Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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p Athletic Department HVANJJ Head Coach OACH MARVIN VAN OSDOL, who has been coach- ing Abile11e teams for the past eight years, added another ribbon to his long string of successful coaching laurels and brought his basketball team out at the end of the season, champions of the Cen- tral Kansas League. This is the first time in the history of the school that Abilene has had this honor, and too lllllitil credit cannot be given Van Osdol. Van attended high school at Pretty Prairie. Kansas. and while i11 high school obtained two letters in football illld four in basketball, After graduating, he enrolled i11 the State Teachers' College of Emporia and after four years, graduated with three football letters and three bas- ketball letters and a B, S. degree ill education. After leaving school, Van was called to Abilene and given the job of athletic director ofthe high school. Ath- letics in Abilene previous to this had just been getting along. A. H. S. had had so111e good teams and was just breaking even on the expenses. During the eight years t'Van has coached, he has turned out three teams which won first place in the C. K, L. in football and one basketball championship team. Not only this, but he has also made possible for the school the best high school athletic field in Central Kansas. At the close of every year, Van has turned over to the school- board good profits instead of being forced to give the sad news that the athletic department had just broken even or had gtllle into the fred. Next year t'Van will not only be coach of Abilene High School but also principal. He is taking the place of C. E. Hawkes, who accepted the position of Superinten- dent of Public Schools at Oberlin, Kansas. The following shows Van Osdol's record in football and basketball since he started coaching eight years ago: 1 FOOTBALL Year G. XV. G. L. Pts. Opp. Pts. Scored Scored 1925 .... 6 .....,. .. 2 ...,,. .,.,, 2 11 50 f1926 .... 9 ....... .. 0 ...... ..... Q 01 46 1927 .... 7 ....... . 1, ..... ...' . ,239 32 1928 .... 8 ....... .. 1 ...... ..... 2 49 53 f1929 .... 7 ....... 2 ...... ..... 1 ea C58 111930 .... 7 ....... . 2 ....t. ..,.e 1 26 57 1931 .,.. ,..' z 3 ..... .. .. 5 ...... 74 so 1932 .... .Q 2 ................ 6 .........1...... 56 1411 BASKETBALL ' Pts Opp. l'ts. Xe-ar Scored Scored ll. NV G. li. 1925-24: ........ 570 ....... ....... 3 2,7 .,.... ..... 1 e .,..,,1 .,.. 4 1926-27 ........ 573 ...... ....,.e : 533 ..... ..... 1 5 .,.,... 1, 3 1927-28 ...... 1111 ....... ....... 5 12 ..,..... ..... 1 2 ....... .... 1 0 192s-29 .,.... 502 ....... .... : :sc ..... .,..,... 13 s 1929 :ao ...... 3-13 ....... ....,.. : ......,.. 11 5 1930-31 ...... 374 ....... ....... 3 34 ..... 9 7 1931 32 ...... 346 ....... ....... 3 ie ..... 7 9 A1932 ...... 465 ................ 394 ..... ..... 1 -1 o ii Denotes Championship Teams. OACH FLOYD CURRIER attended high school at Dodge City, Kan., and while in high school made two letters ill track and two in football. After gradu- ating from high school, he enrolled in the State Teachers' College of Emporia and was a two year letter-man in foot- ball and graduated with a B, S. degree in Education. maj- oring in physical educationf - - - - 'tNewt came to Abilene five years ago and received the job of teaching mathematics in the Junior High School and assisting in coaching high school football. During the football season, Currier coaches the line and Van Os- dol instructs the backfield. Both are specialists in coach- ing these divisions of a team and consequentlyj have pro- duced several stars in their several years of coaching. During the basketball season, Currier coaches the Jun- ior High team and thisyear also coached a freshman team of some merit. This helps Van greatly in as much as in future years these DIHYQFS UHVG already H good Start and proper instruction to carry on for the high Sflhool. He has instilled into the make-up of youngerathiletes the feeling of' friendliness and good will' that -h-as predom- inated in Abilene sports during the past few yearsg - NEW'l ' Assistant Coach

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Freshman -Class HEN THE DOORS of the Junior High and rural school bunk houses of the county swung open in September, one hundred seventy-five eager ten- derfeet came trooping out to take the trail. They came to the corral of old A. H. S. a11d chose the horses on which they would ride for the next four years. Some of the cayuses chosen were: Algebra, English, general sci- ence, history, psychology, and geometry and were very' dependable, worth-while ways if ridden by lads of spirit and patience. A small number of these tenderfeet, how- ever, unwisely picked outlaw branches such as: idleness, flirting, and playing hookie, and after riding for a fall, gave up in the attempts to be full-fledged Cowboys. Oth- ers not having acquired in previous years the ability to ride, failed to keep their seats in the saddle and dropped at various intervals along the trail. Of course, some of these tenderfeet would never make ranch foremen for they lacked the nerve to mount and catch up with other riders. A large per cent however, clung to the job un- til the round-up May 26, 1933. when the rewards of Sophomore were bestowed on deserving riders. During this first year's drive the chief range riders in- cluded: President, Ralph McMillan, vice-president, Bet- ty .lean Jones, secretary-treasurer, Faye Snyder. Rep- resentatives for the Student Council were Joan Hogan and Donald Makins. The ranch foremen were: Miss Margaret Scott, Miss Ethel Giles, and Mr. Fred Allison. Although plainly novices. this group l1as already made some records for other tenderfeet to aim at. XVith their Hforty-fours they have made several bulls-eyes such as super-salesmanship, for they sold more ground mustang at a football game than any other class and they also led all other classes in the Annual sales campaign which is held every year in the form of a contest to arouse in- terest among the classes. The freshmen have ranked third on the honor roll since the beginning of school, They have also been well represented in the rodeo of sports of the school including football, basketball, and baseball for the Cowboys, while the girls had a basketball tournament and a hockey tournament, On class night the freshmen gave a clever stunt which ended their class activities for the year, 1933. ROW 1-Snyder, lVlclVli'l:1n. Jones, Makins, Hogan. ROW 2-Engle, Frey, Burnette, Garten, Buchanan, Simmons, Emig, Bretches, De Haven, Funston. ROW 3 - Faust, Bell, Blaesi, Erb, Garver, Gary, Coleman, Cole, Akers, Carroll, Funk, ROW 4-Bow- ell, Baldwin, Coulson, Frank- lin, Blaehly, Jones, Eggleston. Funk, Black, Boyd, Gabhnrt, Emery, Dearsmiih. ROW 5-- Garclner, Clark, Elston, Bang- erter, Amsbaugh, Baldwin, Ayers, Bishop, Fshelman, Briney, Eshelman, Bell, Cook, Edwards. ROW lillflartsolf, llensley, Hurley, Kauffman, Kelly, Mc- Coy, Lange, Logan, Muchen, Lopp, Jones. ROW 2-Lew hart, Larson, Howland, Gibbs, Hershey, Miller, McWilliams, Korn, Hall. Kauffman, Haynes. ROW 3-Miller, Klager, Lorenson, Menges, Keim, Jones, Meeks, Has- lour, Kohart, Loncleen, Mar- tin, Kauffman, Hillman, Hoo- ver. ROW 4-McNall, Ing- ram, Martin, Giese, Har- greaves, Kean, Miller, Mar- steller, Leonard, Lundgren, Lambeth, Hogan, Haynes, Latly, Klamni. ROW 1-Stradtner, Morse, Phillips, Shearer, Towne, Moot, Wisby, Stants. Sutton, Morse, Wilson. ROW ll- Nash, Schwendener, Tremer, Patterson, White, Tucker, Towne, Probaseo, Pinkham, Young, Berry, Nichols. ROW 3-Van Sickle, Norton, Pur- rly, Witter. Monroe, Schneid- er, Seaton, Shatter, Sauer, Shetter, Rock, Walker, Pick- ing, Worley. ROW 4-Steele, Nelson, Witmer, Steelesmith, Woolverton, Sloop. Nash, Robson, Sparks, Nemechek, Peatling, Robson, Siraigght.

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lvf F X x X Q' N u fi . F F W l if - if lpef sd 5 V ' f Is- -LL - n iz !f-flff ' ROW .1-Gragfi, Beamer, xlinkle, McKenna. Mangel, Ferguson, Brooks, Burnett, ton, McMillan, Myers, Engle, Guthals, Kelley, Harper, Wis- by. ROW 3-Emery, Fhaves, Woclverton, Huston, Woolvcr- ton, Green, Chaves, Ams- baugh. I11 this game the Abilene team displayed a better brand N THE OPENING day of school Coach Marvin Van Osdol issued a call for all boys who were interested in football to report to the athletic field that after- 110011 for practice. Forty-six boys including six letter- men answered his call and worked out every afternoon under the direction of Van Osdol and Currier for four weeks and then met Lindsborg for their first league tus- sel. Tl1ey emerged from this game on the large end of a 12 to 0 score illlfl started working for their 11ext game with Concordia. Concordia arrived, tlllfl under the giant lights at the athletic field thoroughly trouneed the Hands 18 to 'J. The Cowboys, still a little vexed because of the beating they received, stepped on Herington T to 0 to raise their percentage to two wins and one defeat. The next game was with Ellsworth at Ellsworth. and traveling out among them thar hills. the Hands found the Jinx still holding good, Abilene came back with the short end of a 19 to 6 score. The next encounter was with Clay Center, who was reputed to have one of the best teams in Central Kansas. and the Cowboys. playing revised ball and leading part time. came to the finish only to find themselves trailing 19 to 13. The Hands put in a week of hard practice preparing for the visit Junction City was to pay the following Friday. The Blue Jays arrived on time Friday night. and the game was one of those close affairs ending with the Blue Jays leading by 2 points, 14 to 12. This was the last non-league game and the Hands were expected at Mc- Pherson the following Friday. Upon arriving at McPherson. the Cowhands found a strong wind blowing across the grid- iron with dust three inches deep on it. and with these drawbacks the game was started. Neither team could find any openings and the score remained 0 to 0 until within the last two min- utes of play. An Abilene back. attempting to punt into the wind. saw the ball soar into the air and blown back over the goal and be recovered by a Mc- Pherson player for a touch-hack and two points while the Hands had not scored. Armistice Day found Abilene and Chapman fighting to a draw on the Chapman gridiron. of ball and more spirit than in previous games, alld it ended 6 to 6. The final game on Thanksgiving against Salina was played at Abilene tl1is year. Salina administered the worst defeat of tl1e year to the Hands. 26 to 0. Coach Van Us- dol was ill a week previous to this game and Assistant Foach Currier substituted during his absence. Although tl1e Cowboys this year were not outstanding they did play good football. VVhen there were 'tbreaks in a game, they often went against the Hands, and the losing of these breaks will take the heart out of a team faster than anything else. The Abilene football team scored a total of 56 points to their opponents 104 for the season. t'Van expects to build a good team 21l'01llld those he worked with this year who will be back next season. I'11fortunately after tl1e elose of the season Loren Guth- als. tackle on the Abilene eleven, eligibility was ques- tioned by the State Athletic Association, At the next meeting of the board it was brought up and decided to declare him ineligible. This forced Abilene to forfeit the two games won during the season placing them in sev- enth place in the Central Kansas League. The Cowboy team of next year will be considerably better than this year's team. Although there will only be one returning letterman, Van will have many play- ers, who were substitutes and saw quite a bit of action in this year's games. back next -' ' HAR year. And then, there is the see- F001-BALL SEASON 1932233 SCORES ond team with WVl1ICll Van and Currier spent many hours Allilvlle. ........ ..... 1 2 Lindsborg' .,..,......,...... 0 of practice. The second team Amlvlwmu Concordia N--18 played several .games .this year flllfl with this experience Abilene. T H9l'il1gt0H --'---- 0 ought to aid the team next year Al,i1c.,,,,W-U Ellsworth -----19 greatly. Some of the returning . second team men and first team Albllelfe ..... ,,... . 13 Clay Center ,,,,,, ,,,,, 1 9 Substitutes are: U. Xvebh. R- Apilpne .,.V, --,-,- 1 2 Junction City ---, ,-.-, 1 4 Garten. L. Franklin, E. Ams- Ahiieut- ..... .... 1 J lTCI'l1E1'S01'1 ..... 2 Qffuflihlik, Nlfglllxgell' l,ll:l'f,V',f' Abilene ..... 6 Chapman ,... . ..... 6 Carroll. Almvmmum 0 Salina mm-.26 Alfred Makins was business manager throughout the season V ' and was present at all games. Vloml 't 5 G Opponents ' A 104 He carried this job to the best of his ability. Gibbs. ROW 2-Ayers, Hus-