Eau Claire High School - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Eau Claire, MI)

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Basket Ball Varisty Team Willis Gale, John Birkholm. Melvin Seel, Alexander Gale, Ole Kirk. (Left to right standing) Earl Tidey, A. H. Balfour (Coach). Floyd Layman, (Seated) Varsity Schedule E. C. H. S 16 Decatur 15 E. C. H. S.. here 26 Independents. 22 E. C. H. S 14. . . Columa 17 E. C. II. S 15. . . . Niles 31 E. C. H. S.. here 28 Stevensville 12 E. C. H. S., here 28 Benton Harbor 21 E C 11 S 34 10 (' H s here 28 Stevensville 0 E. C. H. S., here 16 . . . Niles 30 37 Berrien Springs. . 9 E. C. H. S . . 14 Benton Harbor 23 E. C. H. S .21. . . .Galien 29 EC 11 S 337 228 The frames forfeited to Eau Claire by cancellation are those with Coloma, Decatur and two with Galien. Page Twenty-nine A. G. ’21.

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Athletics N the rail came from our coach, Mr. Balfour, about twenty husky aps turned out for basket ball. He gave us a short talk on playing game fairly and squarely throughput the season, then Alex. Gale is elected Captain for the follow ing year. The following week we started the practice in earnest, and played out first game with Decatur on November 19th. We won from our opponents to the tune of 46 to 15. e followed up this victory with several more, including one from the Kan f laire Independents, but we were doomed to a defeat when we came up against the strong Niles team at Niles when they won by a score of 37 to 13. On January 19th came our yearly game with Benton Harbor which we won by the score of 28 to 21 after a hard fought battle. With the ending of that game we were champions of our half of the county, but we had to await notice from the southern half whom we would have to play for the county championship of Class “B.” We stopped practice for tin time. But on the 28th of March we received notice from Galien that we were to play them the following night at St. Joe. That put us in a rather hard position for we hadn't done much practicing since March 11th, and had to be at St. Joe the following evening. Well, although we lost the championship of Class “B” to Galien that evening, we feel that we have had a very satisfactory season. Much credit is also given to the second team for the very successful season they have had for they have won from the second teams of the schools we have played, and also from the fast Good Samaritan first team. A. G. ’21. Wearers of the “E” John Birkholm Alexander Gale Willis Gale Ole Kirk Floyd Layman Earl Tidey Bradford Dibble Melvin Seel Individual Records Players Position Gaines Fouls Goals Tech Pers. Foul Field Alex Gale 12 9 10 1 49 Ole Kirk 12 4 4 30 30 . Gale 11 5 15 43 J. Birkholm 12 10 15 11 F. Layman 12 4 7 16 E. Tidey 10 3 2 2 1 1 K. Merritt 10 11 6 3 16 V. Dudley 10 1 5 5 30 D. Tatman « 2 3 18 12 F. Holle 7 1 2 6 F. Merritt 10 5 6 4 II. Hoadley 9 4 2 7 M. Brown 1 Page Twenty-eight

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Basket Ball Reserves Fred Holle, Kenneth Merritt, Harland Hoadley, Forrest Merritt, (Standing left to right) Vernon Dudley, A. H. Balfour (Coach,) Drennen Tat man (Seated) Reserves Schedule K. C. II. S 13... . Decatur K. C. H. S 38... E. C. H. S 9 . . Niles E. C. II. S.. here . . . : 9. . . . Stevensville E. II. S„ here 18 (• txk 1 Samaritans E. C. H. S 21. . Berrien Springs ... E. 11. S., here 20 Stevensville E. C. II. S., here 11 .Niles.. E. C. II. S., here 16 .(innd Samaritans E. C. H. S 19... .Benton Harbor E. C. H. S 174... Opponents 4 20 0 14 0 8 28 II 99 109 ft Page Thirty