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

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CROSS COUNTRY TEAM First Row: Dick Stutsman, Don Dean, Louis Clain, Norman Hartness, Gary Freeman. Second Row: Raymond Wag- ner, George DeShazo, George Atteberry, Glenn Scott, Jim Gaddy, Mr. William C. Lantz, coach. Team Pacing Sweeps State The Central cross-country team, coached by lVIr. William C. Lantz, rumbled on through another undefeated season in l95l. The peren- nial winners paced the last race of the year to end their fourth consecutive undefeated season THE BRAVES STRIDE OVER THEIR CENTRAL PARK TRAINING COURSE. l and to acquire their thirteenth state champion- ship during the fifteen years of organized inter- scholastic cross-country in Oklahoma. The galloping lettermen were George Atte- berry, Louis Clain, Don Dean, George DeShanzo, Gary Freeman, Jim Gaddy, Norman Hartness, Glenn Scott, Dick Stutsman, and Raymond Wagner. Returning for the 1952 season are Clain, Freeman, Gaddy, and Wagner. SCORES ROGERS-CENTRAL DUAL Central ---------- 15 Rogers ---------- 4-O A. and M. TRIANGULAR Central ---------- 29 Stillwater --------- 37 Rogers ---------- 54 STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC AT O. U. Central ---------- 45 Stillwater --------- 6 7 Capitol Hill -------- 69 WEB STER-CENTRAL DUAL Central ---------- 15 Webster --------- 40 A. and M. INVITATIONAL Central ---------- 42 Stillwater ---- - 51 O. C. Capitol Hill - - 69 1221

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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.

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BASEBALL TEAM First Row: Eddie Apple, Melton Lairmore, Harold Grammer, George Pratt, Dick Morris, Sam Meason, and Eddie Morris. Second Row: Ted Price, Raymond Brown, LeRoy Canfield, Don Anderson, Stacy Scoggins, Bill Fortney, Kyle Goddard, manager. Third Row: Mr. Clyde Charvoz, coach, and Mr. Paul McDaniel, coach. Play Ball! Is A Familiar Sound With seven returning lettermen-Eddie Apple, Melton Lairmore, George Pratt, Bill Fortney, Sam Mezisoii, Harold Grammer, and Dick Mor- ris-Central's 1951 baseball team really made a name for themselves. The Braves, under the fine coaching of Mr. Clyde Charvoz, won five straight games before their initial loss, suffered at the hands of the Will Rogers Ropers. Fourteen boys earned letters in the 1951 season-Don Anderson, Eddie Apple, Raymond Brown, LeRoy Canfield, Bill Fortney, Howard Grammer, Melton Lairmore, Sam Meason, Dick Morris, Clyde Plunk, George Pratt, Ted Price, Stacy Scoggins, and Kyle Goddard, manager. SCORES Central - 18 Broken Arrow Central - 18 Okmulgee V Central 7 Sapulpa - - Central 4 Broken Arrow Central 3 Muskogee - Central 3 Will Rogers - Central 2 Sapulpa - - Central - 10 Bartlesville V Central - 2:3 Okmulgee - Central - - - 3 Muskogee - Central - - - 3 Will Rogers - REGIONAL TOURNAMENT Central - - - 4- Sapulpa - - Central - - - 6 Pryor - - - Central 5 Will Rogers - 123 Harold Grammer and Dick Morris were elected the 1951 team co-captains. Two players had the honor of being named to the all state team-Eddie Apple, catcher, and Melton Lairmore, outfielder. RETURNING LETTERNIEN SCAN THE 1952 SCHEDULE YVITH COACH CLYDE CHARVOZ. l