Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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Grid Win Over W, I Stands Out in ’39 The Eagles ’39 football season got off to a fine start with Victory winning its initial game from Lumberport 33-0. The Eagle fans were much impressed by the fighting spirit of the team and looked forward to a great season. A week later the Elkins gridders invaded the Eagles’ nest and returned home claiming a 12-6 victory. Fans believed the loss of this game was due to the lay off the week before. On October 6, Victory played host to the down river Shinnston lads. They proved too much for the Eagles and won by a 21-0 score. It was in this game that Pete Rome, Eagle captain, received a head injury that ended his football career at Victory. Pete was a mainstay on the team for three years and one of the Eagles’ greatest backfield men. Victory journey to Fairmont on October 11 where they met the West Side Polar Bears in a night game. They nosed out the Brum-mage lads by a 6-7 score. The W. I. stadium was the scene of a great battle between Victory and the Huntington Pony Express, with Huntington winning 12-0. A strong West Union clan held the Eagles to a scoreless first half, but the Brum-mage boys proved the better team by scoring 19 points to 0 for Doddridge. Victory and R.-W. fought a scoreless half in the mud at Gore field and it looked as if the game would end in a tie but Vargo pushed over the lone marker in the last quarter. On November 4, the Eagles were defeated by a powerful Weirton team at Weir-ton, 40 to 7. Revenging last year’s defeat which marred their splendid record, the Eagles crushed a visiting Weston team 13-0. A great team climaxed a great season with a decisive 21-14 victory over the highly touted Hilltoppers. Although Washington Irving won the Big Ten, it can never be forgotten that the underrated Victory Eagles defeated the Big Ten Champs. Newlon and Oliverio Win Golden Glove Ring Bouts As a result of the Golden Gloves boxing tournament held at Carmichael auditorium on March 28, 29, 30, two Victory boys, Ralph “Gabby” Newlon and Anthony Oliverio, were crowned champs in their respective classes. After slugging his way through a group of tough aspirants Oliverio decisioned Allen Scott, colored, of Farimont, to win the 112-pound class, while Newlon beat out a close decision over Earl Frankhouser, a former Victory student, in the heavyweight class. Both Oliverio and Newlon appeared on the boxing program at the Victory gym which was a tune-up for the Golden Gloves tourney, and both showed fine form in winning their bouts. Victory was represented by an eight-man team in the tourney with two of them winning the finals. Charlotte Leuliette Ends 5 Years of Cheerleading Charlotte Leuliette, accredited Victory cheerleader, began her career in North View junior high and is finishing high school with five years of cheerleading experience. She is well liked by the student body and has aided greatly in rasiing the level of school spirit and sportsmanship. As this is Charlotte’s last year, we wish her a successful future. Phone 3500 GRAY - DAVIS Funeral Home 216 Washington Ave, Clarksburg, W. Va. Ambulance Service

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Brummage Completes Third Victory Year Charles Brummage, who was appointed head football coach after the resignation of Farley Bell, has been associated with Victory for the last three years, during which time he has helped greatly in establishing the school’s present athletic record. Aside from coaching football, he teaches classes in American history and is in charge of the basketball reserve team. He has aided greatly in reviving amateur boxing, not only at Victory but in Clarksburg as well. After graduating from Mannington high school, where he was very active in sports, Brummage attended Davis-Elkins college. He coached wrestling at the Elkins Y. M. C. A. and for three years was physical education director at a private boys’ camp in Canada. Besides all of his other athletic jobs he ably assists “Doc” Hutson in coaching basketball and baseball. COACH BRUMMAGE COACH HUTSON Coach Hutson Does Well In First Year Serving his first year at Victory as head basketball and baseball mentor, Coach Howard Hutson has met with great success in bringing up the school’s standard in both sports. Hutson, who is known to everyone as “Doc”, came to Victory from Weston where he was head coach for two years. Although he attended Elkins high school for two years he graduated from West Union high. Like Coach Brummage, Hutson attended and graduated from Davis-Elkins college. After graduation he became coach of Bridgeport high school, a position he held for six years. Because of his friendly attitude and his fairness to players, “Coach” is admired not only by his athletes but by the entire student body as well. Hats off to “Doc”.

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Eagles Sectional Champs V.V.W Victory High’s Sectional basketball chabpions are pictured above with row, left to right: Manuel Alvarez. Rex Bumgardner, Warder Powell, John John Tarantino, Manuel Garcia, Ralph Newlon, Jack Alonzo, Homer Diaz, Coach Howard Hutson. Back row: Charles Yost, Haymond Travis, Manuel McClung. their coach and manager. Front Tiano, Jim Mihalik. Second row: Arthur Alvarez. Earl Mills, and Arais, Robert Newlon and French