Mount Cory High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Mount Cory, OH)

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Line-E. Schafer, A. Wagner, R. Crawford. K. Bowersox. Back Field-N. Geren, W. King. from Geren and plunged over for a touchdown. We held a 6 to 0 advantage at halftime. In the second half we scored two more touchdowns. McVey went over for his second score of the afternoon and Geren tallied for the third. We won the game by a score of 19 to 0. The stage was set for the championship battle with Arlington. ARLINGTON The day we had been looking forward to had finally arrived. The Green and White banners waved triumphantly over Mt. Cory, following our team's 6 to 2 victory over Arlington, which gave us the 193.5 Championship of the Hancock County Conference. It was a clean, desperately fought engagement with the out- come uncertain until the final whistle. Mt. Cory played defensive ball most of the game. In the second quarter a well placed pass from Geren to King gave us a lead of six points. No scoring was done in the third quarter altho it was packed with thrills. Several times the Arlingtonians threatened to cross our goal only to be thrown back. The two teams entered the final period, Mt. Cory determined to hold its six point lead and Arlington determined to score. In the closing minutes of the game Arlington cut loose with a run that put them on our 15 yard line. In the next few plays they advanced the ball to our five yard line for a first down and goal to go. The next four plays kept the spectators in a frenzyg in three plays they advanced steadily. On the fourth play they went to the one yard line where they were finally stopped, and we took the ball on downs. Would we be able to kick safely from our own end zone? Or would Arlington block the punt and recover? If they should block it our championship hopes would vanish. Neither of these things happened. We gave them a safety, two points, which allowed us a free kick from our 20 yard line. Arlington took the kick, deep in their own territory, and had time for just one play. The play gained them nothing and the game was over. We were happy because we won and sad because it was the last county game in which the Seniors would ever wear the 'Green and White'. MECHANICSBURG Our last game of the season was played at Mechanicsburg in a sea of mud. It was our first Thanksgiving day game for many years. We met at the beginning of the season and battled to a scoreless tie. We were of the opinion that they were the cleanest bunch of fellows we ever played, and after this game we still main- tained that opinion. We traveled home that night over those 85 miles carrying with us a 12 to 0 victory. This completed our football schedule for 1935. We won the Championship, hung up our suits, and looked back over the season with pride and satisfaction. -Willis King and Robert McVey FOOTBALL SUMMARY Mt vs 0 . Cory Mechanicsburg 0 8 Mt. Cory Van Buren 0 39 Mt. Cory Liberty 6 0 Mt. Cory Rawson 0 7 Mt. Cory Mt. Blanchard 12 13 Mt. Cory Arcadia 0 39 Mt. Cory Vanlue 7 20 Mt. Cory Oak Harbor 7 19 Mt. Cory McComb 0 6 Mt. Cory Arlington 2 12 Mt. Cory Mechanicsburg 0 Total 163 Total 34 Thirty-five

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LineW. Westall, R. Hartman, R. Morrison. Back Field-D. Coleman, R. McVey ourselves after our first two victories and we started the game by making a march down the field during' the first quarter but we were stopped when we got well into Rawson territory. After that we were pretty well matched until near the end of the game when we were stopped on the Rawson four-yard line, failing to score. The game ended in a scoreless tie 0-0. MT. BLANCHARD On October 9th we journeyed to Mt. Blanchard with the intention of continuing our winning streak. However, we struck a stumbling block. Mt. Blanchard gained an early lead of 6 to 0. In the second quarter things looked better and at half-time we were leading 7 to 6. In the third quarter the Mt. Blanchard eleven put on a drive that ended in a touchdown. This touchdown drive ended the scoring for the after- noon and we suffered our first defeat of the season. This defeat loomed as a thorn in the path that led to the championship of the Little Nine . It was now necessary to forget this defeat and win the remaining games if we were to be the Champs. ARCADIA One of the hardest fought battles of the season was with Arcadia, a team that is always hard to defeat. Arcadia received the opening kickoff and marched steadily down the field to the Green and White's goal line. In a Hash we remembered if we wanted the trophy, we must win. With this thought in mind we finally halted that desperate drive only after they had reached our one-yard line. From then on the game was evenly fought. No scoring was done until the final period when Geren slipped away and sprinted fifteen yards for a touchdown. Later Bowersox beauti- fully gathered in a pass from King and scampered untouched across the goal line for our second and last score. It was a hard fought game and we felt as though we earned our 13 to 0 victory. VANLUE On October 25 we were visitors at Vanlue. Vanlue was considered one of the weak teams of the county. We did not dare think of the game as an easy one be- cause overconfidence usually results in defeat. We entered the game with the desire to be champs still burning in our minds. We fought hard from the beginning and soon built up a comfortable lead. In the second quarter a whole new team was entered into the game for Mt. Cory. It was the first game for some of the boys. Vanlue scored a touchdown just before the half, but we do not blame the boys who were in the game at the time, because they were young and inexperienced, they are going to make real ball players in the next couple of years. The game was won by the biggest score of the year, 39 to 7. OAK HARBOR On November 1, Mt. Cory upset the dope by defeating Oak Harbor, a class 'A' school, by a score of 20 to 7. This was a non-conference game. Oak Harbor scored early in the game, and held a 7 to 0 lead at half-time. It was a different looking Mt. Cory eleven that took the field the second half. Kenneth Bowersox opened 'Cory's scoring by intercepting a pass and running for a touchdown. He later took the pig skin across the goal line for another score. This did not end the scoring as Geren chalked up the third six pointer in the final period. We feel as though Oak Harbor expected an easy victory, which well might have been another example of overconfidence ending in defeat. The Green and White will journey to Oak Harbor next year for another gridiron battle. Bring home the bacon, fellows. MCCOMB On November 8th we went'to McComb to play a team that was running neck- to-neck with us in the league race. The game promised to be a thriller. No scoring was done by either team until late in the second quarter when McVey took a lateral Tlwrty f :mfr

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... Thirty-six Standing-B. Carr, Mgr.: A. Denny, C. Alspach, V. Crow, R. Cook, M. Stout, M. Light, E. Cupples, Miss Poole, Coach. Seated-M. Whisler, M. King, R. Krautter, M. Harper, J. Krautter, M. Inbody, L. Reese. A ll Stars Our girls's basketball season of 1935-1936 can be termed as a very successful one. We were under a new guiding hand this year when Miss Poole was appointed as our coach. The girls certainly showed splendid team work and cooperation with each other during the season. We had a fast and hard passing combination with an excellent guarding trio. Betty Jene Carr was our manager and proved to be a capable one through the entire season. At every game she was seen with her medicine kit, going among the girls and helping as much as she could. Her un- tiring services were greatly appreciated. Altogether, our girls were in twelve confiicts, and turned nine of them into victories. We finished second in the county league, our record being marred by a defeat by a single point. We feel that all our victories were earned by the good clean playing our girls displayed as they met each new arrival. For this reason the season was both pleasing and gratifying. For when the one Great Scorer comes To write against our name He writes not that we've won or lost- But how we've played the game. As reserves to our team, we find six very valuable substitutes. At guard there were Maxine Light, Arnetta Denny and Virginia Crow, all seniors. They were excellent defensive workers and could be substituted at any time throughout the game. Leah Mae Rees, Catherine Alspach and Maedonna Stout were held in re- serve for the offensive positions. These three forwards had plenty of scrap and will be valuable to the team next year. For the number of games played and the number of victories that we have turned in, the season may be considered a successful one but a bit disappointing, Out of the twelve on the squad, seven will be lost by graduation. The Seniors are: Maurine King, Mary K. Harper, Maxine Inbody, Mary L. Whisler, Maxine Light, Arnetta Denny and Virginia Crow. To the team of next year, Here's to success for your team. On November 22 we opened our successful season at home, playing a non- conference game with Harrod and we handed in our first victory, 32-11. This was an easy game and a good beginning . We met our first league opponent, Van Buren, on December 6. Our coach grad- Hated from Van Buren and so we had to show up her home town team. We had little trouble in subduing them at 41-28 and showed them Miss Poole really had a team. On December 13, we met once more our old rival Liberty. The Liberty girls had taken the county championship for the past several years and had won over Mount Cory for quite some years. We decided to give them a real Hght and finally gave them their first defeat in five years, on their own floor. The score was an interesting one, 51 to 32. We were all proud of this victory. The next week, December 20, after our great victory over Liberty, we journeyed to Rawson to put up a real struggle. We didn't have such easy going the first half, but came through as a second-half team and won 39 to 23.