Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Reserves game the Hornets lost the Victory Bell to the Panthers. The game ended 4 J to 41 in Avilla ' s favor. The Hornets met the Butler Windmills for their last tilt on the home floor and bowed before the windy quintet 41 to 33. At the sectional tourney, held in Angola, the buzz of the Hornets sounded into the semi-finals. They first downed Scott Center H to 2 1 and then defeated Metz 62 to 33, but they bowed before the Auburn Red Devils 46 to 29. Top row: l ;a inond Kiess. Coach Smith, James Webb, r ' a id Smith, Second row; Bill Hoagland, Bill Van Wag-ner, Bob Purdy, Fred Pentico, Don Nichols. Kront row: Bob Elliott, AA ' illjur Harter, Dean Dygert, Hariand French, Art Hanna. Season ' s Record Personal Fouls Fouls Fouls Field Total Percentage Games Keckler 16 Brown 16 Bledsoe, Roy 16 Zimmer 17 McBride 17 Dygert 16 Bledsoe, Bob 14 Golden 9 Boyer „ 5 Holwerda 6 )uls Attempted Hit Missed Goals Points Fouls Hit 42 30 13 17 14 41 .433 38 38 18 20 11 40 .471 17 35 23 12 21 64 .657 22 9J 51 44 7i 197 .537 43 126 71 55 62 195 .565 41 27 12 15 20 52 .445 10 8 3 11 2 5 .375 7 1 9 2 4 .000 1 3 2 2 6 .677 3 2 1 2 5 Pa .500 »e Twentv-one

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Squad Season ' s Play The Hornets started the 1942-43 basketball season with a new coach and practically a whole new team. For the first game they traveled to Butler and were defeated with the score of 29 to 17. The next game, with Kendallville, was our first home game and the Hornets made a good showing, although they were defeated 28 to 20. Waterloo was the next opponent and the Wildcats downed us 45 to 42 in a very ' close and hard fought contest. Wolcottville having lost their gym, came to Angola for our fourth game. Here the Hornets broke into the win column by defeating them 3 8 to 3 6. The hard driving team from Auburn was next on the program. The Red Devils defeated us 41 to 3 3. The Hornets Top row: Jlr. Elliott, David Emerson, James ' U ' ebb, Coach -Smith. Second ro « ' : Jack Hol ' wer- da, John ilcBride, Roy Bled- soe, Bob Bledsoe, TVendell Zimmer,. Front rO v -; Barton Golden, Jim Keckler, TVarren Brown, Allen Beyer, Bob Dygert. traveled to Fremont to take the Eagles in their first game in the county. The Hornets won 24 to 14. Then came a small but mighty team from Albion. The Hornets were victorious in this game, the score being 41 to 3 8. The Garrett Railroaders were the next to encounter the Hornets and they went back to Garrett defeated 44 to 29. The next team was a new one on our schedule. The Hornets defeat- ed Pleasant Lake 34 to 3 2. The Hornets went to Ashley for the next game and defeated them m a double overtime 48 to 46. The county tourney was next up and the Hornets drew Fremont for their first game. They were defeated in the first game 40 to 34. Then the Hornets went to Garrett for their next contest and were downed 46 to 34 in an overtime. A very big and hard fighting team from Goshen defeated the Hor- nets 54 to 37. Hamilton came to Angola for a hard fought game but the Hornets were just too tough for them and defeated them 36 to 34. The Orland Tigers were the next opponents. The Hornets proved to be too much for them and defeated them 49-36. The Hornets went to LaGrange for their next game and ran away with them to the tune of 58 to 35. Avilla was the last game away from home. In this Page Twenty

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Baseball The firsi: game of the season with Hamilton the Hornets lost 12-4. The Hornets were without the services of the tirst string catcher and pitcher, Brown and French. In the next game the Hornets broke into the win column by defeating Salem 12-2. Brown, Dygert, and Smurr were the big hitters with two apiece. B. Shire was good for the Cardinals. The battery for Angola was French and Brown. For Salem it was L. Shire and Black. The Hornets won their next encounter with Flint. A big third inning helped put over a 14-3 vic- tory for the Hornets. The game was played on a rain soaked diamond and was called at the end of the fifth inning. The battery for Angola was French and Brown and for Flint it was Schultz and Call. Fremont came to Angola for the fifth game and defeated the Hornets 6-0. Angola had several scoring opportunities but just couldn ' t get the run across. The battery for Fremont was Mingus and Etheridge, and for Angola it was French and Brown. The Hornets came back into the winning streak in the next game by defeating Scott Center 4-3. In this game Dygert got a no hitter but the Hornets had several errors and they got three runs. The batteri ' for Angola was Dygert and Brown, and for Scott Center it was Ralston and McKiney. The Hornets then traveled to Orland to take the next game by the score of 14-5. Zimmer was the big gun for the Hornets in this game, getting 4 for 4. The battery for Angola was French and Brown; for Orland it was Straw and Rowe. In the last game the Hornets traveled to Metz to take on a very powerful team and came out on top by the score of 6-1. There was some very fine defensive playing and Smurr displayed a lot of power at the plate by collecting 2 for 3. The battery for Angola was French and Brown; for Metz it was Rocky and Elliott. The Hornets entered the County Tournament along with three other teams, Fremont, Hamilton, and Salem Center. The Hornets were rated third in the county standings, having six wins and two losses. In the first game Fremont played Salem Center and won a very close game 2-1. In the second game between Angola and Hamilton, Angola won by the score of 3-1. With only one hour from the end of the former game, the Hornets came to bat against a tough Fremont team. Each team scored two runs in the first inning. The ball park was completely covered with mud which made it difficult to play for both teams. Brown counted for all the Hornets ' runs by scoring Zimmer twice and scoring once himself. The game ended 13-3 in Fremont ' s favor. The battery for Fremont was Mingus and Etheridge and for Angola French, Dygert, McBride, and Brown. standing: .Jack Well. ' , Mgr., Art Hanna Bob Dygert. Bill Motson Jack Holwerda, .John McBrltie, Floyd Smurr. Bob Kllng, Wendell Zimmer, .fames Webb, Coach .Smith. Kri f -lirig; Ben Obmart. Fri-d Peritico, -Mien Boyer, Harland French, Boh Klllott, Bill Van Warner, Ceorg : .Xn.spa ugh, Dean Uygcrt, Don .Vichol.s. Dave Emerson, Mgr. Page Twenty-two