Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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Back Bow: Duane Sams, Coach, Max Melvin, Lynn Shuck, Leonard Hand, Harold Jones, B111 Cook. Front Row: Bob Ayers, Harvey Cunningham, John Busboom, B111 Armstrong', Raymond Opfer, Willis Lonn. 515105 Bai55EgaZZ7 The reserve basketeers had a slow starting season, winning four out of twelve games played. Three of these four were won in the last live games. The slow starting was due probably to the fact that the team was com- posed of three freshmen, Shipman, Jones and Hand, and two sophomores, Reid and Lon. The reserves opened their season by losing to the Beatrice seconds, 19 to 9, on the home floor. Also on the home floor, the second team lost a heart-breaker to Hebron, 19 to 17. They next journeyed to Wilbur to lose another close one, 25 to 23. The reserves came back to beat Steele City Hrsts, 21 to 14, on the home court. Next followed three defeats on the local floor by the first teams of Plymouth 31 to 243 Diller, 25 to 205 and Reynolds, 36 to 24. The reserves were eliminated in the first round of the tourn- ament by Plymouth. The little Jeffs came back to beat the Wymore reserves by a score of 31 to 20. To make it two in a row, they defeated Endicott, 27 to 17. The county tournament winners, Reynolds, trounced the reserves by a 49 to 14 count. Without the services of Ship- man and Reid who had been shifted to the first squad, the seconds lost to Diller, 23 to 19. With Shipman and Reid back in the line-up, the re- serves tinished their season by a 28 to 23 vic- tory over Deshler. The second team had the problem of develop- mg a team out of inexperienced material. The only minor letter winners back were Reid, Lonn and Busboom. Shipman and Reid were moved up to the first squad near the end of the season when mumps and two cases of appendicitis had cut down the varsity roster. Both won major letters. Lonn and Jones were other consistent scorers on the team. I:Page Fortyfthreeil

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aigafgaff 535421012 Five returning lettermen brightened pros- pects for Coach Clair Sloan's Jeff cagers, but appendicitis and an epidemic of mumps were not to be reckoned with. In only a few games was the regular line-up intact. After winning five of the first eight games. the .Ieffs encountered a disastrous losing streak of seven games, which was end- ed by Fairbury's first-round victo1'y in the district tournament. Fairbury opened the season against Superior in the Hebron tournament, losing 22 to 20 after a last period 1'ally fell short. The Jeffs an- nexed the consolation title by eking out a 19 to 18 victory over Nelson. Fairbury led all the way, but was hard-pressed to stave off a fourth- quarter uprising by Nelson. In the first game of the regular schedule, the .Ieffs nipped Beatrice, 22 to 20. Fairbury then journeyed to NVilber to hand the Wolverines a 19 to 16 defeat in a rough cage tilt. The Hebron Bears provided a stumbling block for the Jeffs, chalking up a 23 to 18 victory. The Jeffs rallied to overcome a Havelock halftime lead, and win a 27 to 26 decision over the Shoptowners in a thrilling contest. Tecuinseh's ability to make good their free throws gave the Chiefs a 29 to 28 win over Fairbury in another thriller. Tecumseh sank nine out of twelve gift shots, while the Jeffs swished only four out of twelve. Edwards and Ellsworth led the Jeffs to a 37 to 26 victory over WVymore. Fairbury's smooth passing enabled the .Ieffs to overcome an early Zephyr lead. Omaha Benson limited the .Ieffs to three free throws during the first half. winning handily, 33 to 19. Fairbury met the strong Jackson outfit at Lincoln, losing by a score of 36 to 17, after be- ing but three points behind at the end of the first half. York slapped a 47 to 23 pasting on the Jeffs in a conference tilt on the Dukes' lioor. Darrell Wiles sparkled for Fairbury, scoring fifteen points. The Jeffs dropped another decision to a strong Fremont five, by a score of 43 to 21. Patton's thirteen points Were not enough. as Crete dumped the .leffs into fifth place in the conference standings. The score was 29 to 21. An inspired Fairbury team held the touted Hastings Tigers to a 26 to 25 victory, as Els- wortli scored eleven counters for the Jeffs. A last quarter Fairbury rally fell short by one point. Elsworth led the Jeffs to a 13 to 3 lead over Grand Island at the end of the first quarter, but the Islanders came back in the second half to win, 32 to 23. The .ieffs avenged an early season defeat, downing Hebron, 39 to 20. in the first round of the district tourney. In the second round, Fairbury held the state champions, Falls City, to a narrow 21 to I5 victory. It was one of the few times during the season that Falls City's offensive had been stopped, the state champs lead by only three points at one time in the final quarter. Meeting Nebraska City for the consolation title. the Jeffs ended the season with a 25 to 17 victory. Ellsworth led the Jeff scorers with eleven points. while Wiles and Patton were outstanding on defense. The lettermen were: Max Meyer, Ed Patton, Emmett Edwards, Norman Arendt, Bob Fast. Darrell Wiles, Bus Ellsworth, Joe Neville, Bud Baker, George Reid and Frank Shipman. Bus Ellsworth received honorable mention on Gregg McBride's all-state selections. fPage Fortyftwoil

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epresentative of the 1939 track season are such pictures as appear on this page, taken at the Fair- bury invitational track and field meet held April 21. In the upper left Buford Johnson had just passed a Beatrice runner to win the 880 yard relay. To the right is Orville Remple taking off in an attempt at the high jump cross bar. At the center left, Johnson is racing ahead of a Beatrice high hurdler to win that event while below hini Patton jogs his weary way in the 880 yard run. To the right, Butterbaugh gets poised for one of those shot puts. Shipman is seen in the lower left, tieing for one oi the first four places in the pole vault and to the right is Ellsworth just releasing the javelin. U fPage Fortyffourij