Central High School - Helios Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Charge .' to walk over the gold and white as a practice game. The score seems to show that they did. as the final was 24-7. But the score can hide a lot of facts. and it did in this instance. lt did not for instance reveal that Central held South for three gruell- ing periods. leading them 7-6. If the timekeeper had stopped the game thep and there, everything would have been jake, But he didn't. The final period saw South catch us on one trick play for a touchdown. and prestol the score was 26-7, South. Kalamazoo 16-Central O. Amen. May it never happen again! But it cer- tainly did happen that time, and with a vengeance. Though Kazoo got all their points in the first half, and none in the second, we didn't get any in either, so there wasn't much consolation in the fact we held them scoreless for a half. It was about the wettest game in years, even the weather man turning against us, so that the field was a sop, every player an amateur sponge, and the referee a slimy octopus crawling about doing a vast lot of damage to both teams. Before the Union game. somebody had an idea. and a pep meeting developed. which closely approximated the old timers except that it was held during school hours. Enough enthusiasm was dished out to last over to the game. and so it devel- oped that there was a lot of real cheering, nobody left before the end of the game, the band had something resembling uniforms, and the team itself played a great game. The final score against us was 26-0. but considering Union's record for the season this can hardly be called a bad score. and the Central spectators put up as hard a light as spectators can fight. We put up a game battle before a better team and lost. which is no disgrace. li , A ff .- . v -. it . I .,. .ajr J' ., ' -Mft SK---2, :L.L-,Y-,- W, 6 m x . - fr Q p. .0 J -P Nwlfv.,-f vgcgfw :fi-'ii' 1' .v ii'-5Tl f'l K ' ., :v: .a. X ' ,,. N L Harper Montez Russell Swanex Dave Brockmeir Irving Simpson One Hundred Eight

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It-. i - LHIISIDHQ Cappy Lyon and Sutfin added two points after touchdowns. Which disposed of Big Rapids. The largest score of the season. 52-0, was made against Technical. erstwhile Vocational. The reserves. in the game during the first three-fourths. made 26 points: when the regulars had their exercise in the last quarter they duplicated the 26 to make the total of 52. Toread0r Montez galloped half the length of the field for a little excitement for the rather bored spectators. The Lansing game created a lot of excitement. although it was an out-of-town affair. If we could beat Lansing. we'd be somebody everybody thought. So a large representation from Grand Rapids was in the stands when the whistle sent both teams after each other at the first of the game. And it was a real game. too. Lansing proved itself superior only by one foot. in fact. by only one toe. and that toe was on the foot of Dutch Leonard. who kicked two field goals. enough to give Lansing the verdict. Central played a great game. twice losing the ball after getting it as far as the live-yard line. whence the inimitable toe of Leonard kicked it out of danger. Catholic furnished the most exciting and most satisfactory game from a Central point of view. The two teams. the lightest in the city. were evenly matched-very much so in fact. The ball played hide and seek between the two teams for most of the game. but finally Ed Geiser got his talons on it and plowed through for the only points oi the game. with the end of the game a matter of seconds. Then on rushed mighty South. with loud proclamations of past prowess and future glories. The heavier. older. more experienced team from Hall St. was going 4: e 6,215 '-1 . WE!!! fin ' .. 53, rg h l V 'fiffj 1, .1 .-,L ,- .,,3W5Jg..A,-,.a L. ww ,,4.Qh,,.v w, A .X , s., -4: 5.1 rife '1' s K -yy j. ., 9151 ' 53.6 , X f2J 'f 5f. .w sit , . 9' -. M Pi vsp' 94 21- ' .. ' ..--gffife -. 4 fits A -f-A mv :g -- LJ, -44445 Ass, , -f.. - - -r .- ' - , sfi25.g,,ff..wwxe1-.f A Y' ' ' W2-e '- it 5-E-51515159957 -f George Suttin Al jones Max Pearsall XYQH-dbridge Green One Hundred Seven

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b Atv?-44. 'JA vw I 'vu'-f..,,f,,t:,g,4,.,, ff- 5 1 ' 'M 42..-Q, '-'sy -f., . f .4 4, Hold! Then came. as only the football classic of Western Michigan can come. the annual Muskegon game, held this year for the first time in Central's stadium at Houseman Field. Elaborate preparations for taking care of the many thousands who saw the game. eliminated any undue rush or disorder. and all was set for the kick-off. During the first half. as was true in a major portion of Centralls games this year. we fought the opposing team to a standstill. and actually led them. though no points were recorded. Ylany times a great game will hinge on a seemingly small happening. and this game was no exception to the rule. The breaks of the game were against us. and this time they were real breaksga break of Ceisefs ribs. and fractured vertebrae which necessitated his removal from the game. Central went back more determined than ever. but the bulwark on defense and the mainspring on attack was gone. and the whole team's punch was taken away. The inevitable happened. and Muskegon. with many well-arranged methods of attack. sunk the Central ship under a load of 31 points. And another Muskegon game was dead and gone. One thing that deserves mention was the placing of Ceiser and Bartholic on the Heralzfs all-city team for all-around ability and worth to their team. George Bartholic was twice honored in this way. for he made the first basketball selections. loo. Both players deserve credit. as does Coach Coryell lwho perhaps gets all too little for his hard and untiring interest in Central athleticst. and the whole team for their faithful work throughout the long. hard season. Football at Central this year didn't have a particularly successful season. but the team was a real Central team. and. winning or losing. Central has and will stay back of its teams. I v -.,!Fft','e - Aff J'-'HES Henry Riker Tony Swarthmn Fred Deane One Hundred Nine