South High School - Sohian Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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THE gsoH,1A1xt g19g30 netball .-ofa' E, f 5' K 7 REVIEW OF FQOTBALL SEASON FOR 1929 The football season of 1929 can hardly be called a joyous one from the standpoint of games won, bun Coach Wargo, who was here at South for his tirst year, did well with the boys and made a lighting team out of them. The crowds followed South despite its losses. The first game was with Cleveland Heights at League Park, where South played most of its home games. XYe were out to average the defeat they had handed us last year, but after outplaying them for three-quarters, they scored a lone touchdown to beat us T-0. Then came a so-called Ueasyi' game that wasn't so easy. lt was the game with Kent Roosevelt at Kent. 'Those of you who were there can remember how our team ran for six touchdowns and only 2 counted, because the rest were called back. We won 12-0. Then we met a real test in Canton McKinley, and there is no other out-of-town team we would rather have beaten than Canton. They came here primed to beat us badlyg they won, but they had a hard time, and everybody knows we played them off their feet. Score 14-0. Next we went to XYooster, where we were downed 13-T. On a line warm day we went to Massillon. A large crowd was there to back the team, undiscouraged because South had been losing. Right at the start Massillon marched for a touchdown: there Red Hickman came into prominence, for he scooped up a fumble and ran T0 yards for a touchdown. But Massillon later marched to our 30 yard line, and from there kicked a placement that hit the bar and went over. XYe lost again, 10-6. Then began the games that counted in the city series. Our First game was with Central. The team, after being behind 125 points at the half, came back, scored 12 points, and was ready for another touchdown when the game ended. YVe found ourselves with a one-point loss, 13-12. liast, who had beaten us out of a championship last year, came next. The iield was muddy, and the ball slippery: the game ended in a 0-0 tie. The black and gold team from North was next and they had a real team. They beat us 14-7, having made a 105-yard run for their second touchdown. Next we played Garheld. We led the llrst half G-0. The second half Garfield Started to pass. Ted Vargo intercepted one and ran 90 yards for a score. The score stood at 12-0 the third quarter, then Garlield scored a touchdown, got heated to lighting pitch, and blocked Gabalac's punt. They fell on the ball over the goal line and made the kick to beat us, 13-12. The scores do not half tell the stories of the game, because we scored T0 points to our op- ponents, 84, a difference of only S points. VVC won 2 games. lost 7, and tied one, so we didn't look at the number of games won, we looked at the hght those boys were putting up the whole 60 minutes of the game. page lllfl7l'dl 6'd twmzti three

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06194 11 N is Q N Sl. Y W omg-rfgiwrm p Back Row: Mihalik, Stark, Holla, Anderson, Howiler, Popidich, Eichclberger, Adams Mansor, Beckman, Kazan, Filing, Ridge, Malone, Coach Viargo. Front Row: Gabalac, Hardesty, Keller, Zcis, Smith, Hiuth, Vargo, Hickman, Amrcin, Ol'- cutt, Rogerson, Porter.

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