Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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il THE GRIDIRON-REEL TWO periods of the game. Later in the quarter Jennings ran around left end for the first score for the Tigers. In the second period Nash put up his first marker of the day after Weiss had made a first down from the 35 yard line. From that time the Tigers had no trouble in marking up points and came out of the game the easy victors. The Yellow-Jackets were the next victims of the Tigers although Central used the reserves during most of' the game. During the nineteen minutes that the varsity played, they scored five touchdowns which cinched the game. At the end of the fray the Tigers were on the heavy end of a 31-6 score. Taking the first defeat of the season at the hands of Ironwood, Mich- igan, the Tigers put up a good fight and went down scrapping after 15 points had been piled up against them. Central had the ball near the goal line several times but were unable to put it across. Recovering from the gruelling contest with Ironwood, the Tigers de- feated Technical of Indianapolis 55-0. Buggs running true to form scored three touchdowns and made one after a run of sixty yards through the entire Tech team. Croninger returned two punts for distances of 45 and 60 yards. Jennings scored first in the second half and a little later Alex- ander put the ball across for his second marker of the day. Croninger also accounted for two scores and Wilson marked up one against the Tech eleven. The game was played in a heavy snow but this did not hinder Central, although the ball was very hard to handle. In the last game of the season the Tigers scored their third consecu- tive win over South Side and also cinched the city and N. E. I. C. champion- ships. They took the Archers down the road to defeat 26-0. Although the game lacked thrills, Jennings, Nash, Buggs, and Wilson were able to collect one marker each and Sheets and Nash accounted for the points after the touchdowns. Croninger was up to par and returned all but one of South Side's punts for gains. Page .91

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THE GRIDIRON-REEL ONE Opening one of the most successful seasons of the Tigers' career, Central's gridiron warriors marched through a season featured by only one defeat and one tie. Warsaw proved to be the first victim for the Tiger onslaught while Buggs started one of his usual seasons by scoring two touchdowns, and Sheets, who wasn't to be slighted, also scored two markers. Bobbie Weiss was started at the quarter position and tallied the final marker for the Tigers which brought the total to thirty points. Nash accounted for the two points after scores. At the beginning of the period Warsaw made things look bad for the Tigers by wriggling over the final stripe and led Central 6-0, but the Tigers couldn't let a thing like that pass and soon re- taliated and brought the score to 32-6 at the end of the game. 4 Again renewing an old rivalry with Elkhart, the Tigers showed what their spirit under fire can do. Losing out 13 points in the first three quarters of the game, the Tigers came back in the final five minutes of the game and tied the score at 13-13. Buggs again proved to be the hero of the fray by running and twisting his way sixty yards for the first Tiger touchdown and then on the next play he shot a pass to Blanks which was good for twenty yards. Jennings received a pass from Buggs and ran fifty yards for the second score, and then Buggs threw the third pass to Weiss who tied the score. Taking their first step toward the city title the Tigers overcame North Side 19-0. Nate Buggs and Jimmie Nash furnished the scoring for the Tigers. Central went into the game the under dogs but soon proved their superiority. Buggs made the sensational run of the game by running eighty-five yards for the first touchdown. Nash was the scoring star with two markers and Buggs succeeded in adding the extra points. In the third game of the year, Central snowed under Blufton 44-13. Bluffton started out much the same as Warsaw by scoring first in the early Page 90

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THE FOOTBALL TEAM A THE SOUTH SIDE FRAY HOWARD CRONINGER has played football for the past three years, but only in the past two has he been able to play in the varsity games. Last year he played right half position in several games re- placing Babb. This year he was shifted to quarter and went down in history as one of the best quarter- backs that the Tigers have ever had. NATHANIEL BUGGS, four year letter man in football, elected captain of the team after he had played one of his most successful seasons. In his freshman year Buggs played guard, but for the last three years has been in the backfield playing fullback most of the time. He has been among the leading scorers of the city and one of the most consistent players ever to grace a Fort Wayne gridiron. RALPH SHEETS has been playing football for Central for three years. Ralph is a junior and still has one more year to play. If he does as well as he has in the past, he will be the outstanding man on the team. Sheets has divided his time between the line and backfield, being successful in both positions. JAMES NASH has divided his talent as a gridiron hero between the center position and the backfield. He was one of the outstanding scorers this season, and was easily one of the best players on the city gridirons. HOWARD CRONINGER JAMES NASH is . SS . sn 3:54 x f A , .. ,N Q M em . , . 3 'fl NATHANIEL Booos RALPH SHEETS Page 92