Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Central's Second Half Wallop, Smashing for Two Touchdowns In Last Five Minutes, Overcomes Northern Before Record Crowd OSUF 0’ H. Scott K. Smith R. Steffen I. Thomas W. Walker A. Yaffee Football gave the Indians their second consecutive win over Northern's gridders. For the first time since 1933, Flint Central will be in a position to retire a Wildanger trophy in their next feud with the North Enders. The 1944 win over the Vikings by a 19-6 score equalled the margin achieved in the 1943 encounter when the under-rated Tribesmen toppled the Norse 13-0. The captains for the game were Rex Parsell and Dominic Tomasi. Northern won the toss and elected to receive. The Tribe received a scoring opportunity shortly after when they recovered a Viking fumble 18 yards from the goal. However, they lost the ball by the same method two plays later. The first half was essentially a stalemate with the teams see-sawing up and down the field, but neither was able to capitalize on the few scoring chances offered. Northern finally broke the ice early in the third period when Godby broke over tackle for 22 yards. DeCourval blocked the attempted placement. Central struck back a few minutes later on a 63 - yard thrust. After Scott had brought the ball to the Central 40, Jesse Thomas threw a long pass to Barry Tillage who went over for the tying marker. The score remained deadlocked until midway through the last quarter. Then Jones struggled off tackle for a score from the two-yard line. The ball had been advanced that far largely due to the efforts of Harold Scott. The third score came after George Brown had carried a blocked punt to the one-foot line. Norm Jones again carried the ball over and Mark Lynch kicked the extra point . 1945 Prospectus 16

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those who received letters were the fol- lowing: Manley Benmark, Bill Cheeley, lack Hallitt, Jim Fullwood, Frank Melzow, George Men- outes, Willard Revord, Harold Scott, Ray Steffen, Barry Tillage, Eugene Vaughn, and Asher Yaffee. The Tribe gridders opened their season against Muskegon. Stopped two yards short of the goal by the final gun. Central went down to a 9-6 defeat. The second game of the season was also against a non-Valley team, Lansing Sexton. The Lansing team won 2-0 by a safety in the last two minutes of play. The third game was the first decisive loss for Central, bowing to Saginaw 25 - 0. Sagi- naw went on to a perfect season, winning the Valley title and the mythical state cham- pionship. The next game was dropped 14 -13 to Owosso, the Trojans winning on a de- flected pass. Rated the underdogs in their fifth start, Howard Auer's Indians displayed consider- able power in drubbing the Arthur Hill Lum- berjacks by a 20 - 7 score. Norm Jones scored twice in this battle. Fighting to maintain their winning ways. Central ran into a muddy field and a determined team at Bay City and were forced to settle for a 12-12 deadlock. The Red-Blacks tuned up for the annual Turkey Day classic by trouncing Pontiac. Pontiac, rated a heavy favorite, had a tre- mendous weight advantage, but the inspired Tribesmen passed over them for a 19-0 win. A tremendous display of scoring power in the last half of the Thanksgiving Day game J. Johnson N. Jones E. Loder M. Lynch F. Melzow G. Menoules H. Minarik J. Morningstar L. Motter J. O'Marzu R. Parsell T. Petropoulos W. Pratt T. Reiter 15 1945 Prospectus

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RESERVE SQUAD—Front Row: Thayer, F. Williams, Gardner, Mumby, Sutton. Welch, Kalmar. Berry, Wirsing. Second Row: Nickey. Slaght, Mann. Bowden, Whiteside, Branoii, Partain, Slavick, Robbins. Benmark, Walker. Top Row: V. Williams, Stemens, Roberts, Skaff. Lucas, Bruce, Knowles, Draper, Burke, Barker. Reserve Football The Indian reserve football team did not compile an outstanding record for the season, but they did have a successful season in regard to the principal function of reserve teams. The gridders, mostly Sophomores, gained valuable experience from their inter- scholastic competition and will benefit by this when they advance to varsity status. The coaching staff was revised somewhat this season. Jim Richards took over the post of cheer-leading mentor and he was replaced on the reserve staff by Bill Melzow who recently transferred from Northern. Homer Parker retained the coaching role he had last year. The Red - Blacks compiled a record of three wins and five defeats during the season, but they played better than this would indicate. Not one of their opponents in the Saginaw Valley registered a decision over the team. However, the Tribe was not able to gain a single victory over a non-Valley opponent. The Indian reserves opened their season by defeating the Owosso Trojans, 7 - 6. Other wins were scored against the Saginaw Tro- jans and Pontiac Chiefs. The Tribesmen suffered losses to Corunna, Lapeer, Bendle, MSD, and Flint Tech. MSD had an excep- tionally strong team. None of the local schools of the same class had much success against them. The last game of the season was a 19 -18 loss to Tech. A score on a desperation pass proved to be the turning point of this encounter. HOMER PARKER Reserve Coach 17 1945 Prospectus