Smith Center High School - Centrian Yearbook (Smith Center, KS)

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5 WY' bill 1080 ID 3731.553 BQBQQBEQYIK g74f 5Uf rfift-75f'l 51 .af 5 2 L. Top Row Bush B Nales McCarv Dcvlan Hennang Bob McV1ckcr Glbson Heanschel G Duntz Mr Tallman asslstant coach Thlrd Row Mr Duncan asslstant coach Garretson Favlnger Heade Rudolph C Lambert Smath Lumpkin McG1nn1s Mr Davas coach Second Row Danxels Stexens Barav McColcv Wuxster Ayres D Schuster Peter son L Schuster Vancent Farst Row Flmt Murphy Grafhng Chance D Bllckcnstaff Cates Gardner D Lambert Clalg Ben McV1cker PHILLIPSBURG tl' ere S C lo t 1ts second game of the season to P bulg 21 0 Thas game was played an the 1 am and mud whach made the playang con dltaons not very adeal S C started several good dllXCS but just couldnt seem to cap 1ta117e on any of them Karr made P bulgs flrst score eaaly an the first quarter and Tay 101 made the next touchdown The thard touchdown came as a result of a pass from the quartelback to the end Taylor kacked 'all three convelslons LEBANON there Lebanon went down to defeat at the hands of the Redmen 26 0 as the Redmen rolled up then second wln an four games Thas was the first game that the S C team could get to hattang on all ll cyhndeas Cates made the hast score of the game but has try for extra pomt was blocked Baary scored two more touchdowns and Wurstea made one Two out of the last three klcks were made good Thas was also S C s first league wm an the new Sunflowea Centa al League LINCOLN here In one of the toughest defensave games of the season the S C team suffered thear thard loss 7 0 Th1s was one of the hardest and cleanest fought games from Stalt to finash Th1s game was played at first one end of the field and then at the other The only scor mg actaon of the game was when Kobbeman went over from the 6 yard llne MANKATO, there S C got thear revenge fon the 1950 beatang that they took from Mankato by downing them 25 0 Thas was the second game the Redmen had to play an the mud and water, at was also the second league wan Peterson and Murphy made two touchdowns on a pass anteaceptaon and on a pass from Wurster to Murphy Barry and Wurster ran over a touch down apaecc to get 24 pomts and Cates made good one of has extaa pomts OBERLIN hele The flghtmg Redmen went down to thear fouath defeat of the season 14 7 Oberlan and S C were two well matched teams as at was a battle raght down to the ware Oberlan made both of thear touchdowns and extra pomts an the fourth quarter The Redmen made thear lone score ln the closlng manutes of the game Barry made a long run to set up the touch down He ran the ball to the 5 yard llne where Wurster carrled It over Cates klcked the extaa polnt to end the game BELOIT here S C Just couldn t get rollang as they went down to thelr second defeat ln a row, 20 0 The Redmen could roll when they got on of fense but the trouble as they weren t on of fense long enough On defense S C couldn t get set up raght to meet Beloats patch outs and aunnlng attack The weather for this game was adeal and even though the score sounds lopsaded at was '1 hard fought game fa om st alt to flnash OSBORNE here Playlng before one of the largest crowds of the season the fightarag Redmen went down to defeat agaanst the Bulldogs, 46 0, whlch was the largest score ever rolled up agalnst S C Osborne also undoubtedly had one of the best teams of that school's hlstory It at one tlme was saad that the Osborne team ranked 9th an the state S C was outwe1ghed 22 pounds per man, but they fought all the time as af the score were 0 0 Only tame S C came close to scorang was an the second quar ter when Cates packed up an Osborne kack off on hls own goal lane and ran 78 vards through the whole Osborne team, before being brought down by Osborne's All state John McFarland Seven senlors played thear last game agamst Osborne on thas day to close the '51 football eeason 4, 5 . . x 1 ' ff: -3 . 1 A 4 X . f' , A ' ' ,. ' ac., 1 .,.....,.f ,. 1 , 1 uf 1 2- A . ,y 1 I, ,A . 1 A: J '. V , 1 L . :.- , . 1- ., f , 1. 4, wa, I 3 , 1 4 - 4 ' I t 5, , I 1 1 , v ' ' 7' 1 fa a , ' O ' H O ' L a' .o s ' , ' ' ' 'i ' E , 1 , X 2 s tt. . k - va t , 5' ,t J 1 Q a K , 1 3 .. ,- -Q -'-' it - 5 V , M . Q , 1 . .. Q .,. A1 - 1 -1 ' 1 4 1 ,Tv n, : . , . ' , ,. ' , ' , ' . ' - . a . , . l , . '. ' 1 . , 1 1 , ' , 1 , - 7 . 1 . Y l .LY ' 'Y Z K - - 7 - v I. v 4 . - Q- v . - - - - 1 ' , 1 . ' : ' , , ' ' . . - , . , - ' v Q A 1 ' , A f ' I ,y ' . 9 ' -. 1 y - . - 'x . Q I 'z 1 , - 1 - as 1' v 1 U l - - ' . I . - 1 , . . L 1 . , Y - . . ' . 4 - C Q . ' . . L n - . V , . : . - ' . y . - ., - , : ' . , . .i Y . y - g . K V h y- U ' ' . . ' L . ,' '. ' , 'z . ' 2- O ' , .2 1 - . . . - . z ' . 1 ' . . , : u . B. , g . , ' . , . Q . ' Y

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DANIELS MCCOLEY leilermen VINCENT SCHUSTER AYRES FLINT Bl BLICKENSTAFF SMITH MURPHY 2 Captain for the 52 football season will be Wendell Peterson replacing Larry Cates The Redmen chose a new system of electlng a capta1n for next year There w1ll be one permanent game captain and they will choose a dlfferent co captaln for each weeks game NORTON there Norton crossed the Redmens goal lme for the first time 1n three years as the Redmen went down to defeat 20 0 This was the first game of the season and It showed that the Redmen team was unexperienced Norton had a fast movmg team w1th a very good passer whlch helped them gam many yards agamst S C BELLEVILLE here Showlng conslderable 1mprovement over the previous game played the week before, the Redmen won thexr first game of the sea son from Bellevllle 21 7 Wurster made the first touchdown of the season runnmg 34 yards to pay d1rt He made one more touch down m the nights play Cates crossed the goal lme for the second score of the season running 50 yards through the mlddle of the Belleville team

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3 P Top Row Wlndsche fel assnstant coach Post B N1les Bob McV1cker Bush McCary Gibson Hemschel Duncan 3S91Sl3Dt coach Grlmes head coach Second Row Stevens Helde Favlnger Murphy Dlllon C Lambert Smlth Beydlcr D Schuster Flrst Row Ben McV1cker Plmlott Cates Hubbard Peterson Moore McColey Wurster Redmen Finish Fourth In league Basketball The Redmen ol 51 52 had l1ttle to brag about mlsmuch as the1r basketball record goes but th lt doesnt tell the whole story Wlth only thlee lettermen returnmg the out look wls never too brlght Cates Moore and Cralg were the three lettermen Moore was 1nel1g1ble unt1l after Chrxstmas and Cra1g unable to play because of a football 1nJury Coach Gr1mes took the squad and d1d a xery commendable Job We have one of the petltlon IS stlff The Redmen wele an fightmg bunch and nexel faxe up The last scheduled game of the yelr vs IS wlth Osbo1ne and the Redmen gne the Bulldogs a scare befo1e loslng by 1 nalrow four polnt marg1n The first game wrth Lebanon the Blonchos won by e1ght polnts on S C s coult The next tlme wls ln the League Tourney for the con SUlll1OU md xgaln Lebanon won by 20 polnts The 11st grme Wlfh the Bronchos was on then home court and the Redmen got even by scxlplng the Bronchos by one pomt Thls w as the F1151 t1me an two years that the Red men had beaten the Bronchos In the league tourney 1n the f'1lSt round the Redmen narrowly took the Dragons from Downs m an oveltlme 53 49 The next round the Plnthels from P burg won by 43 47 over the flghtmg Redmen In the consolwtxon the Redmen tlred after three stralght nlghts of blsketball succumbed to the Lebanon Bron chos to the tune of 62 42 The Redmen ended up fourth ln the final league standmg behmd P burg Osborne and Lebanon Wxth Downs after S C and Man kato 1n the cellar Coach Gr1mes crew steadlly lncreased 1ts fightmg Splflt and won fire of 1lS seven games when the season was half over Pxmlott was the leadlng scorer wrth md then came Moore wlth an 8 2 average per game Then the rest of the scorxng went llke th1s McColey had 7 polnts per game Hub b nd had a 4 9 game average Cates had a 2 8 and Peterson had a 25 average per game McV1cker and Dlllon rounded out the scorlng w1th a 1 poxnt and a 3 pomt per game aver age The Redmen s opponents had a 49 8 av e1age whlle the Redmen had a 471 average th lt Just shows the flghtlng splrxt Coach Gllmes puts 1nto h1s crews Both DuW1yne Gumes and Kenny Duncan should be commended for the1r time and abxllty spent wlth the squads The second te nn ended up wlth a 7 10 record wlth many unseasoned boys on the roster In the Reglonal tournament at Belolt the Redmen were beaten by Bellevllle 32 35 Bellevllle later went to the finals of the re glonal toulnament , 4Q . a' 7 ' f ' 4 .v 1 , g E2 I3 I1 .231 gg .3 M, 5 r' . I .1 as 2 ' 1' , ' ' 1 - . . ' . ' , , , f' : ' . ' , , , , , , ' - . ' .. 0- ' ' ' Y ' A E ' 2- v - . ,, 3 ' , . . - . . I y , , 2. ' . , ' ' ' . . , . ' . . ' 9 . . . . . . . A - r y - . . Y . roughest leagues to play in and all our com- a 16.7 average. Wurster. was next with a 8.6 . . . . 2 . 1 t ' - I . , - , . L , '. B. Q Z . , , . . v s . . ' 2 ,Z - . l . U 2 y 4 - . . . z . ' ' ' . ' ' , ' - ' - - - y ' 1 Q V ' . ' '. . Q t - ,. . . .' z z z ' . ' z z ' L -' - it . , , - 2 . - . . . u - - V . . I s ' ' z D ' - - ' , - , Y . . c .