Benton High School - Benecho Yearbook (Benton, PA)

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19 THE CROSS-WORD Athletics Athletics is of great value to one taking part. to the school and to the community. Its value to the person taking part is manyfold. The practice of athletics develops a physical and mental strength which is of value not only now but in later life. To attain success in life physical strength and health are necessary. A strong healthy body might be called the keystone to the foundation of success. Mental fitness depends largely upon the perfect functioning of a well balanced physical machine. A sluggish body is never crowned with a brilliant mind. Athletics build character by developing a sense of honor, justice and right toward our opponents. By dealing fairly. justly and honorably with them we inculcate into our very being those great principals. When we are deffated by an opponent on the field of contest we learn good sportsmanship. By acknowledging defeat and crediting our oppon- ents We turn a physical defeat into a mental and moral victory. Athletic sports develop teamwork and cooperation with others. more than any other thing in the lives of youth. Football can well be used as an illustration of this. The smooth running, machinelike football team of eleven individuals working as one. All selfish alu- bitions and individual brilliancy must be sacriticied for the benefit of team. The boy who learns how to cooperate with his tealnmates in High School will be a better cooperator thru life. A It is generallyconceeded that cooperation is tl1e keynote of good citizenship. How then can a boy so well' learn to sacrifice his desires as in this sport of real men. All athletic sports are governed by certain definite 1'ules. It is the players respect for these rules that makes athletics successful. The person who disregards these rules is lab- eled as a poor sportsman, by the athletic code of honor. In after life the boy who comes through in sports will have learned to abide by laws laid down by his fellow citizens. Law- abiding citizens are the ones who make tl1e community a pleasant place to live. Real leadership is developed in athletics. Most of the great 111911 have been associated with athletics in some way. Through thir leadership in these sports they have become lead- ers in the great game of life. Athletics is of value to the school because it develops School Spirit. From the very definition given to school spirit by Allardg which says, School Spirit is the loyality to fellows, to school and to the nation and to God. Many students do not realize how much the school is a part of them until they witness an athletic contest between their own school and a close rival. Then they become infected with a real spirit which binds them together more closely than ever before. A Schools Spirit is shown just as much by those on the side lines as those who play. Therefore Athletics reach down into the large class who do not take part in activities to any great extent. Athletics are essentially educational. An athlete 111llSt judge his opponent calculate his strength and endurance. He must be able to forsee the acts of his opponents and to plan counter attacks for the same. By and large wemay say that Athletics develop the keener perception a11d a rapid fire mind. Athletics are of value to the community. Although few realize it, Athletic events, more than anything else brings school and community closer together. This closer relation benefits both.

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21 THE CROSS-WORD Base Ball The Base Ball season for the year 1924 was another very success ful one in our history. The splendid playing of the boys and the dir ecting of coach- Ward McHenry deserve much credit. The team was organized as follows: Captain, Charles Jonesg Man ager, Howard Brewingtong Coach, W'ard McHenry. The players were: P. Charles Jones C. Ivan Chapin 1 b. Frank Moore 2 b. Chapin VVenner ss. Samuel Harvey 3 b. Kenneth Bender lf. Samuel Laubach cf. Glen Hess ' rf. Elmer Hartman SCHEDULE AND SCORES Benton 16 - Millville 7. Benton 16 - Montgon1ery6. Benton 11 - Orangeville 4. Benton 5 - Scott 9. Benton 22 - Scott 0. Benton 13 - Catawissa 0. Benton 14 - Montgomery 2.