Ogden High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ogden, IA)

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Football The bulldogs of Ogden had a good season this year as they went through the season undefeated, untied and unscored on until they met Story City. Paced by Bullock they held Ogden to a I3 to I3 tie. Then Mitchellville using a difficult razzle- dazzle pass snatched a victory from the Bulldogs, 13 to 7. Glidden behind Crane, who received all- state mention, caught two touchdown passes, took Ogden I2 to 7 in a game where the big breaks went to Glidden. The scores of the games were as follows: Team We They Adel - Here ....... .... I 8 o Woodward - There ....... 31 0 Johnston - Here . . . . . . . 6 o Story City - Here ........ I3 I3 Mitchellville - Here ....... 7 I3 Woodward St. S. - Here .. .30 o Dallas Center - There ..... 6 0 Glidden - Here ...... . . 7 I2 Total ......... ......... 1 26 38 Thiessen and Tilley, the two halfbacks, were the main offensive threat for Ogden. Captain Charles Garvey, a smart quarterback, and Louie Treloar, as a plunging fullback, were always good for yards through the line. Opposing teams made little through the iron line of the Bulldogs. The parts ofthatline of iron were: Pete Garvey, R. E.g Harry Giese, R. T.: Jun- ior Thompson, R. G., Butch Carpenter, C.: Kenny Webber, L. G.: Paul Blyth, L. T.: on offense and L. E. on defenseg and Merle Sherbring, L. E. on offense and L. T. on defense. lf one of these iron pieces should get rusty, reserves like Pat Tilley, Don Van Slyke, Ed Mer- riam, Glen Logue, Dallas Buck, and then the freshmen, Ozzie Mendon, Don Leichliter, David Dillman, Curtis Blyth, Paul Clausen, Frederick Ehlers, Keith Hackbarth, Max Robinson, Kenneth Tilley, John Claybaugh, could be used to keep the iron team intact. The seniors of the squad were: Lu Verne Thies- sen, a half-back, who blocked and tackled like a ton of bricks and ran fast and hard: Floyd Tilley, a half back, though small he blocked and tackled hard enough to make the opposing play- ers think twice before starting his wayg Captain Charles Al Coupee Garvey, the quarterback, used a very wise selection of signals to bring the Bulldogs through a successful season, and per- haps he was always the coolest and yet deadliest man on the fieldg La Vern Garvey, an end, was C Continued on Next Pagej

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Football a hard blocker and tackler and could snatch pass- es almost from nowhere: Harry Giese, a tackle, was a rock of Gibraltor and was never blocked out of the play, when he tackled them they stop- ped and stopped quickg Junior Thompson and Kenny Webber, guards, diminutive though they were, opposing players generally felt quite bump- ed and shaken due to their tackling and blocking: Paul Blyth, a tackle, playing his first year of football, blocked and tackled as well as any of the other players, he was the only one who in- variably tackled around the ankles: Merle Mike Enich Sherbring, an end, large and rangy, he used the largeness for tackling and blocking and the ranginess for snaring passes: Pat Tilley, util- ity man, who was so much iron as the next but not quite as tempered, but he blocked and tackled well. Left to Right: Front Row-K. Webber, J. Carpenter, T. Thompson, P. Garvey, H. Giese, M. Sherbring, C. Garvey, F. Tilley. L. Thiessen, 'P. Blyth, B. Van Slyke, P. Tilley. Back Row-D. Buck, E. Merriam, K. Tilley, G. Logue, D. Leichliter, F. Ehlers, K. Hackbarth, D. Dillman, N. Mendon, P. Clausen, C. Blyth. Baseball Baseball is the spring sport of Ogden. We play close to eight games a season, not having the best team, although we manage to win almost half of them. The weakness of the Ogden baseball team is due largely to the fact that there is no base- ball offered to the boys of Ogden High except during the few spring months before school is out. The season of '39 was a success, consider- ing the small amount of practice the bulldogs were able to getg splitting the seasonal average with 511006. Ogden started the ,3Q season by losing to Bea- ver, at Beaver, although Floyd Tilley, the ace moundsman from Ogden, chucked up a one-hit game, this lonely hit being a scratch single past first. In the '39 Tournament a strong north-county Boxholm team beat the Bulldogs in the opening round. Boxholm lost to Pilot Mound, who in turn lost to the tournament champions, Madrid. The tournament of 1940 will in all probability be held in Ogden as the new diamond made in conjunc- tion with the new football field, will be one of the best diamonds in the county. Most of the squad of 1939 will be on the squad of 1940, with the exception of Pitcher Russell Logue. Pitcher Harrison Mullen, and Shortstop Edward Lind, who were lost through graduation. It is hoped that with the entire school and town cooperation along with the new diamond that Ogden's Baseball will be as prominent as its Football and Basketball are. The squad of 1939 included the following stars: Charles Garvey, Russell Logue, Floyd Tilley, Jun- ior Thompson, Lu Verne Thiessen, Edward Lind, Louie Treloar, Ted Brown, Dallas Buck, james Christensen, Butch Carpenter, Edward Merriam, George Jenkins, Glen Logue, Bill Crosman, Har- rison Mullen and Merle Sherbring.