The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 17

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1,1989 THE ESCANABA (MICH.) DAILY PRESS PAGE FIFTEEN St. Joseph Cagers Entertain Harris This Evening THREE ESKYMOS ON ALL U. P. GRID TEAM THREE OTHERS ARE HONORED Pfotenhauer, Barron and Pepin Named; Team Very Versatile (By The fppcr IVnlnMila Sports Sprvlrr) Placing three players, Escanaba's undefeated, untied and unscored-upon a i dominate the second annual all-upper peninsula high school football selections announced yesterday by the Upper Peninsula Sports association. Players from eight schools divide the remaining positions.

Kscanaba landed Ray Pepin at tackle, Hobert Barron at quarterback and Merle Pfotenhauer at halfback, while the other positions wont to: ends. Paul Turkal, Jtessemer. and Boh Shemky. Crystal Falls; tackle. Phil Norway: guards, James Urslni, Iron wood, and Donald Delf.

Lake l.inden; center, Hobert Hooper. Iron Mountain; halfback. Nello Silverstrini. Iron River, and fullback. Donald Smith.

Stamhaufth. Smith was honored with the captaincy. Two Two members of the 1939 learn. Rogge man and Turkal. were pealers.

while Hooper received honorable mention last year. Three members of last year's team who were eligible but did not repeat were McCarney. KliiRsford halfback; Celina. Marquette halfback. and Alberti.

Norway end. Mcfarney and (Jelina were eliminated by injuries which kept them inactive much of the past season, and Alberti was shifted to fullback and was not so outstanding: in his new position. undisputed title- liolders received widest recognition. with three men on the team and three on the honorable mention list. co-champions of the ratiRe landed one man on the team and three on honorable mention.

Menominee ranee champions placed one player on the team and two on honorable mention, and strong copper country eleven was awarded three honorable mention places. None of the other 12 schools represented Rained recoRnition of more than two players. Ilig Crop of The Menominee ranpe. stamp- inR ground of six strong teams who cut each other down but, aside from three losses to the Escanaba juggernaut, lost only three of 14 games with inter-district opponents, landed the most men on the The east was awarded three berths, the west two and the north one. Excepting Escanaba.

which had only one close call, strength was so widely and evenly distributed this year that no other team escaped at least one defeat. However, there was a Rood crop of stars and competition was keen for virtually every berth on the nll-IT. P. team. The team, position by position: Although weighing only 145 I pounds.

Robert Barron, a typical Notre Dame quarterback, was the mastermind and sparkplug of the Escanaba team. Fast and sure of himself, he was a fine passer and receiver, the best blocker on the squad and an able safety man. His lacklcs several times prevented the Escanaba goal line from being crossed and his brilliant returns of punts set up many of his team's scoring drives. He had worlds of confidence and the gift to fire his I team. HALFBACKS Merle "Floating Pfotenhauer.

of Escanaba, and Nello Silverstrini. of Iron River. were two of the finest halfbacks to perform in the upper peninsula in years. Pfotenhauer was a devastating ball-carrier, both as a line-sinasher and broken-field expert. He was a distance punter and especially adept at getting off quick kicks.

He carried the brunt of the Eskymo passing lack and was a deadly tackier. Silverstrini was a versatile back- fielder but most brilliant carrying the mail, at which he probably had no peer in the north. He ran up the amazing total of 862 yards gained from scrimmage, averaging 5.6 yards per try and scoring nine touchdowns. Silverstrini handled some of the passing and kicking but was principally a specialty man par excellence. FTLLBACK The U.

P. team has a good ex" ample of the modern fullback in Donald Smith, of Stamhaugh. Smith only scaled 155 pounds but packed dynamite in his compact frame. Captaining and calling signals for his team, he brought the Hilltops back from the discouragement of early-season defeats and directed them to the Menominee range heights. His pluuging.

blocking and smart strategy were prime factors in aparkling Tictories over Bessemer, Iron River and Iron Mountain. He averaged 3.4 yards per try in Saining 306 yards from scrimmage am! was equally valuable in clearing the way for halfbacks. ALL U. P. BARRON Quarterback Kscanabn SMITH Fullback Stani baugh hllAENTKIM Halfback Iron Biter LBHIM Guard Iron wood PFOTKNHAUKB Halfback Kwanahs ROC.fi EMAN Tackle Norway TURKAL End Bessemer SHEMKY End Crystal Falls FACTS ON ALL-U.

P. FOOTBALL SELECTIONS Pos. Name School AgeHt. wt. Class End Turkal 17 175 Senior End Bob Falls 16 182 Senior Tackle Kay Pepin 19 9 204 Senior Tackle 19 Guard James Ursini 140 Senior Guard Donald Delf Linden 19 142 Senior Center Robert Hooper Mountain 19 Senior Q.

Hack Robert Barron 17 145 Senior H. Hack Nello Silverstrini River 18 79 155 Senior II. Back Merle Pfotenhauer 17 170Senior F. Back Don Smith (Capt.) 18 155 Senior Named on all-U. P.

team last year. Received honorable mention last year. HONORABLE MENTION Ironwood; Olson, Hancock; Dragman, Calumet; Bjorne Ishpeming. Stambaugh Reitmeyer, Iron River; Carter, Marquette. Bessemer; Van Effen, Escanaba; Renish, Kingsford; Callovini, Stambaugh.

Escanaba; Mlinaz, Calumet; McDowell, Sault Ste. Marie. Crystal Falls. Bessemer; Young, St. Joseph of Escanaba; Normand, Newberry; Pulkinen, Iron Mountain; Zervic, Gladstone.

Bessemer; Opland, Calumet; D. Pfotenhauer, Escanaba. AWARDS The Upper Peninsula Sports association, sponsor of the selections, will present members with engraved gold-plated medals. SOURCES OF DATA More than 40 coaches and officials, and sports writers of the Menominee Herald- Leader, Escanaba Press, Marquette Mining Journal, Houghton Gazette, Calumet News- Journal, Soo Evening News, Iron Mountain News, Ironwood Globe, Iron River Reporter, Crystal Falls Diamond Drill and Gladstone Delta Reporter. SPILLING the DOPE BY JOHWlfY DIKflUNGKR GOT A LETTER this morning from Carl Nordberg Carl is much better now that bis team won the most Important Ratne of the season on Thanksgiving Day but he had many anxious moments during that Ratne can Imaeine." Carl writes, "how felt when my boy who calls signals had his leg broken on the opening the signal cailer.

Incidentally, was the center 'George continues the former Eskymo coach, "is to be congratulated on his wonderful season thouRli I have been too busy with my own troubles all fall to wrlto to anyone, been thinking about all my friends In Escanaba we miss the north well. Carl, you know the road Is good up this way and be mighty glad to see you. I The new shiftless motor car, isn't for the driver who doesn't care. THERE IT IS. folks the All P.

team Is published herewith and this scribe, for one, is ready to run for cover as soon as the bombardment starts seriously, though, we feel that Escanaba did very well with three on the first team and three on honorable mention and a seventh Kscanahan, Joe Young of St. Joe, was named honorable mention we reRret very much that two very lino ends. Hoy Cress of the Esk.vmos and Freddie Hirn of St. Joseph, were not Included at least for honorable mention but it was their misfortune to be faced with one of the finest crops of ends In the peninsula in years we that Cress Is a better player than some of the Eskymos at other posts but he Is an end and was considered only as such last year. Norway fans raised particular dickens hecauso their best lineman.

was given only honorable mention whole Roggerman and Alberti were on the first, team the explanation for that was that O'Donnell had Rob Henry to buck against. SPARTANS PICK Frank Karas of Escanaba Awarded Major Football Letter After a tour of the neighborhood in which they passed through five hands, our maple leaves returned yesterday. East Lansing. Nov. 3ft (JP The Michigan State college football squad elected Lyle Rockenbach and Mike Kinek as honorary captains of the 1039 varsity today.

Both are seniors, Rockenbach a guard from Crystal Lake. and Klnek an end from Whiting, Ind. Michigan State has no regular captain for the playing season, Coach Charles Bachman selecting a leader for each game. AlthouRh the squad chose a valuable tradition requires that his identity must not be made public until the football banquet, December 9. Major football letters for the 1939 season were awarded to: Ed Abdo.

Detroit; Ron Ailing, Lansing; Jack Amon, Grand Rapids; Tony Arena. Detroit; Bill Batchelor. Buchanan; Bruce Blackburn, Flint Les Bruckner. Milan; Fred Carter. Bill Chartos, Hammond.

Ind; Duane Crosthwaite, Detroit; Wilford Davis. Dundee; Wyman Davis. Dundee; Ralph Bennett, Mt. Clemens, Gerald Drake. East Lansing; Paul Derrickson, Georgetown, Bob Friendlund, Schnectady, N.

Y. George Gargett, Detroit; Paul Griffeth, Sturgis; Roman Kaman, Grand Rapbls; Frank Karas, Ks- ranaba; Bill Kennedy. Detroit; Alex Ketzko, Mattewan; Kinek, Herman Klewicki, Hamtramck; Walter Kutchins, Hamtramck; Stanley McRae, Pellston; Eddie Pearce, Flint; Edmund PoRor, Dunkirk, N. Howard Pound. Grand Rapids; Fred Quigley.

Grand Rapids; Rockenbach; Don Rossi, Detroit: Bill Rupp. Louisville, Mike Schel, AlleRan; Bob Sherman. Lansing; Lewis Smiley, Ferndale, and Earl Stevens, Buchanan. Minor awards were granted George Handler. New York, and Ten Smoltnski, Rogers City.

Football numerals were awarded the freshmen, among whom was Mike Miketlnac. Hermansville. PERHAPS WE SHOULD not even mention It but there's bound to be some argument an to relative positions of the two Pfotenhauers during the regular season, there were two distinct camps, one group feeling that Merle was the better of the two and the other favoring his younger brother, Donnie both boys would be vital adjutants to any team Donnie probably is the more dangerous runner of the two In spite of Merle's tremendous power but Merle gets the edge on the added strength of his passing and punting without a doubt, the two made tho most, potent all-around duo in the peninsula both are fine boys in the race for quarterback post, there was no one who even came close to Bobby Barron the diminutive mo field general cauRht the eye of all the sports writers with these three boys in tho barkfleld. a team Just had to go places. Perkins Cagers Meet Spalding This Evening Perkins, Nov.

30 Perkins hlRh school basketball team will play the first home Ratne of the season Friday niRht a a 1 t. SpalditiR high school. This will be the second Rame of tho season for the Perkins team. havinR played at Garden and won by a 33-20 score. This fcaine not only is to be the first home Ratne of the season, and one of the tough games of the season, but it is also an opening game for the new Perkins hiRh school gymnasium which was completed after the close of the basketball season last year.

Perkins has six lettermen back from last Gereau. LaChance, Lancour, Turan. Whit ney. These six veterans and six less experienced players have been smoothlnR out in fine shape under the careful guidance of Coach James McNamara, who was rushed to the hospital Tuesday niRht with an attack of appendl cltls. Elmer Peterson will coach the basketball team In McNamara's absence.

There will be a preliminary Rame between the Perkins town team and the Escanabans team. The first Rame starts at 7: SO. Following is the schedule for the Perkins high school team: Dec. here. Dec.

here. Dec. River there. Dec. River here.

Jan. here. Jan. 12 SpaldinR there. Jan.

there. Jan. 23 Rapid River here. Jan. there.

Feb. Trenary there. Feb. there. Feb.

13 Harris there. Feb. here. Feb. here.

Feb. here. Feb. River there. PREUM OPENS CLOCK Curtain On Cage Sport At Bonifas Gymnasium The curtain will be raised on tho 1939-40 St.

Joseph high school basketball team this evening at. the William Bonlfas gymnasium at the corner of First avenue south and Seventh street when the Parochlals entertain a veteran aggregation of basket tossers from Harris. Reserve teams of both will meet in a preliminary game startinR at 7:15 o'clock with the feature Rame Immediately thereafter. Coach Carl Kant last night nounced his opening lineup with Mike and Freddie Hlrn at forwards. Bill Loeffler at center and Gray and Eddie Hirn at guards.

The first four named are lettermen from last year's squad while the latter has shown rapid development this year. Kant said last, night he would make no predictions on the outcome other than the fact that the Parochlals would have a tough fight on their hands. The crew has heiRht and speed and is composed of several veterans. Kant has as reserves Berube, Knauf, Klinger, Klotz and J. Baker.

The Harris team will he play- inR its first regularly scheduled game under tho direction of its new coach. Edmer LaCoss. former Harris high school and Northern State Teachers college star. Included In the lineup are Motto. G.

and E. Beauchamp. Houle. Bartozek. Myrville.

Taylor and Polsson. Vescolanl of Nadeau will officiate the games. NAHMA QUINTET PLAYS DAGGETT Veteran Aggregateons Tangle Tonight At Sawmill Town ENDS Both big and rangy, Paul Turkal, of Bessemer, and Bob ky, of Crystal Falls, were ideal ends. Turkal, a holdover, was everything he was the previous year, only better. He was a bearcat on defense and on runs, passes and punts he was always a major problem for opposing backs and blockers.

He was a powerful blocker and could catch passes with the best wingmen in the U. P. Shemky, most highly recommended end on the Menominee range, displayed the ability of the natural athlete he is. (He is a member of his U. P.

championship basketball and tennis teams and of the city Junior baseball team off season.) He was an outstanding defense man and was the receiving end of the Sartoris to Shemky passing combination which helpsd Crystal Falls to its best season since its football renaissance. TACKLES Almost unanimous choices, Phil Roggeman, of Norway, and Ray Pepin, of Escanaba, were without question the two finest tackles in the peninsula. Roggeman, who will be over-age next season, made the all-U. P. team last year as a sophomore and this year was the only junior on the team.

Big and powerful, he played tackle on offense and end on defense and was one of the best punters in the peninsula. With 204 pounds of bone and muscle tucked into his five-foot nine-inch frame. Pepin was the key man in the Escanaba will. He charged savagely and was a master at submarining a play. One of the fastest men on his team in spite of his sise.

Pepin supplemented his line-wrecking by charging into opposing backfields to block several kicks. GUARDS Two lightweights who more than made up in drive and fight what they lacked in size won the guard Urslni, 140- pound Ironwood deaf mute, and Donald Delf, 14 2-pound star of Lake Linden. Ursini caught the fancy of fans long before they learned he had to obtain signals by lip-reading and then watch for the snap. He gained his following by figuring in half his tackles, coming down under punts ahead of the ends, diagnosing and smearing plays from a roving defense position and never having a minute taken out for an injury. Not big enough to be rough, he out-maneuvered opponents and hit so hard it hurt.

Delf stood out above all other copper country players this year. An Aspiring player, he sparked Lake Linden to its second straight ence championship. Opponents PADDY HOLDS RECORD Milwaukee, Statist Iclans of the National Professional football league erred recently when they announced a new record for placekicking in a sinRle Rame in that circuit. The record, four goals, was set by Paddy Driscoll, present Marquette university coach, when his Chicago Cardinals defeated Columbus, 19-0, in 1925. RAPID RIVER TO PLAYEBEN FIVE Rivals of Long Standing Meet This Evening At Upbay Town Rapid River, Nov.

Rapid River high school cagers will encounter their rival of long standing. Ehen, In a Rame at the local ItiRh school gymnasium Friday night. The reserve teams of both schools will meet In a preliminary at 7:15 with the main game following. Coach Eero Wiitala's cagers had the misfortune of meeting the district champion Nahma team in the opener last week and. although defeated by a score of 39-18, the locals put up a good fight.

They feel that, with the advantage of one experience, they will be able to give Eben plenty of trouble. The locals are handicapped this year by the loss of the high scoring veteran, Jimmy Short, who failed to pass the required medical examinations. Coach Wiitala Is expected to start Roberts, Bannister. Fuhriman, Du Roy and Pete Short against Coach Ole quintet. In reserve will be Mai nor, Stenlaud.

Groleau and Gilland. George Ruwltch. head football coach at Escanaba high school, will officiate the game. Nahma, Nov. veteran cape aRRregations, Nahma and DaRRett, will tangle on the local floor Friday night In what may be one of the feature games of the season.

The two teams met last year In the district tournament and Nahma eked out a 27-25 victory over the Daggett boys, who are seeking revenge for the upset. Nahma will start Ritter. James, LeBrasseur, Beauchamp, and J. Hruska with Zimmerman. Loy, McDonald.

Phalen. Lancaster, David and Dell In reserve. A preliminary game will start at. 7:30 with the main game following immediately afterwards. Nahma's schedule for the son follows: Dec.

here. Dec. there. Dec. here.

Jan. there. Jan. there. Jan.

River, hers. Jan. here. Feb. there.

Feb. there. Feb. here. Feb.

there. March here. For the first six months of 1939, passenger miles flown are up approximately 34 per cent over the same period in 1938. used two and sometimes three in trying to stop this di- munitive warrior. Cleverness in breaking through for tackles behind the line of scrimmage made him invaluable to the Lakes.

CENTER By far the most consistent performer on the Iron Mountain team, Hooper shone in every game of the season. On offense Hooper made the center the strongest section of the Mountaineer wall and a bad pass was a rarity. Roving behind the line, he was the key man on defense. He was the most durable man on the team, playing all but three minutes of an eight-game schedule against the toughest opposition the peninsula provided. He was given all-U.

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