West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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Football Arthur Hill — 45 Owosso — Wow, did you see Owosso get white washed? Well I guess! 45 — some score eh? Irish , you sure deserve the credit for evening up old scores and, boys, we present to you with all respect due to worthy athletes, a diamond studded stomach pump. For a football game, it was a fine walking contest. Arthur Hill — Detroit Eastern — Safe all around and still going strong towards State champion- ship goal. Some very bad breaks were all that kept our bunch from scoring. Hart missed a pass upon Detroit ' s 5 yard line which, if he had been able to make connections, would have been good for six points. Detroit may count herself lucky for emerging from the conflict unscarred. Arthur Hill — 7 Grand Rapids — 7 Hurray, our slate ' s still clean! Jove, but it was a tight squeeze. No picnic this, but football, man, football. Our gang hung up their tally in the second quarter. Grand Rapids did not even the score until the last quarter. All credit due you, boys, we ' re still striving to gain the title of State Champs. Lansing — 7 Arthur Hill — 9 Lansing ' s delegation traveled to Saginaw firmly believeing that they would return chanting Veni, vidi, vici, but to their distress, were defeated by Ramsey ' s men 9 — 7. Playing wonderful football, and taking advantage of all breaks, our fellows surprised everyone by defeating Lansing. This was the first time in a period of three years that Lansing had undergone this experience. Every man played his best, outplaying the champs all the way. Joe Friskie can- not receive too much credit, for it was his dropkick from the 35 yard line, in the last minute of play, that turned a 7 — 6 defeat into a 9 — 7 victory. The game was a great punting duel in which Joe was the master of Nellor and Capt. Richards of Lansing. Our team kicked off and Lansing, failing to make their gains by end runs, punted the ball to safety. Upon our fourth down, with less than a yard to go, Cox failed to gain at center, and Lansing took the ball on our 45 yard line. Four smashes by Neller, Richards and Rob made downs and put the ball on our 21 yard line. Then followed a pass, Richards to Kipke, Kipke going over for the first score of the game. Neller kicked goal. At the beginning of the second quarter, one of Joe ' s punts put the ball on Lansing ' s 5 yard line. Neller ' s punt from behind his goal line was blocked by Scheib. Speakerman recovered on the 8 yard line, and Grube carried the ball over for a touchdown. Friske ' s kick for goal was blocked. Early in the second half, Scheib fell on a Lansing muff. Ochsenkehl and Friskie made it first down on Lansing ' s 24 yard line. Two line plunges and a pass placed the ball on Lansing ' s 12 yard line. Friske attempted a dropkick which was blocked. In the last quarter, Fitzpatrick fumbled a punt and Hart, diving 10 feet through the air, recovered on Lansing ' s 25 yard line. Friske tried his second drop-kick which went low. Richards kicked out, and Ochsenkehl, knowing that his time was short, started to forward pass. Two were grounded, and then Lansing made her fatal mistake. She failed to play safe and laid down a barrage of forward passes. Bunny snared one of these passes and c arried it for a 22

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yard gain. This placed the ball on Lansing ' s 28 yard line and with one minute to play, Joe Friske dropped back to the 35 yard line pre- paratory to making his sensational dropkick, and with cool deliber- ation booted the ball squarely between Lansing ' s goal-posts. This gave our boys the lead 9-7, and Lansing was unable to overtake them throughout the remainder of the game. Arthur Hill — 7 Bay City Eastern — 7 Bay City managed to come through with a tie score. It looked very much as if our champs had been affected by their preceding victory and were lucky to awake in time to save themselves from being defeated by a weaker and less formidable team than others that we had succeeded in trouncing. Well, well, the final blow had yet to come. Arthur Hill — 43 Port Huron — Arthur Hill — 28 Bay City — 7 We had very little trouble in defeating either of these teams, being bothered only by one individual on each team, MacDonal of Bay City, and Philips of Port Huron. Detroit Central — 7 Arthur Hill — Alas, that we should lose one so dear. He was a likely chap, was our friend State Champ. And to think of how we had nourished and fostered him until manhood only to have him depart when he was most needful. Come, let Mr. Hoge strike up the funeral march and all ye faithful, break out in your funeral duds and prepare to join the proces- sion, for upon this day we lay at rest, in the vast graveyard of Detroit, our hope, our light, our very soul, and our beloved companion, State Champ. Why so doleful? He is not dead. He will be resurrected some time in September of the year 1921. Arthur Hill — Saginaw — The annual Thanksgiving Day game ended in another tie. This is the fourth tie in five years. The game was well played throughout with the exception that both teams played too close football, and were afraid to open up. Saginaw outplayed our fellows for a part of the first quarter, but from then on, the game was entirely in our favor. Our fellows showed better condition and better team work than Saginaw High. The game was slowed up considerably by the con- dition of the field which was very muddy and slippery. The game in plays was as follows: First Quarter Roseberry kicked off to Friske who returned the ball 15 yards to the 30 yard line. Friske made 3 and 2 and punted outside on Saginaw ' s 42 yard line. Brackenbury and Spence made 5 and Rose- berry punted outside on Arthur Hill ' s 23 yard line. Cox twice and Friske made 8 and Friske punted to Saginaw ' s 42 yard line. Brown, Brackenbury and Gillingham made first down on Arthur Hill ' s 48. Brackenbury twice and Brown made 6 and Roseberry punted to Arthur Hill ' s 9 yard line. Friske punted to his own 30. Brackenbury and Richards made one and Brackenbury went around end for 12. Gillingham, Spence and Brackenbury made 5 and Roseberry ' s drop- kick went wide. Cox in two tries made three and Friske punted to midfield. Richards, Brackenbury and Gillingham made 6, and after a bad pass by Sommers, Roseberry was downed on his 45 yard line. Cox made one and Friske 10 on a fake pass. Grube went outside and