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Sporting one of the top defenses in the Seattle-area during the
1930's, the Silver Barons were a fierce rival to the
West Seattle Yellowjackets, always
in the mix for Northwest Championships. Setting numerous
defensive records for shut-out victories,
1935 (7), 1936 (8), and 1937 (8) were a testament to the how
attractive the team was to top-level players and a fan base that
turned out by the thousands. During those three seasons, the
Barons finished with a 25-7-4 record and a 1937 Silver Bowl
championship over the Renton Rams to cap the season. 3000 spectators saw the Barons tie the Yellowjackets on Sep 22, 1935. A week earlier they were dazzled by a Ken McGilvray 75-yard scoring dash. Quarterback Ernest Dzurick came back to Enumclaw having played baseball in the Cincinnati Reds farm system in the late 1920's and early 1930's before earning a degree from Western Washington University. Later in life he had a Rhododendron species named after him (the "Ernie K"). In 1993 he earned an award for outstanding service to athletics from the Pacific Northwest Coaches Association after teaching and coaching baseball/football in Enumclaw and Seattle until he retired in 1974, passing away in 1997. The 1936 team acquired Luke Abernathy, a former Everett Wildcat and Yellowjacket but fell both times to West Seattle during an 8-2-1 season. During the first meeting with Olympia, Bob McLeod crashed in after catching a McGilvray pass, while Buffaro, big Baron guard recovered a fumble and scored to beat the Senators 14-0. That was also the year Enumclaw convinced George Hirai, star of the Enumclaw Nippon Bluejay baseball team to play football where he excelled during the 1936 and 1937 seasons. Enumclaw claimed the 1939 Northwest League Championship by dominating the Yellowjackets in three outings as well as a tie with the powerful St. Martin's College team out of Lacey, Washington. Neil Shaffer, former Willamette University star was the early league leaders in scoring with 13 points through Oct 12th, while backfield partner Jimmy Montgomery was second with 12 points. McGilvray bombed a sensational 45-yard field goal to register a 3-0 victory over the Tacoma Columbians giving the Barons the league lead over Tacoma in the standings. The following week, Max Toney exploded for 4 touchdowns in a 29-0 thrashing of arch-rival West Seattle to lock down the Northwest Championship for Enumclaw. The 29-point victory was the most lopsided victory Enumclaw had scored over the Yellowjackets in their storied rivalry. Beginning in 1940 and into 1941, the Enumclaw Wolverines would be formed under the umbrella of the "Enumclaw Athletic Club" and play in the weight restricted 160lb league and be a chief rival to the Issaquah Alpines. Bob McLeod would double-dip at times playing end for the Wolverines and halfback for the Barons. The most frustrating season came in the Barons' defense of the title during the 1940 season when the Boeing-sponsored Aero Mechanics team joined the league. Boeing had a creative way of winning games during a 4-0-4 season where coach and defensive star Frank Stojack installed a punt on second and third downs offense in order to get their disruptive defense on the field as much as possible. In two games, Enumclaw and Boeing tied 0-0, but a stumble on October 27th against the Yellowjackets in a 13-6 loss, cost the Barons a repeat during a 5-1-2 season. Team officials were livid at the ingenious way Boeing kept their offense from being a liability. The Aeros only scored 49 points all season, but shut out every opponent defensively allowing zero points on the season. The Barons argued their win over the Yellowjackets on Dec 1st (7-0) was a cleaner victory than Boeing's 3-0 win and 0-0 tie against West Seattle. Enumclaw outscored opponents 85-19, but could not argue away the lone loss as Boeing took the Silver Cup Trophy. World War II would put the team away after the 1941 season and the collapse of the league teams as players left for the military. Ken McGilvray enlisted at Fort Lewis on March 23, 1944 and later died on July 8, 1945 and is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery near Margraten. Co-Owner of the team Homer Cooke Jr. and GNFA Hall of Famer, was fascinated by the news stories of eastern football and the writings of the players being the "best in the nation". He wanted proof and set about creating a stats compilation service. Beginning in 1935 he reached out to National Football League teams to start tracking various game stats and by 1937 he released his National College Sports Statistics that nearly every news service began using for their stories. By 1941 the Official Football Guide was published that was used to compare players across the United States. The NCAA bought into the service in 1946. Cooke received national attention from Sportsfolio and in 1958 Sports Illustrated published a story on Homer and his creation. You can read more on his Hall of Fame Biography. Following the war, the Silver Barons would be resurrected in 1946 and revived it's battles with Issaquah for area-supremacy in the 160lb-175lb weight-restricted leagues. But a new team was on the rise in 1947 as the Rainier Beach Ramblers hit the scene that year going undefeated through 1948 and 1949. Rainier Beach would become the legendary Seattle Ramblers in 1950 and be the class of semi-pro football for the next decade as they left the weight restricted leagues playing as a "heavy" independent filled with ex-college stars laying claim to eight championship titles and defeating collegiate teams such as College of Puget Sound, Oregon Tech, University of British Columbia, Portland State, Linfield as well as almost every Washington Junior College. DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO CONTRIBUTE? CONTACT US! (email)
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