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

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good teams. They are called the Big Reds and this year had won their preliminary games by large scores and were predicting a state Championship team. However, when they played Central this thought was changed: they were doomed to defeat. The first half was scoreless, but in the third quarter Lansing weakened and was forced to resort to a safety and a few minutes later had their goal line crossed for the first time. Thus the game at Lansing ended 8-O in favor of Central. It was a great game. A week later our team played Catholic Central at Houseman Field before a crowd of eight thousand people. The battle waged back and forth for a long time, but in the third quarter Catholic crossed our goal line. This seemed to inspire them so that, hght as our boys did, they were unable to reduce the lead of six points. This was a hard defeat, for it not only disqualified us for the state title but placed the city title far out of reach. The Central-South game a week later left Central in a much better posi- tion. Although up to that time South had not shown a great deal of strength that day she exhibited some line pass work. During the lirst quarter the ball was worked up and down the held and was several times in scoring position, but each time South held for downs. In the second quarter, however, Bill Irwin made the only score of the game when he fell on a punt blocked by Irv Simpson back of South's goal line. lt was an exciting game, for often South threatened with her offense. Theodore Norris VVillard Geutz Charles Hicks Kenneth Mee gnu

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if ..., Qu o .- ull! .Hfi5?iplQfJSl'lfCTS fur a successful seaswn luuked yery lwright this year in that Cuacli Cfvryell wwuld have lmth inure experienced and heavier ft -- A iff? material In wwrk with than in swine time past. Of last year's team Hicks, Mee, Simpspn, llruckineier, vlaehnig, llnnes, Cunnan, Price, and Kun- ing were lwack. .Xruuml these lmys was cwnstructed the team uf '27 which, with the exceptipn uf the last game, we feel has a very guild record. The iirst game uf the year was played with Ottawa llills. The Indians, after en-plying an undefeated season in 1926 and the return this year of fifteen letter men, were all set fur lwig things. They played well and fnught hard hut fnund class .X cnmpetitidn quite different from class C. Despite the very hut weather and frequent sulnstitutiuns, Central piled up a scare uf 41 tu Ottawa llills, U. The second game uf the seasun was the one with Creston. The day was cumfurtalmly warm fur the crrvwd nf about three thwusand people who watched, lrut it was intpleralily hut fur the players. The game was nut characterized lwy much spectacular play: fur the must part it was just straight fundamental tlmtlwznll. This secwnd annual fmttlrall game with Crestun ended Z0-O in favor uf Central. The third game in line this seaswn was the Lansing game. .Ns yet Lans- ing has but png large high sclmnl and that schfml is always represented hy Fl' Allwrt Alf-nes llaxid Hrwclsnieier llmrard ,laehnig Irving Simpsnn 51163

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'YQ lialainazfm was Central's next nppmieiit and she fell hard. Altlirxtigli liazmfs ends were suplmsecl tn he tuwers nf strength Central made most ut her grwund around them. Khirinan nnce ran sixty-nine yards around end and thru a lmiken held for a tuuehdnwn. This play was fullwwed hy swnie good passing hy -Innes and Hicks and ninre end running and a few watt-tackle plays. The frame ended with Central nn Kzizmfs twentv vard line and leadmf in bv . . senre 19-ll. Vp tn this pnint Central had wean live out of six games and it liwkecl as thnugh she had a very guild chance of hettering this average. XN'ith this thnught in mind the team trained during the next week as few teams ever train. Nl'ith this tliuught in mind she went tn Island l'arlq and played Union. lluring the tirst quarter Central gut the hall and marched straight tu the goal line in a series uf line plays and a numher nf furward and backward passes. llut Lvnirin, instead nf giving up, fwught the harder and in the second quarter tied the sewre 7-7. The senre remained the same until the last two minutes of the fuurth quarter when a lung pass netted llninn six inure puints and the pnint after tmielnlmvii anuther pnint. .'Xlthuugh Central nuw fraught harder than ever, the task was imlmssilrle. The score remained Central 7, lvUl1lll 14. .Xltliwugh fans freely admitted that Central wutplayed lvniwn, the scnre could nntheeliangeml. iff ' f tw - tl lliilliain Irwin ljnnglas Fox Harvey Frnits Louis Sclniliardt 51183