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

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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-

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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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Football Lettermen Raymond Red Huston-'fRedl' made his third and last letter this year. He always put all he had into the games and fought until the finish. He was chosen as a guard OII the C. K. Il, All-Star Team. Francis Fritz Woolverton--Like Huston, Francis made l1is third and last letter this year. Fritz'f was o11e of the fastest men of the team and opposing line men found him plenty tough. Wayne Dutch Woolverton-XVayne followed in his brother's footsteps and knocked down a tackle berth, Although not as fast. he was just as tough. XVayne will be lost by graduation. Loren Hero Guthals--Loren came to Abilene from Joplin, Mo., and held down a tackle position during the season, .Although his playing was not outstanding he was dependable. Loren has played his last year, NVilbur White-W'hite, playing his second year with the Hands at a quarterback position, made many long gains th-rougli the enemy lines. He helped the Cow- boys greatly and is the only returning letterinan to carry on next year. Max XVimpy Ferguson--''XVimpy was the smallest man on the Abilene team and he held down the center berth all season. Opposing teams found the center of the Abilene line no cinch when they tried plunging through it. t'NVimpy made center on the second team of the C. K. L. mythical All-Star and his place will be hard to fill next season. Howard Squirt Myers-t'Squirt, playing his second and last year with the Cowboys, proved himself to be one of the cleverest passers in the league. He called signals for the Hands this year and was placed as a halfback on the Salina Journal's All-Star second team, William HBill Green--Bill played opposite Hinkle at end. He played a smooth, cool game, and aided the Hands greatly. He will be lost for next year's team by gl'2llll1ilfl0I1. lVilliam Bill Gragg--Bill, a senior, played his first and last year with the Cowboys at a guard position. Ile developed rapidly during the season, and in the last few games backed up the line like 0119 who had gridiron of three or four years. Ralph Hink Hinkle--Ralph. also playing his first and last year for the Cowboys, dealt out plenty of punishment at end. The bigger they came the better Hink liked it. and his shoes will be hard to fill next season. Claude Bernard Mangel-t'Bernardl' this year coin- pleted his fourth and last year of football for Abilene. Claude was shifted from a guard to a half-back position this year and was one of the hardest plunging backs in the league. - Alfred Mac McKanna- Mac formerly played at guard opposite Mangel but this season was made a half- back with Mangel. He gained many yards for the Cow- boys and was extremely hard to,catch when in the open, McKanna will graduate this year.- ' - ' llarold Kelley-Kelley played -at fullback and car- ried the job of punting for the Hands. He was good at wagging passes out of the air and always dependable, but will be lost by graduation this year. Spring Sports Tennis The Board of Directors of the C. K. L. decided to cut track and golf from the spring schedule this year, and con- sequently this left tennis as the remaining spring activ- ity. At this same meeting it was also decided to hold the C. K. L. tennis tournament in Abilene. The meet was held on the courts at the Athletic Field and the city courts at the City Park. The only returning letterman to play for Abilene was Casanova, The oth- er members of the team were Hinkle, who played doubles with Casanova, and Dieter, who played singles. ln the singles Dieter had the misfortune of drawing Hays of Salina, who was winner of the C. K. L. singles last year, and consequently was beaten. Dieter next played Blair of Chapman for fifth, sixth, or seventh place, and again he lost giving Abilene sixth in the sin- gles. Hays from Salina, was winner of the singles, de- feating Olson of Lindsborg in the finals. The other schools placed in the following order: second, Lindsborgg third, McPherson, fourth, Heringtong fifth, Chapman, sixth, Abilene, and seventh, Ellsworth. In the doubles Casanova and Hinkle defeated the Her- ington doubles team in the first round circling a fourth place. In the second round they met McPherson and were defeated G-4, 3-6, 4-6. They next met Salina to de- cide upon a 3rd or 4th place and were again defeated 4-6, thus giving them fourth place in the doubles, Lindsborg met McPherson in the doubles finals, and after three sets of hard tennis, McPherson emerged the victor. Second place 'went to Lindsborg, third to Salina, fourth to Abi- lene, fifth to Herington, sixth to Ellsworth, and seventh to Chapman. , , , By averaging the standing of both single and doubles teams of each school, the results were a tie between Sa- lina, Lindsborg, and McPherson for first place. Fourth place was won by Herington, fifth by Abilene, sixth by Chapman, and Ellsworth placed seventh. A All in all it was a very successful tennis tournament and in the able manner it was carried off Abilene will again soon have the privilege of entertaining the tennis players in the C. K. L. Tennis is the final C. K. L. activity for the year and with its completion all schools in the C. K. L. finish an- other year of improved sports. Inter-Class Baseball To develop and keep the boys in Abilene High School in connlition Van chose baseball for the remaining three weeks of school. A double inter-class tournament was run off with much interest centered in it by the different classes. ' The Seniors and Freshmen had exceptionally good teams and after the first round had been played were tied for first place. They remained tied until in the last game of the tournament when the Seniors defeated them, thus giving the Seniors first, Freshmen second, Juniors third, and the Sophomores last. Following this game the faculty organized a team con- sisting of: Hawkes, Rock, Collins, Allison, Van Osdol, Currier, Endacott, Robinson, and Hathaway. This team played the winner of the tournament, the Seniors, one evening after school.