Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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Atlanta High School, 1919 The very next Friday night they journeyed down into Logan County for sweet revenge —and we thought that they would get it, for at that time we had two of the best regulars out because of ineligibility of grades. The loyal high school rooters and our usual large bunch of interested business men who backed the team, came to our rescue and put the necessary pep into the fellows and they came out ahead again, 24 to 22. And say, a whole book could be written about the Lincoln games. Lincoln has long been a hated rival of Atlanta (and, with clean, sportsmanlike rivalry, we hope they will always remain such). The first game was played at Lincoln, and it was a happy bunch of backers that boarded the southbound C. A. to accompany the team into the county seat. Lincoln played a great game, mostly defensive( for the referee selected was extremely shortsighted) and just a great deal of holding, etc., seemed the order of the day. Lincoln fouled in practically every move they made. This was not due to dirty play, we think, so much as it was to a lack of a good coach. They were unfortunate, indeed, in not having the services of a good coach, for they had real good material. County Superintendent Lukenbill, who is a great favorite of the Atlanta High School, did not know whether to root for Lincoln or for Atlanta, so he did his best for both teams. Another noticeable feature of this game was the fair treatment of the Lincoln rooters. In the past the rivalry has become so intense that there has been marked evidence on the part of Lincoln to get rather personal. This seems to have become a thing of the past and now there is the clean sportsmanship that should go along with all branches of high school athletics. February 19 gave Lincoln her revenge, however, for the three trouncings that she has received in the past two years. It happened that two of the boys were again ineligible, and this time the team was so weakened that Lincoln went through with the long end of a 21 to 14 score. The first real hard game of the season was with Bloomington, and was played in the big Bloomington High School gym on the afternoon of December 7th. The team started the game by leading off with a ringer by Stroud and Dunham in the first two minutes of play, and Atlanta succeeded in staying ahead until the very last minute of play, when Goelzer scored two goals in succession. Bloomington won the game over A. H. S. 21 to 18. Decatur and Springfield were two other mighty foes that were scheduled this year. Springfield played here December 2 7, and Sterneman, the little Irish guard, won the 20 to 11 game with five long shots clear across the Murphy Hall tloor. He certainly was death on the long shots. Decatur beat the maroon and white February 7 on their floor 37 to 20. We feel justly proud of this score, although we did not win the game, because this is the lowest score that Decatur was held to on her own floor this season with but one exception. Decatur found that she had a very formidable foe in A. H. S. and she was not at all sure of the tournament when it was learned that Atlanta and Decatur had paired for the first game of the series held at Millikin gymnasium. Coach Sugg had prepared several excellent plays for their particular style of play and had the team groomed in pretty good shape for the final contest. Atlanta made 11 points in the first half, while the opponents had a little the best of it with 13 points. The whole team was going like clock work in the first half, but two goals and a free throw in the first three minutes of the second half completely amazed the boys and they went entirely to pieces. From then on it was all Decatur, the game ending 30 to 12. To show the appreciation of their good work the boys were entertained several times at the last of the season. Miss Sill’s Domestic Science class gave a four course dinner to the boys and their coach at the end of the season. It was certainly a very-fine dinner and they all enjoyed it very much. Coach and Mrs. Sugg later entertained the former’s “fast team” at their home. Light refreshments were served at the end of a most enjoyable evening and “the Suggs” were voted splendid entertainers. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burton also entertained the boys with a dinner at the close of the season, which was highly appreciated by all. At a meeting of the Athletic Association in the early part of April, the treasurer reported a surplus of $150 in the treasury. The association immediately voted sweaters to the seven members of the first squad for their splendid record, and as an appreciation of the way in which he took the boys through the season, they voted a sweater to Coach Sugg. The sweaters were presented at a special assembly meeting the first week in May. Atlanta High School’s chances for a fast team next year are pretty good. Dunham, Byron and Lyman James, and Kdgar Houghton of this year’s squad will be 10

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Atlanta IIicii School, 1919 Athletics The basketball season of the past year (1918-19) was the most successful that the school has ever had. Owing to the Spanish influenza epidemic the boys got a late start and several of the games had to be cancelled. Nevertheless, the squad worked hard and succeeded in winning most of the games played. The team was composed of Captain Taylor and Paul Stroud, four year “A” men. Iceland Dunham, Paul Houghton, and Harold Squier, three year men, Byron James, a two year man, and Lyman James and Edgar Houghton, who played their first year. Four of the five regulars of the 1918 team furnished the background of this year’s squad. Squier and Houghton took their turn at playing the fifth position. Lyman James and Edgar Houghton were always dependable substitutes and got into three or four of the games. Because of the success of the team our games were all very well patronized, and old Murphy Hall fairly shook her sides at the shouts of victory from Atlanta’s loyal rooters. On several of the out-of-town trips the team was accompanied by delegations of Atlanta rooters. Perhaps the most amusing game was the East Peoria game, played here. The final score of this game was 70 toll. After piling up a big score Leland and Paul, the scoring forwards, were pulled out and the midget forwards, Lyman and Squier, were sent in. This did not seem to hinder the scoring in the least, as it continued to rise until the final seventy was reached. Louie was bewildered (?) several times and whaled away at the opponents’ goal. It happened that Mr. James was home at that time and Bud performed for him in great fashion, netting five or six ringers to our score. We felt quite puffed up last year when we succeeded in taking Lexington into camp after they had licked us earlier in the season to a tune of 40 to 18, but we feel even more proud this year. They had just beaten Bloomington badly on the Bloomington floor when we went to Lexington. Every school in the country that was watching the papers expected to see us get a good drubbing. We surprised them, for we took Calhoun’s mighty five on their own floor 28 to 24. They fought Coach Sugg’s quintet to a finish, tried climbing the wall under the goals for shots, made two cushion shots out of the ceiling and wall, resorted to trick plays, an’ everything—even had a loose referee, which gave the odds to them on far heavier players than we had. 9

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Atlanta High School, 1919 eligible to play next year, and with several good country fellows signifying their intention of entering school next fall, there should be a real good team representing A. H. S. during 1919-20. It is to be regretted that Mr. Sugg will not be here next year to coach the team, for it was largely due to his untiring efforts that Atlanta took a place beside the very best teams in the country this year. We are hoping that the Board of education will be able to engage a good man to take up the work that he has left in such a good condition. R. b., '19. THE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE AND SCORES Date Opponents Played A. H. S. Opp. Nov. 15 Stanford There 38 10 Nov. 22 Heyworth Here 18 10 Nov. 29 Hey worth There Cancelled-flu Dec. 6 Stanford Here Cancelled-flu Dec. 7 Bloomington There 18 21 Dec. 13 Normal Here Cancelled-flu Dec. 20 East Peoria There Cancelled-fln Dec. 21 Pekin There Cancelled-flu Dec. 27 Springfield Here 11 20 Jan. 3 LINCOLN THERE 19 15 Jan. 4 Mason City Here 24 12 Jan. 10 East Peoria Here 70 11 Jan. 17 Lexington 28 24 Jan. 24 Lexington Here 24 22 Jan. 31 Normal There 21 14 Feb. 5 Armington Here 37 13 Feb. 7 Decatur 20 37 Feb. 7 Clinton There 14 40 Feb. 14 Mason City There 18 33 Feb. 19 LINCOLN HERE 14 23 Feb. 21 Stanford Here 37 13 Feb. 27 Decatur at tournament Decatur 12 30 BOARD OF EDUCATION Dr. G. W. Brock, President. M. E. Stroud, Secretary. J. I. McKoun. J. S. Dowdy. W. C. Reinmiller. Frank Green Dr. Maskel Lee. HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY James D. Darnall, A.M., University of Chicago, Superintendent. M. M. Sugg, James Millikin University, Principal. Alice E. Richard, A.M., University of Michigan, Science and Mathematics. Mabel Sill, B.S., Wesleyan University, Home Economics. Freda Haffner, B.A., Northwestern University, English. Alma M. Merrick, B.A., University of Chicago, Latin and History. GRADE TEACHERS Amy M. Claggett, Grade 8. Literature, Grammar. Verl Nicol, Grade 7, Arithmetic, Writing, Spelling. Jessie Kieszling, Grade 6, History, Geography, Physiology. Ella Boosinger, Grade 5. Kathryn McCullough, Grade 4. Mabel Sater, Grade 2. Cora Carlock, Grade 3. Minnie Nollen, Grade 1. 11