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WktSf TWTHTV SIX! tg SITHE MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, SUNDAY NEWS-JOUFNAL■ I ItioolvMCO IIIcoine13‘clterinen:5mOU«fIiei%BY JACK HAYESs?IIe?Fenwick High Coach Barney Otten is humming and whistling tunes while he works these days as he sees signs for a brighter season on the football field for the Falcons.Otten, who seldom uses personal pronouns when talking about hisfootball team, said:We’re lots better off than we were last year. We’re organized now and we know what we’re doing, Yes, we’re in better shapethan we were last season.*’Otten started out from scratch last fall when Fenwick opened itsprep school and fielded its firstfootball team.“We have 13 lettermen hack from last year’s team,” he * said. Hut then just about everyone *»t a letter last season. This fall we’ll have 15 sophomores on the squad.Otten carr.es around w.th him one of those little white cards that meticulous librarians fill out for their Dewey Decimal Systems.But on his card he has written down the names and positions of all the players on his 32-man quad. He can rnttle off without ahitch all the program statistics for each player.He has lettermen Joe Esselman and John Blast back to anchor the ends. Frank Keuthan, who ran from a halfback post last year, has been shifted to bolster the ends. Monogram winner* who are back bidding for first string tackles positions are Roger South, John Brell, Hugh Gln-gerlrh. Hick Rlstaneo, andTerry Fink.Terry McGuff is slated for his second season at eerier while the h guard slots are shy lt;W letter win's * ners.Veterans returning to the back-field arc Quarterback Larr.v Wolfe Halfback Tom Osust, and Fullbacks Dick Harmon and Jim Stamper. Dave Pressler, who ticked off the 100-yard dash for Fenwick )a*t spring in 10.2 seconds,s being groomtNd for a halfbackberth.den-eieetIsitKo;t1I orn v, WHO has no assistant' coaches, has split his squad into backfield men and linemen forworkouts. The backfield drills in the mornings and the linemen in the afternoons,“We have no assistant ro aches,” he said. “But wehay* tvs fire-ball freshmen managers. There they are there. That’s Tom Fink and that's Mike Abell.”i Fenwick will open its nine-game season September 20 w.th a home game at Armco field against Cincinnati DePorres.We have a biggest schedule this year,” he said. *Tt’s a tougher schedule than we played last rear. We've scheduled games with Dockland Wayne and Lockland and Seven Mile and Germantown.'•I 11 hare lo do a lot ofscouting before we meet tho*etrams. But we re all business now and we re ready for business.J Out on the practice field where_ the ?un wr.s shining you couldae i' lt;me.i . a m u 4 to his players: “We gotta get in shape. We gotta get in shape.He was shouting to these playt “1*1ta 1r Hif ers:*•f,!t1itfttENDS — Joe Esselman, JohnB ust, Frank Keuthan, Joe Christman, Leo Miller, Tony Andres,Dave Chupka.TACKLES - Roger South, John Brell, Hugh Gingerich, Dick Ris-taneo, Terry Funk, John Clark, Dick Da v, Dave Freve.CENTERS—Terry McGuff, PatScorti.GUARDS — Dave Krebs, JimKramer.BACKS — Larry Wolfe, D.ck Harmon, Jim Stamper, Tom Osust. Mat ELeff, Tim Gough. Dave Pressler, Tim Kraft, Bob Sears. Bob DeBroszi, Gregg Schne.der, Paul Scorti, Mike Kovach.
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Middletown Sunday News Journal
Middletown, Ohio, US
Sun, Aug 23, 1953
Page 26
Full Page
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