Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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Hiaslu'thall Weldon “Pete Frantz was a real running mate to Hamilton at forward, even though he didn’t make very many points. “Pete” played classy ball and it was hard for any guard to hold him scoreless and he usually managed to come through when needed. This is “Pete’s” last year in high school competition. Jack “Percy” Freeston was our center and pivot point man. Once he got started he was hard to hold and has made many a basket by rebound shots. Jack is next to Hamilton for scoring honors. Jack was a good offensive center and concludes his high school career with a good record. Marvin “Lead” Hamilton is our other first team forward. “Lead” has played with us two years and was the main cog in our scoring attack. “Lead” is a classy floor man and rebound shot, also was noted for his accurate one-hand shots. “Lead” has one more year of competition and should go through his last year in great style. Lyle “Iron Man” Paulsen u'as the main cog in our defense. When Coach Price said go get your man, that unfortunate individual found he had a second shadow. Lyle has gone through many a defense for points when needed. When he played in the games, he was a sure man to gather in a few points and bring his team mates out of a “slump”. This is also his last year in high school. John “Hippy” Hubner was the other guard, wasn’t a very good shot but managed to get the ball down the floor to scoring position when needed. But was lost to his team in February because of the age rule. This is also his last year in high school. Delber “Sassage” Fulk was a sub guard and managed to get into the game quite a bit. He was a little slow but seemed to the opponent players to get in their way. “Sassage” was a shifty player and was played at forward quite a bit. This is also his last year in high school. Richard “Dick” Reinmiller played forward quite a bit. “Dick” is fast and a good dribbler, also a good shot, so it didn’t do to let him loose for he was sure to score. There were very few free throws missed by “Dick” in the games. He has one more year of competition and should make as good a combination with Hamilton at forward next year as “Pete” did this year. Harold “Coddy” Paulsen is a guard and took “Hippy’s” place when he had to leave his team mates. “Coddy” is only a Sophomore but is expected to improve quite a bit before next year, lie is a good ball handler and a good shot from any place on the floor. Coddy” has two more years of com- 20 19 3 4

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iUnschall lie made up for what he should have done the other two years. He wasn’t such a good hitter, but managed to come through when needed most. He was a good man to keep the team in the very l est of spirits. This is his last year of competition. Marvin “Lead” Hamilton was a greatly improved player from his Sophomore year. His easy-going, cool-headed playing brought us out of more than one “tough” spot. Marvin’s first year of competition wasn’t so “hot”, but through the summer, was taken in hand by Pat Harken of the Bloomington American Legion team and when “Lead” came back, he turned out some fine baseball. He finished fourth on the batting list with a .391 average for the season. He has one more year of competition, and will come through in great style, we feel sure. Newton Douglas played left field for our team this season and has one more year of competition. He didn’t get very many chances in the field, but he made up for that by getting a few hits when they were needed the most. Mitchy” Rich was a good man to have in the field, for when the infield had one of its hard luck streaks, “Mitchy” would always come through. I f any ball got by the infield and came his way, he would “snag” it. He wasn’t a very good hitter, but will im- prove with this three more years of competition. Richard Dick” Reinmiller was used at shortstop with the exception of the championship game at Hartsburg. He managed to stop some “hot” grounders. Dick was fast, so it didn’t do the opposing team any good to let him get on base, for he usually came through with a score. He wasn’t a very consistent hitter. Dick has one more year of competition. Harold Leach was a dandy center fielder, and the most consistent hitter on the team. He would surely have made good in his other three years of competition, if he had only stayed in school. Hardly ever did a fly ball get by him or a runner score when he got the ball in his possession. Scholastic troubles held him out of the last two games of the season. We surely could have used him in the championship game, for he was a sure bet to hit at the right time in any game he played. William “W. L. S” Spencer was a good man to help in the pinches if he could concentrate on the game and not on the sidelines. He usually came through when needed, though, and may fit in well in the team next year. He can keep the team’s spirit up, too. for he can always be heard urging them on. He should become a catcher for he has a voice that carries a mile. J. M. H„ ’34. Xcttcr jilctt L. Paulsen Frantz Reinmiller Freeston Hamilton Leach Hubner Douglas Spencer Rich

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Haslu'tliall petition in which he should be a great help to his team mates when school starts next year and also in his Senior year. Harley “Frankenstein” Duffield is our Sophomore center. He played his first game of basketball for the A. C. II. S. in his Freshman year at school. Huprbnlr Our first game in the Hopedale tournament turned out to be with Ar-mington. We were a little afraid of Arming-ton although we had never seen the team play, we had heard of the games they had played. So we judged them to be a hard team to beat and they turned out to be as we had thought, for they came within six points of beating us, (27-21). Then Hopedale was to be the next team and this team was considered one of the “toughest” teams in the Coulttlj Then came the county tournament with Latham our first game. The whole team felt good and beat Latham bad, the score being 51 to 15. Hut as each game progressed the games became less interesting. Middletown was the next victim, by a score of 40 to 10. I larley is noted for his long arms and his ability to reach across the floor and spoil the opponent team’s passes. In his next two years he should make as good a center as ever there has been in this high school. Harley played some in all of the tournament games this year. (Tournament tournament. There was a fairly large group of people over from Atlanta and they gave us good backing. The home team played good hall and beat Hope-dale, (36-28). The tournament was more complicated now. So after supper the home boys didn’t know what to do. besides think about the game with Morton. When the game started the team forgot their nervousness and beat Morton (54-21) to win the Hopedale tournament. (Tournament Then Elkhart gave us a scare by leading us at the half. This caused the team to snap out of the slump to win 35 to 27. The finalists were to be Beason and Atlanta. We won the finals fairly easy, 26 to 14. which meant another championship. ilistvict Our first game was with Waynes-ville, which we won 66 to 20. The next night the home boys, being a little tired of the game and wanting to save their energy for the game with Mt. Pulaski, and came near getting “bumped off”, but survived, 36 to 31. Then the big game of the year, with Mt. Pulaski, was to be played. The team had a lot of reserve energy and sure exerted it in this game, until Marvin Hamilton went out of the game on Xi'ttl'r (Lmtrnamcnt fouls. The teferees were doing a poor job of refereeing or else they had better eyes than usual, for they could sec-fouls the full length of the floor. It turned out Marvin was “it” and had to leave the game before the first half was over on account of four fouls. Then the team began to slump, they lost that game by a score of 32 to 17. Atlanta could have beat one team, but it’s just too much for one team of five players to beat another team of seven players. iHi'll Frantz Reinmiller 1 lamilton Freeston Hubner 1,. Paulsen H. Paulsen Duffield Fulk Atalanta llll -----21