Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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1, 2 I If I X ,. . 'WSI ,.. Dick Woods Dick was one of those persistent, fighting players who kept trying for the team for four years, but always fell just a trifie short of making a regular position. He was always dependable and ready for anything on the battlefield or at practice sessions. Woods was shifted between center and halfback, but his light weight handicapped him in both positions. Richard Fink Persistence seems to come with the name Dick, for Fink also tried doggedly to make the grade. Dick's weight was what kept him from gaining a position on the Varsity. He was a utility man, but did some good work at quarterback. It is men like these who make the Middie success possible. Bill Sheets f i Easy-going most of the time, Bill developed into a hard-charging fullback before the season ended,' and gained a lot of experience during the last few tilts of the year. With another year of play, Bill may be counted upon to make a name for himself, for he has all the attributes of a football playerg size, speed, strength, and a shiftiness are all in his favor. l ' Bill Mcflonigle Bill was a bit too light to play on the Varsity, but a scrappier little guard never lived. Bill tried out for the squad for three out of his four years in school, and, though he had but slight chance to get into the games, was not deterred a minute by that, putting up plenty of fight in opposition to the first team at the practice sessions. Irwin Butterfield Another guard, and one of the fastest of the linesmen, Butterfield showed great promise early in the season, but due to an injury he was forced out of active compe- tition. Regardless of the fact that he could not play, he showed up at practice every night, and took an interest in all the proceedings. 51153

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Left ff, Right FIRST Row: Harold Weikel, Mack Langster, Bill Sheets, Howard Ward, Ernest Gehm, Frank Saylor, Fred Patterson, Stanley Armitage, Millard Bechtel, Alfred Dean, Harold Knepshield, Bob Roberts. Bob Draut, Coach Lingrel, Coach Greene. SECOND Row: Omer Taylor, J. B. McMann, Harry Burnett, John Carmody, Earl Kinney, Gerald Horn, Paul Diver, Seburn Alexander, Merle Wendt, Harlen Romans, Paul Lawson, Harry Pierce, Trumon Gray, Arthur Strong, Leroy Heller, Tony Likiarthis, Walker Lewis, John Riner, Dan Corson. THIRD Row: Edward Cogan, Edward Mittenholzer, Richard Woods, Frank Fanning, Clarence Fay, Dick Snider, Paul Brooks, Bill McGonigle, Robert Masoner, Ray Bowman, Tom LaFayette, Paul Leppich, Lorenzo Carter, Dick Grubbs, Henry Johnson, Bert Howard, Bill McCabe, Frank Crocker, Richard Fink, Paul Ballard. Football Subs Each Saturday when the Middie grid machine gets into action we see perhaps fifteen or twenty men carry the Purple and White to victory. We think of them as repre- senting Middletown football, but these few are only a small part of football. The subs, who form a large group, bear their full share. Night after night through tackling and blocking practice, scrimmage, and bad weather they make possible the weekly success. Bumps and bruises mean little to them. It is football for the love of football, regardless of glory. L1161