Colonel "Art" Meehan - He dis­ tinguished himself on the football field and in the service of his country.

By Joe Cahill

F OOTB LL TEAM come and go but at West Point his mighty armada of bombers took off into the night. there is one team that will Ii e on in the memory The mi ion, if succe ful, would be Ii ted as the of every graduate. That team i the 1926 aggregation. longe·t over-water bombing fli ght in a rial combat Man for man, pound for pound, that club had many hi tory. With deft preci ion the gallant Colonel' of the greate t football players ever to attend the bombers followed him over the target and "bombed Military Acad my. Their powerful offen ive play was the hell out of them." Ieehan called the righ t play topped only by a great Iotre Dame powerhou e who again! ot a plane was lo t in thi gigantic under­ barely eked out a one touchdown deci ion putting the taking and the Jap in tallation were practically de­ only blemish on an otherwi e succe ful sea on. The moli heel. For thi daring mi ion Colonel 1eehan was motto of thi great team wa : "Fi~ht on to victory." awarded the Distinguisned Flying Cro s. And these eleven men did ju t that! The crappy little loved to fi ght a he had It was on this team that Art Meehan fir t di played loved to play. hortly after the amazing attack on the grim determination and awe-in piring play that Wake, Meehan disappeared. Reports were vague a ha carried him to the pinnacle of succes in the to what had happened to the quietly efficient hero of Pacific. He vani hed durinu a greater game of war. He was hort in stature and never the aerial war in the 0 tipped the cales above 155 pounds. But ize was no night bombing mi ion omewhere in the Soulhwe t detriment to thi human dynamo. Time after time Art Pacific in weather that was d crihed a "stinking." brilliantly matched the skill and aggres ivene of hi Art wa gallantly playing his u ual role as the "lead­ heavier opponent and thrilled at the opportunity of er. ' It was another perilous combat flight and his dumping a 200 pound tackle with a cleverly executed squadron members could not tell where hi plane had block. In pite of hi size Meehan fit nicely into the di appeared, but it was over Jap-held ew Guinea cadet attack directinu the offen ive play of his team­ probably Rabaul. Ironically, on the fir t anniver ary mate from the quarterback po ition. He wa a fear­ of the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor, Art's wife and le s player and was always at hi best when the going two children received the di heartening teleo-ram from was toughe t. the ~ 'ar Department stating that Colonel Ieehan was "mi sing in action." WHETHER you are liRtening to exciting Lories of far away land Today . Colonel Meehan ha matched his gridiron career with an equally astonishing record on the field The flying Colonel i a product of ~ ·ood tock, Illinoi . or sneakin" a nap after dinner, ) on will find that a colt Lawn of battle. ince the outbreak of ho tilitie rt has Born in eptember, 1904, he cho e We t Point and ght. hortly after then the Air Corp for a career. Ju t a he put every­ provides a selling that' , hard Lo heal ,:, * ext prmg treat your found himself in the thicke t of the fi Pearl Harbor he planned and executed many deva tat­ thing he had into the game of football, Art put his yard to colt eed and Turf Builder. Own an outdoor living-room ing raid again t Japane e installation in the outh­ heart into flying and his ucce s wa meteoric. He west Pacific. attained the Latu of a Command Pilot, in addition to th ntir fomil can njoy *,:, If our dealer can't uppl you, riL Combat and Aircraft Observer. In June, 1942, he quarterbacked the be t play of his came in 1932 when ll"rite for a frt'P subscription life. The cagey Jap army had in tailed huge coa tal His final whirl at the grid game l Y, M RY ' ILL•, OHI e t Point to a i t M. TT ro O CO fP lo /,men C11re. Tl,e.w, b11/­ batteries and impenetrable defen e on Wake I land. the young olon l wa recalled to ~ ' le1i11s are chocl,·.full of bet­ with the coaching of the Army backfield. / er la w,i recipes. It was widely known that if our armie were to be uc­ ce sful in launching their offen ive in the Pacific, Official word ha not been received as to the fate of Wake Island fortification mu t be quickly and de­ this out landing American but from We t Pointer ci ively impaired. Art gave the ignal just a though everywhere comes the salute that hi job was "well SEED and IURE BUILDER . • lHE~~ he were calling one of the touchdown play m ')ne of clone." Army's important traditional tilt . The time element and end in battle! ---~RO\lEN COMBIN"ATION EOR BE~UIIFUL L"AWNS_ _,, was important and with no alternative Meehan \t'ho can deny, football pays divid -OHIO STATE

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Bob Hope in "The Princess and the Pirate," shot Ann Blyth, Rosemary deCamp, Gavin Muir and in glorious all-Technicolor, is the weekend's ranking John Miljan also are trouping in "The Merry Mon­ attraction for our gridtime visitors. Produced by ahans," which is a better musical than you might Samuel Goldwyn with his customary disregard for g1e1ess from its corny title. There's authority and expense, this swashbuckling escapist piece is being authenticity in almost every detail of this homely, shown by the RKO PALACE. And to crowds. appealing, nostalgic saga of vaudeville and its peo­ ple of another era. GORDON APPLEBY Cleveland's Mr. Hope, the First Citizen of Fullback Quarterback- Halfback Captain-Center Comedy of Hollywood ( ask any G .I., in any fox­ The show further is a cavalcade of great musical Fredericktown, 0 . Parma, 0 . Massillon, 0 . hole) has the support of Virginia Mayo, Walter hits of alt time, including reprises of "Missouri Brennan, W .alter Slezak and Victor McLaglen in Waltz," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "Some of this long-heralded attraction. The Palace has added These Days," "I Hate to Lose You," "In My Merry Donald Barry and Ruth Terry in "My Buddy," Oldsmobile," "Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie to fill out its current dual. Melody," "Rose Room," and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose." Of the orig­ "Summer Storm," now at LOEW'S OHIO, re­ inals composed expressly for its core, "Lovely" is vives the scene and reviews the foibles and problems the leader. of Russian aristocracy of 1912. A finely etched drama of passion and grim decadence has been The Grand also is exhibiting "The Invi ible Man's drawn from this adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Revenge," fifth of a series of fast-moving but pre­ "The Shooting Party." George Sanders and Linda posterous chiller-diller fables. The cast is top­ Darnell are starred, with the latter's portrayal of drawer for this type vehicle, being headed by Jon the beauteous and designing Olga a recommended Hall, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ank­ portraiture. A proved artist, Sanders gives another ers, Leon "Rubber Lgs" Errol, lean John Carradine, adept performance as Judge Petroff. Newcomer Doris Lloyd and Billy Bevan. Hall's maniac with Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Anna Lee and a persecution cG>mplex is the capital portrayal. Sig. Rumann are singled from the support for L O EW'S BROAD has stocked a brace of re­ citations. issues from Warner Brothers. There's the florid RAY DIPIERRO ERNEST COTTRELL melodrama, "Tiger Shark," as a running mate for Guard Tackle "Summer Storm'' is shy on action, being primar­ Toledo, O. Curtice, 0 . " Brother Rat." Edward G. Robinson, Zita Johann ily a conversation piece. But its biting, taut dialog, and Richard Arlen head "Tiger Shark." Jolly, its expe rt characterizations and its generally smooth warfree days on the campus at V.M.I. form the direction (by Douglas Sirk, co-author of the scen­ background for "Brother Rat," and that title refers ario with Rowland Leigh) combine to make it an to a term of comradeship bietween lower classmen attraction of merit in Loew's Ohio. United Artists at that military school. W ayne Morris, Priscilla is the distributor, Seymour Nebenzal having pro­ Lane, Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan are its duced the drama for Angelus Pictures, Inc. The happy castmastes. Ohio's supplementary feature is Richard Dix and Janis Carter in "Mark of the Whistler," bearing a Stage foreca t: If you're in town Sunday night Columbia trademark. (or through Wednesday), the HARTMAN, at State Brash Donald O'Connor manages to be bear­ and Third Sts., offers the beloved American com­ able in Universal's "The Merry Monahans." In edy, "Life With Father," on its stage. Carl Ben­ the company of his stock ingenue, Peggy O'Ryan, ton Reid is the father of this touring company .... the only O'Connor is cutting up touches currently on And if you will be back for the Pittsburgh game the RKO GRAND screen. Miss Peggy and Don­ next Saturday, you're reminded the Hartman then ald are playing the children of a vaudeville family will have the aforementioned Mr. Chekhov's "The act headed by Jack Oakie. Ahem-you should see Cherry Orchard." Eva LeGallienne and Joseph BOB BRUGGE TOM KEANE how plump Jack has become! Schildkraut are its tar . Halfback Quorterback Halfback Sidney, 0 . Bellaire, 0 . Parma, O.

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CARROLL C. WIDDOES First row: Stovall, Mihojlovich; Congdon, Miller, Bond us, Bru enoehler, Coffee, Harbison, Krupa, Horn. Second raw: Uecker, Herron, Ciolli, Raimondi, Armstrong, Bommer, Thompson, Hodor, J. Peterson, Nestor, Linko, Sundheim. Third row: Klus­ Acting Head Coach :z:ewski, Berger, Guthrie, Lehman, Cannady, Roper, Fra nk, Freeland, Jagade, Tavener, Parker. Top row: Madak, Sfura, Joseph, Deranek, Meyer, Kempf, Orfanos, Sowinski, A. Peterson, Russell. ' 7 WILLIAM ARMSTRONG RALPH THOMPSON HARRY JAGADE Halfback Halfback Fullback

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Indiana University's football coach, Alvin (Bo) to continue his tudies before entering the aval Acad­ McMillin, who did such a fine job in building up a emy. Although out of form when he reported in Sep­ first-rate civilian football team from almo t no ma­ tember, "Bunchy" is rapidly getting hi "grid leg " and terial at all in 1943, eem to have rung the bell again again is the big gun in the Hoosier offense. Ohio fans with his 19-1--1- Indiana eleven. Freshmen at the Hoosier will remember Hoern chemeyer for his last-second pa s institution are going on the gridiron as never before, which gave Indiana a 20-14 victory over Ohio tate in and the quad made up again of 80 per cent first­ Columbus last year. JACK DUGGER year material. JACK REDD JOE MASCIO The Hoo ier are by no mean hort on freshman End Guard Canton, 0 . Halfback Where he had only aptain John Tavener and End talent this year. In the backfield there are George Sund­ Columbus, 0 . Ravenna, 0 . to begin with in 1943, McMillin this season heim and Harry J agade, the fullback twins who have could count himself a little more bles ed, e pecially in been pacing Indiana's coring thi season. Both are hard the line. There he had Tavener, one of the Western runner and difficult to stop. At halfback, there's Abe Conference's outstanding center and field generals who Addam , hard-running fre hman who was all-state, all­ played a standout game with the College all-stars la t city and all-southern halfback at Louisville, Ky. To re­ lieve Hoernschemeyer, Indiana Augu t, and four ophomore and one other senior letter­ has Bobby Miller and Del Ru ell, a couple of re pectable pa ser , and Benny men back from hi 1943 squad, which won 4, lost 4 and Raimondi, promising passer who is out of action cur­ tied 2. rently with a dislocated shoulder. The sophomores are Bob Raven berg, shifted from In the line, Mc::\i1illin counts on the following for guard to an end position where he has been playing the mot duty: stronger on defen e than ever; Frank Ciolli, rated as Ted Klu zewski, 215-pound freshman end; Carl es- one of the mid west's be t guards, and Tackles Joe tor, freshman guard from East Chicago; Bill Uecker, Sowinski and Joe Kempf, both of whom saw enough Kluszew ki's fir t replacement at the wing post; George action with last year' Hoosiers to earn starting berth Parker, Tavener' relief at center; Dick Frank, an­ other end, and Jack: Congdon, also an end, Ravensberg's in every game this fall. The senior is J. C. Coffee, r relief. Har negro guard of 1943, who is ju t now recovering from injuries enough to see full duty. Ed McLean, Bill Arm trong, !\like fodak, and Ralph Thompson, are the other leading ub titute in the In­ To start the season, McM illin had only Veteran John diana backfield. Cannady, quarterback, remaining in his backfield. Can­ nady, a 60-minute player in 1943, backs up the Hoosier All in all, Indiana's football team of 1944 seem to GEORGE NEFF WILLIAM HACKETT MATT BROWN Guard line and is extremely valuable to Indiana on defen e. be one made up of talented freshman players who are Guard Fullback Bellaire, 0 . London, O. eager to win, but conscious they make many mistakes, Canton, 0 . Two days before the Illinois game on Sept. 23, Bobbv which they are willing to correct. Hoernschemeyer, the country's leading ground gainer a. a fre hman in 1943 and the Big ine's leading passer, Such a combination should please any coach-and does turned up on a pecial order discharge from the Iavy "Bo" McMillin.

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No. Name Pas. Wt. Home Town Class 90 Warren Amliog ______RT 196 Pana, Ill. Soph. • SO Gordon Appleby ______c 182 Maasillon, 0. Senior 28 Kenneth BoxwelL ______FB 178 Xenia, 0. Fresh. •·rn Matthew Brown ______FB 168 Canton, 0. Soph. 11 Robert Brugge ______HB us Parma, 0. Fresh. 33 Ollie Cline ______FB 194 Fredericktown, 0. Fresh. HAROLD R. WOOD 0 . S. U 92 Ernest CottrelL ______Curtice, Fresh. . '31 LT 214 0. Vice Pres., and Gen . Mgr. 82 Traian Dendiu ______RE 182 Campbell, 0. Fresh. To help the other boys 73 Charles Diamond ______L T 194 Ashtabula, 0. Fresh. • 68 Ray DiPierro ______LG at war 192 Toledo, 0. Fresh. Complete "One +S Robert Dove ______- Stop" QB 165 Ashland, O. Fresh. G-uaranteed Let's all invest our jack. •ss Jack Dugger ______LE 210 Canton, 0. Senior Just lay down nineteen 26 John Ehrsam------FB 168 Toledo, 0. Fresh. dollars 27 Richard Flanagan ______HB 189 Sidney, 0 . Fresh. SERVICE 46 George Gordon ______QB 153 Maumee, Ohio Fresh. for And get a 88 Frank Graper ______RT 204 Maumee, 0. Fresh. *quarterback. •96 William Hackett ______RG 191 London, 0. Junior 84 M. N. Hamilton ______RE 174 Toledo, 0 . Fresh. ALL MAKES 52 Kendall Herron • ft takes 011ly $18.75 for ______c 183 Willoughby, 0. Fresh. $25.0Q worth of freedom. •22 Leslie Horvath ______RH 167 Parma. 0. Senior 81 Richard Jackson ______LE 181 Wellsville, 0. Fresh. • 36 Gene J anccko ______LH 156 Campbell, 0. Fresh. 44 Tom Keane ______QB 178 Bellaire, 0. Fresh. 34 Dan T. Klofta ______FB 178 Toledo, O. Fresh. •86 Paul Maltinsky ______LG 188 Wheeling, W . Va. Junior 14 Joe Mascio ______RH 192 Ravenna, 0. Fresh. SMITH 80 J oho Motejzik ______LE 188 Parma, 0. Fresh. 72 Norman McElheny ______RT 194 Tiffin, 0 . Fresh. 74 Robert McGinni•------LT 194 Wyoming, 0. Fresh. •94 George Neff ______LG 198 Bellaire, 0. Soph. 12 Myron Powelson ______RH 158 Zanesville, 0 . Fresh. '7~ ~r,ede,i •60 &~ Jack Redd (fe, ______RG 181 Columbus, 0. Junior 54 Charles Renner ______C 178 Akron, 0 . Fresh. . Sli Robert Ryan ______c us Columbus, 0. Soph. COLUMBUS, OHIO LEE SS Max Schnittker ______C 181 Sandusky, 0. Fresh. Athletic Equipment 64 Tom Snyder ______LG 187 Upper Sandusky, 0. Fresh. 10 Tony Stranges ______RH 157 St. Clairesville, 0. Fresh. 120 E. BROAD COL'S, O. • 9g Russell Thomas______RT 220 Huntington, W. Va. Soph. • liS George Toneff ______RG 175 Barberton, 0 . Fresh. 42 Jerry Tuttle ______QB 176 Kent, 0. Fresh. ENGRAVINGS and COLOR. Distributors For PLATES 15 Robert Wallace ______LE 167 Massillon, 0 . Fresh. SPOT-BILT RAWLINCS 24 Richard Wandke ______LH 185 Toledo, 0 . Fresh. O'SHEA SPALDINC •99 William Willia ______• L T 205 Columbus, 0 . Senior • Denotes letterman Wholesale and Retail

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No. Name Po,. 10 Stranges, Tony ------HB 11 Brugge, Bob ------HB 12 Powelson, Myron ------HB 14 Mascio, Joe ------HB 22 Horvath, Leslie ______QB 24 W andke, Richard ------HB 26 Ehrsam, John ------FB 27 Flanagan, Richard ------HB 28 Boxwell, Kenneth ------FB Win or Lose, Visit the 33 Cline, Ollie ------FB 34 Klofta, Dan ------FB 36 Janecko, Gene ------H,B 40 Brown, Matthew ------FB 42 Tuttle, Jerry ______QB 44 Keane, Tom ------OB 45 DoYe, Robert ------QB 46 (}ordon, George ------OB SO Appleby, (}ordon (C) ------C 52 Herron, Kendall ------C FOR HEADQUARTERS 54 Renner-, Charlca ------C 0 . S. U. Intercollegiate Alumni Au'n. 55 Duuer, Jack: ------End 56 Rran, Robert ------C Enjoy a Delightful Evening 58 Schnittker, Max ------C i.n the 60 Redd. Jack: ------G 64 Snyder, Tom ------G 65 Tooeff, '-eo?"Ee ------· ------G ~~· 68 DiPierro, Ray ------· ------G DINNER and DANCING 72 McElhcoy, Norman ------T 73 Diamond, 9larles ------T Feoturiwg 74 McGiDois, Robert ------G 011cf of Melody 1•4 Waples His Me 80 Motejzik, John ------Ea.d Moyse, Vocal wilt. Chored 82 Dendiu, Traian ------End 84 Hamilton, M. N. ------End SAPPHIRE ROOM I S Wallace, Roltert ------End Sl1.ICTR> MENUS AND A LA CARTE 86 Maltin1ky, Paul ------G 87 J ack:90tl, Richard ------End THE SPANISH ROOM 88 G-raper, Frank ------T and COCKTAIL LOUNGE 90 Amlin~, Warren ------T For a luncheon or dinner 92 Cottrell, Ernest ------T HEA DQU ARTERS FOR 94 Nefi, George ------G INDIANA FOOTBALL TEAM AND 96 Hackett, William ------G ALU MNI ASSN. 98 Thomas, Russell ------T PLAN YOUR PARTY AT THE DESHLER -W~LLICK 99 Willis, William ------T 1000 Rooms - 1000 Baths - Garage Fac11lt1es L. C. Wallick, Pres.

16 OHIO STATE FB Cline 33 LHB QB RHB Flanagan 27 Keane 44 Horvath 22 c Appleby (Cl 50 LE LT LG RG RT RE Dugger Willis Snyder Hackett Amling Dendiu .55 99 64 96 90 82 ENDS CENTERS BACKS 87 Jackson 52 Herron 28 Boxwell 8.5 Wallace .54 Renner 40 Brown 80 Motejzik 56 Ryan 11 Brugge 84 Hamilton 58 Schnittker 4.5 Dove 26 Ehrsam TACKLES GUARDS 46 Gordon 92 Cottrell 68 DiPierro 36 Janeclco 73 Diamond 86 Maltinslcy 34 Klofta 72 McElhen 94 Neff 14 Mascio 74 McGinni: 60 Redd l2 Powelson 98 Thomas 65 Toneff 10 Stranges 42 Tuttle 2 Field judge-D 4 Wandlce Head Linesman~~~hE.n ~eesecPhee (Denison). (Oberlin). AFTER THE "GUN" Indiana PLAYING NUMBERS \/ -cJ • No. Name Pos. ~ ; /~ 10 Robert Miller ______H alfback ] 1 Louis Mihajlovich ______Guard GET TOGETHER AT m ] 2 William Armstrong ______Halfback 15 Edwin McLean ______HB-End 16 Torn fura ______Center New VICTORY BOOM 19 Leroy tevall ______Halfback 22 Robert Meyer ______Quarterback 24 George Orfanos ______Fullback 25 Thom Bondus ______End 26 Mike Modak ______Quarterback 27 Jack Herron ______Halfback 28 George Sundheim ______Fullback 33 Ralph Thompson ______Halfback 35 Harry J agade ______Fullback THE CROWD TO THE 37 Del Russell ______HB-End FOLLOW 38 John Cannady ______Quarterback SMARTEST AND LIVELIEST SPOT 40 Ben Raimondi ______Halfback 41 Mike Linko ______HlB-End IN TOWN. DANCE MUSIC BY TOP 42 Robert Hoern ch emeyer ______Halfback FLIGHT ORCHESTRAS • • 43 Abe Addams ______Halfback • • 46 Henry Krupa ______Center 50 Harvey Freeland ______Halfback 54 John Tavener ______Center 57 Melvin Groomes ______End 58 Joseph Guthrie ______Tackle 60 J.C. Coffee ______Guard 61 Robert Ravensberg ------End-Tackle 62 Frank Ciolli ------Guard 64 Robert Harbison ______Guard 65 George Parker ______Center 67 Carl Nestor ______G1:1ard Delicious Food and Drinks 68 Al Hodor ______Guard at Popular Prices 70 Allan Horn ______Center 73 William B ammer ______Guard-Tackle 75 John Roper ---~------Tackle 76 Robert Joseph ______Tackle 77 Joseph Sowinski ------Tackle PRINTING SERVICE 78 Arthur Lehman ______Tackle 79 Joseph Kempf ______Tackle-Guard 80 Davia Shapiro ______:. ______Guard 81 John Congdon ------End NEVER A COVER CHARGE NOT TO FORGET 82 Richard Frank ______End-Tackle If in doubt, about capable printers for your next 83 Ted Kluszewski ------End large catalog or direct advertising folde r- Remember 84 James Peterson ______End NEIL HOUSE 86 Richard Bruenoehler ------End 87 William Uecker ______End-Tackle Virgil C. Murphty, Mgr. 88 Richard Deranek ______Halback-E CABBOLL PRESS 89 Alvin Peterson ______End "Just acrou from the Ca pitof'

OF COLUMBUS 21 1944 Indiana Roster INDIANA-OHIO STATE FOOTBALL GAME No. Name Position Class Wt. Ht. Home Town (ll.S.) 10 Robert Miller ______H a lfback Fr. 167 5-9 Chicago, Ill. (Taft) 11 Louis Mihajlovich ______Guard Fr. 165 5-11 outh Bend (Riley) 12 William Arm trong ______Halfback Fr. 170 5-8 Evansvill e ( Bosse) 15 Edwin McLean ______HB-End Fr. 170 5-10 Indianapolis (Tech ) 16 Tom Sfura* ______Center Fr. 170 5-1 0 East Chicago (Roo evelt) 19 Leroy Stovall ______Ha lfbac!, Fr. 160 5-+ Benton Harbor, Mich. 22 Robert Meyer ______Quarterback Fr. 190 5-11 Indianapolis {Tech ) 24 George Orfanos* ______Fullback Soph. 170 5-11 East Chicago (Roosevelt) 25 Thom Bondus ______End Fr. 185 5-1 0 Chicago ( outh bore) 26 Mike Modak ______Quarterback Fr. 196 5-11 Campbell, 0 . ( Memorial) 27 Jack Herron ______Halfback Fr. 158 5-8 Logansport 28 George Sundheim ______Fullback Fr. 200 6-0 LaGrange, Ill. 33 Ralpb Thompson ______Halfback Fr. 170 5-9 Indianapoli hortridge) 35 Harry Jagade ______Fullback Fr. 200 6-0 River Grove, Ill. 37 Del Ru sell ______HB-End Fr. 170 6-0 Park Ridge, Ill. 38 John Cannady** ______Quarterback oph. 195 6-1 Owen boro, Ky. 40 Ben Raimondi ______Halfback Soph. 180 5-lC Brooklyn, Y. {Erasmus) 41 Mike Linko ------HB-End Soph. 165 5-9 Whiting 42 Robert Hoern chemeyer** _____ Halfback Soph. 190 5-11 Cincinnati, 0. (Elder) 43 Abe Addam ______Halfback Fr. 197 6-2 Louisvme, Ky. (Male) 46 Henry Krupa ______Center Fr. 170 5-S E. Chicago (Roosevelt) 50 Harvey Freeland ______Halfback Fr. 165 5-ll LaPorte 54 John Ta vener*" ______Center Sr. 220 6-0 Johnstown, 0. 57 Melvin Groomes ______End Fr. 160 6-0 Trenton, N. ] . 58 Joseph Guthrie ______Tackle Fr. 190 6-0 Cincinnati, 0 . ( Elde.r ) 60 J. C. Coffee* ______Guard ICE r. 195 5-7 Evan vifle (Lincoln) 61 Robert Ra vensberg** ______End-Tackle Soph. 174 6- 1 Bellevue, Ky. 62 Frank Ciolli** ______Guard Soph. 177 s-g Campbell, 0. ( Memorial) 64 Robert Harbison ______Guard Fr. 190 5-11 Evansville (Central) 65 George Parker ______Center Fr. 207 6-2 Chicago, Ill. {Amundsen ) COAL 67 Carl estor ______Guard Fr. 175 5-8 E. Chicago (Roosevelt) 68 Al Hodor ______Guard Fr. 170 5-9 E. Chicago {Roosevelt) AND 70 Allan Horn ______Center Fr. 180 5-11 Huntington 73 William Bammer ______Guard-Tackle Fr. 190 6-0 Evansville (Central ) 75 John Roper ------Tackle Fr. 206 6-5 Campbell, 0. (Memorial) Sto ker COAL 76 Robert Joseph ______Tackle Fr. 230 5-10 Gary (Erner on ) CHARCOAL FOR SALE 77 Joseph Sowinski** ------Tackle Soph. 200 6--0 E. Chicago (Roosevelt) 78 Arthur Lehman ______Tackle Soph. 196 6-3 Cedar Lake 79 Jo eph Kempf** ______Tackle-Guard Soph. 213 5-10 Loui ville, Ky. ( Manual) 80 David hapiro ______Guard Fr. 165 5-8 Joliet, Ill, 81 John Congdon ______End Fr. 175 5-9 Chicago, Ill. {Taft) 82 Rich a rd Frank ______End-Tackle * Fr. 185 6-2 Chicago, Ill. (Amund en) 83 Ted Kluszewski ______End Fr. 215 APPLE "HONEY" HELPS KEEP 6-2 Argo, Ill. 84 James Peter on ______End Fr. 160 5-8 Joliet, Ill. MURRAY CITY 86 Richard Bruenoehler ______End Fr. 165 5-9 Brazil 87 William Uecker ______End-Tackle Fr. 180 6-1 LaGrange, Ill. 88 Richard Deranek ______Halfback-End Fr. 180 COAL & ICE CO. OLD GOLDS 5-11 FRmt~ South Bend (Central ) 89 Alvin Peterso n ------End Fr. 170 6- 1 Chicago, Ill. (Foreman ) 1 3 3 4 EDCEHILL ROAD • A mist of Apple ri~\ ** Letter winners in 19+3 . "Honey" is sprayed f · ti,t '?"' """~, · UN. 1151 UN. 11S2 on Old Gold's fine to- ·. * Member of 1943 reserve team. baccos to help hold in the natural freshness.

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As Time Passes-- Completed 1922 OHIO STADIUM Stands as Positive Evidence of the Enduring Strength Possible to Attain in Concrete by Using MARBLE CLIFF LIMESTONE SAND MARBLE CLIFF CRUSHED LIMESTONE THE MARBLE CLIFF QUARRIES CO. COLUMBUS , OHIO CARL NESTOR WILLIAM UECKER Guard End 25 2-t an ALL AMERICAN •••

-At-- i outstandingly GOOD • TRY Olentangy Bowling Center ISALY'S 1652 N. High St. Buckeye 185 N. High St. Potato Chips You Get the 90 N. High St. Best In• Dairy taste the differ en ce 9. E State St. Better- Days Fresher and Food Products • 67 E. State St. •' ..,, I I I •• \\ Stores Everywhere Columbus Air Port I' I l I •,1 1 11 Luncheons and Dinners 2687-89 East Fifth Avenue Columbus 3, Ohio "----~· I t I t MOORES~ ROSS +i i-··- ·- ··- ··- ·- ·-··- ·-··-·-··-··-··-··-·-··-··-·+! i INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT I ICE CREAM I = 15 A SURE i ~,_:_ C.1.-~:•• ,,_ ! i vnm ~,L ! Wl~NER .I :I 1. • Construction cost $1,341,000. J ! 1· :I Permanent seats 62, 11 0. i ! Temporary capacity 72,000. i !I Seats in lower deck 41,000 i • Seats in upper deck 21,000 J I = j Box Seats, 3344. ! j Closest seats are 72 feet from the side- ! PERFORM THE COMMISSARY : lines, farthest seats 231 feet. I SERVICE OF THE NATION! I Circumference one third mile. ! TAKE a million persons, multiply them by f Ground area 10 acres. t three meals a day and you have the picture f Length 752 V2 feet, width 596 feet, 8 in. l of the service being carried on for the home Height of wall 98 feet 3 inches. , i front by the restaurants of Ohio. Add ration· Material concrete and steel. i 19 N. HiiJh Street ing of food and shortage of labor • and T we Ive ramps feed 112 aisles. you'll admit they are doing a swell job! I TABLE SERVICE DAY and NIGHT Tickets may be taken from one to 81 en­ ! ~ Quick Self-Service trances. ! Seven hundred ushers are required to i THE OHIO STATE handle a capacity crowd. RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION l • RE;;;i~;r~NT I ! COLUMBUS +·- ··- ··- ·-·- ··-··-··-··- ··-·- ··--··- ··----..-.+ 27 26 ROBERT RAVEN SBER G ABE ADDAMS JOHN CONGDON End-Tackle Halfback En d

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T H E Home of Famous Purple Cow and The Oasis Cocktail Bar Fort Hayes * * * COLUMBUS For Food and Beverages Private Dining Room - 350 ROOM'S ALL WITH BATH Large Ball Room TONY STRANGES PAUL MAL TINSKY J ERRY TUTTLE Halfback Guard Quarterback Breakfasts, Luncheons - Dinners St. Clo iresville, O. Wheeling, W . Va. Kent. 0 . Visit Our Beautiful Reasonable Prices Mandarin Cocktail Bar * * * Make your room reservations with us RATES FROM $3.00 -$1.50 UP r CHAS. L. BEATHARD J. R. PENEBAKER Resident Manager Resident Manager R. I. GRIFFITH, MANAGING DIRECTOR

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Producers • Shippers Viereck The Florist SUNDAY CREEK • SUN -KINC 84 S. Fourth St. Columbus, Ohio • SUNDALIA COALS KENNETH BOXWELL ROB ERT DOVE GENE JANECKO Fullback Quarterback Halfback Xenia , O. Ashland, 0 . Campbell, 0 . 30 31 HENNICKS RESTAURANT AND PIPE SHOP GOOD FOOD A t the Gate of the C ampus FOR OVER 31 YEARS The " Seat of Socialology" for Students and Alumni (Many more new University Activity Plaques on our W alls)

~ t4at '!<~ ~tk ~att! SOCIETY BRAND SOCIETY BRAND " HUDDLER " " STAUNCHLEY " You won't find me warming TOP COAT SUIT the bench on a powe~ Always $50 Has Stamina and Style $60 house play like this one. " EXCLUSIVE HEADQUARTERS FOR SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES" We're winning, sure, but the Axis has a tough, tricky team in there against us, and we OPEN MON.-WED.-FRI . } can't sit back and rest on { EVES. 'TILL 9 P. M. l~au,f/·~3. our laurels. We need all the power we can throw into the line. Maybe I can't carry the ball, 1 ROGER W. "BUD" TRACY but there's plenty REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR I can do to back up the man who IS toting it. I'm tackling AUDITOR OF STATE a vital Army job - and Class of 26 Varsity O that's the kind of tackle Tennis Captain Sigma Chi that counts in my game. The Women's Army Corps H offers us a chance to play on America's first team. Continue Good Government Pick YOUR position today ! by Re-electing C. P. LAUDERBAUGH Wffllffl4 Afflttf Gir4 and ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES GEO. W. MATSON Republican Candidates for Franklin County Commissioners CHIN KY FREAR SERVICE STATION \\> 111 . 1r . u~rkhc111er, ec' y C. I ... Lnud,~rhnugh Firestone Dealer-City Service Products Sold 1550 CLEVELAND AVE. Home and Auto Supplies 33 T.he 8th Season!

For the eighth consecutive season, WBHS is proud to bring Central Ohio listeners the Ohio State Foot­ ball Gomes. If the times prevent your attendance, tune your radio to 1460 and let Johnnie Neblett and Irwin Johnson bring you the WHEN ploy-by-play and color in every you'RE detail. Any important news de­ velopment will be brought you HUNGRY, during the game. THIRSTY, Tl~ED Sponsored by ATLANTIC REFINING Now BA£KTHE More Than Ever Leckie Quality COAL COMPANY, Inc. ATIACK Is COLUMBUS, OHIO .WITH Important Insist Upon * BONDS Miners and Shippers cfea&eot .. ICE CREAM POCAHONTAS NEW RIVER • WEST VIRGINIA and KENTUCKY THE TELLING-BELLE VERNON Co. Division National Dairy Products Corp. 245 E. Town ADams 2171 COAL Tune in The Sealtest Village Store

~~ LAST SCORES WITH 1944 OPPONENTS== Home Games Team Year Opponent Ohio State Team Year Opponent Ohio State Pittsburgh ____ 194 3 6 46 Missouri _____ 1943 6 27 Michigan ____ 1943 45 7 Iowa ______1934 7 40 Great Lakes __ l 943 13' 6 Games Away Minnesota ____ l 940 13 7 Wisconsin ____ 1942 17 7 Indiana ______1943 20 14 Illinois ______l 94 3 26 29

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