Brush High School - Sagebrush Yearbook (Brush, CO)

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■ First Row—Chandler. Stoops. Whisler. R. Bass. Fisch. Johnson. Stallsworth. Cooperrider. Second Row—Coach Telk. Norgrcn. Rosencrans. E. Klippert. D. Kauffman, J. Petteys. H. Klippert. Waters. BASKETBALL With football out of the way. the athletes started sowing the seeds of basket- ball. They worked hard on fundamentals and then played several practice games. Finally they opened the conference against their old rivals, Ft. Morgan. The inspired Beetdiggers rose up in all their glory, and subdued the Maroons in one of the liveliest games ever seen in the local gym. They experienced a let-down the next week when the Sterling Tigers came to town and showed the fans some fancy basketball. The following week found the boys in Greeley. They could do little against the taller Bulldogs, but put up a good fight. Then they played the Maroons at Ft. Morgan. In this game Ft. Morgan gained revenge for their earlier defeat. College High was met on the home court and again their advantage in height gave Greeley a victory. However, in the last half the team found itself and out- scored the Bulldogs, but the lead held by Greeley at the half was too great to overcome. The last conference tilt was at Sterling and the team turned in its finest per- formance of the season as they out-fought the conference champions, but lost to a superior team. The last game of the season was with Ft. Morgan to decide who should get third place and the honor of going to the district tournament. The game was played on our floor, but the Maroons outscored the Beetdiggers in a hard-fought game. Brush.....24 - 23....Fort Morgan Brush....25 - 36....College High Brush.....13 - 33....Sterling Brush....32 - 46....Sterling Brush..18-39.........College High Brush....19-23......Fort Morgan Brush.....13 - 29....Fort Morgan

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First Row Coach Telk. Stoops. D. Mock. Winger. E. Klippert, (.apt. Kauffman. Bellmore. George. Cooperrider. Staffsworth. Asst. Coach Schlater. Second Row—Hunt, Danielson. Funk. Dowlen. Fortarcl. Colwell. Brownlee. M. Mock. Thompson. Westbrook. Third Row—H. Klippert. Brautigan. Drieth. Gault. Koehler. Allen. FOOTBALL In the 1934 Beetdigger football crop, the fruits of victory were not very plentiful, but the season was considered worthwhile from other standpoints. When the season opened. Head Coach Louis D. Telk and Assistant Coach Myron T. Schlater did not have very bright prospects. There were only four lettermen back. Most of the squad were green and inexperienced as well as light. However, our coaches were undismayed by these facts and started to work diligently. The results of their efforts were shown when the boys came through with a 47 to 0 win over Akron in the first night football game ever played in Brush. Yuma came to Brush for the second practice game. The team played the poorest of the year and the Cornhuskers went home with a 6 to 21 victory. Hugo was our opponent for the last game under the lights, and the Beet- diggers scuttled the Pirate's ship with a score of 2 to 0. The first conference game was at Sterling where Brush lost, 0 to 18. after a hard fight, their first loss to the Tigers in five years. Brush was sadly outweighed at Fort Morgan but pulled the biggest surprise of the year when they made three touchdowns in the second quarter, leaving the score 19 to 21 at the half. Under the heavier Maroons’ crushing attack, they fought to the gun. but lost 19 to 45. On Homecoming Day, Brush again lost to Sterling, 0 to 18. although honors were even until the last quarter. Armistice Day. the Beetdiggers put up a gallant but futile battle against Fort Morgan. The score at the half was 0 to 7 for the Maroons, but their superior weight began to tell in the last half.

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First Row—Cooperrider. George. Stenback. Hines. B. Bellmore. B. Brownlee. J. Petteys. Second Row—Rosencrans. Norgren. Huleatte. Danielson. Winger. Funk. H. Brittell. Third Row—D. Mock. M. Mock. D. Kauffman. Westbrook. F. Stoops. E. Klippert. Dowlen. Jiter. Harada. “B” CLUB During the winter of 1934, the letter-men of Brush High School started on a skating party which developed into one of the school's foremost organizations, the B Club. Their chaperon was Coach Louis Dan Telk. They drew up a constitution to be followed and formed an oath. The requirement to make the club is to have earned a letter in one of the fields of athletics in Brush High School. If a person makes a letter and does not join at the time, he must make another one before he can become a pledge. Twice a year new members are pledged. The club’s aims are to promote athletics and school spirit. Parties are held to help further the social life in the school. The officers are: Edward Klippert, president: Dan Kauffman, vice-president: and Sammie Harada, secretary- treas- urer. This year the club gave a big whoopee” carnival. The proceeds were used to buy basketball sweaters, track suits, and to pay old bills. With this carnival, the club not only helped to relieve financial difficulties but provided a good time for the school. THE OATH OF THE B CLUB I do solemnly swear to observe all the rules of the “B Club, and to support athletics of Brush High School to the best of my ability. 1 promise to do all in my power to uphold right, to further clean athletics, and to observe faithfully all training rules as prescribed by the coach. Coach Louis Telk