Auxvasse High School - Saber Tooth Yearbook (Auxvasse, MO)

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on the wrong side of the ledger to the tune Of'13'f0u44 and 15-to-57 respectively. In latter game Capt. Scholl was shifted to guard position at the end of the half, and there- after scoring was evenly divided, each side registering ten points. Sammie Burt,who had been persuaded a few days before to come out for-basketball, gave a good account of himself against Mokane. ' We played our most brillant game of the season against Hereford in our first game of the tournament. Off to a fly- ing start and displaying a flashing brand of basketball, we held the lead all of the way until within three minutes of the end,when one Uset-upn'and two almost impossible long shots by the enemy topped us,51 - 55. Of course we felt gg if we deserved to win,but we had played a-game of which we were proud. Not even defeat at the hands of Mokane the next morning,22 - 58 could make us forget that game. In the final game Junior Plybon was inserted into the line-up in the final quarter. A John Scholl's determined playing in the tournament won him a much deserved place on the second All-Star Team ' The scores of the season were as followss- Auxvasse 15 vs Mokane 153 Auxvasse 10 vs New Bloomfield 255 Auxvasse 4 vs Hereford 123 Auxvasse 16 vs Hereford 183 Auxvasse 15 vs New Bloomfield 44j'AHXVQSS6 15 vs Mokane 575 The total points scored by Auxvasse 71 while the opponents piled up a score of 151 points. The two games played in the tournament were as follows: Auxvasse 51 vs Hereford 55g Anxvasse 22 vs Mokane 58. Soon after the tournament the players were called into the auditorium and the following boys received letters having played in twelve quarters'or more during the season: ' John Scholl, Elwood Craig,Clifford fox, Bernard Gingrich, Bobby Hunt, Paul Owen, Levi Rains, and Joe Scholl. The players who are entitled to letters always look forward to the time when they receive their letters and yet there is a feeling of sadness as it means that there are nearly always a few who will not get to represent our school again in basketball and also it marks the close of the season for that paticular year. We are living in hopes that some day, the community will see fit to build a gymnasium f0I' Olll' bays and girls so that we may continue to Play b+1Sk6 0'0-911 during the long winter months when there seems to be so , little to do.

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, - l T ann Boys' Basketball The 1955 basketball season found us with the smallest and most inexperienced team in the conference,and perhaps in the history of our school. Without a single man from the regular five of the previous year, we were faced with the task of building a team around a single letter man, our Captain, John Scholl, Others reporting for duty were: ' Clifford Fox, Bernard Gingrioh,Bobby Hunt, Elwood Craig, ' Levi Rains5Baul'Owen,Joe Scholl,Sammie Burt,Junior Plybon, and David Haden, all except the first three named playing basketball for the first time. B ' T Though numerical victory was never quite ours, with such a handicap we often felt that the moral victory was on our side. Indeed,in several nip and tuck games our opponents seemed to be merely 'saved by the bellH,the final whistle having an uncanny way of sounding just as they chanced to be in the lead. The season opened at Auxvasse with Mokane furnishing the opposition in a game which resulted in a 15-to-15 tie. The first half of this game saw our team hitting its stride, with playsnclickingu and defense practically airetightg we were out in front at'half-time,15 to 2. Then Mokane adopted a defensive position,intercepting our passes and taking a few cracks at the basket on their own account,often feeding the ball to a man who had sneaked back under our basket. Believe it or not,the scoring of the first half was exactly reversed in the second period,and both sides were willing to call it a tie after playing a scoreless extra period. The ' line-up for this most unusual game included: Scholl and Craig forwardsg.Fox,centerg Hunt and Gingrich, guards,with Joe Scholl substituting. , On our home court a week later our game with New Bloom- field was a pretty even affair in the first half,Auxvasse - trailing the strongNew Bloomfield team by only three points. Though we had many chancesto score by means of free throws, not a single charity toss was good. The final score was 10- 25. In this game Rains went in for Craig and Joe Scholl and Owen saw service at guard. The third and fourth games were lost to Herefordtin succession, the scores being 4-12 and 16-18 respectively. A tabulation of shots for these two games revealed that in thr first game the number of attempts on each side were about even, while in the latter game,in which we held the lead until within a'few minutes of the endy we had a slightly larger number of chances than did our opponents, The game at Hereford saw Owens doing a good job of holding down the center position in the absence of Foxywho was ineligible for this one game. Rains and Joe Scholl also got into the line-up. ' ' Our return games with New Bloomfield and Mokane,played on foreign courts on successive Friday evenings,went down

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. Which TO Choose The clock had just struck onegbut Mildred Wilson was still sitting up in be d reading,or at least she had been reading. Her mind was now dwelling on Tom Harding and Clay Christian.Each wanted her to marry him but how could she when she couldn't make up her mind which one if either she really loved.Last'night she had been out with Tom.He was about twenty fiveytall slender,had and dark'blue eyes,wealthy but spoiled muscular,had coal black hair and eyes. the country into the city and made his position he now held as vice president banks of Chicago. - -blond curly hair, Clay was tall .He had come from own way to the of one of the large Oh-wellQwhy let it bother her now,so turning off the light,she was soon lost in sleep. Two weeks later as Mildred descended the stairs of Wakefield,a hush came upon the dinner guests assembled in the hall.She was alone on the stairway,and back of her on the landing hung a rug of deep purple which set off the gold of her lace gown and beautiful red hair.Some one in the crowd murmured Wwhat a beautiful wife she will make Tom and what a lovely hostess she would be here at Wakefield Tom,standing near,heard but said nothing. Later that night as Tom was taking Mildred back to her apartment,he told her of what he had heard.WAnd don't you think you would make a lovely hostess for Wakefield? WIS that all you want me for? To use me as another piece of decoration to go in your home?W asked Mildred. ' Tom stopped the car,took her in his armsgand said,WYou know that isn't all I want you for. Mildred,you've got to marry me. Ican't go on this way forever? Mildred held her breath as she looked up into those dark searching eyes. Could she marry him?Yes,she believed she could. The next morning as Mildred ate her breakfast the maid YT brought in the morning paper.As was her habit,Mildred read as she ate.Her world seemed to reel around her as she saw the headlines,UClay Christian seriously injured in an auto- mobile wreckU Surely he wasn't hurt very badly,he couldn't be,beeause she loved him! It had been he all the time whom she had loved,but it had taken this to make her realize the fact. After spending half an hour in the slowest taxi in Chicago she got to the hospital.She asked a nurse if she could see Mr Christian.The nurse looked her overyseemed to read her thoughts,and saidUyes,you may see htm a few minutes? Could that still white figure be Clay?Her Clay? Without realizing what she was doing,she had spoken out loud.He opened his eyes and she had to bend over to hear what he was-saying.UDid you say I was your Clay?U She had time to sayUyesH,before the nurse came in and lead her away.As she left the hospital she happened to think of her promise to Tom. Oh well,she guessed he would live through it.