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 .

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this 111.1-1.1 1pq-In-ll-gg-nil..-11.1.11.p...l,1H- The team worked together all season and played most sportsmanlike games-each and every man on the team deserves credit for his work and the men on the reserve team are also to be complimented on the work done and the spirit shown. Coach Hellenbergx worked hard with the teams and the scores are indicative of the results of his efforts. The line-up for the first team was: Dansby fcaptainj, Brancheau, Sayles, S. Wagar, Rupp, Leason, Dugan, Gruber, Reisig, Bodell, Snyder tcapt.-electj, J. Brancheau, with Hundley, VValtz, Duffey, Herkimer, F. Peterson, Rottenbucher, Lajiness, Bunkleman, Jennings and Dunbar as efficient substitutes. ' The Reserves played four games and met with varied success. They played Dundee twice and Lambertville twice. THE MONROE-ADRIAN FOOTB.Xl.L GAME A large crowd from Monroe motored to Adrian Saturday, November I4, to witness the annual Monroe-Adrian football game, which was the biggest game of the season because a keen rivalry has been evident between the two teams ever since 1910. Before the game each team was given a short signal drill. At the start of the game Monroe kicked off, and the ball, going behind the goal post, was taken out to the twenty yard line. Shortly after, Monroe scored on Adrian and got its extra point by a beautiful drop-kick over goal. Thenklater, Adrian raced for a touchdown and got its extra point also. The score was seven to seven at the half. Between halves the crowds from both Monroe and Adrian paraded around the field, each being led by the band from the home towns. In the second half both teams buckled down to busi- ness and and the game became rough. Duffy, who had gone in' for Bodell, was hurt and Shine went in again. Snider played a wonderful game of football, and, although he was laid out once or twice he stuck throughout the game. Adrian took their gains in small amounts, and, although they got a touchdown on a forward pass, they made most of their progress through the line. Monroe, however, had more varied means of reeling off the yards, of which the aerial route was one, and the end runs of Brancheau, Snider and Dansby were another. With five minutes to play, and the score IQ to 20, with Adrian on the heavy end, Monroe came into possession of the ball on Adrian's eight yard line. The yelling of the crowd had put new pep into the boys and they went into the game for all they were worth. Three spectacular forward passes in succession were completed, the last of which, Dansby to Snider, netted fifty yards. The ball went down on the five yard line because Snider stumbled and slipped in the wet field. Leo then carried it up to the one yard line and from there the ball was carried over the line twice, first by Dansby and then by Bodell. But the touchdown was not counted. Then the referee walked off the field with five seconds to play and Monroe supposed to have another try for goal. 1J5uaIz ----------------------------------- n1n-nfs 5 -------+ ................-..---- -------------- ---- 192 --H----u------ - - - - - - -