Portsmouth High School - Trojan Yearbook (Portsmouth, OH)

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1940 qw s Seven wins, three losses, and a lone tie game gave the Portsmouth Trojans a better than aver- age record for the l94O edition of the grid machine. The lads opened the season October l3 with a bang as they ran, passed, tackled, and blocked like champions to humble Colum- bus East, 33 to O. One week later, however, Durham, N. C., brought one of the most power- ful teams seen in these parts for several years to Trojanland, and the southerners took ad- vantage of a blocked kick, a costly fumble, and a pass interception to gain a Zl to O victory. lourneying to Springfield the next Friday the Red and Blue bounced back into the win column with a smashing victory over Spring- field, 28 to 7, and continued their winning ways on the road at the expense of Chillicothe, 27 to O, on Cctober 4. Akron South invaded Municipal Stadium the following Friday and became the fourth victim of Coach Ienkins' charges, the final score being l9 to 6. Snow proved a stumbling block at Youngstown, and the highly favored Trojans barely managed to eke out cr 6 to O victory over Chaney. Middletown, always a tough foe but weaker than usual this fall, was beaten by our boys, 12 to O, on the Middies' own field, but on November 2 the Trojans staged a track meet with Huntington East, a new opponent on the schedule, who absorbed a 47 to O drubbing. lronton, traditional up-river rival, on November l5 refused to allow the game to be cancelled even though miserable weather conditions pre- vailed, and on a snow-covered field managed to hold the selected Troymen to a scoreless tie. Thanksgiving night the Trojans were humming the popular tune, Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind after Hammond's juggernaut came out on the long end of the Turkey Day score, l4 to 0. The lenkinsmen agreed to play Toledo Waite in a charity bowl post-season clash November 25, but life proved anything but a bowl of cherries as the Indians in their own back-yard soundly trounced our injury-riddled eleven, 39 to 6. Fifteen Seniors played their final game for P. H. S. against Waite and will surely be sore- ly missed next fall by Coach Paul Ienkins. However, considering the unseasonable weath- er Which gave us early snow and late high temperatures, along with the countless iniuries which plagued the squad all season, it was another fine chapter in Portsmouth grid history. 3l