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

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IFCDGDTIBMLIL IICJDZQD l THE SEASON'S RECORD Monroe, 50 Lambertville, O Monroe, '61 Wyandotte, O Monroe, 32 Ecorse, 6 Monroe. 14 Fordson. 0 Monroe, 13 Groose Pointe, 3 Monroe, 7 River Rouge, 0 Monroe, 29 Ypsilanti, 0 Monroe, 25 Blissfield, 0 Monroe, 13 Adrian, 7 Totals-Monroe, 214: Opponents, 16 The year of 1929 will long be remembered in the football history of the Monroe High School. The team ended the season with a string of twenty con- secutive victories on the gridiron, with the S. E, A. A. championship for the second consecutive time, with a total of 214 points to 16 for their opponents, and John Benedict and Gilbert Stoner receiving honorable mention on the All- State team. Coach Hellenberg had a bunch of line, clean sportsman-like fel- lows and the record off the team shows the expenditure of effort both by Coach Hellenberg and his team. The following lettermen will return next season: Captain-elect Clark, Reaume, Complo, Marx, Robinson, Durell, Diekman, Luft, Nadeau, Polimac. Travers, Vandergrift, Diehl, Lockwood, and Stadler. Eleven lettermen who will not be back next year are: Captain Schatte, C1. Stoner, W. Stoner, Gutter- man, Ready, Lanphere, Ainslie, Benedict, Imo, Kohler and Brod-ie. Merit M's were given to: Niedermier, Wallin, Krause, Roberts and Cookson. L. Lefevre and Sandrock received managers M's. Monroe's first game of the 1929 season was a home game with Lambert- ville on September 20th. The new Navarre field saw its first gridiron battle, which same battle gave much promise of success for the Monroe eleven. The line and' aerial attack was working in a splendid manner. Coach Hellenberg tried out all of his players in this game and practically all showed splendid work. Benedict made four touchdowns, Schatte and Complo two, Reaume one. The final score was 50 to 0. On September 28, the Wyandotte team met our boys on the home grounds and being weakened by the loss of three regulars did not show the opposition they were expected to give. Twenty-five fellows were used in this game because of the heat which tired the players out. Penalties which had been frequent in the Lambertville game were not as numerous. Benedict repeated his perform- ance of the previous week, making four touchdowns and Schatte again making two. The aerial attack was a big factor in the game which ended 31-O in favor of Monroe. On October 4th, Ecorse came to Monroe. The Ecorse team gave Monroe some of the toughest opposition of the season and was the first team to cross 73

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anager: J. Benedict, D. Travers, B. Roberts, E m ck Sandro row-AA, OP T ght. i IOI' eft I ter row7C. Marx. CII C dergrift. All Stoner. F. Cookson, J. Luft, W. V G Kohler Nadeau, A. od. G. Stadler WO .: R. Lock Capt Schatte ,F. RC Polim e.M binson. C. Ainsli Ro Stoner, R. XV. Gutterman, J. Ready, G. Imo. A, Dieh! J Lanphere, I Complo. N. Reaume. H. A I, Durel QUAD S FOOTBALL 929 1 THE Champs. A. Kd mi vi rd W VJ Champions. Cla Qa 4-. U s. V3

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Monroe's goal line, scoring its touchdown in the fourth quarter on a drive from their own 15 yard line. Monroe was up on its toes and took advantage of the break to win. Lester Clark was the star of the game for Monroe, scoring two touchdowns, the first in a pass from Captain Schatte and the other on an eighty yard return of a kick-off. Fred Schatte was injured in the game and was kept out of games for a few weeks. Monroe trotted off the field victorious to- the tune of 32-6. Fordson came to Monroe October ll, for what turned out to be one of the best games of the year. The new field was very soggy from the heavy rains and it looked bad for Monroe because of Monroe's reliance on their passing attack and end runs for many scores. The boys showed themselves well able to cope with the problem by gaining consistently on line plunges. During the second period there was a punting duel in which Robinson, doing his best punting of the season, showed up to advantage. Captain Schatte was out of the game because of his injuries in the Ecorse game. Robinson, our heady quarter- back, and Benedict, star fullback, scored the two touchdowns, giving Monroe a 14-0 victory over the Fordson team. Monroe's first game of the season away from home was played on, October 19 at Grosse Pointe. The team's over-conidence was quite evident in the first part of the game. Grosse Pointe's field goal settled the boys who finished the game in great style. Grosse Pointe was one of the three teams to score on Monroe during the whole season. Benedict carried the ball over fo-r two touchdowns and Robinson added one point after the touchdown. The game ended with a score of 13 to 3 in Monroe's favor. - Monroe met River Rouge at Navarre Field on November 2. The team was out-fought by the River Rouge team, but took advantage of the breaks to win 7-0. Monroe gained repeatedly on end runs. Captain Schatte returned to the game and made several long runs for Monroe. Jake Gutterman kept River Rouge from scoring by fine tackles in crucial moments. The Stoner boys played their usual fine game and in the second quarter broke through the line, Bill blocking a punt, and Gil picking it up and running 45 yards for the only touchdown of the game. On the 8th of November, the Monroe team went to Ypsilanti and returned home with their eighteenth consecutive victory on the football field. Robinson scored two touchdowns. Monroe has not lost a game since their 13 to O victory over Ypsilanti on Armistice Day in 1927. The final score was Monroe 29 to O. On November l5 Monroe journeyed to Blissfield. The game started out to be a tight game, no scores being made in the first two quarters. After the half was over Monroe made several long gains, resulting in a touchdown. Soon after, the second touchdown was scored by the aerial route. Robinson passed and Stoner and Clark received the pass, Blissfield fumbled a kickoff which Bill Stoner recovered. Clark ran 25 yards around the right end for the third touch- down. Jake Gutterman blocked a punt behind the Blissfield goal for the fourth touchdown. The game ended 25 to O in favor of Monroe. , , The annual battle between the two old rivals, Monroe and Adrian, was played in Monroe at Navarre Field this year. The Navarre Field was ofiicially dedicated by the Monroe and Adrian hands. Clark and Benedict did some fine work in the backfield, while lmo, Gutterman and the Stoner boys excelled in the 74