Saint Albans High School - Dragonian Yearbook (St Albans, WV)

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D R A G O N I A N Page Thirty-one BASKETBALL Front row left to rlght George Curnes B111 Bartlett John Rooert Lander Max Tulloh Don Cunnlngham Second row Coach Smlth George Jones Bob Rogers Bob Flelds Jlm Young Horner Cox Randolph Gore and B11 Mathews Back row Jlm Barton Manager Late 1n November Coach Klp Smlth 1S sued a call for all would be basketball play ers Fundamentals were studled for about a week by seve1al boys who reported to the gymnaslum Afte1 football season was ovel sevel al boys were added to the grow1ng 11st J R Landel a center was the only first strmg man back from last year s squad and around h1m the team was bullt After sex 61 11 sn eeks of practlce the flrst game it last lolled uound Th1s game test for St Albans Thc Red Dlagons seem ed to be 1n fan ly good shape as they took the Panthers mto camp by the lalge score of 35 12 Curnes was hlgh man fo1 St Albans whlle Beaubout Wlth four was hlgh f01 Mal den December 30 Coach Qmlth s boys met the Gauley Brldge Travelers and handlly set them back 23 16 Gauley Budge fought hard but the Red D1 agons pulled to the front and never gawe up then lead J R Lande1 although he was bothered by mfected eyes was hlgh polnt man for the Dlagons Angelo was hlgh polnt man for the Travelers wlth mne Claude Cubbon popular Southern Board Member was the referee After a hard per1od of practlce the Red Dragons played host to the Charleston Moun ta1n LIONS Wlth Cecll Gumm leadmg the way the Llons handed the Dragons thelr first set back of the season Thls game played be fore a packed house was fast and exc1t1ng In the last half the Red Dragons outscored the Mounta1n Llons but Charleston st flrst half lead gave them a safe margln Gumm vsas best for Charleston Whlle Jones Cunmngham and Tulloh Wele best for Next 1n lne was East Bank one of the stlongest teams IH the state and one whlch had lust suffered a defeat at the hands of Huntmgton St Albans met the P1oneers on the rebound and proceeded to take another bad l1ck1ng Although the locals held the PIOHGQFQ to a reasonable score the Red Drag on sp1r1t w as badly crushed by the defeat Just three days later the locals went to Poca to meet the Poca Dots St Albans started out wlth a grand rush and was lead mg 11 2 at the half Dur1ng the second half Poca made a desperate Jally that put them xx 1th1n thlee polnts of the Red Dragons Lander led the scormg for St Albans whlle KCont1nued on page thlrty three? ' 1 Y 1 Y 7 A 1 Y ' 1 ' . I ' , . . i H . ,, . . . . ' r , , 1 1, , ' 1' A ' 7- I . ' - . 7 1 1 ' I 7 ' , . . Q , . . I K1 v wk 7 kv h 4 A ' L 1 V A I z cf ' z ' . S, ' which was with Malden, was to be the first St. Albans. ' . . - X ' j 3 - ' i , ' f ' - v Aw 4 Lv A1 - y sw w ' ' - - - 1 ' - 1 1' r . . ' a . Y . ' , L.: . . . .- - my , 'W v I Y I I I Q a 1, . ' Y N i , . Y - . . ., . . ., c ' 7' S. N . , . 2 ' -

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SEASON RECORD PageTh1rfy DRAGONIAN FOOTBALL Q F1TSt row left to r1ght Robert Rogers Kelly Cyrus Max Tulloh Lovell Meadors James Young Charles KlhC31d Herman Stevens Captam Henry Murray Asslstant Coach Smlth Second row Coach Alford Charles Mltchell B1rdsellMcCorm1ck J R Lander Charles Stanley James Stanley Ford McCorm1ck Waverly Wmters Thlrd row James Calllhan Bob Woodard Malcolm Racer Bllly Mathews Ike In gram Harry Janey Fourth row Don Cunmngham Walter Rlddlebarger Dorsel Hensley Douglas Tulloh Calvert McNeeley Tommy Davls Albans Albans Albans Albans Albans Albans Albans Alb ns Alb ns Alb ms St Albans Home Away Away Home Away Home Home Away Home Home Home N1tro East Bank Gauley Brldge Grantsvllle Dunbar Hurrlcane S Charleston Pt Pleasant Poca Clendemn Spencer Coach Alford 1ssued the flrst call for pros pectlve football players August 25 and about 40 boys reported to Crawford Fleld After two weeks of hard pract1ce the boys were 1n good shape for thelr flrst t1lt wh1ch was w1th Nltro NltFO gave the local lads a hard bat tle but lost 25 0 Flrst downs favored St Albans n1ne to one Next week end the Red Dragons went to East Bank where they were handed a very severe defeat by the Ploneers Thls was a very rough game and several Red Dragons were hurt Coaches Alford and Smlth worked the boys hard the followlng week ln September 25 Everybody was confident of wlnmng but the Travelers put up a stubborn defense and the game nded ln a 0 0 dead ock After a week of l1ght plactlce the Red Dragons met Hlck Hamrlcks Grantsvllle team October 2 and handed them a 12 0 de feat Thls proved to be the only magor game that the Red Dragons won durlng the entlre season The whole team played good ball thls game w1th Stevens scorlng both touch downs Next week the locals went to Dunbar on Fr1day and recelved thelr second set back Coach Shorty Flelds Bulldogs completely out played the Red Dragons and recelved total revenge for last years defeat After the Dunbar defeat Coach Alford worked th boys to mght fall almost every evemng He stressed punt1ng and also the catchmv of punts whlch had rumed the Red Dragon attack at Dunbar Durmg the next week the boys began to shape up very well and the game wxth Hur rlcane was welcomed Wren Saturday ar fCont1nued on page thlrty two? 1 a ezmmmwf ' M A v MMT- A 4' Mmm' I :Q A' 1 'L I fm. ,, m e f is preparation for the Gauley Bridge affair St, - ,,,, 25 ' r,,,,,,,...,..,, 0 2 . . St. e. er,r 0 e .rrrrrr 32 ' ' ' St. erre rrrr 0 ' 1 0 . e ' - - St. ...r rrrr 1 2 ' rrrrrr 0 1 . St. 1 o. 0 ...c. 25 ' ' ' St. ' ,r,, ,,,, 1 8 ' .,rr,.,, 0 ' ' ' '. ' St. . r .... 0 . roo, 12 , 1 - - St. 1 lllr 24 . l.,l.. 0 . ' ' St. a 7 1,,, 12 .,,. H 1,,c,,,,..., 0 ' ' St. 2 12 ' 1 13 1 . . - s rrro 0 ....rrlr,,r, 8 ' , ' ' -

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Page Thlrty two D R A G ON IAN FOOTBALL iCont1nu d from lage thlrtyl rlved the team was full of pep and ready to go Early 1n the fray St Albans recovered a fumble and proceeded to mark up a score Before the half was up another score was added to the flrst In the last half the Red sklns became stubborn and allowed only one touchdown to be made Blrdsell McCorm1ck was outstandmg and the whole team played good ball Nest week was home comlng week and It was to be chmaxed by a game between the Red D agons and the Black Eagles from South Charleston Parades and speeches were scl eduled for Frlday but ra1n broke up most of these affalrs Game day dawned clear but the raln of the proceed1ng day caused the f1eld to be 1n a very poor cond1 t1on Slnce the Black Lagles had not won from the Red D1 agons for three years every body was pred1ct1ng a v1ctory But age ex perlence and b1awn was to much for the Red Dragons and they suffered thelr thlrd de feat 12 0 Henson and Morecraft were the best players fo1 South Charleston and Tulloh was best for St Albans In thls game Tulloh recelved a badly wrenched leg wh1ch bothered h1m the remalnder of the season When October 30 rolled around all the boys were afrald that they weren t gomg to get to go to Po1nt Pleasant because of the hlgh wa ter but when Saturday came around Coaches Alford and Smlth w1th about 17 boys went to the Ohlo r1ver town and took them by storm Thc local lads outplayed the Blg Blacks 1n all perxods and came out Wlth a 34 0 margln Coach Alford treated the boys to a plate lunch afte1 the game A satlsfled and stuffed squad of boys arrlved back 1n town about 8 30 Saturdav mght Murray and Cyrus were out standmg for St Albans No out standlng players could be pxcked from the B1g Blacks but the whole squad showed remarkable Splrlt and was game to the last mmute After three days practlce the boys Were ready to meet the Poca Dots on November 3 Poca was small as they had lost most of the1r 1936 37 squad by graduat1on When Poca plays St Albans they always seem to cl1ck and this tlme was no exceptlon Although St Albans pushed across four touchdowns two were called back because of penalt1es In th1s game M1tchell broke loose on the ten yard l1ne and out ran the whole Poca team for a touchdown wh1ch w as called back Thls was the flrst game 1n wh1ch M1tchell really showed h1s back f1eld talent As the season was nearlng 1ts end we met our old arch rlval the Clendenln B1g Reds St Albans st1ll smartmg from the 6 0 defeat wh1ch Clendemn handed them the year be fore was rarlng to go Clendenln surprlsed JUNIOR CLASS 1Cont1nued from pag twenty three? December 10 A N1ckelodeon fL1I'H1Sl'19d 1a7z for truckln and the Blg Apple Refreshments were COOk18S and punch Duung the hrst SIX weeks of the second semester the Junior class was allowed to sell candy Norma Hlldebrand was ln charge o the candy case whlle Josephme Osborne sold candy and chewing gum at the basketball and football games The proceeds were used for th Jun1or Senlor Receptlon O 1 February 7 1938 the class met at Mrs Chapl1n s home room to cuss and discuss the most lmportant event ot the year the Jun1or Senlor Receptlonl Commlttees finally selected by Vlax Tulloh were as follows gen eral the three adv1sors and class OHICQTS re freshment commltt e Clvdene Ryder cha11 man and France Brooks decoratlon w1th Blllle Jean Calnes and V1rg1l Roberts Norma Hlldebrand Ruby Taylor George Jones Jean Johnson Helen Mldklf Mary Sue Wh1te Cameron Halstead Charles Beckett Randall Bxrd Bob Rogers Jerry McCorm1ck and James Young 3SS1St3HtS The receptlon was held May 14 1n the hlgh school gy mnaslum everybody by scor1ng f1rst and then playlng tlght ball for the rest ot the half When St Albans scored two qulck touchdowns a VIC tory was pract1cally a c1nch but Clenden1n came b ck to score another marker and Wm the game by a one po1nt margln At last came the end of the schedule and It was welcomed by coaches and boys allke Spencer a much larger school than ours was to furmsh the oppos1t1on The day of the game was very cold and snowy most of the tlme Spencer started out early and made two polnts on a safety Before the Red Drag ons could get organlzed the Yellow Jackets scored 4 touchdown and led by e1ght polnts St Albans threatened tw1ce But the at tack alv ays seemed to fall short No out standlng player could be plcked from the Red Dragons After the last game the unlforms were put away ID moth balls t1ll another season rolls around But the act1v1t1es d1d not stop w1th the end of the season The Band Mothers treated the boys to a swell banquet a few weeks later and an assembly was held 1n thelr Honor Captaln Murray Stevens and Cyrus recelved sweaters for their work whlle the rest of the squad got letters The Red Drag ons w11l lose four mlghty f1ne players by graduat on 1n the persons of Murray Stev ens Cyrus and Stanley Murray and Stevens were backs whlle Cyrus and Stanley were llnemen These men w1ll be hard to replace next year. . 6 T' . 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