Hartford City High School - Retro Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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X Q. l 'af lv fff : N I lf! QM 'U i Q The Airedale football- ers opened for business by entertaining PERU, but the Tigers blotched the debut with a 20 to 13 spanking. Some con- solation was salvaged, however, when Langdon galloped 88 yards to the first Black and Gold touchdown. HUNTING- TON threw a big scare to the Airedale enthusiasts on invasion of the Vik- ing encampment, but our boys beat the gun this time, and, in a thrill- ing fourth quarter ex- hibition, recorded a 12 to 6 conquest. 0 After a long voyage to MONTI- ' -r CELLO the Black and Gold discovered the Tioga In- dians had little to offer, while! our line charged through hard, so the backs ran helter-skelter past the wreckage to a victorious evening, 13 to 0. 0 The home- towners gave ALEXANDRIA a warm welcome, cele- brating the return to the local premises with a 14 to 6 triumph. '5 If the Airedales were scenting for bigger game, though, they certainly were treated when AUBURN'S Red Devils came to town for a one- night stand, inflicting a tear-jerking 40 to 0 loss. O The Airedales took it out on an unfortunate and inexperienced TIPTON squad, as the visiting Blue Devils were mangled to a 27 to 6 count. 0 Without the services of the battering-ram, Langdon, the Black and Gold were capsized by PORTLAND 7 to 0 at the Panther battlefield. 0 WABASH's fast-breaking T3 formation nearly smothered the Airedales in the first quarter, but the Trastermen dogged their way back into the game and made it interesting, though losing 34 to 18. 0 Tragedy struck in the season finale when DECATUR paid a visit. The Airedales attempted a valiant comeback, but the clock intervened with the score favoring the Yellow Jackets, 14 to 13. Row 1: Edsel Langdon, Don Morris, Jerry Snider. Row 2: Dick Runyon, Virgil Johnson, Pat Reidy, John Townsend, .lohn Cline. fIn football! Wayne Hutson, Dick Jones, Don Beal, Jim Bantz.

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wif GRIDIRON GOVERNOR. Football Coach Robert Traster. The Airedale football warfare is capably piloted by Robert Traster, grid coach for three years. Mr. Traster nursed the sport back to life from its entomb- ment of twenty years previous to his arrival here and already, in his third year, developed a scrappy ag- gregation of football talent. All the complicated and catchy details of the gridiron are thoroughly drilled into the squad, and, with the fast, deceptive game that football is today, that is a man-sized task-plus. Laboring unceasingly in order to create a winner, Mr. Traster has indeed come a long way in schooling the Airedale grid aspirants. There is so much science, strategy, plotting, and diagnosing to the game today, it requires a sizable amount of research and consideration to scheme- a teamis next move. But Mr. Traster has been able to diagram his plays and strategy so that it is very easily absorbed by his team members. Highly popular with the players, students, and fans, Mr. Traster has injected into the team a spirit of team-play and co-operation that is the password in building men. Fall brings excitement for pigskin Io als Row 1: Jack Felger, Bill Smith, Bill Perry, Jack Siders, Row 2: Arthur Cadbury, Bob Lawrence, Ralph James, Francis Chester Cavanaugh. Bennett, John Cadbury.

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Reserves, Crowd, and awards add to sport RESERVE SQUAD A human bull-dozer, who crashed enemy lines ' . d . ' , EDSEL LANGDON l d ' Row 1:.Vernon Melton, Barney Murray, Don Langdon, Eddie Robbins, iglgeeLllrtrf1alE1e,p0pu1arizing the gridiggft ig Leland Wlllmanv Ronme Rlchards' the school. L'Zeke deserves the honor of having Row 2: Francis Smith, Earl Townsend, Bob Scheidler, Bob Ford, Jerry Shaw, received this yea1',s Rotary Football award. Milton Parks, Don Bennett. Row 3: George Willman, .lim Bates, .lim Runyon, John Baker, Jack Camp- bell, Jim Sorenson, Jim Cadbury, Bill Wilcoxon. fTopD Airedales rejoice over touchdown at Huntington. fBottomJ Don Morris prepares to utake him out. Traster Game provides tense moments for fans. comes to give orders as the team waits hopefully in the back- ground. 32