Hinton High School - Dart Yearbook (Hinton, WV)

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-4 The 1937 fn. FOOTBALL COMMENTS IIIIIYUIIIS Ilohcats ol WJ!-, with Coach Iohnny Worth. lormeily ol Illinois I , :intl later ol Rich I lilli I rl Ctlrit hots ol- Iii l '-Utility wt titlox ts ttt un to w itth in st ite Wtltlt . IU. IL' L1l'l10l'UlIS ' ' S ' S1 2 .', ' 'l'L' SL' YH If I 'Z 1 ' Q Z . . . , , . loothall talk lroni the tlay they niovetl into Nlercer kounty, lanihs hcing letl to slaughter hy a tttlt hountl llluetieltl eleven. antl niowt-tl clown lake fVIiller's Iieztvers with as heautiful a tlisplay ol' classic chalk-line warfare as they wut on in all ol' that season. I lint a week later they crossetl up the tlopers hy licking a weak beth outht only 27-ll anal looking like an eleven ol oyerconhtlent hunts in the process. Antl when on Uctoher 3 they were fought to 't o-It tlraw hy a tlistinctly inlierior team of Mt. Ilope's IVlustangs. followers hegztn to wontler. Uctohet 'I tneant lluntington. :intl the l'ony Ifxpress was out for hlootl. Still tankling in the lnintls ol' lfxpress fans was that atnztzing I3-o upset that the itninortal Ilohcztt eleven of 1935 plasteretl on their favorites a year hcliore, :tml that rainy Ifritlay night was their hour. Iiig -Iesse I,ewis hlocketl l'al'l liutlcr's atteniptetl punt from hehintl his own goal antl recoveretl for the score that countetl, hut the honors for gllllilllfly' went to the Summers County hoys. llnquestionahly they outfought the lfxptess there in the ntutl of I airlieltl Statliutn ---:intl there Hinton liountl the answer to the Ifohcat ups antl tlowns This Ilinttin rt-ant of lllio woultIn't play hall unless the chips were tlown anal the cartls stacltctl against it. When they went into a hattle on the short entl ol' the otltls, they went to market. hut when they were top-heavy favorites, it was a toss-up how they woultl linish. 'I he week lollowtng Huntington they ttnninetl Oak Ihll Zo-U antl looketl only nietliocle. Ocrolic 24 rolletl arountl, antl -Iohnny anal his gang were 300 tniles from home squaring ol'I' against lloach fail lN'liller's giant silver-elatl lroninen at Ilenwootl llnion, with the otltls favoring the up-stateis. Iftltlie Bryant took Charley Seahtight's opening kickolli on his own I5-yztrtl line anal thuntleretl clown the length of the stretch for a touchtlown hehintl perfect hlocking. on the lnost heautiliul play ol' the season. When that game was over. the Iiohcats were ritling the crest. l-I-ti. I I Un Novetnhet 7, zXlclerson's lnclians came to town with rainhling lete I ugh antl the hest outfit they'tl hatl in years. llinton stalketl over the Retlnien without losing a stritle. .27-ll. I'our tlays lattt they agzun niet it loelnan worthy ol their hest fantl they gave tt. Un .'kI'lUlSfIL'L' llay ltast llank hronght I special train antl -IUC fans. ancl were licketl. Zo-0. lklontgoniery hatl cancellctl at gaine for Novelnher 20. Wvorth hurlicclly hooketl Rain:-llc lior the Zlst anal tht- liohcats won. 59-U, with Beckley only lour tlays away. Nothing showed up that olli-again-on-again strain that ran in the Ilinton warriors like that tatcfttl Iihanksgiying Day, I'iguretI to win hy two touchdowns, fI1UtJl'2ll11LL'1llNl Iilztck-clatls were stztlketl that tltcrnoon hy the I1lVUl'lIl'lS Jinx. lhe spark wasn't there. anal lieckley, Ietl hy l'aul fktlatnos, got away with the Wilson trophy, 7-lv, hanging the lirst hotne-grountl tlelicat on the Hinton Izuls that haul eye heen regtstcretl hy an ltagle eleven. Intltvitlually, the honors for Witt went to Ihll Ailstock, tackle. all-state cantlulate antl North South niztnz lftltlie Iiryant, for his unsurpassetl hall-carrying antl to his mate. Ilowartl Monk Wiygal I. to l'aul liutler anal I'irank llonaker. untlouhtetlly as gootl ll pair of encls as touchetl it Wvest X-lIf,LII1I'l grttltron all year: to kharles llattis lor his surprisingly competent play at tacklcg to Ralph hlnrey, Ulantl fatutlle, 'liaylor fales. lliom -laclcson, -Iinnny l.ipseomh :intl Iiilly 'loc l,illy :ts the varsity . . H .. u t V ., , . to the lL'SK as the lntlispensahle siucitle stluatl. .'Xntl to Coaches Worth. liatlifl anal Moll. - lltpisiu' Kixtsi-xy. ID I1 gf f.

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-----4 The DART, 1937 Q- VARSITY BASKli'l'-BALI, SQUAD . . . Cf:-Ont row, left ro righrj BRYANT, IVICCLUNG, L. FOSTER, KINNEYQ Und rowj HARRIS, STONE, H. FOSTER, BUTLER, GRIMMETIU C31-d rowj SELDOMRmc:E, LIPSCOMR, ANDERSON, BOOGS, COLEMAN, TYRE1-ig Crop 1-Owj COACH XVORTH, MEADOWS, AssT. COACH RATLIFF . . . WW KINNEY, Forza ard BRYANT, Fomard HARRIS, Cfnffr BUTLER, Guard MCCLUNG, Guard STONE, Guard