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With the departure of Carl Bachman in the spring of 1930, Glouster was in need of a new coach. Joe Moleski was hired for the ‘30 and ‘31 season. In 1931 the “Big Five Conference” was created with Glouster, M&M, Crooksville, New Concord and New Lexington, but the season did not go well for the Tomcats. The recap of the year in the 1932 yearbook was very scathing toward the football program and when contracts were up for renewal in the spring of ‘32 it was made known that Glouster would hire a new coach. In that article they hinted that “a man from Athens” was the front runner. That man would be recent Ohio University graduate Kermit Blosser. Blosser was was an exceptional athlete in a number of disciplines and a national champion wrestler. When Coach Blosser arrived in Glouster he took over all of the athletic programs and immediately set a high standard for the Tomcats. By the second year of Blossers tenure, Glouster was adding to its schedule larger, non-conference opponents like SEOAL members Middleport and Nelsonville, as well as Ironton and Marietta. Blosser would leave Glouster at the conclusion of the 1936 school year to take the same position at Columbus East and later, after World War II, join the staff at Ohio University. In 2006 Ohio University renamed its athletic hall of fame to the Kermit Blosser Hall of Fame. Blosser was also inducted into the first Hall of Fame class at Trimble in 1980.
The addition of teams to the Big Five would ultimately lead to name changes. The Big Five added Caldwell in 1934 to become the Big Six, then added Philo in 1938 and changed the name to the Muskingum Valley League. The MVL would be Glouster’s athletic conference until 1964.
1930 Glouster Tomcats Coach Joe Moleski
9/19/1930 Roseville Home W 27 0
9/26/1930 Buchtel Home L 0 2
10/3/1930 M&M Home L 0 26
10/10/1930 Chauncey Away W 7 0
10/17/1930 Crooksville Away L 0 24
10/31/1930 Murray City Away T 0 0
11/14/1930 New Lexington Home L 0 25
Team: Captain-Alfred Craft, George Wolfe, Harry Morgan, Richard Woodruff, Andrew Chute, Thurman Boyer, Gail Wallace, Ralph Henry, Robert Clark, Jack Blower, James Wolfe, Earl Boyer, Harold Binderbasin, Edmund Beshara, Denzel Leach, Hartford Dunnett, Charles Sorrell, Charles Clark, Ralph Darling, Glen Price, Louis Gatchel, Louis Jewell, Joseph Beshara, Evart Henry, Robert Marshall, Homer Strohmeyer, Robert Williams, Edward Riley and manager Robert Ochs
The Buchtel game was played in what was described as a torrential downpour with the only score being a safety on a bad snap on a punt.
There was a game with the Alumni on 11/7/1930
1931 Glouster Tomcats Coach Joe Moleski
9/25/1931 Roseville Away W 23 0
10/2/1931 Chauncey Home L 0 6
10/9/1931 M&M Away L 7 13
10/16/1931 Murray City Home T 0 0
10/23/1931 Crooksville Home L 0 58
11/6/1931 New Concord Away L 0 24
11/13/1931 New Lexington Away L 0 6
The Big Five Conference is created, member schools were Glouster, M&M, Crooksville, New Concord and New Lexington
Starters: Kytta, Dunnett, Gatchel, Sorrel, Beshara, Morgan, Binderbasin, Wolf, Johnson, Henry, Woodruff, Substitutes: McCreanor, Hoffman, Clark, Marshall, McClelland, Stephenson, Jewell
1932 GlousterTomcats Coach Kermit Blosser
9/23/1932 Nelsonville Home W 6 0
9/30/1932 M&M Home L 0 31
10/14/1932 New Concord Home L 0 31
10/21/1932 New Lexington Away L 0 18
10/27/1932 Crooksville Away W 26 6
11/3/1932 Chauncey Away L 0 13
11/10/1932 Bremen Away L 4 24
According to a story published in the Athens Messenger many decades later, Blosser was hired as coach under the condition that he wouldn’t be paid until the end of the year. He was provided room and board on credit and had to pay back all debts once he received his salary.
The Athens Messenger declared the Glouster/Chauncey rivalry “as intense as Michigan and Ohio State”
Starters were: Binderbasin, Jewel, Uch, Sorrell, McClelland, Strohmeyer, Clark, Morgan, Gatchel, Hoffman, Beshara, Substitutes: Clark, Wolfe, Kleinschmidt
1933 Glouster Tomcats Coach Kermit Blosser
9/22/1933 Jacksonville-Trimble Home W 55 0
9/29/1933 Crooksville Home W 22 0
10/6/1933 Murray City Home W 22 0
10/13/1933 M&M Home W 40 6
10/20/1933 New Lexington Home W 33 6
10/26/1933 New Concord Away L 0 6
11/4/1933 Nelsonville Away W 18 0
11/11/1933 Middleport Away L 0 26
11/17/1933 Ironton Away L 0 6
11/24/1933 Chauncey Away Canceled
Starters: Binderbasin, Uch, B. Clark, Darling, Williams, Stromeyer, Higgins, Clark, Wolf, Stephenson, Rogers
The Middleport game was a night game and was heavily promoted in the local papers.
The Ironton game was a night game and the team spent the night in Ironton and returned to Glouster the following day.
The Thanksgiving Day game against Chauncey appeared on the preseason schedule but was canceled prior to the Ironton game.
1934 Glouster Tomcats Coach Kermit Blosser
9/14/1934 Jacksonville-Trimble Home W 54 0
9/21/1934 Ironton Away L 0 20
9/29/1934 Caldwell Home W 12 6
10/5/1934 M&M Away W 27 0
10/12/1934 New Concord Home W 19 6
10/19/1934 Crooksville Home W 20 6
10/25/1934 New Lexington Away L 0 13
11/10/1934 Marietta Away L 0 30
Big Six Champions
Caldwell joins the Big Five creating the Big Six
The game against Marietta was originally scheduled for September 14, but then rescheduled to November 11 and J.T. was added as the week 1 opponent.
Starters: Woods, Darling, Roberts, Faine, Lent, Bingman, McGrew, Buhla, Stephenson, Brooks, Williams
1935 Glouster Tomcats Coach Kermit Blosser
9/13/1935 Marietta Away L 0 18
9/20/1935 Ironton Away L 0 40
9/27/1935 Caldwell Home W 20 0
10/4/1935 M&M Away W 26 6
10/11/1935 New Concord Away W 6 0
10/18/1935 Jacksonville-Trimble Home W 27 0
10/24/1935 New Lexington Home W 19 0
11/1/1935 Nelsonville Away W 14 0
11/8/1935 Crooksville Away W 32 0
11/15/1935 Middleport Away L 0 18
Big Six Champions
Starters: End-William McGrew, Tackle-Dick Guinther, Guard-Dave
Roberts, Center-Bob Faine, Guard-Carl Craig, Tackle-Fred Darling
End-DeDe Woods, HB-Jack McCreanor, QB-Joe Williams, FB-Dutch
Zimmer, HB-Bill Thompson
This was the first year all league selections were made for the Big Six: Bob Faine (Player of the Year), Joe Williams, Fred Darling, Dick Guinther, Dutch Zimmer, Carl Craig
Coach Blosser leaves GHS at the end of the school year for a position at Columbus South High School
1936 Glouster Coach Bernard Sadosky
9/18/1936 Marietta Away L 0 25
10/2/1936 New Concord Home W 13 0
10/9/1936 Crooksville Home W 7 0
10/15/1936 M&M Home W 12 7
10/23/1936 Caldwell Away W 14 6
11/3/1936 Jacksonville-Trimble Home W 18 0
11/6/1936 Ironton Away L 6 39
11/11/1936 New Lexington Away T 0 0
Big Six Champions
Letterwinners: Fred Darling, Gail Roberts, Leonard Sorrell, William Howard, George Healy, Richard Buchman, Loyal Morris, Jack McCreanor, William Thompson, Lewis McAllister, Dutch Zimmer, Robert Johnson, Lewis Koehler, Richard Jauchius, Ralph Echstenkamper
Managers: Max McCormick, Bob Wolf, John Harper
Fred Darling was the captain
Assistant Coach: Paul Kamerer
All Big Six: Fred Darling(Captain), Lewis McAllister, Richard Buchman, Dutch Zimmer
Coach Sadosky had been an assistant coach under Blosser, they were both teammates and standout football players at Ohio University. At the end of the school year, Coach Sadosky took a job in Kentucky.
1937 Coach Paul Kamerer
9/7/1937 Marietta Away L 0 25
10/1/1937 New Concord Home W 26 6
10/5/1937 Jacksonville-Trimble Home W 7 6
10/15/1937 M&M Away W 39 6
10/22/1937 Caldwell Home W 31 0
10/28/1937 Nelsonville Away W 39 0
10/30/1937 Crooksville Home W 38 7
11/4/1937 New Lexington Home L 0 6
11/12/1937 Middleport Home W 13 0
11/19/1937 Ironton Away L 6 34
Big Six Champions
Starters, Line Left to Right: Bob Carter, Russell McCance, George Healy, George Tolliver, Gail Roberts, Gail Bingman, David Trasin
Backs Left to Right: Howard Dodson, Don Cooper, Lewis Koehler, Dutch Zimmer
Assistant Coach Adcock
Dutch Zimmer was the captain
The Middleport game was the first football game to feature the Glouster High School band.
“The small German band of the high school, just recently formed, will attend. This band is under the direction of Jack Millington” (Athens Messenger, 11/10/1937)
All Big Six: First Team: Zimmer (Captain) Healey, Tolliver, Second Team: Carter, G. Roberts, Cooper
1938 Glouster Coach Paul Kamerer
9/16/1938 Marietta Away L 0 28
9/23/1938 Philo Away L 0 33
9/29/1938 Caldwell Home L 0 6
10/6/1938 Crooksville Away L 0 2
10/13/1938 M&M Home L 7 13
10/21/1938 New Concord Home L 0 28
10/27/1938 New Lexington Away L 0 7
11/3/1938 Jacksonville-Trimble Home L 0 19
11/11/1938 Middleport Away L 0 19
Big Six changes its name to Muskingum Valley League 9/12/1938
Former Heavyweight Champ, Jack Dempsey attended the first quarter of the Middleport game
Team Members: Leonard Sorrell, Frank Sorrell, Walter Faine, John Woods, John Bryson, Dean Peugh, Glen Mathews, Larry Vaughn, John Cunningham, Bob Carter, Dave Trasin, Neil Roberts, Gail Bingman, Arthur Jago, Dave Rothery, Jack Duncan, Dewey Brown, Paul Deshara, Warren Chappelear, Dave Watkins, Kenneth Bingman
Assistant Coaches: L.G, DeLong, Glen Wollenhaupt
Managers: Bob Skinner, Albert Cook, Jim Davis
1939 Glouster Coach Paul Kamerer
9/15/1939 Marietta Away L 0 55
9/22/1939 Logan Away L 0 61
9/29/1939 M&M Away L 0 19
10/6/1939 New Concord Away L 0 7
10/13/1939 Caldwell Home L 7 31
10/20/1939 Jacksonville-Trimble Home L 0 18
10/26/1939 New Lexington Home W 27 19
11/2/1939 Crooksville Home W 7 6
11/10/1939 Philo Away L 7 19
Starters: Gaskalla, Roberts, Brown, Sorrel, Duncan, Rothery, Gaskalla, Peugh, Waldeck, Ginnan, Bryson
The Glouster Memorial Stadium project was publicly announced on November 13,1939
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