Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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ATHLETICS FOOT IIA LI. IIUM The foot ball record of the 1934 Waverly Timers in recognized as one of the best In the school's history. It is shaded only by the record of the teams of 1931 and 1932. During the 1931 season the Tigers were victorious in six contests and were met with defeat in but three. Outstanding victories were over Hillsboro and New Boston, while Chil-licothe was the only eleven able to defeat the Tigers by a substantial margin. Waverly averaged 14 points per game; their opponents, slightly more than 7 points pel game. Nine seniors: Oyer. Schauseil, Moore, White, Weinrich. Armsrtong, Frey, Shingledecker, and Reed, were members of the squad. Of these seven were regulars, but Coach Swing has a wealth of material coming on and a successful season is anticipated next year. RESULTS: Waverly 0 Waverly 20 Waverly 13 Waverly 0 Waverly 12 Waverly ... 28 Waverly 34 Waverly 0 Waverly 21 TOTAL 128 Chillicothe 33 Hillsboro -------- C Wheeelersburg — 7 Sciotoville 7 McArthur --------- 0 Manchester 0 Oak Hill 0 Central Catholic— 9 New Boston -------1? TOTAL 68 Here is pictured the Waverly high school foot ball team. From left to right are: BOTTOM ROW: Robert Vollmer, assistant manager. John Burling, Samuel Hamilton. Charles Miller. Wilder Weinrich, Orville Oyer. Robert Frey, Charles Moore, James Schauseil, LeRoy Heibel, Harry Vallery, Floyd White. MIDDLE ROW: Coach George Swing. William Vallery, Arthur White, Ray Shingledecker. Richard Wills, Carl Johnson, Lucian Arnett. Robert Deerlng, August Reed, Robert Markham. Robert McCormick, Wesley Brubaker. Beryl Keechle, manager, John Teichert, principal. TOP ROW: Orland Ross, Glenn Frey, Rodger Junk, Carlos Bland, Otis Bartram. Harold Emory, Weldon Way, James Logan.

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ATHLETICS Much of the success of the Waverly Championship Tigers is due to Coach George Swing whose excellent coaching and superb handling of the boys played a big part in giving Waverly high its place in the sun. Mr. Swing attended the University of Tennessee and Wilmington College. During his period of attendance at the two schools he participated in foot ball, basket ball and base ball, earning letters in each sport. After his graduation from Wilmington. Mr Swing studied coaching, his first position being at Fayetteville high school. From there he coached at Tate Preparatory School. Before coming to Waverly, Mr. Swing was coach at Highland high school for 5 years. Only once during his 8 years of coaching has one of iiis teams failed to win at least half of their games. He has coached foot ball, both boys’ and girls’ basket ball, track, and base ball, and ha§ been successful in each of his endeavors.

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ATHLETICS FOOTII ll.l. IMHVIIHAI.S Oll ll.l.i: OVKIt—Senior: Klected honorary captain and played at full back. Scored «»!» points and was outstanding both on the offense and defense. Also converted the points af ter touchdown. Placed on the second All-Big Six team. He will be hard to replace next season. • • • JA 1 KS sell A I SKI I.—Senior: Received a position at end on the Big Six team for his excellent playing throughout the entire season and was recognized as the best punter in the conference. The school Is sorry to see him go. ( II Alt I.KS tIOOIlK—Senior: Was a stone wall at tackle and will be greatly missed next year. He was the squad’s heaviest man and was given honorable mention for his fine work in the line. • • • AltTHI It WHITK—Senior: A very accurate passing center and also a good defensive player. He also received honorable mention. We regret to see him leave. • • Wll.nr.lt WKI N ItK’H—Senior: A hard charging lineman who was one of the best players ever developed at Waverly. Played effectively on every play and was given a berth « n the Big Six team. ■ • • ( It A It I.IOS lt MSTHONR—Senior: Another excellent lineman, who was shifted to that position because of an injury. He played a brilliant game at tackle during his stay at tackle and will be missed next year. Received a position on the sec-ong Big Six eleven. • IIOIIKltT FitKV—Senior: His first year as a regular. Very satisfactory as an end and a fine pass receiver. His graduation leaves another vacancy to be filled for next year. • • • It SIIIVUl.KDKf KFIt—Senior: Was his first year in foot ball and his ability was such that he was in the game more than enough times to receive his letter. A I (it ST l(RKI)—Senior: Another player of outstanding ability who received a letter and played a good game at all times while In the game. • • • W ll.l.i AM U.I.KIt V—Junior: Signal caller for the Tigers and a tricky ball carrier. Shared the passing and showed an excellent choice of plays. His presence will be gladly acknowledged next year. • • • i.Dinn iir.iitFi Blocking half back and also a good line plunger. He did the kicking occasionally and was outstanding as a defensive player. He Is slated for the full back position next season. • • • WKSI.KV Hitt HAKHEt------Junior: An excellent passer and speedy on end runs. as handicapped by an injury during the latter part of the season, but will be ready to play next season. • • • II A It It V tl.I.KHV-Junior: Bight, but scrappy guard who put a lot of spirit in the team. He always worked hard and earned a position on the team. He will conclude his career next year. • • • ItOltF.ItT IJKF.lt I X(i—Sophomore: Leading backfleld substitute and a regular during the last half of the season. He was a good passer and ball carrier and has two more years in which to demonstrate his ability. • • • C'llAltl.FS Ml I,I,Hit Sophomore: Flayed at end. saw a lot of action and proved himself more than satisfactory on all occasions, lie was also a good pass receiver. • • • S 11 F.l. H AMILTON—Sophomore: Hard playing tackle and a regular until injured. He was of outstanding ability and will be the mainstay of the line next season.