Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-11-11
JUNIOR HIGH CRIDDERS FINISH
FIRST SEASON WITH GOOD RECORD

Coach Howard Jones' Redskin
Junior High gridders have COM
! pleted their season with q record
of three victories and one defeat.
The team is composed of eighth
and ninth grade students at p. c.
H. S.
Only defeat suffered by the Ju-
nior Highs was the q to Z defeat
handed them by Norwalk. This
was the third game in five days
for the local boys, and the back
field players We're decidedly tired.
During the short season, the
youngsters defeated Sandusky, 10
to 6; Fremont st. Joseph, IA to 0.
and Tiffin Columbian 7 to 6.
First year of inter school foot
ball competition for Port Clinton
junior high boys has been COM
pleted and was very successful,
according to Coach Jones. The
objective of more freshmen re-
porting and remaining out for the
season was accomplished easily.
In the past, few freshmen tried
for the team and fewer stayed
out due to hot competition from
older boys. Believing the situa-
ton might be relieved if the boys
Were kept busy and given oppor-
tunity to trough it up" with boys
their own age and size, the idea
was put into action.
Here are the results, as Coach
Jones reports, and if continued
the junior high grid program
should lift P. c. football consider
ably.
About 35 freshmen received uni-
forms on first issue. A like num-
Der of eighth graders did the
same. After the going became
rough, music lessons, paper
routes, lack of transportation, or
parental consent, and dismissed
for cause cut the squad to %.
Thinking the boys who remain
ed really wanted to play, it was
decided to try for games with
other schools. That was the spark
and incentive for more to report
for practice, and even though late,
the boys really went to work to
become "Scalping Papooses" and
that they were.
Four games were scheduled for
October. st. Joe and Sandusky
Were easily "whupped", Ia to 0
and 1876 respectively, with every
man getting into the act.
Real genuine football spirit
was displayed by all but one boy
in these games. This fellow, a
hard hitting halfback, was eject
ed by officials in the first half
of the Sandusky game for dirty"
play. Even though he was regu-
lar left half and a mighty good
one, Coach Jones took in his uni
form. His ability was loss to-
the team, but the unity and spirit
of the squad was better and there
was definitely no more of that
type play.
Game three was out of town.
Tiffin invited Port Clinton to play
a preliminary under lights at the
Ross-Columbian game.
Having but three minutes to
warm up, the boys looked cold in
the first four minutes of the
game when a bad pass from CEN
ter gave Tiffin the ball on our
35. In five plays, the score was
60 in favor of Tiffin.
From then on it was all p. c.,
as Tiffin crossed the 50 stripe
only once thereafter on a pass
play. The final score was 7-6,
with penalty, tumble and time
run out costing Port Clinton three
potential scores.
We were inside the 10 on a
long run by Fastzke, when clip
ping erased it. Another long run
by Bashore put P. c. on the 8
when a tumble lost the ball. AS
the game ended, P. C. was on
the 3 with 1st and 10, due to an
other good run by Fastzke.
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