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

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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

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school team to score upon us. The Alumni acquired one touchdown. Let us take our hats off to this truly good team and the men who made it. Much credit is due Coach Wallace Parker and Captain Bliss Kemmerling. It is through their untiring efforts that this record has been obtained. Bliss graduates in June. But he will always be proud to say, I was a member and the captain of the I920 football team of Monroe High Schoolf Following is the summary: 'Oct. 2-Monroe Wayne . . . . . . 0 Oct. -Monroe High. Park . . . 0 Oct. -Monroe Birmingham . . . 0 Oct. -Monroe Cass Tech. . . . I9 Oct. 30-Monroe Ypsi ..... . . . 0 Nov. 6-Monroe Nordstrum . . . 0 Nov -Mbnroe Central . . . . . . l Nov. 20-Monroe U. of D. . . . . 0 Nov -Monroe Alumni ............. . . . 6 Nov. -Monroe Adrian ................... U Ends . . . . .McKenzie, Bohm, Yost, Knapp. Tackles . . . ........ Wagner, Wertenberger Guards . . . . Kettner, Labeau, Cron Center .............. Dewqy Quarterback . . . ..... Kcmmerling fCapt.J Half-back . . . . . .Marx, Roberts, Ott Full-back .......................,. Kressbach SECOND TEAM FOOTBALL. The Second Team played three games with outside teams this year and was the victor in all of them. The score of this game was '20 to 0. A few weeks later the team went to Trenton and defeated the High School team of that town by the close score of 7 and 6. In the last game of the season, they again defeated the Scout team, this time by the smaller margain of 6 to 0. Altho the Second Team did not play many games, their services were invaluable to the Varsity and M. H. S. is just as proud of the Scrubs as it is of its first team men. Many good players were developed among the second team men, and it is a certainty that more than one of them will be heard from on the Varsity next year. Following is the summary: M. H. S. Reserves ........ 20 Monroe Boy Scouts , . . . . . . 0 M. H. S. Reserves ........ 7 Trenton H. S. ..... 6 M. H. S Reserves . . . . 6 Monroe Boy Scouts . . . . . . . 0 Total ...... . . 33 Total ..... . . . . 6