Henry Clay High School - Statesman Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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HENRY CLAY The next game on the schedule brought to Lexington the Red Devils of Shelby- ville, a team which had beaten the Devils the year before. Henry Clay found her winning ways and promptly trimmed this outfit 25-0. The third tilt of the season saw Madison High's Royal Purples offering unex- pected opposition but succumbing to the Heber coached boys 6-0 in a very tight ball game. Henry Clay won her second straight C. K. C. victory the following Friday by overpowering Mt. Sterling 18-6 in a contest decided on Cassidy Field. The affair was ragged and slow throughout with the exception of one or two sterling plays. The first came in the second quarter when Vanaman intercepted a Troian pass and streaked 73 yards to score without being touched by an opponent. This run was made possible by Lawrence Garland, who in malcing a perfect bloclc, took out the only man between Vanaman and the goal line. That play will be remembered by those who saw it as possibly the finest bit of work of the who'e season. Ioe Vana- man passed to Garland, who caught the ball on the 20-yard line and ran the remain- ing distance for the second touchdown. Having won their last three games, the Devils toolc a tumble from the powerful Danville Admirals in a night tussle the next week. The score was 12-0, and al- though the Hebermen played good ball throughout, they were never able to fully match the speed and drive of the Danville eleven. The Football Squad V I I f

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FOOTBALL AT With a number of lettermen graduating last June, the football prospects at Henry Clay didn't look very good in September for the 1934 schedule. The fact that Coach Heber had lost such valuable men as Billy Spicer, Kenneth Kimble, and Frank Mangione in the backfield and Fred Bell, an all C. K. C. man, Fred Flowers, LaFayette Carmine and others in the line, made things rather gloomy as the boys got under way last fall. Even then the Henry Clay boys came out with a record of four victories, four defeats and one tie. Luckily the games which the Hebermen lost were all but one against teams out of the C. K. C., and the Devils wound up the season with a scoreless tie against Somerset. This tie gave them second place in the C. K. C. race, Frankfort being declared the winner under the Dickerson system. ln the first game of the season the Devils traveled to Frankfort to play the Panthers a football game and to dedicate a new field. Well, the boys dedicated the field but it was Frankfort who played us the game instead of the tables being turned. The final tally showed a Panther victory to the tune of 12-0. Henry Clay dominated the first half of this ball game and were on two or three occasions in easy scoring distance of the goal. Somehow they seemed to lack a little scoring punch and blew their chances in the first half. In the second period Frankfort took advantage of the breaks that came their way and won the game. Coaches and Team Managers ' Howakn H EBER Gu B Tuvok CARI ER A I 1 I Manny: Asst. Mgr. Jr. Asst M k'0lll'll

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BERNARD .loHNsoN Halfback SIMON LEVY Fullback QJMER CUNNINGHA-xm Guard AIOHN BOWLES Tackle D. L. PROCTOR Guard -IOHN TUTTLE End BILL HARPER Halfback E. C. H,-xRmN Ccillrr 0 PAGE 92 KI I H Aa-gk LETTERMEN Georgetown was next on the list, and they fell before the rushes of the Blue and Gold, 20-0. This game marked the fourth victory against two defeats so far in the season. Covington's Red Devils, or in reality Holmes High, proved to be a little too tough in the next assignment, and they were the winners 18-8 of a game decided at the northern Kentucky city. Henry Clay led the Holmes outfit at the close of the first half 8-6. They couldn't withstand the last half spurt of the boys in red, however, and lost a tough ball game. After Holmes started out with a touchdown, the Devils led by Vanaman and Stafford brought the ball 60 yards down the field to register from a 4-yard plunge over the center of the line by StaH:ord. Hardin blocked a Red punt in the first half which punt rolled behind the goal line and became an automatic safety to give the Lexington crew a two-point lead. Covington came back with a rush to win in the last half. Manual shook loose some shifty halfbacks and the result of the Manual- Henry Clay contest was a 25-0 victory for the Red machine. The Devils tackled fiercely throughout the game and were outplaying Manual's team in many parts of the game, but were not able to match the few minutes of brilliance which the Louisville team was able to muster.