Warren G Harding High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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football time arrived The Harding High Panthers successfully opened the 1952 season by downing the Collinwood eleven, 14-O, before a crowd of 6,000. The fans saw Enoch Chaney pounce on a SCOREBOARD fumble on the three-yard line in the fading moments of the we They first quarter. A play later, fullback Nick Angelo crashed over for the first score of the game, with Dom Venetta adding the 14 C0HinW09d 0 extra point. 29 McKinley 19 john Smith intercepted a Railroader pass on their 38-yard 0 Benedictine 6 line late in the fourth quarter and returned it to the Cleveland 34 Mansfield 12 20. The Panthers were held for two downs, and then a 15- 13 Campbell Memorial 0 yard holding penalty put Harding on the 35. 20 East Tech 7 lim Rogers took a pitch-out, started for the 1Varren bench, 0 Massillon 31 then stopped and threw a long pass across the Held to lack 7 Hamilton O Vair, who took the ball on the two and went into the end zone for the Panthers' second score. Dom Venetta split the up- rights again and wrapped up the scoring for the evening. The Harding gridders outclassed the Canton Bulldogs for the second straight year, 29-19. The first touchdown drive was a well-balanced attack with both passing and running. The Panthers ran the ball to the 46 before Merolla fumbled and lost the ball. XVarren held the Bulldogs, forcing them 25 46 14 Steubenville 6 Toledo XVaite 7 Alliance 7 YVon - 9 Lost - 2 to punt out to XVarrcn's 33. Angelo, Merolla, and Rogers then alternated the ball to the 46, where lim Seem took over. He threw two quick passes to Rogers and Vair to advance the Panthers to the 12-yard line. Then Merolla hit the line for live yards, followed by jim Rogers, who took the ball over for XVarrenis first touchdown. The Bulldogs, taking over on their 23, alternated the ball up to Hardingis 34 in nine plays. Then a 30-yard pass from Abbert to Sheeler accounted for Canton's first score. But Harding's line was able to keep their team in the lead by blocking the extra point, making a half-time score of Warren 7, Canton 6. The third quarter began with the Panthers scoring, but being called back because of illegal motion. This was the only scoring until the fourth quarter when Salvi Merolla blasted through the line for a touchdown. Harding's next touchdown was set up when lim RiHle blocked a Canton punt and Bob Maniatis recovered. Five plays later Preston handed off to Rogers at the one-yard line for Harding's third score. Dom Vcnctta then added his third extra point, making it 23-6. Goodrich fumbled and Simmons pounced on the ball to give it to XVarren on the 28-yard line. Preston and Seem combined to put the ball on the two and Preston carried it over for the score, making it 29-6. Venetta missed the placement. ' john Goodrich took the kick-off to his 36 and on the next play, broke loose on a 64-yard touchdown jaunt. Nagy blocked the extra point, making it 29-12. Canton then closed the scoring with Burles taking a pass on the 15 and scoring the touchdown. Cole kicked the extra point. The Harding Panthers were held scoreless for the first time in 33 games by the Cleveland Benedictine Bengals, 7-O. Five costly fumbles, three intercepted passes and overthrown passes were the cause of Hardingis Hrst set-back for the 1952 season. 22

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mentum during the game to get them started. Their one threat was spiked by an intercepted pass at the 31-yard line. Nick Angelo fumbled on the 14 and set up the only score for the Bengals, with Steve Cher- nieky sweeping his right end for 10 yards. Kon- koly added the extra point. The Benedictine eight-man line held XVarren to a net gain of 58 yards, resulting in Harding's worst performance of the season. The Harding High Panthers displayed a com- plete reversal of the previous week's performance by handily defeating the Mansfield Tygcrs, 34- 4 12. The Panthers really snapped out of their defeat at the hands of Cleveland Benedictine by scoring five touchdowns and completely outclass- ing the Tygers. J. Vair pushes ahead for a gain against Toledo Waite. Bob Barbutes gave the first indication ofa fine offense by smashing through the line for 40 yards in the second play of the game. Rogers, Merolla and Barbutes alternated the ball to the 10 with Salvi Merolla carrying it over for the touchdown. Dom Venetta place-kicked the extra point. Right after llarding's first touchdown, Eddie Mach swept around his right end and scampercd 70 yards for the touchdown on Mansfield's third play from scrimmage. lVarren's speedsters, Rookie Rogers, Salvi Merolla and Bob Barbutes, provided the Panthers with the most balanced running attack in several seasons. lim Rogers provided the Panthers with three touchdown runs of 23 and 52 yards, and he gathered in an eight-yard pass from lim Seem to end the scoring for the night. Harding tallied in the first and third quarters against Campbell lllemorial to cop their fourth victory and first shut-out of the season. Rogers and Merolla were given the scoring honors for the game. Rookie Rogers blasted 34 yards early in the first quarter to give XVarren a 6-0 lead. Venetta added the extra point. After this Campbell's defense tightened up to hold the Panthers until the fourth quarter. Then again in the fourth quarter the Panthers livened up to score their final touchdown of the game. Warren's defense looked the best of the season as the line held Campbell to 88 yards gained while the Panthers got a total of 297 yards through a stubborn Campbell line. The Harding High Pan- thers gained their fifth vic- tory by downing Cleveland loyal fans send the team to Massillon with high hopes. The Panthers were unable to gain any mo-