Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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l 110 QIIUYUB of BUHIIURZ 1917 Ks rm 'fi ha X. V' ' , Roanoke I-I-igh School ...... I0 Salem High School. .' ...... 0 Our football team played its initial game on the Roanoke College grounds at Salem, defeating the Salem High School team I0 to 0, While we proved superior to our opponents in every period of the game, it was a hotly contested battle and the Salemites offered a stubborn resistance to our tearing line plunges. Severalltimes we closely approached our opponent's goal and were unable to score, the first half ending with the score 0 to 0. However, in the second half we ran up ten points to their none, Captain Cettle putting a place-kick between the uprights and later plunging through the line for a touchdown. On the offence the three backs, Loewenstein, Ciettle and Yates, did stellar work in advancing the ball throughout the game, while on the defence Rankin and Cnettle were especially effective, the entire line being strong and impenetrable. Roanoke High School ...... 20 Christiansburg High School. . 0 The following Saturday we met the Christiansburg High School eleven at the fair grounds. We found our opponents' line weak and succeeded in de- feating them 20 to 0. They were able to advance the ball but twice for cred- itable gains, the big tackle, Rangely, skirting our ends each time for fifteen yards. Our goal line was never endangered and we found no trouble in making gains when they were needed. The entire R. H. S. back field proved invincible to the Christiansburg's gridders, while Rankin's defensive work was particularly good. , Roanoke High School ...... 34 Cluster Springs Academy .... 0 We then met Cluster Springs Academy, another heavy team, out-weighing us fifteen pounds tothe man. R, H. S. surprised everybody by defeating them 34 to 0. We ,got the jump on them when first whistle blew and throughout the game our goal was not endangered. Our men were successful in every

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FOOTBALL SQUAD

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1917 Srlcntns ut iliuanukvz 111 detail of offensive work, forward passes included, while our defense was un- movable. The first half ended with the score Z0 to 0 and in the second we were as strong as ever. Our end runs were more effective than any other method of ground gaining and the entire back field starred. The honors in the line were about evenly distributed as every man did his duty. Faucette proved the best man for C. S. A. Roanoke High School ...... I3 Blacksburg High School .... 20 Friday, November I0th, we journeyed to Blacksburg, where extreme over- confidence and lack of team work resulted in a defeat at the hands of the Blacksburg I-Iigh School eleven, the score being 20 to I3. ln the entire first half we were completely outclassed both on offensive and defensive being un- able to gain and finding the Blacksburg backs hard to stop. ln the second half we came back rather strong and succeeded in scoring two touchdowns, while we were still unable to hold our opponent who scored another touchdown in the third quarter. With about two minutes to play in the last quarter the Blacksburg man picked up a fumbled ball on our seven-yard line and raced across the goal line with it, game ending with a score of 20 to I3 in favor of our opponent, Bock for Blacksburg was the star of the game, while Yates did stellar work in advancing the ball for R. I-l. S. Roanoke I-Iigh School ...... 20 Randolph-Macon Academy . 3 The next week we covered ourselves with glory by defeating the heavy R. M. A. squad on their home grounds by the score of 20 to 3. We kicked off to our opponents who advanced the ball to center of the field and marched steadily from there to our twenty-yard line, where we braced and held them for three downs. Connor then dropped back and put a well-executed drop kick over the crossbar, making for R. M. A. three points. From then on we completely outclassed them in every phase of play. They were utterly unable to stop our sweeping end runs, while our line plunges were as merciless. Nve ran up twenty points while they didn't make another first down. McConnell showed great speed and ability in circling their ends, while the rest of the back field did stellar work. The entire line was a wall of defence and the team as a whole worked like a machine. Warren was easily the star for R. M. A. Roanoke High School ...... I4 Lynchburg High School .... 0 We next met our old rivals from Lynchburg I-Iigh at the fair grounds and revenge was sweet. We defeated them I4 to 0, but they did hard fighting with