Arkansas City High School - River Rat Yearbook (Arkansas City, AR)

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... J it GOLF Golf was another new Ark Valley League sport in which A, CY was well rep- resented. The golf team, composed ot' Richard WVilkins, Clenton Christy, Dick Metz, and Jolm Ranney, represented A. C. at the fall golf tournament at Hutchinson. The tournament was stopped on account ot' had weather, but Dick Metz wus low medalist. The Wichita golf tournament wus held on May T. We were represented by John Rzmney, Richard Wilkins, Dick Metz, and Harry May. The weather again was un- suitable for golf, but Dick Metz was low medalist for the tourney. Wichita won first and A. C. took second. This was :1 fine showing. Next year, we expect to do het- ter in golf we only lose two golfers. John Runney and Richatrcl Wilkens, hy grad- uution. Dick Metz and Hurry May will return to st-hool next, full.

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BASKET BALL Prospects were indeed bright for a winning basket ball team when the first cull for basket shooter.s was answered. Coach Uhrlaub had a team of letter men back besides 't world of other material. ' In the first pre-season game with Chilocco the Arks showed mid-season form -md scalped the Indians 46-30. A In another pre-season game with Co-ffeyville the team did not show as good form as in the first game but had little difficulty in defeating them 48-19. A We opened the Ark Valley League season with a win-defeating Wellington .lb-18 on their home court. - 1 The next night at home our boys were overcome 36-15 by Newtons excellent driving and passing machine. . The next game was with our old rival Winfield on the large Southwestern court. The score see-sawed back and forth, but Smith and Hackley dropped in baskets and when the gun went off A. C. came out on the long end of a 32-28 score. We trod all over Hutchinson in the next game by the large score of 45-20. The next Friday, El Dorado presented a flashy team. The Purpleand the Gold led by only three points at the half, but came back strong in the second half to de- feat their rivals 37-22. The Arks, at Wichita the next night, showed that their fo-rmer game had ex- hausted them, and Wichita ran away in the last half to win 33-19. A. C. took Wellington to another cleaning on our court defeating them 50-21. A. C.'s hopes of defeating Newton were blasted when the Railroaders defeated I f 0 2 0 ffherfrfof r eef? 'a ., , 4' . ' ' Y - 3 ' ' , y , I , I A , ' og 9 us at Newton 34-10. The next night at Hutchinson, we fared better and came out on the large end of a 21-13 score. A Winfield came down determined to defeat A. C. They gave the Arks a battle royal, and it took some hard fighting t.o clinch the game which finally :ended,.44-35 in our favor. Our boyis were tired the next night at Kingman. Only in the last .few minutes of the game did they pull out of the fire, winning by the close score of1.21-19. A. C. played her best game of the year against Wichita here. The Arks were superior in height and speed, and Wichita found herself at the small end of a 43-23 score. The team missed a chance to clinch second place in the league by letting El Dorado beat them 27-21 the next night. V A. C. finally found her stride in the last game of the season with Kingman and overwhelmed them 42-17. g V ., The team fini-shed with an enviable record. They defeated Winfield 1wice,.in one season which is the second time in the history of the school that this has been accomplished. They tied for second place in the Ark Valley League, which fs the highest record an Arkansas City team has ever made. Only one game was 'lbstcon the home court. and that to Newton. The successful year for the'team was- due to its untiring fighting spirit, good team work, and the coaching of Coach Uhrlaubf' ' A. C. did not participate in' the state tournament this year- because sojnany players were ill with, the influenza. This is the first time'we have missed-'entering the tournament for many years. I ' Y V ' Instead of second team games, an intra-mural basket ball league was- estab- lished. Each room adopted the name of some Missouri Valley college. Intense in- terest was shown in these gamesg some were close and exciting. Valuable training was received by those who participated, and it should help develop better material for future high school teams. Oklahoma U won the cup. A. C. I-I. S. has always had a fighting basket ball team. The first team with scheduled games was in 1908. They lost two games to Winfield, tied one with Ponca City and won one from St. Johns. In 1909 Wichita was defeated twice, and Winfield for the first time. A. C. had no basket ball coach in 1910. In 1911. A. C. went to the semi-finals at Lawrence, won three out of four games played with Winfield. In 1913 Arkansas City was admitted to the Arkansas Valley League. A. C. won but one game that year and that was from Kingman. 1914 found A. C. fourth in the league. A. C. made a good showing at the state tournament in 1917. , A. C. won the state championship in 1918 after a slump in the league. I 1919 Ark City placed third in the league and went to the semi finals at the state tournament In the following years A C won several firsts at the Winfield tournament and showed up well in state tournaments Last year A C fought her vu ty to third 'p-lace in the league mmli D3 5 els 2 9 340 J Stn ! I 1 1 2 2 3 , t , 3 r ' ' , ' Ex 01325713 9' EJ ef 19 6 'A if , 4

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3 p r ,Q r 4 ' 1 -A aa.. .1 , . l 1 e' s.-:ff.,f,.: .ta '.tf:fsifswv,sm-f.1-H p .e..gwf.4rv11:.h..,4-- .sr -g 1 ,v R 1 ,wg 7 TRACK ss-, x,. f Q Track prospects, at first, did not seem very encouraging as only two letter men , ' were backg they being Captain Brown and Willet Thomas. With junior high material f x r 4, and some new finds in senior high, Coach Uhrlaub moulded a team which, although 3. not finishing as high as the teams of recent years, gave a good account of itself for V 5 rw C S 'X ol? 'V Q The intramural track meet, which was won by Oklahoma U, uncovered some A fr- i good material for Coach Uhrlaub. Q, The first meet of the year wasthe triangular meet with Wellington and Winfield ,F 5, 315 on A.pril 9. Wellington won the meet and A. C. took second. Thomas, McMichael, 33' is Flick, Jones. Bright, Marshall, Fry, Brown and Harwell showed up favorably in their ,'v'?'f, Ai events. 4' , tb, Captain Brown, Flick, and Willis Thomas represented A. C. at the state meet LQ? at Lawrence. Captain Brown won 5 points to tie A. C. for sixth place. ' .IE In a dual meet with Chilocco, on April 20, A. C. carried off the honors with X -,Q 7755 points. Capt. Brown was the individual star of the meet. Others who showed tr 5, their ability for the first time by placing were: Stevenson, Darby, Layne, Landers, .' ' and Barth. ' ' ' V A K The 20th Annual Southwestern Inter-High School track and field meet was held pfiif , on Aipril 30. Capt. Brown and Layne scored 8 points to place A. C. seventh in 3 43 Y V class A. ' 3 -42 1 If I 3 '5' 3 The following day at Wichita, A. C. placed fourth in the Ark Valley meet. I lg gi A. C. H. S. had its first track team organized in 1907. That team worfthlrd place ff ' i, in the Winfield meet. f 3 l ' , 3 The following year was more successful as the team took first place at Winfield, Q 1 Q 5 second in class B at Wichita, and won five medals at the Emporia meet. E 1909 was even more successful, as the team that year took first place at Winfield 'f Y Sli and Wichita. and second in the state meet. A 1 The teams of following years were also good, talking firsts on many occasions. Z The team of 1924 was the best team yet produced by A. C. It won all of its 12 i Q Q meets except the state meet. A Some fine athletes have departed from the doors of A. C. H. S. Records have lil? 2 been broken, and the fame of the school has been spread by their victories. Among ,I i i ' the most famous are: Gribble, Kahler, Gardner boys, Mitchell, Houston, Weller, 'E ' Wilson, Chaplin, and Robinson. .Lf g ' Elf f 9 T lr f li 1 if i 'f I in TENNIS . A 'X EE . Twenty-eight boys entered the first round of the bo-ys' singles tournament. fi I 12 Ausmus, Barkwell, R. Lewis, and Post survived the last round by winning 'r 2 their matches with easy' scores. In the semi-finals Ausmus defeated Barkwell 6-2, li -I 6-3. Post won from Lewis in the finals 6-4, 6-2. 1. I: if Four girls entered the girls' singles tournament. Katherine Maus won from 'cwf Helen Albee 7-5, 6-1, and Agnes Cushenberry defeated Margaret Fretz 6-0, 6-0. Maus , ,ff A then defeated Cushenberry 6-4, 7-5 in the finals. Tennis was a. new slport in the Ark Valley League this year, and A. C. was E' N well represented by both boys and girls at the out of town tournaments. Next year J, ,. ' there should be many Bill Tildens in A. C. H. S. ffl? , . A tif 1 4 Y g fa ' Zfwrfff-as pwieifizipwt.. - 4' -fg. .7 1'1r 2 .. fi' , if ' ' af ,Q-rf . .Q mfs: U., ..a'a:selfQ is -.f... .ff-:a.Q..g..:e, :. V .ar