VOL. III, NO. 3
NOVEMBER 3, 1961

Varsity Gridders Blast Off Tonight
Against Highly Respected Prospect

Maine West is officially out of the running for the Interim league football crown, but a victory tonight would be the Warriors' most satisfying of the season. The gridders will be tangling with rival Prospect, as they go after their fifth consecutive triumph of the season. By winning tonight, the Westmen would come out with a season record identical to Prospect's.

The varsity squad put the finishing touches to Maine West's second annual homecoming two weeks ago, as they blanked Glenbrook 27‑0. After taking the opening kick‑off, the Warriors were forced to punt, but recovered the ball shortly after on a Glenbrook fumble. After a series of short gains, tailback Ray Leonardson sped 40 yards to the Glenbrook, eight, setting up West's first touchdown. On the next play Al Klehr drove into the end‑zone for the first scoring of the name.  Humay's extra point made it 7‑0.

The teams exchanged punts several times before Maine was unable to score its next touchdown. On the second play from scrimmage after taking over the ball on Glenbrook's 33 yard line, Ray Leonardson snared a 31‑yard pass from Klehr to give the Warriors their second touchdown. Humay's kick was again successful, and at the half West led 14‑0.

Although Maine had the ball three times during the third quarter, it was not until early in the final period that it scored again. Larson did the honors this time, carrying the ball over from the three yard line. Another successful kick by Humay made it 21‑0.

Both teams got the ball several more times, but no significant action occurred until the last play of the game. With only three seconds left in the game, with Glenbrook possessing the ball on their own 21, the Spartans' quarterback threw a long pass downfield which was intercepted by

Leonardson near midfield. With some excellent blocking, he was able to go all the way for the score. Humay's final kick was blocked, the only sour note in an otherwise perfect homecoming.

Against East Leyden last week, the Warriors gained full revenge and then some by smashing the Eagles 34‑0. This was a complete reversal of last year's game with Leyden, which the Eagles won 33‑0. The gridders pushed across 27 of their points in the last quarter.

After the ball had exchanged hands several times in the first period, West finally was able to start a drive that ended with Klehr taking the ball over from the two yard line for six points. Humay added the extra point, and Maine led 7‑0. Neither team, however, was able to do anything for the next two quarters. Midway in the third, though, the Westmen started a drive on their own 11 that ended only in the early part of the fourth quarter when Larson plunged over from the one yard line. Humay's kick was off to the left, but he was given another opportunity only minutes later. On the first play from scrimmage after West took over on a Leyden punt, Leonardson carried the ball on a reverse and raced 75 yards for a touchdown, in what was the longest run made by any West player this season. Humay's kick was good, making the score 20‑0.

After a weird sequence of plays in which both teams fumbled and lost the ball several times, the Warriors ended up in possession on the Leyden 20. Three plays later, Dan Humay went 21 yards over right end for the fourth West touchdown of the night. The extra point made it 27.0, but both the fans and the team were hoping for one more touchdown. They got their wishes shortly after, as Gene Ciezadlo fell on a blocked punt in the Leyden end‑zone, setting the score at 33‑0. Homay's kick was just frosting on the cake, and the Westmen left the field with their fourth straight victory.