St Johns High School - Le Cid Yearbook (St Johns, MI)

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suited between Ovid and St. Johns on the grounds that St. Johns presented her claims and it was sometime before our little neighbor would admit that she belongs down with the C'ers. Greenville accepted the challenge of St. Johns and it was agreed to play the game off on Thanksgiving Day. Greenville vs. St. Johns for the Championship of the State. Thanksgiving Day opened cold and rainy. Greenville team appeared as scheduled. The game: Greenville wcn the t:ss. choosing to receive, The feature for the first half was a pass, Jackson to Clemons, which carried the ball to within four yards of Greenville's goal, where it rested as the half closed. Bcth teams entered the second half with more determination than ever. Hard playing took the ball down the field for St, Johns in the second half and from the 25-yard line on a fake punt formation, Frank skirted the left end of the.line, behind perfect interference and crossed the limey line, fo-r six points. Greenville's'tank attack was failing. And it Wasn't long after that, that St. Johns, signaling for a free catch. was tackled, netting 15 yards. Another penalty netted St. Johns 15 more. Tvo spectacular passes brought the ball up to Greenville's one-yard where they seemed to stand like a stone Wall. St. Johns put her stone-crnsher to work and the road was paved as far as the line. The locals scored just as the whistle blew ending the season for St. Johns. The score: Greenville, 0: St. Johns 14. K i

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Grand Ledge at St. Johns November 5th. Grand Ledge appeared on the St. Johns gridiron at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday after- noon. St. Johns received the ball and through consistent driving, carried the ball to the visitors' goal line, Weller taking the ball over. Goal kick failed. On the next kick-off, a fast Grand Ledge backfield man bewildered the St. Johns players, taking the ball the entire length of the field for a touch down. Their goal kick failed. Then the game resolved itself into a hard battle for both sides. By playing straight foot- ball, St. Johns was able to drive Grand Ledge to within a few yards of her own goal from where Russ Frank carried the pill over. Shaver kicked goal. Score: Grand Ledge 6 and St. Johns 13. St. Johns at Ovid November 9th, Highly aroused over the loud challenge of the Ovid team for a game, St. Johns took up the cry, and in a body, High-school students, towns-people, and St. Johns merchants, journeyed to Ovid on that memorable afternoon of the ninth of November. If a foot-ball team ever had support it was that day, there being more citizens of the Metropolis on the field than there were from the Village of the challengers. Al- though our neighbors played well for a bunch of clam-diggers, they were unable to find the ball when St. Johns tucked it avsay in a formidable water hole or under their arms for the necessary gains. All day the Villagers scraped the field of snow and slush. The clay exposed in the scraping came in handy. They all looked for a soft place to fall and they found it. St. Johns gave it to them. But they will probably have to be shown all over again next year. Won't that be terrible for them? The Game: St. Johns kicked off and in a rain of mud, Rome fell. You know Rome? St. Johns held Ovid in her own territory all of the first quarter. The second quarter opened with the ball in St. Johns' hands. Line smashes brought the ball within Ovid's 10-yard line and St. Johns broke loose for the first touch-down. Goal kick failed. St. Johns received the ball at the beginning of the second half and a series of punts resulted to open. Ovid tightened, but she broke a. wing in her aerial attack and Shaver intercepted a pass, carrying the ball 40 yards for a second touch-down. Goal was kicked and the scoring ended. Ovid, much to their chagrin, was held in her own territory for the rest of the game. St. Johns penalties amounted to 60 yards, all for holding. The game was hard fought, harder than the score indicates. Ovid was game, but St. Johns had the BEST team. The score: Ovid 0 and St. Johns '3. Ithaca at St. Johns Armistice Day. Another whitewash for the Jonsites. St. Johns received the ball and hurried it across the field for the first touch-down. Shaver kicked goal. Seven points were all that St. Johns could garner in the first half. but in the second the machine was thrown into high, and away St. Johns went. It was getting dark and all were afraid they wouldn't get through in time. Even Ithaca seemed to sense their strategical posi- tion and allowed St. Johns to score almost at will in the last few minutes of the game. St. Johns scored off any formation presented and the end of the game saw the largest score of the season for the home team, another whitewash. The score: Ithaca. 0 and St. Johns 40. Alma at St. Johns, November 18th. St. Johns seemed to have acquired the habit of starting things off with a rush. St. Johns won the toss and chose to receive. Frank peeled a touch-down off the truck- makers in short nc-tice. Then Alma got their big guns and held like the Forts of Verdun for the remainder of the half. But in this case Verdun had to give in and St. Johns crossed their goal line once more before time was called. A spectator at this game picked John Zabelka for the third All-State team, at his position at right tackle. The way the line and backfield of the team had been working in the past few games had put it in the running for state champion in Class B Schools. This Alma game with the score in St. Johns' favor, strengthened the position more than ever. The score: Alma, 03 St. Johns, 14, Immediately after the Alma game, St. Johns issued a challenge to the State for a game for the Championship of all Class B. Schools. Some discussing and cussing re-

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