Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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Cbc ©pub REVIEW OF BOYS' BASKET BALL Basket Ball has again proven to be the most popular sport at High school this year. The basket ball season of 1911 ami 1912 was perhaps the best in the history of the school. The first game of the season was played on Thanksgiving day with the Alumni. While the old timers played a fast, game, they were unable to stand the pace of the fresher ones. Score 53 to 20. After this game practice started in earnest in preparation for the eastern tour. Despite the fact that our games in the eastern part of •the state did not all end in victories for us, we feel that the trip was a great success. It was on this trip that the fellows learned to adapt themselves to conditions and to put up the best that wits in them, even though the circumstances were the most unfavorable and even after traveling all day on a Missouri Pacific freight. Considering these facts we feel that the record made in the eastern part of the state is one to be proud of. The experience received on this trip aided materially in bringifng back to the A. H. S. the championship of western Nebraska. In the succeeding series of games for the championship of this part of the state we were undefeated. The athletic board showed its appreciation of the hard work of the team by voting them sweaters. Each player and the coach were presented with a beautiful blue coat sweater uj on which was a large white “A”. We hope the practice will be continued in the future. The following are the letter men: Nolan (oapt.), Schafer, Keegan, Graham, Darnell, Spacht and Rennau. These are t.he players to whom we are responsible for our 1911 and 1912 pennant. Nolan as forward and captain played a great game this season and proved a phencm at basket shooting. In all the games he was indispensible hut j erhaps will be remembered best as the hero of the Sidney game, at which time he acquired the title, “Old Ironsides’ . The team will feel the loss of Nolan nex year as he graduates this spring. Schafer, last year’s captain, better known as, “Bananas”, was on the floor more than any other of Alliance’s players this year, as he was out hut ten minutes during the entire season. During all this time he was helping to win fame fer our school by his excellent field work and accurate basket tossing. Darnell because of his jumping qualities has been duhbed the “Airship”. He easily outclassed his opponent® in every game, getting the hall at will and his goal shooting added many points to our scores. “Grape-nuts” Rennau although not in the game as much as Darnell delivered the go ds at all times. Keegan, the husky, and Graham, the broncho buster, were always there at guard. Their work on the defense was not equaled in any aggregation w:e met this year. They were always on the job and had hut few baskets thrown off them during the season. A faster, grittier pair of guards would be hard to find. Blondie Spacht wa3 always Jonnie-on-the-spot no matter where he was called upon to 19

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£bc £put serve, whether at guard or forward. Hi® heady work was always an asset to the team whenever he was in the game. He will be remembered most, however, for his stellar work at the Bluffs, where he went in the game in the last 5 minutes with the score against us and scored two baskets from the center of the field. Alliance 44—26 Alumni Alliance 27—50 Wahoo Alliance 20—23 Syracuse Alliance 21—37 Auburn Alliance 50—30 Fairbury Season's Scores: Alliance 37—16 Sidney Alliance 33—22 Scot:sbluff Alliance 40—12 Broken Bow Alliance ? — ? Sidney Alliance 27—25 Sco»tsbluff Alliance 16—33 Peru State Normal Alliance 70— 7 Crawfcrd Alliance 53—19 Broken Bow All honor to the team of 1911 and 1912 whose labor has returned the championship to the A. H. S. and who have won for us the beautiful blue banner that now grace® the assembly wall. GIRLS' BASKET BALL The girl’s basket ball team were easily victors over both Sidney and Scottsbluff, their only opponents of this season. Both game® were decidedly in favor of the local girls. Scores: Alliance 27—12 Sidney Alliance 9 — 1 Scottsbluff The girls that represented Alliance were: Hath Rice (rapt.), Izot- ta Renswold, May Graham, Dellight Ufford, May Nation, and Mabel Worley. The girl’s team will be somewhat at a loss for material next year as all but two of the players will graduate this year. Jtc MY WISH See the lovely little flowers Blooming sweetly everywhere, Heeding not the passing hours. Thinking dot of work or care. Life to them is just all sweetness. And ni studies can alloy. The days that pass with so much fleetness; All to them is perfect joy. Let me be a modest flower. Blooming ever m my place; In some lovely shady bower. Fair of form and sweet of face. — RUTH MONTGOMERY, ’13 20