Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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7$ TROJAN Trojan Cagers S PAUL WHITE Beloit 14; Jewell City 30 Beloit 27; Osborne 22 Beloit 20; Lincoln 19 Beloit 27; Belleville 13 Beloit 9; Marysville 38 Beloit 24; Concordia 23 Beloit 14; Clay Center 34 Beloit 10; Osborne 27 Beloit 35; Manhattan 26 Beloit 14; Junction City 25 Beloit 16; Jewell City 14 Beloit 30; Belleville 23 Beloit 15; Clay Center 25 Beloit 6; Lincoln 18 Beloit 22; Concordia 23 Beloit 13; Marysville 27 Approximately fifty-five candidates aspiring for positions on the basketball team, turned out with plenty of pep and “ginegar at the opening of the season. The curtain was raised for the Trojans’ first appearance and Jewell City defeated Beloit 30-14, December 18, on the local court. The Osborne Bulldogs suffered a setback when they were defeated 27-22. Then came a thriller and Lincoln was barely nosed out 20-19 in a hair raising game. The Trojans then invaded foreign soil and won their first North Central Kansas League tilt by severely defeating the Belleville Buffaloes 27-13. although the game was more exciting than the score indicates. The following evening me Marysville Bulldogs trounced Beloit 38-9 on a slippery court. The Concordia Panthers were defeated, in a closely contested battle, 24-13 in a league game. On January 26, Clay Center downed the Trojans 34-14. and, during the same week Osborne avenged an earlier season defeat by upsetting Beloit. 27-10. Beloit journeyed to Manhattan on a road trip the next week and overcame a fighting quintet 35-26 by skillful handling of the ball and accurate shooting. The succeeding night. Beloit met the Junction City Blue lavs and the Trojans were defeated 25-14. Jewell Citv was surprised by a fighting Trojan team and the game ended 16-14 in favor of Beloit. Two extra time periods were necessary to decide the victory. Belleville again succumbed to a Beloit onslaught and went down in a hard fought battle, 20-23. Clay Center proved to be a jinx for Beloit. The Trojans usually played their poorest class of basketball against the Tigers and were defeated 25-15 on the opponent’s court. On February 26. the Beloit players were given a defeat by Lincoln in a slow game, 18-6. During the next week. Beloit fought a return game with Concordia. This was again a close and scrappy fray. Just before the whistle blew Concordia made a field goal and Beloit went down to defeat 23-22. This game did not affect the league standings of either contestant. The Trojans closed the official season March 5 by losing to Marysville on the home court. 33-14. Beloit entered the state regional tournament held a'c Concordia on March 11 and 12. Drawings were made and our first contender was the Clay Center aggregation. We lost 28-12. The North Central Kansas champions were the Marvsville Bulldogs. This team did not lose a single game throughout the season in league playing and is to be commended on the fine brand of basketball exhibited in each game. 'Fhe Trojans won seven games and lost nine this year. 'File team did exceedingly well, for the material available was almost entirely inexperienced. 'Fhe first team was strengthened considerably by Sidney Smith, center, formerly of Cortez. Colorado and Robert “Red’’ Costello of Tampa. Kansas. Other members of the squad were: Kemper Murray. captain and forward : “Chet” Mehl. forward : Lawrence Bunch, guard: Harold Mercer, guard; Paul White, guard: Donald Walsh, center and forward: Ronald Walsh, forward: and Jay Daniels, guard. Max, 1932 Page Twenty-three

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TROJAN The Gridiron CKronicle BEN SPATZ September 25 October 2 .. Junction City 13 ,. .Beloit 0 October 10 ,.. At Lebanon October 16 .. At Manhattan 26 .. Beloit 0 ... Osborne 44 .., October 30 ... At Lincoln 12 November 4 ... At Belleville 33 November 11 .. .Canceled November 20 November 26 ...Concordia 13 T AST FALL when the call for football men 1 was sent out, forty-two answered the sum- mons. A few had had at least one year’s experience, but none had over two gears'. However, the greatest majority had received no gridiron training. Practice was begun earlier this year than in previous years. Training started cn the opening day of school. Beloit met its first foe, Mankato, on the home field on September 25. The Beloit Trojans struggled frantically, only to be downed by a score of 6-0. Although the Trojans fought their hardest and received expert training, they were unable to carry off any victories during the season of 1931. The students co-operated excellently and their vim and enthusiasm never died out. The Girls’ Athletic Association should be commended for its part in backing the team and keeping up the spirits of the players. The Pep Band also aided greatly by instilling pep and fight into the Trojans. Coach Isaacson engineered the squad this year. Before coming to Beloit as athletic instructor this year, he was coach of the teams at Osborne High School. The football season was brought to a close with the Turkey Day game with Concordia. A blinding snowstorm made playing on the home gridiron difficult. Concordia brought its Pep Band in uniform to put the Panthers on their toes, but the snow persisted in filling the musicians’ instruments and prevented the band from fulfilling its function. Eighteen of the squad were letter men. Those receiving letters were: Captain Paul White, Sidney Smith, Dale Spaulding, Doyle Myers, Harold Mercer, Frank Jordan, Ernest Boddye, Woodrow Wolverton, Max Wrench, Melvin Williams, W ayne Moran, Donald Humfeld, Eddie Giddings, Junior Giles. Lewis Daniels, Clive Christoffel, Lawrence Bunch and Hugh Wilburn. The business men of Beloit entertained the football team at a banquet given in its honor at the close of the season. Prospects for the fall season of 1932 will include the following men : Max Wrench has had three years’ experience playing guard or tackle and part time in the back-field. Max .will be a big power in the line. The Walsh twins, Donald and Ronald, will probably see service on next year’s team. Both have had one year’s experience. Harold Mercer has had one year’s experience as a regular. Roscoe Wrench is small, but has the fight to battle to the finish. Wayne Moran, back field man, is small but speedy and will be seen again next year on the gridiron. Melvin Williams obtained experience last year and will be ready to go again. Lewis Daniels and Clive Christoffel played end and will have one more year to play. Ernest Boddye, short but fast back field man, will likely fill a position on the ’32 eleven. Junior Giles played tackle and center. Joe Gansel substituted at guard and is a good prospect for the future. Dale Spaulding can l e expected to call signals at the quarterback position again next fall. Charles Smith, Roger Weltmer, Paul Hannah and Ray Thomas are four good prospects from the Junior High. Page Twcuty-Ki'o May, 1932

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Tgft TROJAN Trojan Maratkons bS JAMES HIGINBOTHAM TRACK Track started this year with thirty-six boys out. As there are only six seniors in the squad, there seems to be a great chance for Coach Isaacson to come up with a great team in the next few years. The meets this year were with Osborne. Glen Elder, Concordia, Hunter, and the league meet at Manhattan. We won from Hunter and lost to Osborne, Glen Elder and Concordia. In the league meet at Manhattan, Smith took third in both high jump and high hurdles and Hicks took fourth in the mile. Manhattan won first place with 44 points; Belleville, second, 34; Concordia, third. 29; Junction City, fourth, 24; Clay Center, fifth, 22; Marysville, sixth, 18; and Beloit, seventh, with 5 points. The Inter-Class track meet held Friday, April 8, resulted in a win for the juniors, with the seniors, freshmen and sophomores coming next in order. Those who placed in the events were: Shot put: Smith, first; File, second; Emmot. third. Discuss: File, first; Daniels, second; Smith, third. Pole vault: Daniels, first; R. Walsh, second; Mehl and Mercer, tie for third. High jump: Smith, first; D. Walsh and Mehl, tie for second and third. Javelin: Daniels, first; D. Walsh, second; File, third. Broadjump: Smith, first; Daniels, second; Walker, third. 100 yd. dash: Broadbent, first; Bean, second; Knarr, third. 220 yd. dash: Knarr, first; Broadbent, second; Walker, third. 440 yd. run: Spatz, first; Christoffel, second; Simpson, third. 880 yd. run: Christoffel, first; Hicks, second; Mehl, third. High hurdles: Smith, first; Miles, second. Low hurdles: Jordan, first; R. Walsh, second; Fitted, third. Mile: Hicks, first; Abram, second; Hanson, third, Byrd, fourth. TENNIS The tennis squad for this year consisted of Kemper Murray, Gail Reiter, James Higinbotham, Kenneth Wiens, Don Murray, Frank Armstrong and Henry Lins. Tennis popularity in the school has increased very much the last two years and shows a possibility of becoming a strong athletic activity in the coming years. The squad has had five matches and entered two tournaments; winning two and tieing one of the matches and taking one of the tournaments. The matches were: Lincoln, here, lost match 5-4; Lincoln, there, lost match 5-4; Glasco, there, won match 3-0; Osborne, there, tied match 2-2: Glasco, here, won doubles and two singles unfinished. Mr. Carmichael took K. Murray, Reher and Wiens to an open tournament at McPherson. Murray in singles and Reiter and Wiens in doubles were defeated in the second round matches. On Saturday, May 7. Mr. Carmichael, K, Murray, Reiter, Wiens and Higinbotham. went to Manhattan to compete in a tournament for the North Central Kansas League championship. Manhattan, Concordia, Clay Center, Junction City, Marysville and Beloit were represented. Wiens and Higinbotham, as the doubles team, were beaten in the finals by Clay Center after winning the first round match from Manhattan. Clay Center, in the other bracket, won from Concordia in the first round. Murray and Reiter entered the singles and won the first three round matches in the opposite brackets. This brought them together in the finals. The match for the singles championship was played off on the home courts with Murray winning 8-6, 5-7, 7-5. Judging from these facts Beloit has one of the strongest squads in the league this year. Page Twenty-four May, 1932