Withrow High School - Withrow Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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men on record at Withrow, and, when on October 17, the Tigers racedwon the Held to tackle Xenia, linemen were in the backlield and ex-backs were on the line. Before long the spectators were also trying to identify one number 10 on a Xenia sweater. They had reason to wonder who it was, for all Bus Bell, for that was his name, had done was to advance the ball personally from midfield to the Tiger goal. Bell, however, had not finished. He was on the throwing end of a forward pass that landed in the arms of Kinsey, an end, and was good for 15 yards and a touchdown. The half ended with the Blue and White holding this 12-7 lead. The Withrow team that came back for that second half caused Tiger supporters to think they were back in '29, The first thing they did was to engineer a pass, Floyd to Schwartz, that took the ball to the 2-yard line. Rimmer wasted no time plunging over from there. Then he took the ball on the second play after the kick-off and galloped 75 yards through the whole up-state team for a score. Late in the game Kaufman intercepted a pass and was driven out of bounds in Xenia territory. Floyd ran over from there. The peak of the season was reached when, on November 7, the highly touted Western Hills Maroons fell 6-0 before an inspired Tiger outfit. The hill-toppers came into the game topheavy favorites, looked upon as championship caliber. They went out a sad- ly outfought team. The two outfits battled on even terms for three quarters, but in the last period the un- daunted Tigers won out. Three times they fought their way to the Western Hills goal line, and three times they were repulsed. 117 Then with Charley Floyd and Rod Rice carrying the ball, they came straight down the held in a 40-yard march that culminated when Rice went over. The game ended two minutes later. In the second of those goal- ward marches, Svetozar Nankovitch, big Serbian guard, was severely injured and was carried from the held and sent to the hos- pital. His play had shown distinct improve- ment and his loss was a severe one. From the heights in the Western Hills game the Tigers went to the depths against Woodward. Their 8-0 loss at the hands of the Bulldogs was a terrific blow to their fol- lowers. Despite the Woodward setback, every Orange and Black follower looked conti- dently toward the classic of the season, the Hughes game. The usual colorful pre- game festivities went off in fine style, and then something happened. Hughes' backs began to sweep at will through the Tiger line and eluded the secondary to run wild. Schaps, Nolting, and Kramer galloped all over the field, and when the gun went off the score was Hughes 37, Withrow 7. The Orange and Black touchdown came on a plunge by Rimmer after a blocked punt late in the game. So the curtain came down on the season. Although the Tigers did not win the ma- jority of their games some line players were uncovered. Of course, Captain Hessel was the bulwark of the line, but he received some real help from Niehoff,Nankovitch, Muel- ler, Schawe, and Schwartz. In the backheld, George Rimmer displayed some line plung- ing and punting, and was ably assisted by Frank Reis, Rod Rice, and Charley Floyd. BOB BUTLER.

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