Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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’football 'z 3 - 'ifif The opening of school in September brought with it the first football practice. The shortage of man power, as in the previous year, was again seriously felt. Coach Trescott met a squad of twenty-three fellows, who were eager to start the year out right by adding a victory or two to the credit of M. M. H. S. Among the members of the varsity team were eight seniors, namely: Captain Lon Wirtzberger, Len Wirtzberger, Leonard Znidarsic, Niel Skinner, John Spaulding, Sheldon Whipple, Walter Neubert and Don Plants. The other four were John Henninge, Steve Ruzick, Ed Plants and Roy Whip- ple. The remaining team was made up of the following: Bill MacBeth, Jim Harmon, Dick Emmett, Jerry Craft, Jim Reger, Tom Cspegi, Sidney Harper, Jack Stanton, Don Grabski, Kenneth Brockway and Stanley Martin. The Blue Streaks worked hard and faithfully the first few weeks and finally, under the lights at Hickok Field, they opened the season by playing their first league game with Chagrin Falls. Although the Streaks took the lead up until the half with a 12-0 score, the Chagrin players rallied in the second half and came out victorious with a score of 14-12. The following week the Blue and White traveled to Perry to battle it out with the Pirates. Again the Streaks led at the half with a 7-0 score. With good offensive passing the Pirates overwhelmed the Blue Streaks and won with a score of 19-13. With two losses the Streaks traveled to Mentor to match wits with the Cardinals. The powerful Mentor team led the scoring all through the game. In the finol quarter Madison scored two touchdowns in spite of the disadvan- tage of being outweighed. The 40-14 score was a victory for Mentor. Next the team met Kirtland in a home game played, much to our dis- may, in a sea of mud. The Streaks scored a touchdown in the first seconds of the game and led all the way through. This resulted in a full-fledged win for Madison with a score of 19-0. The week of October 22 found the boys again in home territory. The first touchdown was scored by Fairport in the second quarter. In the fourth quarter Fairport lined up in punt formation but turned it into a running play around their right end for a touchdown, ending the game 12-0 in Fairport's favor. Chardon, another home game, resulted in a 14-0 victory for Madison. The first touchdown was made in the first quarter. Chardon was kept clear of the goal throughout the game. In November the team met Wickliffe for an afternoon game. Two touchdowns scored by Wickliffe made a 14-0 win for them. The final game of the season was held at Geneva. The Streaks held their own all through the game with Skinner intercepting a pass and run- ning 65 yards for a touchdown. In the last five minutes Geneva pushed ahead for the final touchdown, defeating Madison 13-7. twenty-eight

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Row I: Jock Stonton, Len Wirtzberger, John Henninge, Roy Whipple, Howord Lose, Sheldon Whipple, Steve Ruzick. Row 2: Orton Cowles, Mgr., Jerry Croft, Kenneth Sprogue, Tom Cscpcgi, Donald Grobski, Kenneth 8rockwoy, Jim Reger, Jim Hormon, George Scmoncs, Mgr. Row 3: Bill McBeth, Niel Skinner, John Spoulding, Lon Wirtzberger, Coptoin; Len Znidorsic, Wolter Ncubert, Stanley Martin, Mr. Trescott. Reason chedule Fri. Sept. 20 Chagrin Falls 14 Madison 12 Home Fri. Oct. 1 Perry 19 Madison 13 There Fri. Oct. 8 Mentor 40 Madison 14 There Fri. Oct. 15 Kirtland 0 Madison 19 Home Fri. Oct. 22 Fairport 12 Madison 0 Home Thurs. Oct. 28 Chardon 0 Madison 14 Home Thurs. Nov. 4 Wickliffe 13 Madison 0 There Wed. Nov. 10 Geneva 13 Madison 7 There twenty-seven

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LON WIRTZBERGER —center —very oggressive player — good on catching rebound —excellent on pushup shots —mode second team on the Western Reserve League oil- star team. LEN ZNIDARSIC — center —his specialty o tricky left bonded hook shot—ployed c good defensive game also. STEVE RUZICK—right guard —an exceptionally good ball handler—did well at long shots. HOWARD LUSE —left guord —good on dofense—did o good job of covering his man. BILL MacBETH—right guard —good on short shots and played o fine defensive game. JOHN HENNINGE — right guard—used his height lo good advantage in catching rebounds and in passing NIEL SKINNER —right for ward — a smooth ball handler and o fast and shifty dribbler — speed was his strong point — mode honorable mention on the Western Reserve League all- star team. ORTON COWLES - left for ward — one of the Streaks' best boil handlers—always a constant threat to oppo- nents — good at both sta- tionary and running shots. i..«nty-nine