Monroe High School - Senior Issue Yearbook (Monroe, MI)

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FOOTBALL With ten veterans coming back to school this year, Monroe had one of the best outlooks for a very successful season that she has ever known. Coach Parker issued his call early in the first week of school and a liarge number of candidates were on hand. At the close of football last year we lost our football gridiron, but thru the splendid efforts of our Athletic Association we obtained a good field at the south end of Washington street. This field was called Washington Field and by the time of our first game, October 2nd, was ln splendid shape, hav- ing been rolled and a grandstancl erected on one side. Our first opponent was the light team representing Wayne High school. Monroe proved themselves superior in every way and had little difficulty in winning by the score of 55 to 0. After a week of hard training we took on Highland Park High School, October 9th. Highland Park had a very good team and forced us to the limit to win by the score of 6 to 0. Our score came early in the game and from then on neither team was able to gain consist- ently. The following week our boys made a joumey to Birmingham. Birmingham was expected to give little opposition and it was thought Monroe would run up a large score. Due to ragged play- ing and fumbling Monroe scored only four touch- downs, although the score of Z7 to 0 does not begin to show the superiority of our team. Next week we played Cass Tech of Detroit , at Washington Field. This was easily the hard- BLISS KEMMERIJIN6 est game on our schedule thus far, but the boys Football Captain 1921 were not in the least daunted and played the Mechanics off of their feet in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter due to the individual efforts of Gasser, Cass' All-Star half-back, the Detroit boys were able to acquire and maintain the lead, although the game ended with Monroe in possession of the ball in Cass' territory. The final score of this game was I4 to l9, Cass being the first team to score on us. On Saturday, October 30, the team set sail fon Ypsilanti. Ypsi was knovsm to have a good team and a hard battle was expected. The first half was scoreless, although Monroe was inside of Ypsi's ten yard line when the whistle blew. In the third quarter Capt. Bliss Kemmerling caught a punt on

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his own 25 yard line and made a beautiful 75 yard sprint for a touchdown. Shorty Kressbach kicked goal and that ended the scoring for the day, both teams going scoreless in the fourth quarter. November 6, Nordstrum High School of Detroit was seen in action on Yvashington Field. As she possessed a light team with little team-work, our bcys ran over, through and around them and when the dead and wounded were collected and the score calculated it was found that Monroe had obtained seven touch-downs and that after each one Shor'y had kicked a perfect gcal. The score was 49 to 0. November I3 was the date on which we were scheduled to play Adrian High, but owing to the death of one of her players the game was postponed until November 27, Central High School, of Toledo, substituting. This game was featured by arguments and delays, until, hnally in the third quarter, Referee Steiner forfeited the game to Monroe, when two Toledo men refused to leave the field when ordered to leave by the referee for dirty playing and profane language. At the time the game was forfeited we had gained three touchdowns for 2l points. The official score, though, was I to 0 in favor of Monroe. Novem.ber 20 U. of D. high school of 'Detroit played us on Washington field. Monroe was clearly superior to U. of D., whose team fought every inch of the way and the final score of the game was I5 to 0, two touch- downs, a goal and a safety furnishing the points. On Thanksgiving morning the Alumni met the Monroe first team. A battle royal, ensued, the Alumni showing very good team play for a team which entered the game with little practice. Dick Sturn coached the older boys and did very well to obtain such a good team. Both teams obtained one 'touchdown but owing to the trusty toe of Carl Kressbach, the high school was on the long end of a 7 to 6 score. It is to be regretted that Sid Dewey, who had been playing center, broke his finger in this game. This injury kept him out of the Adrian game which followed two days later. Excitement ran high, previous to the Adrian game. A special car had been chartered and a large number of students and townspeople made the trip. Reports from Adrian had it that the team representing that high school was weak but against us they put up a very creditable game. The teams were quite evenly matched and the ball moved up and down the field, each team lacking the punch to carry the ball over. The game ended in a scoreless tie and Adrian considered herself very lucky to come out as well as she did. The football season of I920 is over. Nine letter men will graduate next june. They will leave behind them, however, a 'record of which they can be very proud. It is as good as the record of any Monroe team and adds a page to the history of Monroe High School to which every student can point with pride. A total of ISI points has been acquired by this strong team against 25 for the opponents. Cass Tech was the only high