Herman Fetzer (24 June 1899 – 17 January 1935), better known as "Jake Falstaff" to Akron Times and Cleveland Press readers, was an American writer and journalist.
[1] He worked briefly for the Akron Beacon Journal and published several books and poetry, two of them based on his Teutonic folk hero, Reini Kugel.
[2] While working at the Akron Beacon Journal, his desk sat adjacent to writer Josephine Van De Grift, columnist of Demi-Tasse and Mrs. Grundy.
Upon her death in 1927, Herman wrote a full front page tribute to Josephine for the Akron Beacon Journal on 23 August 1927, which was reprinted in November of the same year.
Largely through the efforts of his widow, Hazel, several volumes of his work were published posthumously: The Bulls of Spring: Selected Poems (1937); 3 volumes of Ohio farm stories culled from a "Rural Vacation" series composed for the Press; a representative Fetzer anthology, Pippins and Cheese (1960); and Jake Falstaff Selections to Make You Thirsty (1969).