Morgantown High School - Mohigan Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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FOOTBALL Coach Arthur H. Clyde ended his twenty- second year as head coach and athletic director of football, basketball, and track at Morgan- town High in a blaze of glory. This year his teams marked up their best Big Ten Confer- ence record in almost a decade by winning the loop's basketball and track championships and finishing near the top in the football race. Baldy , as he is affectionately called by his youthful proteges, received his education at Geneva College, West Virginia University, and the Universities of Michigan and Illinois. He coached at Cameron and Mclieesport High Schools in Pennsylvania before coming to Morgantown. Mr. john Roberts, assistant coach, has been a member of the faculty for ten years. He was graduated from Morgantown High School with the class of l930. He entered West Virginia University in that year where he was on the baseball and wrestling teams. He was graduated from VJ. V. U, in the spring of I934 and started teaching in this school in September of that year. jack was wrestling coach during I937-38 after which it was discontinued. Since then he has been assisting Coach Clyde with bas- ketball, football and track and is Physical Ed- ucation instructor. xg.!' ,T Thirty-nine

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K N NO DEPARTMENT in the school is there more school spirit shown than in the Athletic Department. There were good hturnoutsu at all of the basket- ball and football games. And while we are on the subject of good tum- outs , the student body had a very good reason for going to the games. The football, track, and especially the basketball teams under the leadership of Coach Arthur H. Clyde and Assistant Coach John Roberts, made a very good showing during the l943-44 season. The basketball team won the Big Ten Conference Championship. The football squad finished second in the Big Ten race behind the co-winners Weston and Washington lrving. The Red and Blue track and Held boys won the Big Ten Conference Championship in a night meet at Pony Lewis Field. Even if the basketball, football, and track teams hadn't defeated most of their competition there still would have been a lot of school spirit shown. lf the teams are good or had the student body sticks with them.

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Walter Koehler Cswedel. Senior halfhack. Three year man. Fastest on team. Fine passing, punting, running. Captain and field general. Made first Big Ten team. Honorable mention for All- State. Pat Lynch flaatrickj, Sen- ior quarterback. Patrick was used mostly in reserve. came through nicely in every game. He had lots of speed and drive for his size. Dick Pill CDeaconD, Senior end, although this was his first year on the team, he was a good defensive player. Dave Hall flmbol, Senior guard, first full season with the Clydemen because an injury kept him from playing last year, hut came through with a good season this year. Tom Marshall Cfommyj, Senior tackle, one of the best reserves on the line. He was a good offensive and defen- sive player. Bill Wotring CPecker D , Senior center. A consistent player. Good defensive, es- pecially hacking up the line. Bill received honorable men- tion for the Big Ten team this year. Vvotring will be hard to replace next year. Frank DeCarlo fscoochj, Senior end, started in a few games. Hscoochn always play- ed a good game when called upon. Paul Medrick CFish-Eyej, Senior tackle. Fish-Eye played very good hall throughout the season. This was his first year on the team. George Flegal flrleal, Jun,- ior fullhaclc. Although Flea did not see much service this year, he will till the fullback spot next year. Ralph Vilar fAngelj, Sen- ior fullhack, didn't quite win a letter last year, but came through this year as one of the hardest driving men in the hackfield.