNamara for James, Doonin for McDonald, Tasker for Canonico, R. Dougherty for Fenning, Canonico for McGinn. Officials – Referee: Huber, Penn State. Umpire – McLaughlin, Villanova. Head Linesman – Miller, Colgate. Time of periods – 12 minutes.

Game 6, October 30, 1936: La Salle 6 – St. Joseph’s Prep 6 (tie)

From TBD

St.Joseph’s Held To Tie By La Salle; Olney Av. Eleven Counts in Last Period To Knot Count at 6-6 6

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

St. Joseph’s High School’s unbeaten record failed to awe a plucky La Salle High eleven today and the latter came from behind with a last period touchdown that knotted the score at 6-6 in their Catholic League fray at 20th St. and Olney Av. The Olney Av. aggregation put up a fine offense in the last period with a 45-yard march that placed the ball on the 2-yard mark. John Edinger who had contributed considerably in the parade down the field then carried it over for the touchdown. Clemenson’s drop kick for the extra point, that would have meant victory, was low. Hutchinson, a substitute for Costello at left tackle in the Crimson and Gray line, blocked a La Salle punt in the first period which was recovered by Gruber on the 4-yard line. “Amby” Dudley crashed over from the 5-yard line for the 6 points on third down. Lombardo’s placement was wide.

St. Joseph’s Position La Salle Lehman LE Ewing Costello LT Wickersham Callahan LG Evans ____ C Bradley _____ RG Sullivan Gruber RT W. Dougherty Doran RE Deagler Lombardo QB Moross Larkins LHB Gibbons Dolan RHB Edinger Dudley FB Clemenson

Referee – Keenan, Penn. Umpire – Kelly, Penn State. Head Linesman – McLaughlin, Villanova.

Game 7, November 7, 1936: Salesianum 14 – La Salle 6

Philadelphia Inquirer

Salesianum Trips La Salle Gridmen; Bradley Scores Twice For Sallies in Catholic Loop, 14-6 win Wilmington, Del. – Salesianum High School’s fighting football team defeated La Salle High School of Philadelphia, in a Catholic League game today by the score of 14 to 6. It was the fourth league victory of the campaign for the Gold and White and the third setback for the Little Explorers. After a bitterly fought first half in which neither team made any serious advances into enemy territory, La Salle’s attack functioned in the early stages of the second quarter and the charges of Bernie Bradley worked their way to the enemy 15. Here the Salesianum defense tightened, and on last down O’Neil attempted a drop-kick, but the ball went into the end zone for a touchback. Starting from their own 20, Salesianum registered a first down on its own 42. The Sallies notched their first score on the initial play at that point when Kisielewski passed to Duncan, who lateraled to Bradley in the clear. The play covered 58 yards. The point was added on a pass from Gardecki to Prettyman.

7

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

La Salle lost little time in garnering a score of its own, a forward-lateral from Behl to Clinton accounting for the tally on a 28-yard advance. The kick was blocked, however, and the local eleven led 7-6 at half- time. Neither side made any offensive gesture in the third period, but Bradley scored for Salesianum midway in the fourth quarter on a reverse from the 9-yard line.

Wilmington Sunday Morning Star – November 8, 1936

Gold and White Warriors Take Philadelphia Team Into Camp; Locals in Form, Passes Work, Backfield Clicks, Line Holds and Bradley Scores Two Touchdowns; Montero stars Salesianum School’s gridiron warriors, led by Captain Dim Montero, defeated La Salle High at Pennsy Field yesterday afternoon, 14 to 6, further boosting their claim as the outstanding scholastic eleven on Delaware’s gridirons. Displaying a dramatic series of lateral passes that directly led to their first touchdown in the second period the entire Salesian backfield clicked at the most opportune times and unless fate interfered the outcome was never in doubt. The defensive line play of Montero was the individual highlight of the fray while Larry Bradley also did some starring in the fullback position. Midway in the second quarter, the Gold and White gridders began their aerial attach when Kisielewski tossed a 20-yard pass that Jim Duncan gathered in on the 50-yard line and in turn threw a lateral to Bradley who raced 45 yards to the goal. A fake kick which was turned into a pass, Gardecki to Prettyman, gave the Sallies the extra point and a 7-0 lead. A few minutes later Salesianum was penalized 25 yards for clipping and this enabled the visiting Highlets to score their lone six-pointer. On the first play Joe Behl heaved the sphere to George Coupe for about an eight-yard gain and when Coupe threw a lateral, Jim Clinton was on the receiving end and spurted to the pay-off stripes. Edinger’s try for the extra point failed. After La Salle had gained a first down via an end run in the final quarter, Kisielewski intercepted O’Neill’s pass on the 50-yard stripe and Mike McCall’s boys began another touchdown march. Lee Bradley took the pigskin through center for a five-yard gain on the first play and a double lateral, Casey to Prettyman to Bradley netted six yards and a first down. An Identical play seconds later would have marked up another touchdown but Bradley fumbled as he was tackled by Clemenson and Deagler. The speedy tackle Montero recovered for the Salesians. Bradley winged his way through left tackle for a goal. An offsides play on the try for extra point, placed the Sallies five yards from the goal and Kisielewski went over on a line plunge. Start Going In Second The initial period was nothing but an exchange of punts with Edinger of La Salle holding an edge over Prettyman. Toward the end McGonigal gained five yards through left tackle and Bradley added four yards on a right end run. As the second quarter opened La Salle was set back by an offsides penalty and Kisielewski went through tackle for a Sallies’ first down. Edinger intercepted a pass and on the second play raced 35 yards for the visitors’ longest non-scoring gain. Two passes netted 30 yards and Edinger attempted a field goal from the 24-yard line but the sphere sailed wide. An exchange of punts led to the Sallies’ first six-pointer. Late in the third Duncan blocked a La Salle punt which gave the locals the ball on the 30-yard line, Mullen downing it. Try for a first down in four plays failed and La Salle regained possession of the sphere, only to have Kisielewski intercept it as the fourth quarter began. The final touchdown drive began at this point.

8

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

The entire Salesianum outfit clicked almost to perfection to give them a well-earned victory. Montero, who has played the entire season to date, refused to leave in the second quarter but after persuasion by McCall and his teammates, went to the bench until the second half. Both teams registered five first downs during the afternoon.

Salesianum Position La Salle Duncan L.E. Ewing Montero L.T. J. Gibbons Tavani L.G. Sullivan Mullen C. Bradley Taylor R.G. W. Dougherty Simon R.T. Wickersham Gardecki R.E. Deagler Cook Q.B. Moross McGonegal L.H. Edinger Prettyman R.H. E. Gibbons Kisielewski F.B. Clemenson

La Salle 0 6 0 0 6 Salesianum 0 7 0 7 14

Touchdowns – La Salle: Clinton. Salesianum: Bradley 2. Points After Touchdowns – Salesianum: Prettyman (pass from Gardecki), Kisielewski (line plunge). Substitutes: La Salle: Regan for E. Gibbons, W. Dougherty for J. Gibbons, J. Keane for J. Dougherty, Clinton for Moross, Moross for Clinton. Salesianum: Bradley for Cook, Mulrine for McGonegal, Casey for Montero, Montero for Casey, McGonegal for Mulrine, Casey for Simon, Farren for Duncan. Referee: Huher, Penn State. Umpire: Desmond, Mt. St. Mary’s. Head Linesman: Dallas, Penn. Time of periods – 12 minutes.

Game 8, November 13, 1936: Northeast Catholic 12 – La Salle 6

Philadelphia Inquirer

Reagan’s Brilliant Runs Put North Catholic on Top; La Salle Stubborn, But Falcons Score; Reagan’s Long Runs Carry North Catholic to 12-6 Victory in League Battle North Catholic’s Falcons kept their record intact and hung up their seventh league victory when they downed a stubborn La Salle eleven, 12 to 6, yesterday afternoon at the new McCarthy Stadium. Two pieces of open field running by North Catholic’s Frank Reagan enabled the Falcons to click. One was good for 85 yards in the second period and placed the ball on the 13-yard line, from which point Reagan hit the Explorer line for a first down on the two. On a centre buck Martin Toohey registered a touchdown. Early in the third period Reagan again pumped action into his shifty legs and galloped 65 yards for the winning tally, after receiving a La Salle punt on his own 35. La Salle Scores First

9

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

La Salle’s forwards put up a stiff fight and completely surprised the Falcons by outplaying them the greater part of the game. The Explorers showed power when they took the attack right from the start and registered a touchdown on the second play of the game. With the ball in La Salle’s possession at midfield, Jack Edinger faded deep and tossed the oval 40 yards to Ed Gibbons on the 10-yard line. Gibbons had outrun the Falcon secondary and dashed the remaining 10 yards to the end zone unmolested. It was the Falcons’ 21st victory in 24 starts and in all that time they have not once tasted defeat. Three games have ended in ties. Two casualties marked the game. Late in the third period, Ed Gibbons had to leave the field with a broken nose while near the end of the contest, Frank Reagan was forced to retire when he sprained his ankle.

From TBD

Reagan Gallops 90 Yards Against La Salle Team; Puts Ball In Position To Help North Catholic Gain Halftime Tie La Salle High surprised North Catholic High with a first-period touchdown as the Catholic League rivals met before a large crowd at Twentieth Street and Olney Avenue. At the start of the third period the score was tied, 6-6. The Little Explorers tallied on a 50-yard pass play. John Edinger tossed 30 yards to Ed Gibbons, who ran 20 yards to tally. Clemenson failed to add the extra point. Frank Reagan ran a punt 90 yards to the La Salle 4-yard line in the second period for the Falcons. Three plays failed to put the oval over the goal line, but Toohey tallied on the fourth down. Reagan failed to add the extra point. First Period John Edinger kicked off for La Salle and Reagan, North Catholic star, fumbled. La Salle scored from the 50-yard line. A 30-yard pass from Edinger gave Ed Gibbons free yardage to the goal line. Clemenson failed to convert. Score: La Salle High 6, Northeast Catholic 0. Second Period Edinger, kicking from his own 25, punted beautifully to North Catholic’s 4, where Reagan took the ball through the whole La Salle team to the La Salle 4-yard line, where he was tackled by Bud Ewing. On the fourth down Toohey took the ball across. Reagan failed to kick the point. Score: La Salle High 6, Northeast Catholic 6. Third Period Reagan opened this quarter by taking Edinger’s punt on his own 35. He went straight down the field, shook off a couple of tacklers as his interference formed, cut toward the right side line, was almost forced outside at midfield and then broke loose to scamper the remaining 50 yards for a touchdown. Reagan failed to kick the extra point for the second time.

From TBD

Reagan Shines As He Scores Winning Tally; Falcons’ Victory is 24th Without a Loss; 7th Loop Triumph

10

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

With Frank Reagan again hitting the high spots, North Catholic High School yesterday chalked up it 24th victory without a defeat and its seventh straight Catholic League triumph by nosing out a scrappy La Salle High eleven, 12-6, at McCarthy Stadium. Wipes Out Lead Reagan broke loose first to help wipe out a 6-0 lead that La Salle rang up with a brilliantly executed forward pass. Then he raced back 65 yards with a punt to tally the winning touchdown. The young Explorers set up their margin in the first minute of play. Standing on the 50-yard line, Ed Gibbons let fly a sensational pass that John Edinger gathered up on the 10-yard line. Eluding two Falcon tacklers, Edinger scampered across the goal. La Salle continued to hold the upper hand until late in the second period. Then Reagan, back in his old spectacular stride, raced 85 yards to the 13-yard line, setting up a scoring shot which Frank Toohey converted into a touchdown with a line plunge. Spectators On Toes Still not satisfied, Reagan again sent the spectators up on their toes in the third period. Taking Gibbons’ punt on his own 34, he dodged skillfully toward the right sideline, and flashed down the field, just inside the line, so fast that no hand was laid on him. The tally decided the game. The Falcons last week clinched the league title by soundly trouncing St. Joseph’s High.

La Salle Positions N. Catholic Ewing Left End Murray Wickersham Left Tackle Johnson Egan Left Guard Osicki Bradley Center B. Donohue Sullivan Right Guard D. Donohue J. Gibbons Right Tackle Cush Deagler Right End Ford Clinton Quarterback Reagan E. Gibbons L Halfback Transausky Edinger R Halfback Shires Clemenson Fullback Toohey

North Catholic 0 6 6 0 12 La Salle 6 0 0 0 6

Touchdowns – La Salle: E. Gibbons. Northeast Catholic: Reagan, Toohey. Substitutions – La Salle: backs – T. Reagan, Edinger, Behl, Moross; ends – Coupe, Wackerman; guard – Cleary. Northeast Catholic: back – Sotnik; tackles – McGeary, Applegate; guard – Johnson. Referee: Freeman, Missouri. Umpire: Thomas, Penn. Linesman – Worthington, Villanova. Time of periods: 12 minutes.

11

La Salle College High School Football: Chronicle 1936

12