Central High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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BOB LANKFORU JOHN LANNING SCORES Central - - 17 Classen - - 14 Central - - 15 Perry - - 15 Central - - Webster - - Q4 Central - - 18 Rogers - - 15 Central - - 17 Ponca City - - 1fL Central - - 36 Sapulpa - 6 Central - - 26 Rogers - - G Central - - - 32 Stillwater - - 3 Central ---- 15 Webster ---- 17 Central in State Meet - ---- 4-th Place Leztermen ar Right: BILL RICHARDSON, RUDY YVICICHERT, TOXTXTY wicca, JOHNNY WVALLIS, LEE YOUNG. WALTER BUSCH AND A VVEBSTER ATHLETE STRIVE FOR AN ADVANTAGL 51191 JOE NIILLI- R

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ay t e sb. ,X 1-c1TDL HARRY ORBAUGII BILLY TUBBS EVERYBODY TRIES T0 Gl-IT INTO THE ACT AS THI BOXS FICHT IOR POSSICSSION OF TI-Ili BALL IN 'l'I'Iii Cl'1N'l'RAL-NORTHFX81 CON'llS'l an average of over eleven points a game. Third Central Cushing - - - in the city in scoring was Tommy Moss, a di- 322331 islilflllfl minutive five-foot-ten guard, who had an average Centra, Wzbsteggeri i I of nine points a game. At the end of the season Central Sapulpa - - - Klle and Warren Godwin, another senior for- Central Bartlesville - - - ward, were elected honorary team captains. . I Z Coach Ehlers' boys made a good beginning ln Central Bartlesville - - the regional tournament, nosing out Cushing 36 genfcfai gV1ulR05efS ' ' to 35. They couldn't, however, stand up to the C2321 Fgggtggdlle ' I I conference champions, the Rogers Ropers, and Central Muskogee - - dropped the semi-final game 4.6 to 33. Central Okmulgee - - - Central Webster - - - Central Oklahoma City SCORES Capitol Hill - - Central - - 56 Okla. City Northeast 54- Central Okla. City Northeast Central - - 33 Fayetteville - - 55 Central Cushing - - - - Central - - 31 Vinita ---- 32 Central Will Rogers - - BASKETBALL TEAM First Row: Mr. Clarence Ehlers, coach, Joe Kile, Bill Sinclair, Ronny Godwin, Warren Godwin, John Barham, Harry Orbaugh, Jim Hurley, Larry McCord, Sammy Meason, Bill Tubbs, Mr. Melvin E. Riggs, coach. Second Row: Dick McConkay, Ralph Reed, Don Sands, John Adams, Mike Rubenstein, John Hardy, Jack Nilson, George Smith, Jay Brothers, Bill Black, Larry Beil. Third Row: Bobby Dowell, Bob Dudley, James Campbell, Danny Fulps, Ronnie Kirk- land, William Tulk, Dale Underwood, Jerry Newman, Charles Foster, Bill Alexander. Fourth Row: Milton Haynes, Robert Batchelor, Jim Timberlake, George Prafka, Steve Trower, Don Reis, Freddie Smith, Larry Littlefield, Weister Smith, Mr. Bill Eubanks, sophomore coach.