Atwood Hammond High School - Post Yearbook (Atwood, IL)

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Basket Ball Team 1911—12 Collins Madden Wilson Bi s Fisher tlassifr Suffern Greve TM

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Many other games were pla}red with tlie neighboring high schools A series of three games were played with an independent Arthur team. Arthur won this series by winning two games. The last game played on Christmas night was very fast and exciting. The score was very close throughout theentire game and at the end of the last half the score was tied 21 to 21. In an extra five minutes of play Arthur won by a score of 23 to 21. Probably the best team that Atwood played was Spark’s Business College of Shelbyville. This team was composed of more experienced and older players and beat Atwood 58 to 29. Although beaten by such a large score the Atwood team began to show that they knew some basketball. Atwood beat the Sullivan High School team in two games and lost one to them. This was quite an honor,for Sullivan is very wellknown in athletic circles, having won the Central Illinois football championship. The first game was a walkaway for Atwood, they winning 31 to 23. The second game played a few weeks later was won by Sullivan 21 to 14. They showed a remarkable improvement in their playing and fairly played Atwood off their feet. The rub game was played in Atwood April 2nd. Sullivan started like a whirlwind and secured a lead of 12 to 0 in the first few minutes of play. Then Capt. Hassig started a rally which was kept going till the end of the first half, the score standing 18 to 12 in Atwood's favor. This took the confidence out of the Sullivan team and the rest of the game was easy for Atwood, winning 35 to 29. The fast work of Captain Hassig was greatly responsible for this victory. Since in the first half he shot iO points which helped to overcome the great lead of Sullivan. Demerit had expressed some dissatisfaction on not being allowed to enter the tournament at Atwood, so the Atwood team resolved to give them another beating. Bernent w as outclassed in every minute of the game, the score standing 26 to 13. This score showed that the team had been learning a little about the game since they had last played Bement. Atwood closed the season on April 8th, playing Brown’s Business College from Decatur. This was a very interesting and exciting game. In the first half the Decatur school obtained a large lead, 27 to 9. But in the next half Atwood made a desperate effort to overcome this but failed, the score being 41 to 51 in favor of Brown’s. The game marked the last appearance of Capt. Hassig in the basket ball team, and his playing was well suited to the occasion. Atwcod played a total of twenty games winning eleven of these being beaten three times by high schools, three times by business colleges and three by independent teams. In every instance, the institution which the opposing team represented w a s much larger than the Atwood High School. Supt. Madden cannot be given too mucli credit for his work in coaching the team He staried out with eight boys, not a one of which had ever played before. By working with these every night he managed to show them a few of the finer points of the game, which were very useful in the games. He also started up a town team which played a few games with the neighboring towns and gave the high school many valuable practice games. KENNETH W'.KSON

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Base Ball Team 1912 Edmondson Collins Greve Stovall Madden Fisher Bi gs Massif VVeatherholt Wilson Flora