Greenville High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Greenville, MI)

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CAPTAIN MERREN D R o N SIX BE CONFERENCE Won Lost Percentage Fremont 3 0 1.000 Midland 4 0 1.000 Alma 3 2 .600 Mt. Pleasant . 2 3 .400 Greenville 1 3 .250 Big Rapids 1 4 .200 All-conference: Robert Nelson, Jack Pearl, and Francis Rich. WESTERN CENTRAL LEAGUE Won Lost Percentage Belding 2 1 .667 Ftasting 2 1 .667 Greenville 1 2 .333 Ionia 1 2 .333 All-conference: Jack Pearl, Francis Rich, Toby Ingerham, Don Martin, and Bob Nelson. Bob Nelson received honorable mention on the all-state team. 29

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With only five returning lettermen Coach Reynolds started the task of molding a powerful Greenville eleven. After three weeks of strenuous practice the purple and gold were ready for a tough schedule. The Greenvillites, led by Captain Dave Mer-ren, dropped a close one to Lowell by a 6 to 0 score. The game cost the locals the services of Captain Merren. The Alma eleven proved much too strong and won out 28 to 6. In the Belding dust bowl the silk city eleven blew dust in the locals' eyes by the tune of 26 to 0. The heavier oilers carried the flag home in a 13 to 0 victory. The purple and gold broke a 6 year jinx with the Cardinals and won 7 to 0. Don Burgess raced 60 yards for the counter on the ancient sleeper play. The Fremont packers swept the locals aside and emerged with 2 I to 0 triumph. With the Refrigerator eleven leading most of the way, the Hasting gridders came up with a 20 to 18 victory. In the annual Armistice game the locals won for the fifth consecutive year to the score of 7 to 6. Jack Pearl climaxed the game with a 67-yard run. Returning lettermen are: Lester Patten, Bill Daane, Toby Ingraham, Don Burgess, Dale Burgess, Burt Becker, Jack Pearly, Junie Failing, Don Martin, Charles Johnson, Francis Rich, Art Holland, Robert Shoemaker, and Varian Bauman. 28 COACH REYNOLDS

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Opponents Greenville Mt. Pleasant 32 There Greenville 13 Fremont 35 Here Greenville 21 Hastings 25 There Greenville 7 Lowell 37 There Greenville 15 Belding 20 There Greenville 22 Alma 44 Hare Greenville 24 Big Rapids 30 Hore Greenville 22 Hastings 24 Here Greenville 17 Belding 31 Here Greenville 17 Opponents Greenville Ionia 28 There Greenville 17 Ionia 19 Here Greenville 22 Alma 47 There Greenville 35 Big Rapids 39 There Greenville 31 Mt. Pleasant 36 There Greenville 15 Total 445 272 Returning Lettermen—Pearl, Becker, Burgess, Bower, Shoemaker, Failing. Christensen. Although winning only two games The Greenville Basketball team gave their followers many thrills. Losing only Middlebrook, Merren and Edsall, Coach Swanton will have plenty of potential power next season. Don Burgess was on the all conference Western Michigan League. “Speed and stamina on the hardcourt 30