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

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-1---------- ---------- ----- Bugle -------------- -----1' ein-IU1 FOOTBALL Football in Monroe High School started out with a call for candidates on September 4, IQ24. It was responded to by one of the largest squads ever to answer the call at the ald school. VVork began in earnest and after two weeks of hard work, a team, fast, heavy and a Fighting machine, was turned out. The first game was scheduled with Dearborn at Monroe on September 27. As was expected, Monroe walked away with its opponents by a score of 20-O. The next fracas was to occur at home with VVyandotte. After a week of hard practice our pigskin chasers were rarin' to go and when the Hnal whistle blew at the close of the game, Monroe had piled up I2 points to their opponents' one. The fellows of the school were quite elated because they had some team. The next week's practice was full of scrimmage and skull scratching, for, on the coming Saturday the team was to meet Northeastern from Detroit. The Northeastern boys came down, their aggregation looked big when they appeared on the field, but this made no difference to our boys. The game started and at first Monroe seemed to have a little stage fright, but this soon wore off, and when the gun stopped the playing Monroe had lost but by a score of only 7 to O. The team took the lesson and settled down to more hard practice for the Ferndale game at home on the next Saturday. The result of this was quite different. Monroe won 20 to 6, but at the cost of one of her players. Sayles, one of the ends, had his arm broken and was out of the game for the season. In the game with Birmingham we lost on account of failing to get the goal kick. This game was a hard fought one and rough from the begin- ning to the end. When the whistle blew the score stood 7 to 6. Unfortunately the next game with Mt. Clemens was lost for the same reason. This time the score was 21 to IQ. Several of the Mt. Clemens players were banished on account of dirty playing. The outstanding star of the game was Snyder. The next week the tide changed in our favor and we piled up IQ points, allowing Royal Oak a mere goose egg. The team as a whole played brainy and fast football. The game at Adrian was witnessed by the largest crowd of Monroe rooters ever known. Good spirit was shown on both sides before the game, but in the last minute of play Monroe claimed an additional touchdown which the referee refused to acknowledge. This caused much bitterness on both sides. Duffey was seriously injured through a dirty tackle off the Held. The final score was IQ to 20 in Adrian's favor. The last game of the season with Ypsilanti left us on the small end of the 7 to 6 score. The game was keenly contested because the winner was to get second place in the league. The outstanding features of the game were the penalties on both sides and the passes incimpleted because of the slippery ball. - '- - '- - 1 '- ' 1 - 1 l1ll-ll-ll-n-ul-su V .