Mobile High School - Bartonian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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19 BARTONIA Grrls Basket Ball Season Thrs year when the grrls started to practice basketball they were not confronted by the drsadyantage of not havrng experlenced players as was the case rn preyrous years The players from the precedrng yea: were Capta1n Vera Haverman Frances Grayson Dana Dayrs and sev eral grrls yy ho had play ed on the second team The Armory wa the place decrded on for practlce as rt had been frxed up the year before Mrss Unruh coach and Claude Scheffelrn assrstant coach trred to develop a speedy team and they succeeded Farrhope was Bartons frrst opponent and rn thrs game Barton came out the wrnner as the frnal score was 22 16 At the end of the frrst half the score tood 9 8 rn Barton s favor but durrng the second half Barton speeded up and ended wrth a srx pornt lead The game was played on the Farrhope court and was the frrst trrp of the season The second game was wrth the Kats a local team Thrs game had a four pornt drffer ence but rn favor of the Kats The game was very excrtrng but as the Barton grrls were verv much outwerghed they lost 16 11 Thrs game showed that they could lose gamely frghtrng to the end The second trrp of the season was made to Ieakesvrlle Mrss The grrls travelled all Saturday rnornrng arrrved at Leakesvrlle at 12 30 and played at 1 00 The game was played on an out door three drvrsron court and vw as won by Leakesvrlle 22 7 The next Saturday the Leakesyrlle grrls came to Mob1le and got the surprrse of therr lry es The Barton grrls trrmmed the V1 rtrng ag gregatron by a score of 23 16 The game was very close untrl the end when Barton made a strong frnrsh Before a large crowd a tthe Y M C A the Kats played Barton agarn Another game frght was staged by our grrls but thev were defeated agarn 22 18 Barton showed her speed and her pass work but to no avarl as the Kats howed therr werght The Reds team was the next one tackled by Barton Thrs was the most excrtrng game of the season so far The score zlg zagged back and forth and ended 23 22 Barton Grayson got away from her guards and Dayrs and Stollenyy erck drd all the passrng necessarv to get the ball to her Captarn Haverman dld some trght guardrng The St Joan of Arc gli, came down to the Armory to take a game from us and almost succeeded the frnal score berng 11 9 Bar ton The St Joan of Arc grrls played fast and hard but could not keep Grayson from shootrng enough pornts to wrn the game whrle Capta1n Haverman held doyyn the enemy forwards Farrhope was not satrsfled wrth her frrst defeat but came oy er to Mob1le to ey en up matters The game was play ed at the Y M C A and Farrhope was confrdent of yyrnnrng After a few mlnutes of play N 24 O l 1 y .1 1 , '1 9 ' K 9 , 1 .1 . ' 7. I . . Q . v fn fn y 7' - 9 9 9 . 1 , uv l . , S . 1 . . . Y Q 1 V ' . . I 1'. . y 1 1 'L ' 1 , . . , . . . ' ' r 1 4 - 1 . . 1 C: Q . ,Y . , .1 1 , . . - . I , . . , . ., . . . 1 . 1 - , 1. . . .1 i . 9 ., Y - 1 - ' 9 v. . . ,A . , L . 9 . Q Q . . . . 1 ' 9 . n A - , - 1 1 - 9 9 '-' ' I 7. . 1 . 9 9 7 -. . . S A ' y - N 1 1 ' -1 ' 'W , . . 1 - . . . ., . . . Y . Y Q . 1, U . - 'I 1 v 1 ww- 1 9 - 9 C , to . ' 1 ' 1 1 v . . 1 1 1 . L x , A . A ' - f . v 1 . 9 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 9 . . 1 . . Y 7 ' . . - . 9 K 9 ' 9 1 .v y 1 . . . , . , . , 9 . , . . ' .N . . .M . 7 g . . , . Y Y . . Y. . i . - 1

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ARTONIA hoxx ex er found out that Barton xx as gO1Hg to lepeat the fu t pelfolm inte Flom the begllllllflg Balton xxas 1n the lead and as the game ploglessed the margln xx as mcleased untll the flnal SCOIQ stood 52 24 Dans stalled ln th1s game and xamped the goal 9hOOtll1g at xx1 expected Baxton then met the Conxent of V1sxtat1on Ba1ton xx as to xx1n and llxed up to he1 excpectatlon xx1nn1ng bx a score blOll911XX6lLk shoxx ed her stuff and d1d most of the hootlng Ba1ton next p1 oceeded to sxx amp the Fust Baptlst team 41 1 son 1an xx1ld and d1d all she xx anted to the goal The game xx as 1athe1 one slded but Balton dldn t Cale as1t xx as on he1 s1de The last game of a xe1x successful season xxa plax ed agamst the St I'ldIlL1S bt Methodlst team The flnal scole xx as as usual 111 faxol ot Balton 21 6 It stalted out xe1x exccltlnglx as the M9thOd1StS fust stalted stoung Acxee d1d the be t plaxlng of the ex enlng and shoxved xx hat a peach of a shot she xx as of 42 11 The present season has been one of the most suctessful exel en 1ox ed bx a gnls team at Barton A lalge numbe1 of games xxele played 16SL1ltlIlg 111 elght X1CtO119S and thlee defeats Balton won the Y M C A champ1onsh1p and the team name was englaxed on a lalge tup SCORES Balton Barton Barton Barton Barton Balton Balton Balton Barton Barton Total 21 Fan hope Leakesxllle Leakesxllle Kats Reds St Joan of Amt Ifanhope Conxent of x151t3llOD Fust Bapt1st FIBHCIN St Meth I ny!! l. X11 Yll 6 60 19 B N 24 y Q, , Q v K ' . '.S 1 - - 1 T.v Aw' 1 - v tvy' v L ' ' 1 K: - l s ' H ' , ' , . ' ll. '. , .Y , A . Y v. . J i - U . . V '. 'K -7' G.ay- ' 1 . - . . .v ' ' Y Y '. , , - . 1 L . Q , . - . . . y y 1 S ' ' ' 1' 1' l . l . ' ................ 22g ,g....,............. 16 Barton .,.,.........gg. 11g Kats ,,.,..,,v,....,,..,,,,.,..., 16 ' .gg.,.,......... 233 'f' .....,,,,.,..... 16 ' ..g............. 113 . 'f ,.g,.,..,, 9 ' .....,,..,,..... 523 ' ,l......,..,..,..... 24 ' -----,-,----AYi' 7 YT-' ' .........,,..... 41g .gg...,,,..... 7 213 St. ' . 1 . 1 1 l 3