Tomah High School - Hamot Yearbook (Tomah, WI)

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TOMAH HIGH 33 HAMGT '18 Reedsburgh 73 Tomah O The opening game was played at Reeds- burg, October 6. Here, because of unavoid- able circumstances, we were defeated. The team was greatly handicapped by the sudden illness of Stelter, left end. Weather conditions were unfavorableg and it being the first game, the playing during the lirst half was some- what ragged. ln the second half, the team recovering from stage fright, came back with the true Tomah spirit. During this period they outplayed Reedsburgh and would have scored twice had it not been for several costly fumbles. LaCrosse 263 Tomah 7 October 13th found Tomah matched against La Crosse, the strongest team of its schedule. For us, it proved to be the unlucky thirteen. At the start of the game, Tomah played their heavier opponents off their feet and by consecutive gains carried the ball over the goal only to lose it by a fumble. La Crosse punted out of danger, but Tomah came back strong and scored the first touch- down. The second quarter found Tomah gaining consistently, but an unlucky fumble in the ten yard gain gave La Crosse the ball and an easy touchdown. Shortly after this, Re-git, the speedy La Crosse quarterback, made a clever run which netted them another score. In the last half La Crosse seemed to gain strength, but Tomah put up a game Hght and allowed but one more touch down. Reardon should be given special credit for he was in every play. Strachen, Hopp, Blashcke and Johnson also put up a great game. New Lisbon 03 Tomah 39 The game with New Lisbon was an easy victory for Tomah. VVe must give the Lisbon team credit for a game light, but our heavier and more experienced team found little difli- culty in scoring at will.

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HAMOT I8 32 TOMAH HIGH Football HE Football season of Tomah High began with a, number of new men. However, the new recruits rapidly cle- veloped into promising men. Through the untiring efforts of Coach Beach, they soon made a fast and eflicient machine. Capt. Folson, our right tackle, always played a consistent game. Not only could he be relied upon to tear a hole in the opponents, line but was always there with the lighting to put the pep into the members of the team. Finn, our fast quarter back, who is new on the High School team but old in the game, showed very good generalship the entire sea- son. Bucko was the favorite in all the games. Nipe showed remarkable ability as a fullback, well demonstrated in the Sparta game. Jud was not a reversion of the family trait and could always be relied upon for a needed gain. Spud played a good game at center. Chunky was the real lighter of the team, and in reward of prowess is captain elect. Ray although a Freshman, held up his end with the experienced players. Griggs the heavyweight of the team, played a good tackle. Stelter played a fast game at end, but Bryan's favorite beverage proved too much for him at Reedsburg. Canners played a consistently good game at end. Blaschke, Lowe and Dewey, as substitutes, were always ready to fill in whenever they were needed.

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HAMOT '18 34 TOMAH HIGH Sparta Og Tomah 49 WhoopMWhoop-Hoo-rah-h-h-h l Tomah smothered Sparta on October 2 under the greatest score ever piled up on their home ground. At Hrst sight Sparta ap- peared to be a strong aggregation, but they were unable to use their forward pass to any advantage as the locals were too speedy for them, and intercepted pass after pass. Every member on the team played his very best, so that it is diflicult to pick out individual stars. However, we feel we must mention the won- derful work of some of the players. Finnerty starred when he raced for forty yards through a broken field. His dodging and twisting were too much for Sparta. .lohnson and O'Leary made many a long gain through holes opened by Folson, who had the Sparta players BuflQaloed. Stelter made a spectacular run when he intercepted a pass and broke away for a forty-Hve yard run and a touch-down. At the beginning of the contest, the Sparta team fought gamely, but were overwhelmed by the superiority of our players, and in the last quarter offered little or no resistance, which made possible the large score. The team was accompanied by nearly 100 loyal followers, who, with the team, were accorded Center ...... Right guard Right tackle. Left tackle .. Left end ..,. Substitute s. Coach, I 4 i t I 1 Right half-back .... Left guard. . .i A Right end .... . , very courteous treatment. The Line-Up .HOXVARD O,LEARY Full-back ....,.. ..,. K ENNETH JOHNSON Left half-back . . . . . . ,GEORGE STRACHAN Ouarter-back. s. . . .... GERALD FINNERTY . .SHERMAN CROTY . . , . . .RAY NIORAN REARDON CCaptain electl . ...,.. FLOYD FOLSON CCaptainJ , . . . . . .CARROLL GRIGGS ....,,.....ALviN HOPP .....,...,...,,.LEON STELTER LOVVE, DEW'EY, BLASCHKE RAYMOND BEACH, CRIPONJ