Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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DAVE BOYER Right End CHARLES LOVE BILL LONG RONNY BLAND DICK ANDERSON TED LAWSON AL NVIECHERS Right Tackle Right Guard Center Left Guard Left Tackle Left End JACK MAYHUGH Quarterback GEORGE VANCE HAROLD KUYKENDALL KONNY KING Right Halfback Fullback Left Halfback FED UN THE GREEN GRASS UF VICTUBY

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Sept. 10, they opened their season against the Brownsburg Bull- dogs, whose bark proved worse than their bite, as my boys trampled them 32-6. It was two in a row after sending the Danville Warriors home with a 24-0 scalping. Against Decatur Central, my boys had me worried for awhile, but they came through with a 21-0 victory. The week of Oct. 1 was filled with hard work preparatory to the clash with the Lawrence Bears. Our board of strategy composed of Head Coach Ralph johnson, Assistant Coach Clyde Sallee, Bogan Nobel, and john Holrnstead worked long and hard with the boys who paid off with their best performance of the year, 34-18. I was getting a little uneasy because next came the Ben Davis Giants, a worthy opponent in any competitive sport. This was the initial contest between our two schools in football. My worries were well founded, as the Giants played inspired ball, but my brawny boys managed to salvage their fourth game, 13-12. The Quakers from Plainfield and the Beech Grove Hornets proved to be victims No. 6 and No. 7 of the campaign by scores of 34-19 and 26-6 respectively. Then came the last game of the year, always a tough one. These football fellows of mine had won 16 straight games, spanning over three seasons, and the County Crown was in the balance. I was mighty worried as my Brown and Cold Plugmen took the field against the little but rugged Pike Red Devils. Breaking out with a rash of touchdowns in the last half, my boys dispelled all worries with a smashing 32-7 victory. Boy, was I happy and proud of my 1948 football team! FREE 0F THE TASTE UF My boys had won 25 of their last 26 ball games, their third straight Mid-State Conference Crown, and their second straight county title. Let me tell you a few things about the boys, coaches and people who helped make this a successful season. Starting from the left and working right on that massive forward wall, we find Dave Boyer, 6 foot and 165 pound, a 3-year: man who, starting out in his Freshman year as a halfback, was converted to the end position his junior year. There he stuck fstuck in the path of many opposing ball toters, that isj. Dave was plagued with countless injuries this year, but still found time to contribute im- mensely to the team's victories. Charles Love put his bid in for the right tackle position his Sophomore year. Nothing but graduation could take it away from this 6', 1 , 240 pound lad. jolly Cholly, as he is known by his teammates, was honored by the Conference coaches his Junior year, being selected for the tackle berth. When a team is on defense, they usually have a boy to call defensive signals, that is, study the opponent's offense, weakness, and strength and then set the defense to stop it. Naturally Coach Johnson chose Bill Long, 6 foot, 215 pound Senior right guard, who was practically an immovable rock on defense. Proof of his outstanding playing ability lies in the fact he was selected on the All-County Team. One of the hardest playing boys this year was a Junior, Ronny Bland. Coach johnson used this 6 foot, 175 pound boy at guard in '47, but moved him to the center position this season and he filled DEFEAT