Reno Couple To Be Honored On Anniversary
To be honored on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 4. are Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Leonard, well-known Reno residents, at a dinner party for a few intimate friends and family members, which will be held at the Willows on South Virginia street.
Planning to attend the dinner are Mr. and Mrs. James A. Archibald. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Wallie Warren, all of Reno; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Leonard of Altadena, Calif., may be detained because of the weather.
Mrs. Leonard is the former Miss Diamond Palmer, a native of Oakland, where she was born Oct. 7,1888, and Mr. Leonard is a native of Reno. He was born Dec. 13, 1882. The couple met in Susanville and were married in that city in the parsonage of First Methodist church, with the Rev. J. M. Wilson officiating on Jan. 4, 1905.
Attendants at the wedding were Miss Maude Winchester, later Mrs. Frank Wood, who still resides in Susanville; and Fred Wilson, son of the Rev. Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Leonard was coach of the high school football team in Susanville in 1904, but following the wedding in January, the couple moved the next month to Reno where they have lived since that time.
Three children were born to the Leonard's. Ernest Frank Leonard, now living in Altadena, Calif.; the former Miss Ethel Leonard, now Mrs. Wallie Warren, who lives in Reno, and Leslie Palmer Leonard, of Reno. The grandchildren include Gilbert and Craig Leonard, Reno; Robert Leslie Leonard. Altadena: Stanton Warren of Los Angeles; Leonard Palmer Warren and Christie Warren of Reno.
Before his retirement in 1954, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard lived at Galena Creek where Mr. Leonard was game and fire warden for 16 years. In 1952 they were victims of a flash flood which nearly cost them their lives and ruined much of their personal property. They now live at 28 Vine Street in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette OCTOBER 2, 1958 NEVADA SPORTS
BY ROLLAN MELTON
GRIDDER '98 VINTAGE — The ninteenth century was fading and so was the Summer of 1898. The equinox was bringing fall colors to Truckee Meadows. Bread was a nickel a loaf. McKinley had been president eight months.
The Spanish-American war had prompted many of the older boys at Reno High School to enlist, and thus it was that a freshman started at one end of the Huskie football team that Fall. His name was J. Frank Leonard. He was 15 years old, skinny, black-haired and untried in Coach Pat McCarran's system.
Introduction of the forward pass (Gus Dorias to Knute Rockne) was 15 years in the future. So, McCarran's team, like every other team, was strictly ground offense. J. Frank Leonard played four years at Reno, finishing up in '01. One of his coaches was Doc Stekle, an all-American tackle from Boston College. Silas Ross was still a grammar school boy during this era.
FIVE YEARS AGO Leonard's teammates included: "My brother, Ray Leonard; the Chism boys, Harry and Ed, Mike Knox, "Tub" Meffley, Will Thomas and Gug Hoffman. "Oh, that Hoffman, he was our greatest." THE HUSKIES WEREN'T so bad off without the pass. "We had wonderful kickers," remembers Mr. Leonard. "The drop kick was popular. We could run well. We played the Nevada freshmen and sophomore teams, Carson City, and the Indians at Stewart. "The kids nowadays would dazzle us with the pass, the flanker backs, and the likes. But we could have given them trouble, I tell you, with our power play, where all the linemen fell back and formed in front of the runner."
Uniform in those days—
"We wore shin guards sort of like Berra and Crandall wear in the Series this week. We had the heavy turtle neck sweater, a rubber nose guard suspended by a band around our heads, heavy shoulder padding built into the sweaters, pads over the knees, built into the knee length pants."
"There was no head guard but we didn't have many injuries. We had ankle height shoes and the cleats were leather."
There were no mass physical exams,as required in high schools today. "Nobody checked our hearts and the like. We just played if we could make it." Mr. Leonard has watched football for 60 years. He coached in '04 at Susanville, Calif. He believes kids are in much better physical shape nowadays. "They concentrate so much on proper shape now," he says. "It's good."
He and wife Diamond (who will be 70 on Tuesday) live at 28 Vine Street in Reno. They have three children, Ernest, Leslie and Ethel (Mrs. Wally Warren). What did J. Frank Leonard benefit by playing football? "Football — and I think any sport — teaches you to win — and teaches you to lose. Sometimes it's hard to learn to lose but it's something - we got to know." Mr. Leonard remembers only one injury. "It was over at Stewart against the Bucks. I got two busted ribs. I think they were worth it"
To be honored on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 4. are Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Leonard, well-known Reno residents, at a dinner party for a few intimate friends and family members, which will be held at the Willows on South Virginia street.
Planning to attend the dinner are Mr. and Mrs. James A. Archibald. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Wallie Warren, all of Reno; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Leonard of Altadena, Calif., may be detained because of the weather.
Mrs. Leonard is the former Miss Diamond Palmer, a native of Oakland, where she was born Oct. 7,1888, and Mr. Leonard is a native of Reno. He was born Dec. 13, 1882. The couple met in Susanville and were married in that city in the parsonage of First Methodist church, with the Rev. J. M. Wilson officiating on Jan. 4, 1905.
Attendants at the wedding were Miss Maude Winchester, later Mrs. Frank Wood, who still resides in Susanville; and Fred Wilson, son of the Rev. Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Leonard was coach of the high school football team in Susanville in 1904, but following the wedding in January, the couple moved the next month to Reno where they have lived since that time.
Three children were born to the Leonard's. Ernest Frank Leonard, now living in Altadena, Calif.; the former Miss Ethel Leonard, now Mrs. Wallie Warren, who lives in Reno, and Leslie Palmer Leonard, of Reno. The grandchildren include Gilbert and Craig Leonard, Reno; Robert Leslie Leonard. Altadena: Stanton Warren of Los Angeles; Leonard Palmer Warren and Christie Warren of Reno.
Before his retirement in 1954, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard lived at Galena Creek where Mr. Leonard was game and fire warden for 16 years. In 1952 they were victims of a flash flood which nearly cost them their lives and ruined much of their personal property. They now live at 28 Vine Street in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette OCTOBER 2, 1958 NEVADA SPORTS
BY ROLLAN MELTON
GRIDDER '98 VINTAGE — The ninteenth century was fading and so was the Summer of 1898. The equinox was bringing fall colors to Truckee Meadows. Bread was a nickel a loaf. McKinley had been president eight months.
The Spanish-American war had prompted many of the older boys at Reno High School to enlist, and thus it was that a freshman started at one end of the Huskie football team that Fall. His name was J. Frank Leonard. He was 15 years old, skinny, black-haired and untried in Coach Pat McCarran's system.
Introduction of the forward pass (Gus Dorias to Knute Rockne) was 15 years in the future. So, McCarran's team, like every other team, was strictly ground offense. J. Frank Leonard played four years at Reno, finishing up in '01. One of his coaches was Doc Stekle, an all-American tackle from Boston College. Silas Ross was still a grammar school boy during this era.
FIVE YEARS AGO Leonard's teammates included: "My brother, Ray Leonard; the Chism boys, Harry and Ed, Mike Knox, "Tub" Meffley, Will Thomas and Gug Hoffman. "Oh, that Hoffman, he was our greatest." THE HUSKIES WEREN'T so bad off without the pass. "We had wonderful kickers," remembers Mr. Leonard. "The drop kick was popular. We could run well. We played the Nevada freshmen and sophomore teams, Carson City, and the Indians at Stewart. "The kids nowadays would dazzle us with the pass, the flanker backs, and the likes. But we could have given them trouble, I tell you, with our power play, where all the linemen fell back and formed in front of the runner."
Uniform in those days—
"We wore shin guards sort of like Berra and Crandall wear in the Series this week. We had the heavy turtle neck sweater, a rubber nose guard suspended by a band around our heads, heavy shoulder padding built into the sweaters, pads over the knees, built into the knee length pants."
"There was no head guard but we didn't have many injuries. We had ankle height shoes and the cleats were leather."
There were no mass physical exams,as required in high schools today. "Nobody checked our hearts and the like. We just played if we could make it." Mr. Leonard has watched football for 60 years. He coached in '04 at Susanville, Calif. He believes kids are in much better physical shape nowadays. "They concentrate so much on proper shape now," he says. "It's good."
He and wife Diamond (who will be 70 on Tuesday) live at 28 Vine Street in Reno. They have three children, Ernest, Leslie and Ethel (Mrs. Wally Warren). What did J. Frank Leonard benefit by playing football? "Football — and I think any sport — teaches you to win — and teaches you to lose. Sometimes it's hard to learn to lose but it's something - we got to know." Mr. Leonard remembers only one injury. "It was over at Stewart against the Bucks. I got two busted ribs. I think they were worth it"
Reno Couple To Be Honored On Anniversary
To be honored on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 4. are Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Leonard, well-known Reno residents, at a dinner party for a few intimate friends and family members, which will be held at the Willows on South Virginia street.
Planning to attend the dinner are Mr. and Mrs. James A. Archibald. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Wallie Warren, all of Reno; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Leonard of Altadena, Calif., may be detained because of the weather.
Mrs. Leonard is the former Miss Diamond Palmer, a native of Oakland, where she was born Oct. 7,1888, and Mr. Leonard is a native of Reno. He was born Dec. 13, 1882. The couple met in Susanville and were married in that city in the parsonage of First Methodist church, with the Rev. J. M. Wilson officiating on Jan. 4, 1905.
Attendants at the wedding were Miss Maude Winchester, later Mrs. Frank Wood, who still resides in Susanville; and Fred Wilson, son of the Rev. Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Leonard was coach of the high school football team in Susanville in 1904, but following the wedding in January, the couple moved the next month to Reno where they have lived since that time.
Three children were born to the Leonard's. Ernest Frank Leonard, now living in Altadena, Calif.; the former Miss Ethel Leonard, now Mrs. Wallie Warren, who lives in Reno, and Leslie Palmer Leonard, of Reno. The grandchildren include Gilbert and Craig Leonard, Reno; Robert Leslie Leonard. Altadena: Stanton Warren of Los Angeles; Leonard Palmer Warren and Christie Warren of Reno.
Before his retirement in 1954, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard lived at Galena Creek where Mr. Leonard was game and fire warden for 16 years. In 1952 they were victims of a flash flood which nearly cost them their lives and ruined much of their personal property. They now live at 28 Vine Street in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette OCTOBER 2, 1958 NEVADA SPORTS
BY ROLLAN MELTON
GRIDDER '98 VINTAGE — The ninteenth century was fading and so was the Summer of 1898. The equinox was bringing fall colors to Truckee Meadows. Bread was a nickel a loaf. McKinley had been president eight months.
The Spanish-American war had prompted many of the older boys at Reno High School to enlist, and thus it was that a freshman started at one end of the Huskie football team that Fall. His name was J. Frank Leonard. He was 15 years old, skinny, black-haired and untried in Coach Pat McCarran's system.
Introduction of the forward pass (Gus Dorias to Knute Rockne) was 15 years in the future. So, McCarran's team, like every other team, was strictly ground offense. J. Frank Leonard played four years at Reno, finishing up in '01. One of his coaches was Doc Stekle, an all-American tackle from Boston College. Silas Ross was still a grammar school boy during this era.
FIVE YEARS AGO Leonard's teammates included: "My brother, Ray Leonard; the Chism boys, Harry and Ed, Mike Knox, "Tub" Meffley, Will Thomas and Gug Hoffman. "Oh, that Hoffman, he was our greatest." THE HUSKIES WEREN'T so bad off without the pass. "We had wonderful kickers," remembers Mr. Leonard. "The drop kick was popular. We could run well. We played the Nevada freshmen and sophomore teams, Carson City, and the Indians at Stewart. "The kids nowadays would dazzle us with the pass, the flanker backs, and the likes. But we could have given them trouble, I tell you, with our power play, where all the linemen fell back and formed in front of the runner."
Uniform in those days—
"We wore shin guards sort of like Berra and Crandall wear in the Series this week. We had the heavy turtle neck sweater, a rubber nose guard suspended by a band around our heads, heavy shoulder padding built into the sweaters, pads over the knees, built into the knee length pants."
"There was no head guard but we didn't have many injuries. We had ankle height shoes and the cleats were leather."
There were no mass physical exams,as required in high schools today. "Nobody checked our hearts and the like. We just played if we could make it." Mr. Leonard has watched football for 60 years. He coached in '04 at Susanville, Calif. He believes kids are in much better physical shape nowadays. "They concentrate so much on proper shape now," he says. "It's good."
He and wife Diamond (who will be 70 on Tuesday) live at 28 Vine Street in Reno. They have three children, Ernest, Leslie and Ethel (Mrs. Wally Warren). What did J. Frank Leonard benefit by playing football? "Football — and I think any sport — teaches you to win — and teaches you to lose. Sometimes it's hard to learn to lose but it's something - we got to know." Mr. Leonard remembers only one injury. "It was over at Stewart against the Bucks. I got two busted ribs. I think they were worth it"
To be honored on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 4. are Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Leonard, well-known Reno residents, at a dinner party for a few intimate friends and family members, which will be held at the Willows on South Virginia street.
Planning to attend the dinner are Mr. and Mrs. James A. Archibald. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Wallie Warren, all of Reno; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Leonard of Altadena, Calif., may be detained because of the weather.
Mrs. Leonard is the former Miss Diamond Palmer, a native of Oakland, where she was born Oct. 7,1888, and Mr. Leonard is a native of Reno. He was born Dec. 13, 1882. The couple met in Susanville and were married in that city in the parsonage of First Methodist church, with the Rev. J. M. Wilson officiating on Jan. 4, 1905.
Attendants at the wedding were Miss Maude Winchester, later Mrs. Frank Wood, who still resides in Susanville; and Fred Wilson, son of the Rev. Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Leonard was coach of the high school football team in Susanville in 1904, but following the wedding in January, the couple moved the next month to Reno where they have lived since that time.
Three children were born to the Leonard's. Ernest Frank Leonard, now living in Altadena, Calif.; the former Miss Ethel Leonard, now Mrs. Wallie Warren, who lives in Reno, and Leslie Palmer Leonard, of Reno. The grandchildren include Gilbert and Craig Leonard, Reno; Robert Leslie Leonard. Altadena: Stanton Warren of Los Angeles; Leonard Palmer Warren and Christie Warren of Reno.
Before his retirement in 1954, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard lived at Galena Creek where Mr. Leonard was game and fire warden for 16 years. In 1952 they were victims of a flash flood which nearly cost them their lives and ruined much of their personal property. They now live at 28 Vine Street in Reno.
Reno Evening Gazette OCTOBER 2, 1958 NEVADA SPORTS
BY ROLLAN MELTON
GRIDDER '98 VINTAGE — The ninteenth century was fading and so was the Summer of 1898. The equinox was bringing fall colors to Truckee Meadows. Bread was a nickel a loaf. McKinley had been president eight months.
The Spanish-American war had prompted many of the older boys at Reno High School to enlist, and thus it was that a freshman started at one end of the Huskie football team that Fall. His name was J. Frank Leonard. He was 15 years old, skinny, black-haired and untried in Coach Pat McCarran's system.
Introduction of the forward pass (Gus Dorias to Knute Rockne) was 15 years in the future. So, McCarran's team, like every other team, was strictly ground offense. J. Frank Leonard played four years at Reno, finishing up in '01. One of his coaches was Doc Stekle, an all-American tackle from Boston College. Silas Ross was still a grammar school boy during this era.
FIVE YEARS AGO Leonard's teammates included: "My brother, Ray Leonard; the Chism boys, Harry and Ed, Mike Knox, "Tub" Meffley, Will Thomas and Gug Hoffman. "Oh, that Hoffman, he was our greatest." THE HUSKIES WEREN'T so bad off without the pass. "We had wonderful kickers," remembers Mr. Leonard. "The drop kick was popular. We could run well. We played the Nevada freshmen and sophomore teams, Carson City, and the Indians at Stewart. "The kids nowadays would dazzle us with the pass, the flanker backs, and the likes. But we could have given them trouble, I tell you, with our power play, where all the linemen fell back and formed in front of the runner."
Uniform in those days—
"We wore shin guards sort of like Berra and Crandall wear in the Series this week. We had the heavy turtle neck sweater, a rubber nose guard suspended by a band around our heads, heavy shoulder padding built into the sweaters, pads over the knees, built into the knee length pants."
"There was no head guard but we didn't have many injuries. We had ankle height shoes and the cleats were leather."
There were no mass physical exams,as required in high schools today. "Nobody checked our hearts and the like. We just played if we could make it." Mr. Leonard has watched football for 60 years. He coached in '04 at Susanville, Calif. He believes kids are in much better physical shape nowadays. "They concentrate so much on proper shape now," he says. "It's good."
He and wife Diamond (who will be 70 on Tuesday) live at 28 Vine Street in Reno. They have three children, Ernest, Leslie and Ethel (Mrs. Wally Warren). What did J. Frank Leonard benefit by playing football? "Football — and I think any sport — teaches you to win — and teaches you to lose. Sometimes it's hard to learn to lose but it's something - we got to know." Mr. Leonard remembers only one injury. "It was over at Stewart against the Bucks. I got two busted ribs. I think they were worth it"
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