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

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Lansing, Ann Arbor and Return H. Wallace It was about seven-thirty on a brisk October morning when the members of the Arthur Hill football team embarked on what was to prove an eventful journey. Besides the two cars conveying the football team was the North End Community Ford, namely, that fiery steed of Harold Mertz ' s. After an uneventful trip, except for the hopping of Mertz ' s Ford from one side of the road to the other, we arrived in Lansing ready for the game. That afternoon we played Lansing, beating them fourteen to nothing. The next morning about nine-thirty we set out for Ann Arbor. Besides having a blow-out while traveling at such a fast rate of speed that we were almost hurled into the ditch alongside the road, no hair- raising events occurred and we arrived in Ann Arbor shortly before the Michigan-Michigan Aggies football game. Immediately after the game, we all assembled, and started for home with a rush. In fact, it was one rush after another until one of the cars rushed into a bank on which was scattered a few pebbles about three feet in diameter. Not being far from Flint, one of the drivers telephoned an acquaintance there who agreed to come after the frightened members of the once dashing automobile. It was a rather solemn group that sat around the bonfire waiting for an answer from their S. O. S. The members of the other car, thinking there was no need for them to wait, again set out on their journey. The roads were good, the jokes good, and everything was going great until bang went another tire. Not having an extra tire, the driver hired another acquaintance to take us back to Saginaw. Just outside of Bridgeport we must have run over a black cat or a couple of horse shoes, for we had another puncture. A little before this it had started to rain, a thing which added to the pleasure of changing the tire. Finally we again set out, and, being rather tired by this time, snores began to issue from the rear seat. The car must have been tired, too, for even the engine wheezed. But luck was against us, for our slumbers were disturbed by the bell of the Court House clock pealing out four mournful notes. Nevertheless, we were all glad to be home again, and we agreed it was some trip — yes indeed, some trip.

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Football In two ways the past football season at Arthur Hill may be con- sidered the most successful season ever enjoyed by our school. First, in the number of games won. Never has a Hillite team completed a season with so many victories to its credit as the team of ' 21, ten out of eleven of the state ' s best teams falling before the onslaught of the warriors of the Yellow and Blue. Second, in the marvelous sportsman- ship developed under the inspiration of Coach Irish Ramsey. Ramsey developed such a spirit that even a defeat at the end of the season, when the state championship seemed to be within our grasp, never shook it. In fact, the Hills took their misfortune in such a game, sportsmanlike manner that the whole state remarked. The first victims of the Yellow and Blue were Lapeer and Owosso. Each game developed into a mere practice scrimmage, with Coach Ramsey using almost 40 men each time, and with Arthur Hill on the big end of each score, 46-7 and 64-0, respectively. A temporary ' setback by Benton Harbor, 14-7, was soon remedied when the State Interscholastic Athletic Association declared the game forfeited to Arthur Hill because of ineligibility. Incidentally, the Hillites gained almost five times as much ground as the Harborites, but were stopped by perfect passing and well worked trick plays. Now, with a clean slate, the team settled down and the victories rolled in without interruption, as follows: Bay City Western, 1-0; Lansing, 14-0; Bay City Eastern, 21-0; Battle Creek, 14-6; Traverse City, 34-0; Detroit Central, 35-0, and Port Huron, 6-0. Then came the memorable Turkey Day game in which the Hills allowed Saginaw to get the jump and put over a touchdown and a drop-kick in the first few minutes of play. After that the game devel- oped into a hard, scoreless tussle, with the Hillites fighting harder and harder as the game progressed. But the handicap was too great and Arthur Hill was forced to accept defeat, 10-0.