Butler High School - Airlog Yearbook (Vandalia, OH)

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standout attractions were the fine defensive play hy Larry Furrow and the running of Dave Smith. Two touchdowns were scored hy Smith and one hy Toth with two out of three placement kicks made by Toth. The Aviators spoiled the Randolph Boheats' undefeated season hy downing them Z5 to 14. The rivalry that has grown in the last few years with Randolph could he seen that night. Smith and Toth made a night of it hy scoring two touchdowns each. Smith hrokc away for long runs on both of his touchdowns, The Aviators' Homecoming was a complete success when we played West Carollton on our home field. The Aviators had everything it took CO1'CS Butler 14 Fairlaorn 25 Butler 14 lvladison 13 Butler 20 XVest Milton 19 Butler O Northridge 19 Butler 20 Eaton 12 Butler 25 Randolph 14 Butler 20 West Carrollton 0 Butler 12 , Tipp City 12 to swamp the Pirates hy .i JU to fl score. Butler's offense kept rolling on partly hecause of the pass receiving and hloeking of Scotty Birclifield. The scoring honors Went to Price and Toth. The league title was assured when the Aviaf tors traveled to Tipp City on one of the worst days of winter. The had weather kept either team from showing their hest form of foothall. Price accounted for hoth touchdowns. The honor of winning a championship for the first time in almost fifteen years should he ap' preciated. The final standing was one of Butler's hest records. Individual scoring honors went to Smith, 48 pointsg Toth. 47 pointsg and Price. 313 points.

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arsity ootlmall LEFT TO RlGHTfROVv' 1 --Al. Lampman. Harley. F. Vanzant, A. Haywood. B. Anthony. L, Furrow. G. Howe. S. Birchlield. ROW' I--Coach ,loc Dickman. B. jackson. B. Lee. R, Musick. D. Smith. R. DeHays. P. Toth. D. Price. Prugh. C. Bryant. Coach Art Bussard. ROV' 3- Al. Harley. nl. French. Ritchie, D XX'oi'knian. D. lX1ook. XY. Davidson. Al. liurrow. XY. XX'ead. B Rosener. A, Bryant. The Southwestern Buckeye League Champions wound up with almost the same record they had last year. nve wins. two losses. and one tie. The seniors that made up the squad were Dale Price. tailhack: Powell Toth. fullhack: Boh Anthony. guard and captain of the team: Scotty Birchiield. end: Larry Furrow, guard: Dudley Mook. end: Art Haywood. center: john Harley. end: and Art Bryant. who is a line player hut was injured at the heginning of the season. Honors went to Anthony, Toth, and Howe, who made the Southf western Buckeye All Star Team: Toth. who was voted most valuahle player: and Gary Howe, who was voted captain for the 1952 season. Price. Birchiield. and Furrow were selected to the Second All Star Team. On Septemher 14. the first game of thc season was played with Fairhorn on our home Held as the Flyers downed the Aviators 25 to 14. The Flyers put on an aerial and ground attack that couldn't he stopped hy the Aviators' defense. hut it was a hard fought opener. Smith and Price each scored touchdowns. The next week the Aviators had a scare when they met the Madison Rams at home. Pay a re' covered kickoff in the end zone and a line run the Madison team got a quick 13 points. The excellent running of Dave Smith and the line extra point kicking hy Powell Toth made us the victors. 14 to 13. Smith scored hoth touchdowns. On the following week came the upset of the season when we traveled to West Milton to defeat them 20 to 19. Milton jumped to a 13 to ll lead in the first tive minutes. hut that didn't stop the Aviators. lt was one of the hardest fought games. hecause the Aviators knew that the championship hung on the outcome of this game. Coach Art Bussard said, That game won the league title for us. One touchdown each was scored hy Smith. Toth. and Price. On Oetoher 5 we met our traditional rival. Northridge. The game was one of Northridges powerful offense slowly wearing away the Aviaf tors' defense to the score of 19 to 0. A week later the Aviators traveled to Eaton with a very small squad hecause of injuries. The

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