Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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Ca RJ .1 ,A , nf V v -, i , rivmiix , ,Y . Letterm en Left to Right FIRST Row: Seburn Alexander, Millard Bechtel, Harry Burnett, Irwin Butterfield, John Carmody, Dan Corson. SECOND ROW: Alfred Dean, Sam Farnsworth, Richard Fink, Ernest Gehin, Trunion Gray, Dwight Hagedorn. THIRD ROW: Albert Hamm, Gerald Horn, Earl Kinney, Paul Lawson, Walker Lewis. J. B. McMann. Wendt, Richard Woods. BIERIT-th? superior worth of M. H. S. athletes. BIANNERS--3 gentleman in all his actions. MANLY-strong in character and physique. MUSCLES-physical perfection and gracefulness. NIINDS-kQQTl, alert and quick to think. FOURTH ROW: Frank Saylor, Arthur-Strong, Jimmy Watson, Harold VVeikel, Merle NIIDDLETOWN-tl'lG city which holds our loyalty. lUIDDLETOVVN HIGH SCHOOL-the Purple and White for which we battle. L 117 1

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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

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Nliddletown High School 1931 Football Record M. H. S. Opponents Lockland .. . . 58 0 Kiser ,,.,.., ., , ,, . , 18 0 Washington C. H. . . 51 0 Steele ,.,, ., . , 19 7 Hughes 45 7 Springfield , ., . 31 0 Portsmouth . , O 13 Lima Central . . 41 0 Roosevelt .. ., . 38 0 Hamilton .. , 38 6 339 33 Lockland After two weeks of strenuous practice the Middies pried off the lid against a weaker Lockland team. The locals outplayed their lighter opponents in every department of the game. Little was seen of the regulars, for substitutes entered the game at the beginning of the second quarter, and continued the good work. All the local backs came through with much ground gaining. Before t.he game was over almost every man on the bench had seen service. As the final gun sounded the score was fifty-eight to nothing in favor of the Lingrelmen. Kiser The Kiser game was marked by perfect teamwork on the part of the Middies. The first touchdown came in the early part of the second quarter when Wendt smashed through left tackle for the score. Galloping Ghost Romans entered the fray at the beginning of the second half, and proceeded to intercept a Kiser pass which stopped their touchdown threat. Then. on several successive plays, one jaunt carrying him for sixty-five yards, he crossed the last stripe. After Kiser had again failed to gain, Trumon Gray blocked and fell on a punt for the last tally. The line worked like a well-oiled, single unit, and the Middie backfield gained repeatedly behind perfect interference. Washington C. H. The third group of visitors in the Middie camp was the blue and white warriors from Washington C. H. This was the second year that the Lingrehnen have tussled with the Washington C. H. bunch. The game opened with a display of speed on both sides, but our gridders soon gained a distinct advantage. The Hrst team was relieved in the second quarter after putting over several touchdowns. The second team showed much punch, and. except for a short time at the beginning of the second half. played the remainder of the game. Steele After running their win streak up to three, and with their goal-line still uncrossed, the Middies made their Hrst invasion of enemy territory on October 10, when they met Steele of Dayton at Kiser Field. The score, 19 to 7, was a victory for the Purple, but it marred their record of holding opponents scoreless. Harlen Romans' long runs featured the tilt, his best being 65 yards from the second half kickoff. After Steele had scored their lone touchdown, Romans again tucked their kickoff under his arm and jaunted for another 50 yard gain. McMann's forward passes to Wendt, and the old double reverses also were instrumental in the Middie attack. I 118 J T+L ii