Bolivar Central School - Gusher Yearbook (Bolivar, NY)

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Bo! i car Hi oh School Football Team

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BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL ‘BLIZZARD 17 Athletic Association OFFICERS George Bliss, President Paul Husak, Vice President Teresa Wellenhoffer, Secretary Pauline Smith, Treasurer

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BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL “BLIZZARD” 19 Football 1923 George Bliss, Captain and Manager Line-up: Left end—Harry Sackett. Left tackle—Duncan MacEwan. Left guard—Wilkins Newell (captain elect) Fay Thomson. Center—Murray Potter, Francis Ward. Right guard—John Sawyer, Robert Wightman. Right tackle—George Bliss (captain ). Right end—John Kroli. Quarterback—Lyman Root, El-wyn Swarthout. Right half—Charles Mead, Harold McKee. Left half—James Dougherty. Fullback —Marlie Brigham. Substitutes: Nelson Shavalier, Melvin H. VanCuren, Earl Harrington, Cerell Schram, Raymond Burdick, William Osgood. Letter Men: Sackett, MacEwan, Newell, Potter, Sawyer, Bliss, Ivroli, Root, Swarthout, Mead, Dougherty, Brigham, McKee, VanCuren, Thomson, Wightman. Review of Season. The football season of 1923 was not a wonderful success. Out of a schedule of ten games, B. H. S. won four, lost five and tied one. But viewing the season from the interest manifested by the student body, it was the most successful that we have enjoyed. More than twenty-five fellows came out for football and sixteen of these earned their letters. The team did not seem to strike its stride until the middle of the season but once they gained confidence they played a winning game. In the last few games of the season the B. H. S. machine looked like a real team. Olean High 19—B. H. S. 6. Playing the first game of the year with only a week of practice B. H. S. held the strong Olean eleven to a 19-6 score. Lack of practice was shown in loose handling of the ball and in weak tackling. It took the entire first half for the team to recover from its “stage fright.” In the second half the team played a much better game, taking the ball in the first five minutes to the Olean ten yard line by means of line plunges and short forward passes. From this point “Lon” McKee hit right tackle for our lone touchdown. B. II. S. was able to gain consistently throughout the last half when the ball fluctuated about the center of the field. Lack of the final scoring punch prevented another touchdown. Wellsville High 0—B. H. S. 0. Bolivar upset the dope when they held the more experienced Wellsville squad to a scoreless tie on the latter’s iield. At the very beginning of the game, B. H. S. fumbled on their own ten yard line, but with their characteristic fight, they held W. H. S. for downs and recovered the ball, Brigham punting' out of danger. From this time on the Bolivar goal line was never seriously threatened. Outside of a long run by Brigham when he nearly eluded the W. H. S. tacklers for a touchdown, the contest was devoid of features. The B. II. S. team still lacked the punch that is necessary to win football games.