Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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BOVS’ SPORTS THE 1941 FOOTBALL SQUAD had its first practice session of the year on the first day of September. Of the forty boys reporting for the first practice session, twelve lettermen returned from the preceding season. This year the football squad won seven games and lost two. On paper that is a good record. It was good enough to place the school third in ranking with all the schools in and around Columbus. The only regret of the team is that it finished behind the two teams that it wanted most to defeat. The first game of the season was played with Grove City on our field. Knowlton made a touchdown on the sixth play of the game. These were points enough to win the game, but Sam Miller added six more to make the final result, Arlington 12. Grove City 0. The following Friday afternoon, Arlington played host to Delaware Willis High School. Although we were out first-downed by Delaware, the team made its sizable gains count. Sam Miller scored two touchdowns. George Simeon scored the third, and Harry Postle converted from placement. On Qctober 3, Arlington traveled to London for our first night game of the season. It rained most of the day of the game. Consequently, the team played to a small crowd and on a very wet gridiron. The result was Arlington 8, London 0. The following Friday night, Arlington traveled to Bexley. This game brought together two previously undefeated teams. To Arlington's regret, our Golden Bears met defeat for the first time. The score was 12 to 0 in favor of Bexley. On October 17, the team again took to the road for a contest with Groveport. We started along the comeback trail by defeating the Greyhounds 24 to 12. Tou-Velle, Leonard, S. Miller, and Simeon scored the points in this game. The first game with Columbus Academy in many years proved to be the best game of the season for us. The team clicked in every department of play. The final score was 28 to 0 in favor of Arlington. Knowlton, Leonard, TouVelle, and Saville accounted for our points. Kenton, a school from the northern part of the state, brought its team to Arlington for the first meeting between the two schools. In a game that will be remembered by the continual downpour of rain in which it was played, our team splashed its way to a 13 to 0 victory. Knowlton and S. Millar made the touchdowns. On the next Thursday afternoon, Arlington played host to Gahanna Lincoln High School. Saving our best points for the coming game with Grandview, we beat Gahanna I 5 to 0. Leonard, Betts, and Postle tallied our fifteen points. Armistice Day found Arlington face to face with its rival, Grandview. The Bobcats put a decided dent in our homecoming celebration by defeating us I 3 to 6. At the football banquet at the close of the season, parents of the squad members honored the team. Paul Brown, coach of O. S. U.’s football team, was the principal speaker. Retiring captain, Dave Putnam, announced to'the four hundred people present that Bob Blackford and Harry Postle had been elected co-captains for the 1942 season. All in all. we are very proud of this year's football squad. For the first time in the history of the school our football team faced a nine game schedule. The team performed very well under those conditions. Speaking for the seniors who will not be here next year, we want to wish the best of luck to the coaches and players during the coming season. THE 1941-42 BASKETBALL SQUAD was led by two capable captains, Charles (continued on page twenty-fiv®) page twenty-three

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Knowlton and Pete Sohl. During the entire season of seventeen games, Arlington won fourteen games and lost three. Arlington opened its basketball season with a decisive victory over Utica. In the second game with Grove City, Knowlton scored sixteen points to lead the team to a 39-19 victory. Circleville brought a supposedly strong team to our gym, but the Roundtowners were quickly subdued by the fine play of the Golden Bears. The London Red Raiders were defeated. Bill TouVelle led the scoring for the evening. The fifth game of the year found Arlington and Worthington engaged in an overtime battle. We won this hard-fought game 30-28. The team opened its conquest for the Central Buckeye League title by defeating Westerville 35-22. Having defeated Hilliards after a bitter battle, Arlington became one of the few undefeated teams in the state. Next, the team met a strong Delaware Willis five. However, the boys were able to eke out a 43-40 victory. Our team produced victories nine and ten of the season by defeating Columbus Academy 50-39 and Grandview 50-33. Bexley defeated Arlington for the first time in eleven games. A Bexley shot in the last twenty-five seconds of play gave the game to them by the score of 34-33. The second round of Central Buckeye League play produced the following scores: Arlington 64. Westerville 40; Arlington 39, Delaware 29; Arlington 42, Grandview 18; Arlington 47, Academy 18; Arlington 33. Bexley 34. On February 27, by an identical score, 34-33, Bexley defeated our team for the second time. By two small points, Bexley was made champion of the league while Arlington finished second. It is no wonder that these two games with Bexley will go down in the records as the heartbreakers of this season. In the first round of the District Tournament, Bexley defeated Arlington for the third time 42-28. This game was the last for Sohl. Knowlton, Seville, TouVelle, Miller, Slager, Stout, and Jones. The season was climaxed with the announcement that several members of the team had been placed on the various all-star teams throughout the city. THE GOLF SQUAD of this season had the distinction of being defending state champions. The captain, Pete Sohl, was defending state individual champion. He was supported by seniors Ed Saville and Dave Putnam. Jack Carruthers. Jim Kirk, and Bob Sheahan made up the rest of the squad. Arlington participated in the Greater Columbus Golf League. THE TENNIS TEAM was led this year by Captain Bill Leonard. Pete Sohl, Bob Blackford, Ned Green, Sonny Knowlton, Nelson French, and Arch Robison participated in most of the matches. THE SWIMMING TEAM this year, under the direction of Mr. Gar Griffith, completed a successful season. The team participated in five dual meets and was victorious in four. The lone defeat came at the hands of Tremont Ross, the state champions. The team won the city high school championship and finished third in the district meet. THE TRACK SQUAD opened the track season without the services of many leading point makers of last year. Under the leadership of Coach Larkin and Captain Bill Davidson, a well-balanced and very successful track team ran and jumped at each meet. The team engaged in the Wesleyan and Miami Relays, the District Meet, and several dual and triangular meets with schools in and around Columbus. AN ARLINGTON BASEBALL TEAM was organized this year for the first time in nearly fourteen years. Mr. Griffith served as coach for the team. Since there were only four seniors on the entire squad this year, we can look forward to an all veteran team next spring. paqe twenty-flv