Hamilton High School - Review Yearbook (Hamilton, OH)

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'f 'Qatar Nr' v--.f gif? Dave Chalk senior haltback x Q A in Nelson Johnson senior guard , . I F ap NN-wx Q f Jerry Carey senior guard c5343 f elf. E .1 Tony Johnson senior tackle 'XAQSSY .Q lst Joe Logsdon junior center , 'USN J '939 - Norm Settles senior quarterback Hamilton .. ..... 1 9 Portsmouth ...................... 0 The Blue fought up to their name and defeated a Portsmouth Troian team in Portsmouth's Homecoming game. The River City boys tried valiantly to defeat the ranked Big Blue, but the Hamilton squad played possession ball to its full advantage on a muddy field holding Portsmouth scoreless. Jim Lacey, Dave Bailey, and Owen Baker scored the Big Blue touchdowns and were the stand- outs of the game. With this victory the Big Blue vaulted to the top of the Greater Ohio League standings with a 2-O-l record. Hamilton .......... .... 3 3 Dayton Fairview .............. 0 A superior Big Blue romped over Day- ton Fairview, 33-O, in the last contest held between the two schools. The Blue held a distinct advantage throughout the contest while holding the Bulldogs to only one first down in the entire game. Standouts in this game were Mike Yeri- gan, Jim Lacey, and Don Curtis. A short gain is made by Neil Burtis t4Ol in Portsmouth's Home- coming game. Hamilton's defensive forward wall was too much for the Bulldog's offense, which could not penetrate into Big Blue territory. ty 1-A G .Q 1: M Q . xi vs E ., 'fl 1 we 0- -...- nk '.,,UxL Q George McPherson Tom Metcalfe Jerry Johnson 25 senior tackle senior tackle iunior guard

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24 g an .sea ex 5:4 F , 91 Dan Murray senior center Joe Brandel junior end ' li . Hamilton ..,... 13 9 Springfield .... 13 One of the best football games seen at the local H.H.S. Athletic Field was witnessed by some 7,500 fans at the Big Blue's annual Homecoming game when the Springfield Wildcats tied the aroused Big Blue team, l3-l3, in the last 8 seconds of the contest. The Blue built up a lead only to see it shattered in the last 5 minutes of play when the Wildcats sprang to life to score two touchdowns on an 85 yard gallop and a 44 yard punt return. The prize winning float in our Homecoming game with Springfield was made by the ioint efforts of the German and French clubs. Left to right: Gretchen Hayes, Janet Haacke, Suella Hoerner, linda Hayes. i, . Tacklers swarm to Don Curtis f32l as he tries an option play against the highly rated Purcell eleven. Hamilton .............. .... 6 Cincinnati Purcell ............................ 14 Purcell's high flying Cavaliers trekked to Hamilton with the first ranked team in the state, a high-step- ping band, nearly 4,000 fans, and eked out a bare l4-6 triumph. The score tells very little about the game as the Hamiltonians dominated it in every respect except the score column. Not too many fans felt disappointed in the Blue's game because they played great ball against the top team in the state and with a few breaks they could have won. Larry Whiteside Dan Foster senior halfback senior guard Co-Captain Neil Burtis senior halfback Owen Baker iunior halfback g ig, T if Q- Eiga. - ii 'V Q . 14:vv , k ki K sv s L .

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Ji 1 , S45 is .w..f t-Q 3 if if Co-Captain Bob Leshner senior tackle f:f 's f y,v' 1 r' Co-Captain Roger Burtraw senior fullback Owen Baker outdashes the Lima defense for a large gain in the Spartan contest. Neil Burtis t4Ol takes a hand-off from quarterback Norm Settles l3ll and goes off right tackle for a first down in the Middletown game. 26 N snr We i an . ' Doug Hammons Dave Bailey senior enfd junior halfback Hamilton 7 Lima .................................... 34 The Lima Spartans capitalized on the Big Blue's many mistakes and overpowered the Thackermen, 34-7, before the smallest gather- ing at the local gridiron in several years. After Lima built up a l4-0 halftime lead, the Blue came back to score their only touchdown of the game when Dave Bailey took a pitchout around right end and raced 37 yards for the touchdown. Fox converted for the extra point. This loss cost the Blue the Greater Ohio League championship. Hamilton .... .... 7 Middletown ............................ 20 Middletown's mighty Middies proved to be the Blue's Waterloo as they defeated the Hamilton eleven, 20-7, in the annual Butler Bowl before 7,000 fans at the Hamilton High School Athletic Field. As in quite a few of the Blue's football games the past season, fum- bles and intercepted passes turned victory into defeat. The Middies were very alert and not only capitalized on our team's mistakes, but held our ground crew to one losing touchdown. This marked the first time in four years that the Middies won the Butler Bowl, and this game ended the Big Blue's season with a 5-4-l record against the toughest competition in Ohio.