Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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FOOTBALL How I (left to right)—Vernon Jarvi, Robert Crombie, John Getsey, Wilbur Chid-ester, Tony White, Carol Mundie, Maynard Groff, Richard McLaughlin, Charles Rockwell. Row II (left to right)—George Schindler, William Rleasdale, Alan Kennedy, Richard Burdick, Vincent Glldone, Thomas De May, Clifford Carr, Earl Heinemann, Dick Baker, Donald Draves. Row III (left to right)—Richard Gilbert. Thad Hundtermark, Joseph Sedmak, Charles McCreary, Robert Smith. Paul Powell. Robert Benjamin, Gene McIntosh, Coach Lytle. Absent: David McQuiston, Louis Starosta. Lyle Gaugh, Howard Pease, Joseph Moross. fyoathall PIGSKIN SAGA FOR ’43 On August 22, as the early shadows of summer were falling and the floodlights at Municipal Stadium were beginning to glow, Coach Robert Lytle called together his candidates for the 1943 grid season. With only thirteen inexperienced boys reporting, Coach Lytle faced a difficult task in picking a team. Nevertheless, with daily practices and excellent cooperation Conneaut was ready to take her stand against any opponent. Conneaut’s Trojans displayed vaunted power and a definite scare to the Lake Shore League by trouncing Meadville’s Bulldogs, 20-2, at Municipal Stadium, Friday, September 18. Alliance’s Aviators, guided by our former mentor Mr. Hoppes, downed our Blue and White at Municipal Stadium, Friday, September 24. “Dutch’s” aerial bom-barment proved too great an obstacle for our boys to overcome, and resulted in a loss for Conneaut, 25-12. Opening the Lake Shore season against the Geneva Eagles, October 1, the Trojans were defeated 6-0. Geneva scored its only touchdown on a drive late in the fourth quarter. The following week a squad of Trojan men trekked to the lair of Ashtabula Harbor to combat the Mariners. Plenty of fight was shown by Conneaut in the first THIRTY TATTLER

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AtUletioi ■% “Upon the fields of friendly strife Are sown the seeds that, Upon other fields on other days, Will bear the fruits of victory.” —General Douglas A. MacArthur. TATTLER TWENTY-NINE

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half; however, this could not stop the Mariners. Harbor pushed the pigskin into pay dirt four times and made three successful conversions. The game ended 27-7. In a driving rain Friday, October 15, the Conneaut team received a crushing defeat from its arch enemy, Ashtabula, 20-0. This game was the fifteenth annual classic between the traditional i-ivals. With more of the old do-or-die spirit Conneaut defeated the Geneva Eagles in the second encounter of the season. On this night of October 22 the local boys fought with great determination. Midway in the second quarter of the game a pass from Rockwell to Jarvi connected, and Conneaut avenged the 6-0 defeat handed her earlier in the season. In a torrent of rain Thursday, October 28, the Conneaut team was handed another crushing defeat by the Harbor Mariners, 2S-0. Seniors Tony White, Dick McLaughlin, Wilbur Chidester and Lyle Gaugh ended their football careers in a blaze of glory with the last game of the grid season, November 5. The Trojans, paced by Chuck Rockwell, plastered the Paines-ville’s Red Raiders goal line three times, to take the game 20-13. True, the Trojans did not swamp the Raiders with points, but they did overwhelm them with spirit and statistics. The school may well be proud of our showing during the season 1943. Thomas Ryan LETTERMEN At the close of the season, the football squad voted Tony White the honorary captain for the ’43 football season. Bob Smith and Chuck Rockwell were elected cocaptains for the ’44 season. The Lettermen for the ’43 season were: Tony White Wilbur Chidester Lyle Gaugh Dick McLaughlin Bob Smith Chuck Rockwell John Getsy Gene McIntosh Vernon Jarvi Joe Sedmak Dave McQuiston Maynard Groff Bob Benjamin Bob Crombie Bud Mundi Chuck Me Creary ♦Dick Baker 'Don Draves ♦Manager tattler THIRTY-ONE