St John Central High School - Centralite Yearbook (Bellaire, OH)

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9.0ni1I1nil:Ir:irri:ninxuxuxuzuinvxux T H E L A M P A D I S T ioinioioinirrininilP1 1 1 'O nic 0:0 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 'I' 1880--1930 FOOTBALL Coach Johnnie Myers, enjoying his first season as a football mentor, had a successful year. The new leader placed a hard fighting eleven on the gridiron. Playing against powerful rivals, our team emerged with five victories, two ties fmoral victoriesl, and four defeats, scoring one hundred and twenty points to our opponents' thirty-seven. When the first call was issued, the response was prompt. Letter men led by Captain Molli showed their co-operation with Coach Myers by setting a good precedent for the new members. A squad of fifty assembled daily for practice, a sizeable crowd of likely material from which to choose. When the season opened the Irish greeted it with fight from the word go and won their initial game. With unfiagging courage and persuasive optimism, these anxious warriors showed what it really means to fight for the honor and glory of Old St. J. H. S., and they look back now over a record of which they may well be proud. SCHEDULE St. John's ..... .... 1 2 Shadyside ...... .. 0 St, J0hn's ,,,, . 0 Moundsville ...... ...,. 1 3 St. John's .... . 0 Uhrichsville ..... .. 0 St. John's .... . 0 Bridgeport .... .. 0 St. John's .... . 0 Mingo ......... .. 7 St. John's .... .... 6 Weirton ..... ..... 1 2 St. .Iohn's .... .... 3 3 Irondale ....... .. 0 St. John's .... 33 Holy Name .... .. 0 St. John's ..... 12 Tiltonville ...... .. 6 St. J ohn's ..... .... 2 4 Central .......... .. 0 St. John's .... . 0 Woodsfield ...... .. 6 ST. JOHN'S 12. SHADYSIDE 0 The Fighting Irish made their initial gridiron appearance on the Shadean field. After sixty minutes of hard and inces- sant play they emerged with a 12-0 tri- umph. Williams paved the way for the first touchdown of the season and Lom- bardy took it over. The best the Hess- men could do was to reach mid-field, and there they lost ground either through a blocked punt or a fumbled ball which was always recovered by St. John's. The Irish were not satisfied with a lone touchdown. Soon after they started again for mid-field. Hockinberry passed to Lombardy and the dashing half again stepped over the goal line. Another rush for extra point was checked. Ten first downs were made to Shadyside's two, and every play they tried seemed to work to perfection. ST. JOHN'S 0. MOUNDSVILLE 13 The next game was with Moundsville on our home field. After some gruelling football, we were defeated by the heavier and more experienced Ellismen. In the first two quarters their plays could not be checked. Moundsville made the first and second touchdown during the first half. During intermission the Saints were prompted in changing their system of defense with the result that the visit- ing combination was held scoreless. We were beaten. but we fought back every inch of the way, and at no time was the game a walk away for the visitors. Although we did not succeed in scoring, we outplayed them as compared to the first half. ST. JOHN'S 0. UHRICHSVILLE 0 The third game of the season was fl 0-0 deadlock, battled on Uhrichsville's field. The Irish in this battle were cred- ited with a moral victory inasmuch as they were the Under-Dog . Evidently some of the sport writers were not fa- miliar with the Saints' abilities as they predicted a victo1'y for Uhrichsville DY various scores. Shifts were made in the line-up. and some of our regulars warmed

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l Opvilvioiuiniclicrjtlitlilliiliilillilliv T H E L A M P A D I S T,-tint-Qt-Qt.-1-Qtlqtiqttq-iqtqtiqn-Q '. f 'ff K INN 3 I A I 4 r 67 1880 the bench for a few periods. The teams were very evenly matched and kept one on his feet from the start to the finish. BRIDGEPORT 0. ST. JOHN'S 0 Perkins' Field was a riot of color, when the Irish Warriors met the Bridgets in the most important game of the season. Pennants and cheering hundreds lent a background to one of the most bitterly fought, yet most decisive battles that was played around this part of the Valley. For old St. John's there was a glorious moral victory in holding a team that laid claim to the Valley title and upsetting the Dope Bucket. The defense of St. John's bewildered the Bridgets, and each fought frantically to win the victory. They battled through four tough quar- ters, neither side scoring. The Saints played like veterans, and it was a Gala Day for St. John's, because we had a brilliant demonstration of what the team that carried our hopes could do. ST. JOHN'S 0. MINGO 7 The Saints journeyed to Mingo to ill- dulge in their fifth gridiron battle only to emerge defeated by a score of 7-0. It was a hard-fought contest, and both teams played on even termsg but St. John's suffered a mishap that paved the way for the Mlngo's touchdown, the only score of the game. On two occasions after the Mingo score, St. John's drove to the very shadow of the Mingo goal posts only to be stopped. When the final whistle blew St. John's had first down on Mingo's two yard line. First downs were even, both teams getting seven. In the aerial department St John's had field day. They completed nine passes out of ten attempts. Mingo's victory was somewhat of an upset, but it just seemed that it was St. John's off day. ST. JOHN'S 6. WEIRTON 12 For the first time during the season Captain Molli and his fighting Irish came under the frown of the weather man. Holding Weirton scoreless until the third quarter. the Saints were unable to stem off the attack of the former team, and in the third quarter they tallied two touch- downs against us. In the fourth quarter the Irish staged a comeback in a sea of mud, and Valloric succeeded in scoring a touchdown, but the try for the extra point failed, and the game ended with St. John's trailing by a lone touchdown. ST. JOHN'S 33. HOLY NAME 0 Again the Saints invaded the Steuben- ville territory and took revenge on Holy 1930 Name School. ln this game they had everything their own way, scoring in each of the four quarters. and at the end of the game, they had tallied a total of 33 points. The Holy Name lads Were game, and deserve credit for their nerve when everything seemed against them. Boiarski scored the first touchdown for the locals when he recovered the ball that had been blocked by Valloric. Hock- inberry added the second touchdown. He also scored one in the second half, with De Marco scoring the other two in that quarter. Every man on the squad took part in the gameg in fact, the greater part of the game was played hy the second team. ST. JOHN'S 33. IRONDALE 0 For the second time within two weeks. the Myers' men swooped down on their opponents, their victim this time being Irondale. The Saints played havoc with the visitors' high hopes and emerged with a 33-0 victory. This game was won easily by St. John's. Unleashing a varied attack at different parts of the game, they were enabled to score twice in the first quarter and once in each of the re- maining quarters. The Irish ran plays throuvh tackle and around the ends, al- ternating with forward passes for a total of five touchdowns. The visitors played rather a listless game and only at inter- vals did they show a flash of real form. In this 'fame also practically every mem- ber of the squad had a chance to play. ST. JOHN'S 12. TILTONVILLE 6 Like two struggling giants. St. John's and Tiltonville battled on the opponent's gridiron for supremacy. It was a hard- foulrht contest. but the Saints nractically overwhelmed their rivals throughout the Fame. running off tackle plays for large gains unceasingly. St. John's made Ht- teen First downs and completed eight out of the ten passes attempted. 0'Brien paved the wav for the first touchdown bv a. blocked kick, and Lombardv took it over. Williams dashed around the end for the second score of the game. but the pass for the extra point failed. Coach Myers inserted his second team in the final period. and it was while this team was in action that Tiltonville scored their touchdown. The game ended as the teams lined up for the kickoff. ST. JOHN'S 24. CENTRAL 0 The Maroons were unable to check the Fighting Irish's slashing line plays and aerial charges. and the Central team went down to defeat by the score of 24-0. The Wheeling lads fought valiantly, but 0.Qv2tr1o11n1o:1114v11r11v1irI1r1o1cx11x11xZo:1n:ar1ai:in po1o11r1o14n14v1oi4r1oI1v14v21r11v1o:1n1ir1o14r14 14