Fairport Harding High School - Harbor Light Yearbook (Fairport Harbor, OH)

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N E O Tourney Champs Well Coach Babson and the Skuppers dud ut agaun For the fufth tume un the hustory of Hardung Hugh the Skuppers brought home the Lake Shore League basketball crown The Faurport fuve won l7 games and lost 2 and were undefeated un league play Captaun John Sutch of Faurport wuth ll3 pounts led the league un scorung and George Adams lanky Faurport center came second wuth l l l pounts Basketball Lettermen Captaun John Sutch Captaun and forward of the All Lake Shore fuve League s hugh scorer Vukung Trophy wuruner-graduatung George Adams All Lake Shore center for the second year League s next hugh scorer hus shoes wull be hard to full next season Okue Wremero-forward All Lake Shore second team-consudered as one of the best long shot artusts un the League has played hus last scho lastuc cage game Sterl Slppola--guard a dead eye excellent ball handler-and one of the best guards un the league graduatung John Cy Szakacsu the best guard un the league very good long shot and ball handler good prospect for next year s All Shore Frrtz Knucks Sergwarth very good ball handler and drubbler-could full the shoes of the best should go places next season Eino Jak Heukkula full of spurut ready at a moments notuce-gradu atung Herb Pohto score keeper referee sometumes called assustant coach manager etc Dave Szuhay head manager second manager's letter Ray Suomela manager bouncer Jack of all trades Credut should be guven to these future Skuppers Hubby Hulston, Frank Orosz, Harruson Snyder, Albert Adams, Joe Ode, Bob Sutch, Dave Hull, Bob Mannunen, Elmer Olson, George Vustu, Nuck Esterhay, Jum Stevens Man agers Melvun Hulston, Don Hulberg 'ing 6 . ZW! .S l 5 W ff ' vii ' Jullua uwuf vu ffglglu l, '1l ll9 ,M Kwfn ., I B Fairport Slcippers, Lake Slmore League Clwamps, D

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FAIRPORT O WILLOUGHBY l3 After eleven years as the law of average would have ut the Orange and Black turned the tables and scored on the well known sleeper play Although a moral vuctory for the Skuppers they dudn t have the scorung punch Bull Mackey added another star to the grud famous Mackeys by successuvely breakung through for yardage but the so called breaks seemed to fall toward the Rangers lt was a hard game to lose but we cannot blame Wulouqhby for seekunq revenge FAIRPORT O ASHTABULA 21 Havung been defeated by Faurport last year the Ashtabulans were deter muned to reverse the sutuatuon The Panthers were guvung all they had a characterustuc whuch they consustently showed thus season Consecutuve eughty yard kucks by Kangas kept Ashtabula out of scorung terrutory early un the game But the Panthers were out for the champuonshup and the fuerce defense of the Pohto Brothers alone could not stop those Ashtabula gladuators of the gruduron When the gun sounded the end of the struggle the score stood at Ashtabula 21 Faurport O FAlRPORT O CONNEAUT Zl Conneaut noted for uts successful football hustory trampled the Skup pers unto defeat More than once the Trouan backs broke unto the clear only to be caught by a speedy Skupper The defense of Adams and Suppola Hugh After a butter struggle for supremacy the Trouans clumbed to the top wuth a score of Zl O FAIRPORT 6 PAINESVILLE l4 Three thousand fans flooded the well lughted staduum of Hordung Hugh to see the tradutuonal battle between Faurport and Paunesvulle Kangas of Faurport the fastest back un the Lake Shore League scooped up the openung kuckoff and sprunted 83 yards for a touchdown The Rauders retoluated un the second quarter wuth a long pass and a score From then on ut was nup and tuck wuth luttle headway Paunesvulle receuved a break un the funal quarter on a blocked punt un the shadow of Faurport s goal By a serues of power plays Paunesvulle scored the funal touchdown FAIRPORT O ASHTABULA HARBOR I3 Agaun the Ashtabula Harbor uunx grupped the Faurport squad On a wet muddy fueld these two Harbors battled for the presentotuon of the Mournung Basket Trophy In thus game Adams agaun receuved unnumerable creduts whuch placed hum on the All Lake Shore Team The power of Har bor s fullback who scored twuce un the second half gave the Manners thus vuctory Thus game ended another football season for the spuruted Skuppers twenty ught - I - ' Il H , W F If 11 . . . 1 , A - I - ' 1 ' V I Il ll ' I - I - I I - glistened as they frequently smashed the Power-house from Conneaut - 1 L I L. I I u ' . 1 . , . .. I - ' ll ll ' I I . I . . - . ' I , . . ' . .- , , . , .,...-f. -C-

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1938 1939 Season CHARDON TRAMPLED IN OPENER 24 I6 Coach Babson s fast Skuppers opened the Basketball season wuth a bang After gaununq an early lead the Skuppers smashed through to a 24 I6 vuctory Thus was a mere practuce game for the cagers to show Coach Babson theur remedual weaknesses MARINERS FALL BEFORE SKIPPERS ONSLAUGHT The Shore Champs crashed through the defense of Ashtabula Harbor to snatch the League s openung game at Faurport Captaun John Sutch grab bed scorung honors by runnung up eleven pounts The game ended wuth a score of 30 I8 FAIRPORT VICTORIOUS AT WILLOUGHBY Leadung by only fuve pounts at the half the Skuppers opened theur guns and gave the Rangers a 3l I5 bouncung Okue Wuemero and George Adams each dropped un eught pounts un thus second League game ALUMNI TAKE THRASHING 33 28 The Hardung Hugh boys snatched an early lead and managed to hold down the Alumnus fourth quarter rally lt was duffucult to preduct whether the l938 tutle holders or the I939 cagers would come out vuctoruous PANTHERS DEFEATED BY LAST MINUTE GOAL 23 22 At the half Faurport held a two pount lead over Ashtabula In the thurd peruod the Panthers launched a rally and drew ahead of the Skuppers Wuth less than a munute to play and Ashtabula leadung by one pount Weumero of Faurport sank a perfect shot from the muddle of the floor wunnung the game RAIDERS TROLJNCED BY SKIPPERS 32 I9 Paunesvulle and Faurport both undefeated came upon Mentor Hugh s floor determuned to wun The Red Rauders receuved a good start un the furst quarter but were ummeduately crushed by the Skupper s defense Captaun John Sutch agaun ran away wuth scorung honors and ten pounts CONNEAUT SWAMPED ON OWN FLOOR 30 I I In thus rough and tumble cage game the Trouans receuved only three fueld goals Repeatedly the Skuppers put the ball through the hoop to run up thus score Captaun Sutch and George Adams each sank eught pounts SKIPPERS SMASH GENEVA 35 22 The Eagles took a bad beatung on theur home floor by the Faurport fuve It wasn t untul the second quarter that the accurate puvot shots of Captaun Johnny Sutch and the long sulfers of Cy Szakacsu took effect Johnny and Cy each scored twelve pounts HARBOR WALLOPED FOR THE SECOND TIME 44 30 The Skuppers went on a scorung rampage on the Maruners floor At the half the score board showed I9 I0 un Faurport s favor encouragung the Skuppers all the more By the end of the tussel Adams Wuemero and Sutch marked up twelve eleven and ten pounts respectuvely th ty - I . 1 - , 1 , . . . 1 - 11 - 11 V I - ., . . . I - , ' . I . 1 1 1 1 ' I - . . . . 1 1 1 , , . , . I - - T 1 I - , . . . 11 - 11 11 11 1 11 11 11 11 - I - . . . , . . , . 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 I ' ir