Geneva High School - Aquila Yearbook (Geneva, OH)

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'football This 1942 season found a new team and a new coach at Geneva High School. From the nucleus of last year's team Coach Bob White found a group of boys that knew what it was to play together and fight until the final whistle had blown. Starting out a little slowly and a bit over-confident they met o very formidable foe in Perry High. Both teams put up a great defensive, but neither could manage to cross the other's goal line. The final score was 0-O. The next week found the boys a little more experienced and they settled down to de- feat Ashtabula Harbor, 12-6. Painesville was the next team to meet the Eagles, who were not quite sure of themselves yet. The team made a good showing but ended up on the short end of a 13-6 score. 1 . The following Thursday the team played their first out of town game of the year at Willoughby where they met a highly favored Ranger team. lt was a great offensive game as the score showed with Geneva winning 21-13. Everyone will well remember this game for the stolen ball trick. The next week found our boys playing their final home game and the greatest game of the season with Ashtabula on a gridiron so laden with fog that you could not distin- guish the players. Our boys put on one of the greatest shows of fight and courage ever dis- played by a Geneva team. From the opening whistle they were on their toes completely out playing and outsmarting the much favored champions to gain a moral victory. The final score was 7-7. Continuing to improve as the season rolled along, we traveled to Conneaut. Smarting from a Conneaut article published in Geneva referring to how badly Conneuat expected to mop up the Eagles our boys soon went to work and when the final whistle had blown the fighting Eagles were on top, 25-O. By this time our team was viewing a possibility of a share in the Lake Shore League Championship. It was a determined team that took the field against the light but fight- ing Skippers. The game ended with a 13-7 victory after some hair-raising runs and passes by both teams. ' After this the team got a much deserved rest of five weeks which seemed a little too much for them since in their final game their play was not up to standard. On a freezing, snowing night before a handful of ardent spectators the Eagles defeated Madison 19-0. The final standings gave the Geneva Eagles second place in the Lake Shore League. lt was the second time since Geneva has been in the Lake Shore League that they scored more than their opponents. The 1942 team outscored the championship team of 1937. Needless to say our varsity team had a very successful season. has who on die Uafzsifmi Robert Bob Konczol--Honorary Captain-Back, 140 pounds. Bob was a little late in getting started this year due to a trip West. However, after he got under motion his quick kicks and brilliant signal calling picked up many valuable yards which resulted in sev- eral scores. Elmer AI Klaus-Tackle, 190 pounds. Al was the workhorse of the team. His deter- mined fight and spirit was a good influence on all the other players. He was the most fear- ed man in the league and his deadly blocking and tackling earned him an enviable position on the all league first team . Jack Wolf Cruine-End, 158 pounds. Jack was a great all-round player. He was very quick in diagnosing the plays and could spill the interference and usually get the tackle. His determined and constant playing earned him a place on the second all league team. twenty-nine