Point Pleasant High School - Oh Kan Yearbook (Point Pleasant, WV)

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Al FUUTBALL BILLY RAWSON: Bill was one of the boys offered a scholarship to college because of his bang-up playing at right guard. He was a rugged blocker who got many tackles to break up the opponents' plays and made many holes for his teammates. IRVING SONNY HOUOHTON: Sonny performed most of the season as quarterback where he gave his backiicld teammates plenty of blocking to help them on touchdowns. 'ASonny is a junior and should really go to town next year. LAWRENCE TOMMY WITHERS: A rough and rugged right tackle who helped in holding up the right side of the line where no touchdowns were scored through and was noted for his recoveries of fumbles and hard-hitting tackles. Lawrence is now serving in the United States Navy. JAMES FERRELL: Ferrell is a rugged l7O-pound sophomore who has played varsity guard and center for two years and will have a brilliant future in football ahead, using his fine talent for blocking the opposing linemen. HOMER MARTIN, JR.: Homer cannot be praised enough when it comes to his brilliant leadership. He called the signals for all the plays and held up the center of the line remarkably well until he was injured at mid-season. He served as co-captain with Bobby Miller. THOMAS JENTRESS ROSE: Another Rose who could really run and made most of his yardage on around the end plays. His best game was the Barboursville contest when he intercepted a pass and skirted nfty-five yards for a touchdown. Tommy is a junior. The 1945 Oh-Kan 53

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Front row-J. Smith, Mgr., J. Kuffner, P. Somerville, D. Shinn. B. Miller, B. Rogers, D. Nibert, E. Chapman, Mgr. Row 2-E. Hanes, B. Rawson, L. Withers, S. Houghton, J. Gerlach, H. Martin, J. Ferrell, H. Schultz, M. Sanders. Coach. Row 3-R. Kinnaird, G. Cheesbrew, C. Glenn, K. Rose, H. Morgan, B. Webb. FUUTBALL On November 17. l944, the Big Blacks completed successfully their football schedule of ten games with six wins, three losses, and one tie. The i'Men of Might numbered thirty-five at the beginning of the season, but dwindled to twenty- two boys of line playing ability. Those who made up the squad were: Homer Martin. Jr.. Lawrence Gerlach. Jr., Lawrence Withers, Billy Rawson, James Ferrell, Howard Schultz, Jr., Eugene Hanes, Ken' neth Rose, Tommy Rose, Bobby Miller, Sonny Houghton. Herman Morgan, Dayton Shinn. Buddy Mil- ler, Jack Kuffner. Bobby Rodgers, Paul Somerville, Richard Kinnaird, Gerald Cheesebrew, Bobby Webb. Dale Nibert, and Cluster Glenn. The managers were: Jack Smith and Eugene Chapman. During the season the team was under the control of three captains: Homer Martin and Bobby Miller serving as co-captains until Martin was injured. Kenny Rose took over with Bobby. The team was a well-balanced outht with the backs being like speed and the forward wall was praised highly by everyone for their goal-line stands. 52 The 1945 Oh-Kim

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Q uw .sa ' . - HERMAN MORGAN: Herman served as the alternate halfback and displayed much speed and power when he got to use it and helped to strengthen an injured backfield. He is now serving with the United States Army. LAWRENCE GERLACI-I, JR.: Junior held down the left end terminal post at which he played capably. His snaring the passes won one game and helped out in many other contests. He will make a fine nucleus for the new team next year. ROBERT MILLER: A little l35-pound halfback, packing dynamite in every pound, made up for his small stature with lightning-like speed. Bobby is a senior and will be greatly missed along with his excellent line splitting to gain yardage when it was most needed. DAYTON SHINN: Dayton served as guard when Martin was out with injuries and Ferrell moved to center. He was light for a guard but made up for it in aggressiveness and fighting spirit to hold in the clutches. HOWARD SCHULTZ, JR.: Howard, Jr. always played a line defensive and offensive game at the left tackle position and used his weight to the fullest advantage to make the opposing players suffer. Howard. Jr. is now in the United States Army. EUGENE HANES: A veteran with two years' experience who really came into his own this year by playing a superb game at right end. His touchdown spirit with a lateral at Spencer will always be remem- bered. He really liked the game. KENNETH ROSE: Kenny was a line broken field runner, operating from the right halfback position. He was one of the better passers on the squad, connecting with ten for eighteen passes in the Spencer game. 54 The 1945 Oh-Kan