Holton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Holton, KS)

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gm-ifmmmmf-iii THE RETROSPECT 1 l l l Back row-Fairley, Fees, E. Stoll, Butrum, Horton, H. Kaul, Mr. Lawrence. Front row- Gilkerson. J. Heath, R. Porterfield, C. McKinsey, Porter, H. Sinning, Wallace, Baskett. Senior High Basket Ball Playing the best brand of basket ball that has been displayed in Holton High in recent years, the Wild Cats were able to win the majority of their games. By virtue of six victories and four defeats, the Wild Cats managed to finish third in the Big Seven Conference, Eflingham and Horton having finished first and second respectively. After the team had gotten off to an excellent stnrt and was 'tied for first place in the conference, an epidemic of mumps and Hu rapidly engulfed the school and also played havoc with the basket ball squad. Coach Lawrence had some trouble working out another winning combination, and the team had dropped four games in succession before the losing streak was broken. Then the team proceeded to win the remainder of the con- ference games. Playing somewhat raggedly during the first, the Wild Cats came back strong in the final chapter to wallop Seneca 41 to 19 in the first game of the season. After trail- ing throughout the entire game, Horton staged a spectacular finish to defeat the Wild Cats in the last 16 seconds of play. The following week Hiawatha was defeated 19 to 11. Administering Effinghams only conference defeat, Holton played their classiest game of the season. The Wild Cats next traveled to Sabetha and downed the Blue Jays 13 to 9. It was at this time that illness reached its height in the Blue and White ranks, and the quintet dropped all four of the next games played. However, one of the losses was to Osage City, a non-conference foeg this had no bearing on the conference standings. As already stated the next two games with Sabetha and Seneca were won by the Wild Cats, thus enabling them to finish third in the conference. In the regional tournament that followed, the Wild Cats went to the semi-finals by virtue of a story-book finish against Seaman High: but Horton, who seems to hold some sort of jinx over Holton basket ball teams, eliminated the Wild Cats from further play in the tournament. in 1 an .nw ,mi immmww 1 9 3 2 ummm:--:nnmmmnl-:xmmnmmmmmmm PAGE 36

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F THE R-ETROSPECT Back row-Worley, Hollis, Godsey, Pagel, Walton, Reamer, Myers, Eyman, Mr. Steeples. Middle low-McGehe, V. Clary, Kathrens, S. Lines, Max Drechsler, R. Lines, Milton Drechsler, Junior Boettcher, H. Baldwin. Front row-Decker, Armstrong, R. Kennedy. Perkins, Hurd, R. Smith, Pomeroy. ' Junior High Football The Holton Junior High football team was greatly handicapped by inexperienced players and their light weight: but nevertheless, in all the four games that they played. they showed up comparatively well against their much heavier opponents. Although Hiawatha held a big weight advantage. Holton played them on fairly even terms during the first quarter of the first game of the season: but on the first play of the second quarter, Garner, Hiawatha quarterback, carried the ball around left end for a thirty-five yard gain, placing the ball on Holton's live yard line. Miesemheimer carried the ball over for a touchdown on the next play. He later scored again from the ten yard line to win for his team by a score of 13 to 0. The following week Horton defeated the Kittens 24 to 0 on the Horton field. The Kittens held Horton to one touchdown the first half, but became exhausted at the end of' the third quarter, and the young Hornets scored three more touchdowns. Victor Clary played well for Holton. Making long gains on sweeping end runs, the Hiawatha Junior High again defeated the Kittens in a return game at Hiawatha by a score of 41 to 0. John Meyers, Randall Lines, and Clarence Kathrens showed up well for Holton. The last game of the season saw an inspired Kitten team play Horton to a 6 to G standstill on the local field. Neither team scored during the first half, but Horton man- aged to score a touchdown early in the third quarter. Fighting to overcome their 6 point handicap, the Kittens resorted to a passing game which was culminated by a pass to Kenneth Worley who ran 35 yards for a touchdown In this final game the Kittens showed much improvement over their' former 'brand of play and with a little more experience would have probably developed into a winning team. immmmmmmmmmmm mun 1 9 3 2 EUKmnnUInlE5333..U5TTWm37fU1f',lm-TQ3:fQe'-Z-7T5QT??ifii-li2i?- PAGE 35

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1'fk,. THE RETROSPECT Ellis R. Smith Mr. Hedge Godsey Schreiber V. Clary Whitty S. Lines MCGQIXS Junior High Basket Ball By virtue of two defeats over Horton, the Holton Junior High basket ball team finished their season with a .500 standing in the junior high division of the Big Seven standings. They were defeated twice by the Hiawatha Junior High team which won first laurels in the junior high standings. The Kittens started their season successfully by defeating Horton 21 to O. The game was rather slow but neverthelew, Holton worked their passing attack to good advantage and played a good defensive game. On Friday night, January 15, the Kittens went down to defeat in a veritable land- slide, the final score being 32 to ti in favor of Hiawatha. The Little Indians played like veterans, completely bewildering the Kittens, and simply showering the basket with goals. In a non-conference game at Leavenworth, Holton was defeated 20 to 9 by the much taller Leavenworth basketeers. The Kittens played Leavenworth on even terms the last half, both teams scoring 5 points. Raymond Godsey scored six of his team's eight points. After getting off to a very bad start the Kittens outplayed Lawrence in the second half, but could not manage to overcome a 16-4 lead that the Lawrence team had accumu- lated in the first half. The final gun saw the Kittens trailing 17-11. In a return game with Leavenworth on the Holton gymnasium, Leavenworth again defeated the Kittens by a rather one-sided score. The Kittens were held to one point throughout the first half, but scored several points in the last few minutes of play. On February 5, the Kittens again snatched victory from Horton: score 15-8. Both teams fought hard, but Holton noticeably outplayed their opponents. The first half ended 7-4 for the Orange and Black team, and the second half saw the Kittens mark up eight points to the Horton team's four. R. Smith and Schreiber played outstanding games for their teams. Junior High finished its season on Friday, February 12, at Hiawatha by losing a close, gamely-fought battle by a 7-9 margin. lunninniulImnmnmmrmmnmmmmHmmmmmn 1 9 3 2 PAGE 37