Bexley High School - Bexleo Yearbook (Bexley, OH)

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BASKETBALL yciHE 1930-31 cage season was not altogether successful this year, as reports will I n show. The Bexley team won only four out of thirteen starts, hut the fact that the home five lost three games by the narrow margin of one goal should offer some consolation to Bexley rooters. Wayne Ketner, honorary captain, performed nicely throughout the season at forward. Sam Lytle gave a good account of himself at the guard position. Stark and Eckley traded the jumping position throughout the season, and both turned in favorable work. Hugh Bone and Tom Leahy presented good performances at the guard positions, while Hardwick played forward well for a first year man. Cavey, Kauffman, and Russell were quite acceptable as substitutes. The three regulars hack from last year’s team were Bone, Ketner, and Lytle. These three formed the nucleus of the 1931 squad. The Bexley team piled up the following record: Bexley, 10; Grove City, 17. Bexley, 16; Westerville, 18. Bexley, 20; Fairmont, 31. Bexley, 16; Grandview, 42. Bexley, 11; Urbana, 18. Bexley, 27; Upper Arlington, 13. Bexley, 9; Sidney, 15. Bexley, 20; Marysville, 30. Bexley, 13; Circleville, 12. Bexley, 30; Circleville, 29. Bexley, 37; Bellefontaine, 23. Bexley, 14; Westerville, 16. Bexley, 29; Grandview, 30. CLASS 1931

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'MMtfMHfc Front Row, left to right: Morris, Bright, Newburger, Russell, Christian, M. Stark, R. Patton, Brenning, Pryor, Cavey, Knies, Bone, Lytle, Hoffman. Second Row: Brown, Malloy, Elsass, Fogle, Sanford, Glick, Lumbert, Kauffman, Eckley, Bene- dict, Wheaton, Gerhold, Leahy, Brunner, Engle. Third Row: Edmister, manager, Petzinger, Bryant, Halley, Munk, Caldwell, J. Patton, Evans, Lambrecht, Frank, Brownewell, J. Stark, Kuehner, Rosel, Coach Smith. FOOTBALL y1=1 HE Bexley football team experienced a successful season this year, for the grid' I ders came off victors in six games, losers in two, and tied Grandview, 7-7, for first place honors in the Central Buckeye League. The Bexley Lions also once again tied for “Little Three honors when they trimmed Upper Arlington, 19'6. The home team opened the season with an easy victory over Grove City. The inexperienced team, with only three regulars back, defeated Grove City, 25-0. Bexley overcame a weighty Bucyrus team to the tune of 13-6, the following week. South dealt out an 18-0 defeat for Bexley’s first disaster of the season. The home team came back strong for a 39'0 victory over Circleville. The Lions had a great deal of difficulty in defeating an unusually powerful Westerville eleven, 26T9, however. The championship tilt with Grandview was disappointing to the home team fans. The Bexley team permitted a strong Grandview team to equal their score and share the first place honors with a 7-7 tie. The Blue and White gridders took the weak Upper Arlington team into camp with a 19'6 count, October 31. Granville also succumbed to the Bexley onslaught. The final total was 27-0. The second defeat of the season was suffered in the last game of the year. The Piqua Indians trounced the Lions by a 6-0 tally. Followers of Bexley’s grid fortunes felt that, despite the score, the Bexley team had given a performance equal to that of Piqua, and might at least have deserved a tie.

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First Row, left to right: Mickey, Ketner, Christian, Stark, Bone, SchifF, Glick, Lytle. Second Row: Hardwick, Brenning, Engle, Beggs, Jones, Helms, Meyers, Benjamin, Turner. Third Row: Coach Smith, Cohen, Manager, Bickle, Van Bibber, Manly, Henceroth, Pullen, Fogle, Mitchell, Elsass. BASEBALL V1=1 HE Bexley nine had difficulty in breaking into a winning streak this year. The I 1 home team lost their first three games, two of them by the narrow margin of one run. The season opened with the Bexley players journeying to Canal Winchester. The Winchester boys won 6-5. Grove City trimmed the Bexleyites, 5-4, and the Groveport nine, 14-5, before the home team could wallop Gahanna, 8-2, for their initial win. The Bexley boys defeated London, 5-4, before the Torch went to press. Coach Smith had the job of building a new team with but four experienced players: Hugh Bone, Earl Brenning, Sam Lytle, and Virgil Jones. The regular lineup was as follows: Hugh Bone at first base, Jack Benjamin, sec' ond base, Sam Lytle, short stop, Hardwick, third base, Jones, left field, Ketner or Meyers, center field, Turner, right field. Earl Brenning pitched while Engle completed the list as catcher. Utility infielders were Christian, Beggs, Stark, and Elsass. Outfield substitutes were SchifF, Glick, and Helms. The complete schedule was as follows: April 14—Bexley 5, Canal Winchester 6 May 8—Bexley 5, London 4 April 24—Bexley 4, Grove City 5 May 18—Bexley vs. Reynoldsburg April 28—Bexley 5, Groveport 14 May 22—Bexley vs. Lancaster May 5—Bexley 8, Gahanna 2 May 28—Bexley vs. London A game with West was postponed on account of rain. The date has not yet been announced.