Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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THE SPY GLASS Page Twenty-seven 1938- 39 BASKETBALL SQUAD First row, left to right: Coach Huff. Harry Gillispie, Vincil Meadows. Quentin Fowler, Ronald Smith. Ho- bart Quinn. Second row, left to right: Carl Mathes, Charles Hendel. Kenneth Mathes and Tom Gaylor. SEASON'S RECORD The Nitro basketball team closed one of its most successful seasons on March 6. The Wildcats came through with 10 wins to 10 de- feats. On Friday, January 6, the season opened with Washington District invading the home stronghold. The game was fairly slow as both teams were off on their passing. The final score was Nitro 31, Washington District 17. Fowler led the attack with 12 points, while Grifith, with 7 was outstanding for the defeated team. On January 10, Malden met and defeated the Nitro boys to the fatal tune of 41-31. The Panthers grabbed an early lead and held it throughout the entire game. The game was played on the Nitro floor. Duncan was best for Malden with 16, while Hendel was best for the Wildcats with 12 points. On January 13 Nitro dropped another game to the Dunbar Bulldogs on the latter’s floor. The game was hard and rough. The final score was Dunbar 28; Nitro 17. Nitro went down to a 25-35 defeat at the hands of Charleston B on Tuesday, January 17, at Charleston. This was a hard fought game but the Wildcats could not spur en- ough energy to outdo the speedy Mountain Lions. Adams led the Charleston attack with 17 points while Hendel was best for the Ni- tro boys with 13. The Winfield basketballers defeated Nitro on Thursday, January 18, on the Winfield floor. The score was 29-15. Moore was high for Winfield with 14, while Hendel was best for Nitro with 6. Nitro dropped another game on Saturday, January 21, when they invaded the St. Al- bans stronghold. The Red Dragons’ superior passing and fine marksmanship proved too much for the Wildcat defensive play. The Nitro cagers took the most decisive defeat of the season in this contest. The score was 44-18 in favor of the St. Albans team. Jones led the Dragons with 18 points, while Smith (Continued on Page Twenty-nine)

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Png » Twenty-ilx T H E SPY G L A S S 1938- 39 FOOTBALL SQUAD From row. loft to right: Joe BUI Donegal). Randolf Jividen. Ronald Smith. Bill Yates. Woody Raynes, Bob Johnson. Carl Little. Jack Bailey. Second row, left to right: Quentin Fowler. Ernest Gott, John Waldorf. James Oole. Johnny Rill Goodall. Frank Fish. Kenneth King Billy Brooks. Ed Sharp. Third row. left to right. Karl Smith. Bernard Estep. Paul Frazier. Earl Estep George Harmon. Carl Mathes. James Yates. Raymond Fraxier. Tom Bailey Fourth row. left to right: Kenneth Davis. Robert Kautz. Harry Gillispie, Donald Miller. James Dorman. Curtis Sturgeon. Jimmy Priddy, Glendale Rawlings, and Tom Quinn. Season s Record FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 17 A St. Albans S3 Nitro . 0 Sept. 21 H Buffalo 7 Nitro 12 Oct, 1 A So. Charleston B 6 Nitro 0 Oct. 7 A Poca 19 Nitro 0 Oct. 1-1 H Charleston ‘B’ •» Nitro 6 Oct. 22 A Winfield 21 Nitro 0 Oct. 26 H Hurricane 28 Nitro 0 Nov. 5 A East Bank 63 Nitro 6 Nov. u H Sissonville 9 Nitro . 0 Or August 27, Coach Huff called together all hoys to begin the 1988 gridiron season. Thirty-seven gridders responded eagerly with the determination to fight tor N ILS. Our schedule consisted of teams we had played before except East Bank which was more or less an exhibition game for their high school. N :tro high school opened its ‘88 season at St. Albans on September IT by taking a se- vere beating 88-0. Completely outclassed in every phase’ of the game, the Wildcats were helpless at the bands of the Red Dragons. C-’--' - ■. outstanding play- ers for Xitro. First downs favored the Red Dragons 9-3. For the first win of the season the Nitro Wildcats defeated Buffalo high school Satur- day. September 23. The game was played at Nitro and was well attended by both Nitro and Buffalo rooters. After threatening to score several times the Wildcats finally made a touchdown by a pass from Priddy to Dor- man over the goal line. The try for extra point was no good. After a drive down the field Buffalo scored a touchdown of its own. They made the extra point good. The score at the half was 7-16 in Bisons favor. In the closing moments of the game Priddy on a wide end run, crossed the double stripe, making the score. Nitro 12. Buffalo 7. A mo- ment later the game ended. Hartley was best for the visitors while Priddy and Dorman were outstanding for the home team. On October 11 x Wildcats journeyed t s Charleston to go down under defeat at the hands of the Black Eagles B team. After wring a touchdown South Charleston came within scoring distance several times but failed to scone again. The Black Eagles car- ried the ball over twice after scoring once but (Continued on Page Twenty-eight)

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Page Twenty-eight T H E S P Y G LA S S BOOKCRAFT CLUB First row, left to right: Edra Hart. Frances O'Gorma n. Margaret Hartranft. Margaret Cook. Ruth Mar- tin. Beulah Hayes. Miss Gillespie (sponsor). Rosalie Young, Violet Pauley. Mildred Dobb'ns. Delphia Black, Eulah Hayes. Phyllis Rhodes. Patsy Walker. Second row. left to right: Reva Boggess. Doris Woods. Jose- phine Collins. Arlene King. Berta Jane Wysong Mar garet Wysong, Margaret Saffle, Beulah Boggess, Maxine Wyant. Arietta Wysong. Peggy Lawless. Anna Mae Oldham. Third row. left to right: Geraldine Drake. Wanda Carrier. Mae Marshall. Gerry Baker, Isobel Blodgett, Edith Fowler. Garnet Pauley, Eliza- beth Gowen. and Edna Spence. Season s Record Continued From Page Twenty-six each time the ball was called back on penal- ties. The Wildcats never were in striking distance during the time of the whole game. The final score was 6 to 0 favor South Char- leston. On October 7 after being pushed over the field the entire first half, an inspired Poca team came back to wallop the Nitro Wildcats 19 to 0. It took place on Poca’s field. Nitro held the upper hand during the first half of the game, threatening to score at several dif- ferent times, but the Poca Dots always tight- ended their defense enough to stop the Wild- cat’s drive. At the half the score was 0-0. The second half was much different with Poca scoring immediately. Two touchdowns fol- lowed the first one. Martin was best for the winners while Dorman and Mathes were best for the losers. First downs favored Poca seven to four. Nitro Wildcats defeated the Charleston “B’’ team by a score of 6-2 on Friday, October 14, at Nitro. Practically no gain was made by either team during the first quarter. The second quarter was a lucky one for the Char- leston team. They gained a safety on a bad pass from the center to fullback. Charleston gained the most yardage in the first half. In the second half Charleston started an at- tack by air. On the third pass Priddy inter- cepted it and ran ninety yards for a touch- down. The try for extra point was no good. The third quarter was about even with neith- ed side gaining much. Meadows was out- standing for Charleston while Priddy un- doubtedly was best for the Wildcats. On October 22 the Wildcats journeyed to Winfield and took a beating 21-0. It was one sided all through both halfs. During the first half Beane and Hensley each carried the ball over for touchdowns, making the score 14-0. The second half was more Nitro’s way al- though Hensley carried the ball over for a third touchodown and again converted the ex- tra point making the score 21-0. The game ended without any further scoring. On October 26 the Hurricane Redskins came out victorious over the Wildcats 28 to 0. Although Nitro was in there fighting, the Red- skins were too much for the Wildcats. Coach Conner’s team was more experienced and out- weighed the Wildcats. There were several injuries inflicted on the Nitro boys. The Wildcats on November 5 invaded the town of East Bank for an exhibition game, more or less, for the pioneer team. Although the Nitro Wildcats took a hard beating they emerged with one touchdown. Zip Smith in the last quarter tossed a pass from the fifteen yard line to Jimmy Priddy on a thirty-five yard line who strutted for a touchdown. The try for extra point was no good. But the Pioneers had already tallied 63 points. The final score was 63 to 6. This trip proved profitable to the Athletic Association because (Continued on Page Forty)