Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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Not untll Carl Bachman consented to frll the vacancy of head coach d1d prospects for a football team become evrdent and plans go underway for the 1942 43 season Turnrng out for the ftrst practtce came forty or more boys of wh1ch s1x were lettermen returned from the DFGVIOUS year The Varslty eleven stood as follows Gene Slough co capta1n at halfback pos1t1on b1g Dutch Varner holdrng the ltne as rlght tackle and Ralph Askam left tackle Handsome Iohn Rooney played left guard and Eddre Ouall rrght guard Iohn Barnes held down hrs pos1t1on as fullback wtng posr trons found Red Hoelscher and Iudge Capell Beefy Steegman at block1ng back George Long cen ter and Don Brsh as rtght halfback vv ee ea rm Pl ea l'v Mrdway 1n the season lack Capell broke h1s leg and Norr1s Slmpson took over the Job at end Other mem bers who saw actlon were DICK Slnk hm Bayer Ierry Vossler and Bob Keel The rernalnlng boys were Rob ert Sm1th hm Wrlhams Dean La Rowe Drck Krrk Iack Clymer Ed Rooney I1m Rush Ivan Nessler Bob Babcock Bob Bayer lack Harrtng ton Iohn Marshall Henry Grube and Frank Lyons Managers and framers were DICK Krause Drck Hardy hm DeLesDern1er and hm ox The TroJans debut was a drop playtng Columbus Aqulnas the score readlng 7 6 They retahated at Bowl1ng Green sk1nn1ng the Bobcats 276 and at Fremont wrth the score 136 Confxdent the Troyans Jour uckeye Ateam composed ent1rely of soph omores and Juniors carned Frndlay Hrghs colors through eleven w1ns and four defeats rn the 42 43 season The speedy f1fSt stung composed of Krauss Trask Lawrence Steegman Hause and Stmpson ably supported by Koehler Askam Chatelarn and Capell tr1umphed over the1r oppo nents and carrred away the Buckeye League Champ1onsh1p The frrst three games brought de feat at the hands of Elyna Xenla and Lrma Central but the frrst en counter wrth T1ff1n Iumor Order mdrcated a turn1ng pomt rn the sea son From then unttl the season send the Troran s were v1ctor1ous wtth the exceptron of a drop to Iumor Order late In the season on the1r small floor Fmdlays 550 po1nts to the1r op ponent s 447 made a team shot average of 27 per cent on freld goals and 53 per cent on fouls Thts also gave the Trorans an average of 36 po1nts per game the1r opponents Th1s year Coach Carl Bachman 1n augurated a new method of recogn1 t1on for h1gh foul shot and freld goal percentage Medals were awarded to the two players Trask and Steeg man respectwely who tall1ed the hrghest percentages Ted Trask also set a new record 1n Buckeye League scorrng wrth 136 po1nts rn 10 games It IS 1nterest1ng to note that con d1t1ons perm1tt1ng F1ndlay I-hgh s young team w1ll remaln lntact pre sentmg the posslbrhty of mak1ng as good or even better a hard wood rec ord for the com1ng year E3 ea t ea s ' - -, F . ' ' ' ' ' E5 l. ee aa gg LJ ee C: tw a :rr ta i cn rm s . - , . 18 -w . , , ' ' ' ' , , ' 22- ' - ' J . ' ' 36 -4 ' I I I I 29. ' 38 4- ' 30 , - , - - , ' 30 4- ' Q ' , A I I '- - 26- ' - A - 43 4- ' I I I 1 I - . up v ' , ' , , ' ' - 39 - ' I I ' ' - - 46- ' v n 1 I 1 - I. 1 I I . ' 1 ' - - ' ' ' - 4 34 - ' ' ' ' ' - - - 34 - '- neyed to Trfftn takrng Columbtan l37 Then came the frrst set back 1n three games wtth Toledo Scott the decxslon belng 7 2 the1r favor Slow 1ng down the TroJans lost the game wrth Lrma Central but won the Montpelrer encounter on the re bound The only t1e score was the Iunlor Order game end1ng 7 7 The season closed wrth the annual clash Wllh Fostorla the boys berng de feated by a score of l3 6 In observance of the1r spectacular year w1th the TroJans Gene Slough and Iohn Rooney were chosen mem bers of the All Buckeye team Rolhn Hoelscher and Drck Varner were grven places on the second team and lack Capell recerved honorable mentlon F1ndlay Flndlay F lndlay Frndlay Flndlay Flndlay Fmdlay Frndlay Flndlay F lndlay F lndlay Flndlay Fxndlay F lndlay F1ndlay Elyrra 24 Xenxa 27 Llma Central 49 T1ff1n Iumor Order Llma South 18 Bowl1ng Green 22 Fostor1a 20 T1ff1n Columbran 23 Fremont 3l Bowl1ng Green 27 Kenton 29 Fostorra 21 T1f'f1n Iumor Order 39 Tlf'f1H Columblan 3l Fremont 35 TWENTY THREE