Huntington North High School - Modulus Yearbook (Huntington, IN)

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I THE MODULUS for the greater part of the time, and had the ball in Decatur territory continually, but could not produce a score. Towards the end of the final chapter, the Norse began raining passes all over the field and were having success with them when a Yellowjacket back inter- cepted one of the throws and ran al- most sixty yards through a broken field for the touchdown which put the game on ice for his team. The try for point was missed, but it was not needed since there was no more scoring, al- though the Vikings again took the ball and started a valiant drive dowTi the field. However, the time was all too short, and the game ended with the Vikings for the third time being on the short end of the score. NEWCASTLE 28, HUNTINGTON 7. ENCOUNTERING one of the strongest football machines in the state, namely the Newcastle Trojans, the Vikings received their fourth straight setback to the tune of 28 to 7. The Norse were, however, the first team to cross the Trojan goal line this year, which seldom happened at any time during the season. During the first half, Huntington played in listless fashion and were scored on three times with the extra point also being added each time for the Newcastle total of 21 at the half. The Norsemen scored late in the first half when Berringer, tackle, broke through the line to block a punt. The loose ball was covered on the fifteen- yard line by Hosier, giving Hunting- ton their bright opportunity, of which thev immediatelv took advantage in Tom Wasmuth Fullback — Senior Clifford Miller Tackle — Senior Robert Brahs Fullback — Senior four successive plunges through the line. Car- roll carried the ball back of the goal line and also figured in the try for point when he passed to Hosier. Coming back for the second half, the Vikings presented a stubborn de- fense, and at three different intervals they became a stone wall to Trojan plunges on the one-yard line, and each time they took the ball from their op- ponents on downs. Gaining possess- ion of the ball on their own twenty- yard line in the last period, the Norse attempted to gain ground by the air route, but with disastrous results. One of their heaves was intercepted, and with a rush that was not to be denied, Newcastle took the ball over and added the extra point to complete the scor- ing. The Norse had taken the kickoff back to the Trojan thirty-yard line on runs and passes before the final whis- tle sounded. WABASH 33, HUNTINGTON 8. ENTERING this contest with high hopes of a victory, the Norsemen saw their dreams go fading when they failed to stop a determined drive in the final half of the game, which car- ried Wabash to a 33 to 8 decision. Both teams were handicapped by the extremely warm weather which prevailed, and a dull, listless tilt was the result with the exception of an eighty-five yard run by Hosier after intercepting a pass, and also a num- ber of good runs by the Hillclimbers. For the most part, both teams resort- ed to straight football with Wabash James Branyan Center — Senior Dorancc Overmyer Halfback — Senior Uecemier, 1930 Page Twenty-Three

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THE MODULUS were shaded in this respect by their opponents, who garnered nineteen. Carroll, star Viking back, was removed from the tilt towards the end of the second quar- ter with an injured neck. His loss was keenly felt, since he was the back- bone of the Norse offense, figuring in almost every play. Coach Bucher made numerous substitutions in his effort to find out how his inexperienced men would perform under fire. Some of the players, of whom little was ex- pected, showed up well, and for this reason a changed line-up greeted the Logansport Berries when they tackled the Vikings a week later. LOGANSPORT 33, HUNTINGTON 7. A LAST quarter crack up on the part of the Vikings changed a close battle into a runaway for the Logansport team, who carried off a 33 to 7 verdict to administer the Norse ' s second defeat of the year. However, the Vikings were not the only ones to lose to the Berries, for they went through their season unde- feated and lost only to Emerson, of Gary, High School in a play-off for the mythical state championship. Logan scored 13 points against the shock troops in the first quar- ter before the regulars were rushed in. From then on it was a real battle with the Norse scoring a touchdown and extra point in the third period to make the count 13 to 7. This score : ame when the Logansport safety man fumbled one of Carroll ' s spiraling punts, and it was recovered for Hunt- ington on the fifteen-yard line. On John Berringer Tackle — Senior Gerald Jung Center — Senior Delbert Eddingfield Tackle — Senior a series of line plays, Wasmuth carried the ball over with Hosier receiving a pass for the extra. However, soon after this Carroll was remov- ed from the game when his injury of the previous week failed to stand up under the pun- ishment to which it was subjected. Again the Vikings failed to function without him, and Logansport started a steady march down the field which placed them in scoring territory as the third quarter ended. When play was resumed, they lost no time in scoring and continued to drive through the demoralized Norsemen for two more touchdowns before the final whistle was blown. DECATUR 14, HUNTINGTON 6. IN their first home game of the year, the Vikings lost to their old tradi- tional rival, the Decatur Yellow jack- ets. The Norsemen were forced to ac- cept a 14 to 6 loss after forty-eight minutes of hard, fast football, with no quarter given or asked by either team. Decatur scored eight points in the first period on a touchdown and a safe- ty, but from then on their offense was held in check by the Norse. Hunting- ton got going in the second frame and scored a touchdown on a fifty-yard slant off -tackle by Carroll. Previous to this, they had been reeling off some good runs, one of them by Dick, who turned in a thirty-five-yard run which was almost good for a touchdown. The try for point was unsuccessful, and so the half ended with the Vikings trailing by a two point margin. During the third period the Red and Black was again on the offensive Fred Dick Quarterback — Senior Merritt Hummer End — Senior Patje Ttventy-Tvjo December, 1930

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THE MODULUi. getting much better results as they drove straight through the Viking line for all of their touch- downs. Only three passes were completed with the Norse receiving credit for two of them. Wabash was the first to score, the touchdown coming late in the first quarter with the extra point also being added. The ball was again put over the goal line in the second period but this time the try for the point was unsuc- cessful. The Vikings marked up a safety in this period when a Wabash man covered a bad pass from center back of the goal line. In the third quarter, the Norse pulled up to a 13 to 8 score as the result of Hosier ' s beau- tiful eighty-five yard run through a broken field for a touchdown, but Wa- bash quickly retaliated with another 6-pointer and added two more to this in the final stanza. They also made two of the extra points as finishing touches to the victory. PERU 26, HUNTINGTON 19. FIGHTING to the very finish, the Norse lost their second game be- fore a home crowd in what was easily the most thrilling and tightest contest of the year. Peru emerged the victor by a 26 to 19 count. Peru lost no time in getting start- ed and scored a touchdown in the first quarter and again at the start of the second. The Vikings also opened their part in the scoring in this period, col- lecting two touchdowns to tie the count. The first came when they took the ball over fifty yards through Pe- ru ' s line on a sustained drive, and the Louis Lichtsinn Halfback — Senior Max Rudiccl Halfback — Senior Robert Young Tackle — Sophomore second was made on a twenty-yard pass fron Hosier to Carroll, the latter running forty-fiv( yards after receiving the ball. Neither team was successful in making extra points, and they wen deadlocked at twelve all when the hali ended. The Tigers again scored in th( third quarter and added the extrt point, but the Vikings came back a1 the start of the fourth to score aftei another long march through the Pen line, also adding the point to agair knot things up. Receiving the kick-off the Bengals immediately drove back t( the Viking ten-yard line with bul thirty seconds of the game remaining when a quick play caught the Norse men sleeping and shattered their hopej of even a tie. WARSAW 18, HUNTINGTON 0. FUMBLITIS, that dread footbal disease which is contagious among all teams, was probably the main caus( for this defeat by an 18 to score ir the Homecoming and final game of the 1930 season. The Norse fumbled numerous times during the game, and two of th( Warsaw touchdowns were the dired result of them. They also lost some good chances to score by their inabil- ity to hold onto the ball. Probably the one redeeming fac- tor of this contest was the Norse ' s aerial attack, which was working smoothly, as statistics show that thej completed nine out of twelve attempts for a seventy-five per cent average Most of their ground was gained bj this route. Darwin Torst End — Sophomore Willis Hosier Halfback — Junior Page Twenty-F yur December, 1930