Beechwood High School - Beechwood Yearbook (Fort Mitchell, KY)

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OUR FIRST FOOTBALL TEAM ond

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For fit bodies as well as trained minds... to athletic and civic Mr. McNabb . . . living together . . . being good citizens . . . dunga- rees and plaid shirts . . . one, two, three, four ... up, down, stop! | Let thy voice be silent! Study, read, and | mediate under the guidance of competent and gracious Miss Osborn . . . Books, Books, Books . . . Most recent fiction, standard reference, ancient to present-day history, both natural and useful science, national as well as international literature . . . 2700 in all . . . $430 this year for new books . . . Annual circulation 3,020 . . . Magazines and newspapers : . . Life, Time, Popular Science, American, Kentucky Post, Enquirer, and Times-Star . . . $30.50 worth this year. ent CLASS ROOMS 1

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In the spring of 1944 when it was announced that Edgar McNabb was to be our coach for the '44-'45 season, Mr. Joe Linneman, a member of our school board, thought that now was the time for Beechwood to have a football team. After making many telephone calls to Mr. Davis and the other members of the school board, Mr. Linneman received the go-ahead signal on the football team. It was then that his work really started. To have a football team, it is necessary to have four things: (1) A coach, (2) A practice field, (3) Equipment, and (4) Players. Through Monne Ferrill, equipment was purchased. Mr. Davis secured permission for the team to practice on Welling's Field. As to manpower, 28 eager and willing boys were ready to go when school started. The school board appropriated approximately $1000 for the purchase of uniforms. Septem- 13 ber 12, all uniforms were given out, and the first squad picture was taken. After three weeks of gruelling practice, in which five or six boys dropped from the team, we were ready for our first game. Our first opponent was the Ludlow Reserve team. The Tigers, green and untried, came through with a 12-7 victory. One week later we played Bellevue's Reserve team and won 13-0 over a vastly larger and more experienced team. Our next game was with Deer Park, Ohio. We played their entire varsity, and after a terrific struggle, the Tigers won out 13-12. Against Dayton's reserves we scored 26 points to their 0. After a see-saw contest at Highlands we came out on the losing end of a 7-0 score. Although the Tigers got off to a slow start, they came out on the top side of a 14-7 score against the Newport Wildcat's junior varsity. In the last game of the season, the Tigers lost a 13-7 rough and tumble affair to the Holmes Junior Bulldogs. Fullback Linneman, plunging and driving thru the line— Halfback Linehan, playing blocking back—Halfback Hood, fine broken-tield running— Quarterback Wade, calling, passing, and backing up de- fense—Rogers, Garber, Camp- bell. and Dave Van Deren, will- ing substitutes—Right end Ste- phens, punts and touchdown passes — Left end Cornell, blocking and breaking up around-end plays — Centers Jack Van Deren and Jim Ken- nedy, blockers and tacklers— Guards, Baute and Williams, offensively and defensively— Tackles Hutchkraft, Wilbers, Scouten and Bresch, opening uo holes for backs to dash through—Kreutz, Beck, Tate, Bens, Dumbacher, and Brown, eager reserves. The first football banquet— Speakers Joe Linneman, Char- les Mileham, Director of Ath- letics at U. C., W. R. Davis, and Edgar McNabb — Silver footballs to all players and managers, Johnson and Ma- honey.