Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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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

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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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IIASKKTII Al.l. Row 1 (left to right)—Vernon Jarvi, Richard Metcalf, Robert Benjamin, Robert Smith, William Manniko, James Dunn. Charles Rockwell, Anthony Rartone, Eugene Mel n tosh. Row II (left to right)—Coach Lytle, James Knight, Robert Rich, Robert Crombie, Richard Simpson. Dominic larocci, Charles Phipps, Mgr. Absent: Lyle Gaugh, David McQuiston. liadJaethall richard McLaughlin Gonneaut’s basketball fortunes this year have proved to be above any previous set standards for some time. The Trojans played 16 games this season, winning seven and losing nine. This amassed 470 points to their opponents 524. Three lettermen returned from last year, and with a good reserve supply of power, Coach Lytle’s charges were set to do battle at the Lake View Gym. The first game came early in the season, December 11, with Albion on thedr floor. Our untried Trojans showed up a bit rough in their initial appearance, but late in this- game they settled down to nose out their opponents 29 to 23. The tables were turned, however, when they tangled with Painesville, the league champions. After staging a game but losing battle for three periods, our boys put on a last quarter comeback that fell short of the mark with the resulting score of 39 to 25. Cormeaut’s true form became evident with their first home game at the Lake View hardwoods. The Trojans were set up as a definite meance in the league race by walloping Harbor in the first league game. The game was close all the way, but the boys drove to a thrilling 33 to 27 victory. Baffled by Ashtabula’s man to man defense, the Trojans dropped their second league attempt by a 33 to 17 count. In the return tilt with Albion on their home court, the Men of Troy cleaned house by trouncing the Indians 34 to 21. Although the score was close at the half, Conneaut held the lead throughout the game, and with a final rally forged ahead to a victory. For a while it seemed to the Trojans faithful fans, that bad luck was really THIRTY-TWO TATTLER