Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
BY John Krueqer

C0ach jim Smith and ElmOre
fans had wind, rain, and Rockets
in their hair Friday night at Oak
Harbor. Coach Dave Martin, OaS
Harbor fans-and especially the
honored dadS-didn't mind the
wind and rain no sir not
while they were watching their
favorite sons clinch their second
straight Sandusky Bay Conference
championship, $50.
The Rockets, who shared top
billing in '49 with Gibsonburg and
Fremont st. Joe, now have a so
conference card for the year with
only Genoa standing in the way
of another unblemished SBC
and undefeated overall seasonal
record. Elmore's loss coupled
with an earlier tie with Lakeside
eliminated the Bulldogs from fur
ther title contention.
Fans we'll remember the scare
Genoa gave Oak Harbor last year.
The Rockets, who were cunning
for the schools first undefeated,
united season and protecting a
IL game winning streak had to
come from behind in the second
half to win 20-9 in their roughest
encounter of the campaign.
Port Clinton put an end to the
winning streak and Comet Coach
Pete Schmidt will be out to dupli-
cate from the sidelines at Genoa
this Friday night what his broth
er Neil did earlier this year on
the playing field as a member of
the Purdue team-put an end to
an outstanding undefeated skein,
which, in Oak Harbor's case now
has reached 81 consecutive games
right behind Army and Okla
homa.
The playing conditions last Fri
day night were anything but con
ducive to good football but the
Martin Men performed up to fair
weather standards. With fleet
of hard running backs at his com.
mand senior quarterback Harold
Lezotte ran his team with pro.
, ficiency that left nothing to be
desired.
His chief offensive weapon was
145 Id. junior halfback Roger I'M
mel, who rocked and socked the
Elmore line for Oak Harbor's firsI
three scores on runs of 10, 80, and
Is yards. Touchdowns / and 3
came in the first quarter; No.
followed in the second period.
Max Harder, another JUNO,
back, drove over for the fourth
and final tally in the fourth anc
final frame. Hoover made gooC
on one of three PAT placement
attempts. The try for the poin
after the second I'D was in tn.
form of a pass from Hoover t.
Chiarelli which was incomplete.
Lezotte's positional counterpart
on the Elmore team, Louie Mech
was more adversely affected b,
the inclement climatic conditions
Much of Elmore's success this yea
has been due to Neeb's passing
a skill at which he eXcells. Thi
was evidenced on occasions las
Friday when, despite the slicl
and soggy pigskin, he was able :,
find receivers with accurate ael
ialS.
In the second quarter his cor
nectionS with halfback John Bow
man combined with the runnin
of fullback Eldon Riehm advar
ced the ball to Oak Harbor's !
yard line but there the threa
ended when Hoover hauled in
Neeb toss in the end zone an
ran it out to the six.
In the fourth quarter, afte
Martin had cleared his bench an
sent his regulars to the shower.
Elmore made its deepest penetr;
tion into Rocket territory, thank
to fumbled pass from center b
sub on a fourth down punt a
tempt. The clock ran out wit
Neeb sprawled on the Oak Harbo
five, thus enabling the Rockets
record their first shutout of tn
season.
Other than those two advance