Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-18
central UNION
ELEVEN GUESTS
AT CIVIC DINNER

With such stars of the gridiron as
Marshall Duffield, Jim Musick and
Tony ZURICH of U. S. G. on the side
! lines, Central Unions championship
| football team challenged turkey
dinner at the Barbara Worth hotel
last night. and managed to keep
its slate clean. wiping out the tur-
key by the score Of i4.568 to O. The
score represents the number of
mouthfuls used by the Spartans to
win the contest.
Guests of the Kiwanis, Rotary,
Lions. Elks, Junior and senior
chambers of commerce, the Spar
tanS were told how much the city
appreciates their good work in
bringing the Glass B championship
CT Southern California to Ell Centro
for the first time. If words of
praise are money. the Spartans can
jingle quite a few coins today.
John NJ. Kepley acted as toast
master for the occasion and carried
the ball in excellent style and with
out any interference.
Praise and good wishes from the
city of Ell Centre, were presented by
Mayor H. w. Fawcett, who ran
through the opposition for a touch
down. AS lead-off man the mayor
Gid good job and was followed
with more praise by Hugh T. Os-
borne, representing the chamber of
commerce; B. M. Gruwell, repre-
senting the Elks; Mark w. Wash
burn, for the Lions club; DR.. Sem
Bacon. for the Kiwanis club; Rus
sell Kliege, eX-Central fullback, for
the alumni and the Junior chamber
OF commerce. The toaStmaster did
the honors for the Rotary club.
Coach Robert Armstrong told how
he made himself eligible for many
free dinners by coaching a winning
club, and presented all the men,
bers of the team, short speeches be-
ing made by Captain Hammer and
Captain-elect Wynne
Principal j. L. House told CT his
pride in the team and all connected
with it. Don Ketchen, assistant
coach, stepped forth to show him.
self from his usual place in the
background, and gave a little in
side dope on how the team man
aged to win.
L. K. Small, president of the VAL
ley Trojan club, and staging q
huddle with the three Trojan
stars, expressed his pleasure at
Centrals success and presented
the visiting gridiron stars. as the
ancient professionals Of U. S. c."
Duffield Talks
Marshall Duffield, who has prov
en- himself a mighty fine football
player, a splendid sport, particu-
larly in his sincere tribute to the
Notre Dame team following their
victory over the Trojans, and a
first-class good fellow, added to his
laurels with words of praise for the
unsung members of his team who
do SO much of the work and get SO
little of the glory. There is no
doubt the Central linesmen would
call him st. Marshall
It is debatable who felt more
honored, the Spartans and fellow
townsmen at having Duffield pres
cut, VI ttlc AlOJdi Ndilioi lDA bS-
ing able to be present.
Jim Musick got up and took a
bow. A whirlwind when he totes
the oval, he was content to make
it short and snappy when it came
to speech making.
Tony Zurich took his bow sitting.
Tony had the misfortune to injure
his leg early in the season and is
still on crutches. He seemed TO get
as big a hand as his two more ia
nous team mates.
After the Trojans had been ex-
hibited, H. l.. Loud, ex-Stanford.
rose up to pay a tribue to football
in general as a great sport and a
fine school for making real men.
Johnny Donohue, who arranged
the banquet, ducked out from un.
der with few snappy remarks,
leaving the field to the editor Of
the Press who used couple Of