Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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Sidney Opponents 12 Blume 0 St. Marys 6 7 Celina 0 19 Bellefontaine 0 7 Kenton 12 12 Van Wert 13 0 Bluffton 0 6 Lima South 20 7 St. Marys 7 12 A potentially great eleven was hailed by the students when a squad of hefty boys along with the veterans returned to begin the fall campaign. Along with the new season came a new coach by the name of Paul Schofer, a very fine young man. Only on one occasion did the expected power of the Redskins click; it was in the Celina encounter in which they scored the most points. In the first game the Redskins held down a strong Sidney team for a brilliantly-played three quarters, but weakened in the closing half of the last period, thus allowing the Yellowjackets to score twice. At St. Marys the Blume lads broke through the line time after time to throw the Roughriders for losses, but had to come from behind in the third quarter to score a touchdown and the extra point to win. The Bellefontaine Chieftains came to Wapak expecting an easy victory, but a forty-five yard jaunt, of an intercepted pass netted the only score of the game for Blume Hi. At Kenton the team seemed not to click until the last quarter when behind 12 to 0 they tied the score in seven exciting minutes. Van Wert, the league leading, the unbeaten, the unscored-upon squad, came to Wapak expecting an easy triumph. The score would have been different if a few of the players who were sick had been in condition. The Redskins next encountered the Lima South Tigers in the only afternoon game of the year. After failing to score, several threats in the first quarter were bottled up until the third quarter when a fifty yard pass was good for the Redskin's only score. The rampaging Redskins of 1938 made history for Blume Hi when they again beat the St. Marys Roughriders in the annual Armistice Day game. During the past season, several men showed enough ability to warrant good prospects for next year. Cecil Rider, a sophomore, showed splendid ability at breaking up the opposing team's plays. Don Shuler, a first year man and a junior, showed he was quite adept at heaving passes. Farmer Weslbay, junior and second year man, was a big thorn in the other team's side. Wayne Rickert and Chet Lieberick, both juniors were very clever in open field running. The Redskins, as any team does, will lose a number of boys by graduation. These boys are Charles Siferd and Jay Single-ton, regular ends who gave the opponents plenty of trouble; Harry Spurlock, our giant tackle, who was an outstanding bulwark of the line. Roger Metzger along with Karl Kohler, who did good work at their guard and center positions respectively will also graduate; and last but not least, Tom Cartmell, a fast and shifty backfield man. Kenneth Metzger and Rollin Wellington, two Seniors, also saw action as substitutes. With the passing of the football season went one of its gamest little players, Bobby Walters. The members of the team, along with Coach Schofer and Coach Hamer express their deepest sympathy to all near and dear to him. F O O T B A L L