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.