Alliance High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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enough tricks out of the bag to even show against the Pilots. The Wingmen bowled over Barberton by a score of 40 to 0. The Aviators kept their home goal line from being crossed, thus establishing a new all- time record. On November 17 the team journeyed to Jamestown, New York. They set the Red and Green down and trampled on them for 31 points. However, Jamestown came back fighting and scored on the Birdmen, mak- ing the final score, 31 to 6. On Turkey Day the Quakers had noth- ing to be thankful for as far as football goes. The Skymen shellacked them, 44 to O. The game was the roughest of the year. Sixteen seniors closed their football reign very suc- cessfully. Hillis Hume scored three touch- downs to run his total to 138 points for the season. f2ll0l'll and Uourl' l'll01'l'I1'llil1'l'S in i , 'I 1- IIA, 1 4-fx, YEIILI 1 ii , .oz lure Abou-, fiom I1-Ft In TIIAIITI Mum I II 1 III II I ul 111 kl X I Ilmln I ll III-vnolds, Mary lfumplwll, I':xt 'lwmplr :ml I 1 tt I 1 5. I -, 1 Q in 'L' 2 Irv lv 'j.', Ih-Iww, IL-fl to right: IAYIIIH Iiillniiutfx, I-U-mllrlaili, Iiiln-all Irimr-s, ,Xwly lMv1'fIt'1l, 1 plain, Irvin- Ngnsz, Iloli Vnsshly, .Ind I':Itt5.' Goml. Ff6567lZE7Z Ffayb lrbotbflff Igfzeffe The first game of the season, with State Street Junior High, was a victory for Alli- ance High's Freshmen with a close score of 7 to 6. This was followed by a scoreless deadlock with Bergholz. In the next two games they were beaten by Mansfield and Massillon by scores of 7 to 0 and 26 to 7 respectively. These losses were followed with two wins to even up: Wadsworth, 13 to O, and Sebring, 12 to 0. The last game on the Frosh schedule was played as a preliminary to the Alliance- John Hay varsity game. The Freshmen were beaten by State Street, 7 to 0. Mr. Noyes McVay, the new Freshman football coach for 1939, majored in social science and physical education at Ohio State University. Aside from coaching the Freshmen he teaches at State Street Junior High, While attending Ohio State, he played varsity baseball for three years and was also on the champion speedball team for three years.

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' - . 'igfsfff , . f, f . wx-n Come Off, Affzkzfzce . . . The Aviators, after practicing for two weeks, really let go against Minerva, last year's and this year's Tri-County League champs. The Aviators handed Minerva their only setback of the year by a score of 38 to 0. Hillis Hume scored six times to set a new record for touchdowns made in a single game. On the next Saturday afternoon the opening whistle started the Alliance team on another rampage to the tune of a 47 to 0 score. This was established at the expense of Bellevue, who came here with high ex- pectations but went home thoroughly de- feated. A scrappy Grove City crew held the Wingmen down to only one score during the first three quartersg but in the final period the Pilots scored thrice to win, 26 to O. The next weekend the Aviators rested before trying to conquer the Orange and Black Tiger in Massillon's newly built arena. Journeying to Massillon on Friday the 13th, the Alliance team received its only reverse Lefs G0 . . . of the season. The game ended, 47 to 0, after the Red and Blue fought courageous- ly for three quarters, but the iinal period was too much for the Skymen. The Yellow and Green of Cleveland John Hay attacked the Red and Blue so violently that the Aviators were able to punch across only one touchdown. Big Frank Zupanic scored after a long drive following the opening kick-off. Hillis Hume, Alliance's brain-trust, did not see action because of in- juries received in the Massillon fracas. Then the Canton McKinley Bulldog ven- tured into Alliance. He was sent home with his tail between his legs and a scoreless dead- lock scrawled upon his record. The only time that either team was close to scoring territory was early in the third period when Canton tried a field goal but failed. For the last three years the Aviators have been com- ing closer to beating the Bulldogs. In 1937, the score was 8 to Og in 1938, 33 to 263 in 1939, 0 to 0. The Barberton Magics could not pull Booster Club

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fluff! H4zz'l.f The Gangtv All Here.f Major Emery E. Larson, head coach of the United States Naval Academy, was the main speaker at the football banquet De- cember 7, 1939. Dr. George M. Wilcoxon, the Aviators' coach, introduced the members of the foot- ball squad, and Major Larson presented the varsity and reserve letters to them. Coach Wilcoxon warmly praised the team, saying that aside from two instances they turned in perfect performances in the last three games. He gave Hillis Hume, star quarterback and all-county and all-state selection for the second successive year, glowing tribute. Coach Wilcoxon also said that perhaps the greatest tribute of all came from opposing coaches, who after seeing Hume play said, He is everything they say he is. Alliance gridders who received their varsity letters are James Dawson, Dan Comsa, Joe Rogel, Joe Chernikovich, Nick Stoica, Frank Zupanic, Paul Stanfield, Hillis Hume, Frank Iannotti, Alex McGregor, Harry Weibush, Charles Gainor, Louis Bos- chini, Charles Sell, and Robert Addison. Boys who won their reserve letters are George Demuth, Richard Fritz, William Mainwaring, George Weibush, Edward Braidic, Donald Lembright, Warren Rui, and Art Lembright. James Dawson was also praised by Coach Wilcoxon as one of the greatest cen- ters Alliance High has ever had. Joe Cher- nikovich, who won all-county recognition for his tackle play, was laudedg and Frank Zu- panic was praised by the coach for his work as a placement kicker and all-around per- former. Arm' PPV!! M155 These Smiors . . . Hillis Hume, one of the foremost ath- letes Alliance High School has ever seen, was again picked on the All-Ohio teams. Out of 225 sports writers and coaches from all over Ohio who voted to determine the personnel of the United Press All-Ohio team, 45 voted for Hume, thereby selecting him most valuable player of the year. Hilly's closest rival, Gillom of Massillon, received 36 votes. Hume was chosen by the Associat- ed Press for their second team. For two consecutive years he was also chosen all-county halfbackg the first year out for football he was given honorable men- tion. Hume's first experience with an organ- ized team was with the West End , later he played with South Lincoln grade school. These experiences were followed by play- ing with the Freshmen in his eighth and ninth years. Hilly started playing varsity football in his sophomore year. My greatest thrill, said Hilly, was when I made a ninety yard run for a touch- down from the kickoff in the game with Can- ton in '38f' James Dawson, Hrst string center for two years and a three year man, was one of the mainstays in the Alliance line. Jim was noted for his fast delivery of the ball and l Football Squad 1 6