Piqua Central High School - Piquonian Yearbook (Piqua, OH)

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?-'vv - PIQUONIAN -. .. ?77 Senior Lettermen NEAL BUTTS-Football '30, '31, baseball '30, '31g track '31, golf '31. Neal has worked hard in athletics and won many letters. He was especially well known in football, for he seemed to be always in the center of things. GEORGE CAMERON--Baseball '30. Other activities kept George rather busy, but he found time to participate in baseball. BOB CAMPBELL-Football '30, track '30. Remember that Bexley football game when Bob faded out of the picture? But he came back with plenty of pluck and easily won his letter. CHARLES CLARKSON-Football '30, basketball manager '31. In presenting Charlie with his letter Mr. Sims remarked that he really looks like an Indian. At any rate, he surely helped to take the opponents' scalps. JOHN COMOLLI-Football '29, '30, track '30, 31. Dashing John earned a name for himself in football as a quarterback. He also showed good form in track. ED. FOUST-Football manager '29. There must always be someone to do the dirty work. Ed. managed the undefeated team of '29 very efliciently. BOB HYDEMAN-Track '31, No fellow ever worked more diligently to earn his letter than Bob. He certainly deserves it. BEN KERNS-Golf '28, '29, '30, '31. We'll remember Ben as the long, lean, lanky lad who swings a mean golf club. DICK KERNS-Golf '28, '29, '30, '3l. We don't know what the golf team will do without the Kerns brothers. DICK LEVERING-Football '30. Dick earned a letter at guard on the football team last year. CALVIN MATZKE-eBasketball manager '30. Cal took care of the equipment of the basketball team for two years. CHARLES MORRIS-Football '29, '30. Commonly known as the little big man of the football line, Charlie was a very heady little guard. JOE RENGEL-Baseball '31. Joe helped his team along considerably this spring. DON SNYDER-Baseball '31. Don kept going at a lively pace on the diamond to win his letter. MARCELLUS SNYDER-Football '29, '30g baseball '30, '31. There should be a clown on every team. Mark was continually pepping up his team in football with some wisecrack. He also proved to be a crack pitcher. NEIL STATLER-Football '30, baseball '30. Neil kept plugging along and got his well-deserved letters in football and baseball. ALEX STOUTE-Football '28, '29, track '29, His speed and ability won letters for him in two major sports. LOUIS THOMA-Baseball '31. Louis was an unknown quantity until baseball season opened, but he soon showed himself very adept. CHARLES VOSLER-Baseball manager. This blustering boy did a neat job of managing this year's baseball squad. JAMES WARINGYTrack '30, '31, basketball '31g tennis '31. Jim is the peppy little boy who steps up to the big fellows and trims them down. CLARENCE WILLIAMS-Football '29, '30g baseball '30, '31g track '31: basket- ball '29, '30, '3l. Ky was the big blonde fullback whose passing and kicking meant so much to the football team. OMER YOUNCE-Football '29, '30. Coach Wertz thinks that Younce was the toughest man on the team last season. No doubt he was, and who can say better than those who played against him? Dick Lefuering, '31 . I 641

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Girls' Athletics GGOD attendance marked the opening of the girls' sports and continued during the semester. The large groups present at the events were due to deep interest taken in getting points for the Girls' Athletic Association and for the winning of letters. The sports this year were: captain ball, basketball, track, baseball, and tennis. In captain ball, as usual, the various teams were given the opportunity to meet each other in the fray. The losing teams were eliminated from the rest of the tournaments. The senior team, with its splendid technique in this game, came out on top and was proclaimed the winner. The members of this team were: Ruth Riegel, manager, jane Thompson, captain, Virginia Hammond, Martha Angelo, Margaret Dickhart, Ernestine French, and Virginia Levering. Attention was next turned to basketball, the most popular game of the girls' sports, and one which inspires more enthusiasm than any other sport. After a few weeks of hard practice, the teams competed against the junior high schools and more interest was shown in these games than in the others because of the forming of teams under special names, such as, Live Wires, Flying Aces, Do-x, etc. The seniors again came out on top. This does not throw a bad light on the lower class teams because the seniors have had more experience and more time to better their form than they have. The senior teams consists of: Martha Angelo, manager, Virginia Hammond, captain, jane Thompson, Virginia Leveringg Bernice Klopfg Ruth Riegelg and Ernestine French. May l was to be observed with the annual May Day exercises. After two weeks of hard practice, the track team-freshmen: Elizabeth Zirkle and Ethel Schmidlapp, sophomores: Dora Winans and Marion Freshourg juniors: jean- nette Catterlin and Winifred Staley, and seniors: Ernestine French and Virginia Hammond-was in good shape for such events as broad jump, high jump, relays, dashes, shot putting, target throwing, and pyramid building. This date marks the annual play day for all Piqua schools when all cares and responsibilities are dropped and everyone enjoys himself by participating in and witnessing his favorite sports. With the arrival of spring and its mild weather, minds -of those interested in sports are turned to thoughts of tennis and baseball. During the week of May 4, class baseball teams were chosen. An elimination tournament was arranged: Bennett against Wilder, Central 9 against Central IO, and Central 11 against Central 12. Then the winners of these games played each other. The tourna- ment was played off during the week of May 11. The following weeks were spent with tennis practice. Almost fifty girls signed up for this popular sport. Two classes were arranged, a class for beginners and one for advanced players. This is the first year that beginners have had a team of their own. ln former years just the advanced players made up the team. The beginners approached the advanced group by practicing only, not having a team, but this year they played in the games, and this served to put much enthusi- asm into their practice. The teams were chosen and single and double tourna- ments were played. The Girls' Athletic Association was reorganized for the third time under the supervision of Miss Hauk. The principles of the club are leadership, scholarship, sportsmanship, and characterg thus making it an honor to wear the emblem and and later the letter of this organization. The purpose is to teach not only fair play in school, but also the ability to face life with the same spirit and determina- tion to win. Piqua High girls are benefitted not only physically through their athletics, but in numerous other ways. Staunch friendships are often formed on the gym floor, while the group contests encourage the spirit of fair play and develop social contacts. Through athletics the girls learn poise and self control that will add much to their attractiveness in later life. lane Thompson, Margaret Dickhart, '31. li 63 ll

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