Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Many lettermen graduate this year, leav- ing vacancies to be filled next year. We feel that with the remaining lettermen and the new players, next year ' s team will be as successful as this one. Credit for the success of the team goes to Coach Joe Wallace and to Assistant Coach Bill Hill. Teams coached by Wallace are always teams drilled well on defense and offense. Honor was brought to our school by Wayne Van Dolah and Howard Bull Kelly. Wayne was placed on the ALL-STATE team as an end. Howard was given a berth on the LITTLE ALL-AMERICAN team as fullback. JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Year of 1947-1948 Opponent Wichita U. B . 12 Wentworth .... 6 Chanute 14 Pratt 13 Parsons 6 Plutchinson ... 28 Sterling 6 Dodge City 7 Arkansas City . 12 El Dorado September 19 . . . 6 September 26 . . . 26 October 2 October 10 . 18 October 17 . 19 October 24 .... . 7 October 31 . 38 November 8 . . . 12 November 14 . . . 126 104 Front row, left to right: Matthews, Barrier, Ho ' oson, Lambert, Garland, Fountain, Bressie, Ivy. Back row: Osterhout, Dugan, C. Adams, Conine, Kelly, Van Dolah, R. Adams. 15

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jootoait First row, left to right: Barrier, Hobson, Lambert, Werts, Graham, Fountain, Bressie, Davis, Ivy. Second row: Coach Wallace, Osterhout, Dugan, C. Adams, Sloan, Mitchell, Kennedy, Knowles, Van Dolah, R. Adams, Pence, Hollis. Third row: Clawson, Matthews, Reed, Alford, Lumpkins, Garland, Walter, Conine, Kelly. The El Dorado Grizzlies played a total of nine games on the gridiron this year. Five games were played at the Community Field and four on foreign fields. The Grizzlies, coached by Joe Wallace, won two and lost two in the league. Outside of the league, the Grizzlies won three and lost two. In all, the gridders won five and lost four. Coach Wallace had fifteen lettermen back from last year ' s squad. Many of the boys were from different states. Spring practice was held during April and May of last year. The regular practice began August 15, with about forty boys reporting. As the season rolled along, the number of boys out for football dropped to twenty-eight. The team had one month before their first game, during which time they practiced tackling, blocking, passing, punting, and running through new plays. There are many men on any squad who receive no recognition ; yet if it were not for these men who help train the first string men, and who are on the field every day, taking as much punishment as the rest, we could never have a winning team. So, when we praise the team, let ' s not forget those who didn ' t quite get there but who tried just as hard as the others. Although the Grizzlies did not bring home the bacon as often as they had in some years, the club fought hard for E. J. C, and their fight- ing spirit continued throughout the season. That old do or die spirit was always with the boys wherever they played. 14

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I Ml T i I a, i , jJllMHMHyiHIBMIMlllJMllI : ....... » JKl ill ¥ Front row, left to right: Durnil, Beal, McQuade, Knaussraan, Towner, Garcia. Back row: Hollis. McCune, Clark. Reed, Kennedy. Cole, Coach Wallace. Basketball U: By winning a total of five out of nine conference tilts, the El Dorado Grizzlies took second place in the western juco divis- ion. They were powerful enough to out- point their opponents 880 to 856 in twenty- one conference and non-conference tilts. Under the able coaching of Joe Wallace, the Grizzlies got off to a grand start, as they were victorious over their first six oppon- ents. It was in the finals of the Indepen- dence invitational tournament that the Grizzlies first suffered a defeat. They were unable to outpoint the powerful Ark City quintet. At this point in the season, the Grizzlies were unable to keep up their speedy tactics, and they were defeated by a few of the stronger teams in the state by small point margins. Soon their luck changed as they tripped the Hutchinson five on the home court. This was the first time for several years that the Grizzlies were strong enough to drop the Hutch team. In the last conference tilt of the season, the Grizzlies pounded out a victory over the Ark City club in an overtime period. An extra event of juco basketball was the Kansas A. A. U. Tournament held in Wich- ita this year. As the Grizzlies marched against a number of the strongest teams in the state, they were powerful enough to capture fourth place honors. Coach Wallace and his team are to be complimented for keeping El Dorado on top as having an outstanding ball club. They certainly have done a grand job this year. 16