Kent State High School - Statesman Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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THE STATESMAN Although our season was marked by anything but success, it may be pointed out that our boys fought every minute of play. It takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to come back week after week and play with all you have when you have taken a beating the week before. Cut hats are off to our team. They may have lost most of our games but they kept our standing high because they refused to quit. Coach Coolze did a remarkable job, in as much as he had but two letter men to build his team about. In an effort to give our players more experience in football, an extra game was added to schedule, before our encounter with Roosevelt. The selected opponent being Bath high school. In this game we gained our only win. Hansen took a pass and scored early in the game. Bath then marched back and tied it up. But finally victory was ours when the line opened a hole for Wiland who drove across the goal from the four yard line. Final score State 13, Bath 7. We will lose nine men from this years squad by graduation. They are: Captain Lewis DeWeese, Bill Burrell, Dick Wiland, Bill Kuss, John Duke, Dwight Stewart, Chip', West, Bob Dumm, and Dick Kline. It need not be said that the loss of these boys will weaken out 1936 team, that is self evident. However we wish to point out that State will be capably represented next year. Hansen, Stonemetz, Drew, Gressard, Smith, Truxell, Harris, Visca, Foster, Haughawout, O'Bryant, and Ingham will be the nucleous of what appears to be a strong eleven. SUMMARY OF THE SEASON PAGE 68 Kent State Ellet 38 Kent State Wadsworth 53 Kent State Ravenna 32 Kent State W. R. Academy 26 Kent State Orrville 38 Kent State Bath 7 Kent State Roosevelt 33 Total 33 227

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THE STATPSMAN Summary 6 Scores Saturday, November 16, when State dropped its traditional game with Roosevelt, we closed one of the most disastrous sea- sons in the history of the school. Our record for 1935 stands one victory against six defeats. Bath High School, a Summit county team, was the only school which we are able to brush a- sideg while we absorbed lickings at the hands of all our Western Reserve league opponents and YXf'estern Reserve academy team from Hudson. 1 Our first encounter was with Akron Ellet, a league opponent. We soon found that a certain fullback was far too much for us and lack Gannon sank us 38-6. Our only score. came in the last period when Burrell barrelled across from the four yard line. Next came one of the very sorest spots on our record, NVadsf worth. We found them to have a hard running attack which was practically unbetable, and we took a 53 - O trouncing, one of the highest scores ever rolled up against a Blue and White Icztm. V 1 - 'lhen came one of the big games, that with Ravenna. After taking two severe lickings our boys never quit. They fought with all they had and became the Hrst team to score ,upon the chamf pions of 1935. We lost 32-7. Xllfiland picked up a State fumble and scampered 40 yards to the goal for the State points, Seemingly inspired by the Ravenna score we went to Hudson the following week and turned in our best performance of the season. Against the older and experienced W. R. academy team we showed a surprisingly good passing attack .and on four occa- sions we drove within their 15 yard stripe but lacked the punch to score. 'The final tally was 216 - O against us. 1 S With things looking rosy for Staters in the next few weeks, we went into a sudden tailspin and followed our best showing with our worst. Orrville came here and took us to camp by the merry tune of .8 - 7. Coyer and Bartschy ran our team to death to score an easy victory. Again State's score came theqlast minutes of play when Wiland romped 60 yards for our touchdown. Our last and final game was one more triumph for our trad- itional rivals, the Roosevelt Rough Riders. Although we had e- leven fighting men on the field all the time, Roosevelt scored five touchdowns and one safety to drub us 33 - O. This marked the sixth consecutive game that State had lost to our City Rivals. PAGE 67

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'THE STATESMAN VISCA BURREL HARRIS WILAND KUSS DEWEESE STONEMETZ GRESSARD WEST DUKE HANSEN DREW S MITH KLINE DUMM STEWART FOSTER SESSIGNS CGOK Football Lettermen RE HB RT EB HB LT LG C RG RT LE QB HB HB RE RT RG MN Eirst freshman in years Always got that extra inch Another sophomore comes thru Our only triple threat man Power drives into the line Cut inspiring captain Blocked with the best Sophomore makes good Never gave an inch Fought for just reward Star of the defense Brains of the team Made no. YH famous His first SH Lacked brawn not brains A rock of gibralter' A guard of no mean ability G A job well done deserves credit PAGE 69