Bourbon High School - Python Yearbook (Bourbon, IN)

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THE PYTHON '21 0oooooooooooQvooooeooooooohnooooooooooooooooooooobooo ARNOLD DEMMY SPENCER A real floor guard. Demmv saved many games for us by a bas- ket at a critical moment and also made some of the fastest forwards he played against think' they had for- gotten how to make baskets. FRED BULLSHEVIKI BUTCH One of the smallest, yet fastest for- wards Boulbon ever had. When no- body else could take the ball through they gave it to Bullsky. He never knew when he was beaten. BURCHARD BUTCH WELCH Butch played back guard and it took a lucky forward to put one over his head. He picked them right out of the air. A dependable man in a tight game. U6 f' I I F ergu,s0n's Winning Hand oooooooooooooooooooooooo Page Forty-two WAYNE STAHL STOLER A good man when the team a basket for when he got a good-night. He made all his work overtime and when he foul the score-keeper marked needed shot- guards shot a up one point before hand. CLAUDE HOG VANNER The captain and one of the best of our team. A fast and sure center. Claude was always there and he had two hundred pounds of bone and muscle to back him up.

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9 THE PYTHON 21 cocoooooooooooooooooooooooo Basket Ball 1920-21 The season of 1921 was a successful one both as to having a win- ning team this year and the production of good material for next. The team originally picked by coach Ferguson was, Berstch and Delp, forwards: Welch, centerg Vanner and Spencer, guards, with a second team of Green, Stoler, Sellers, Wright and Foe. The first game played was with Inwood in which they were de- cisively beaten 26-3 with both first and second teams taking part in the slaughter. At Plymouth our first team was beaten by 19 to 6 and our second team defeated by Plymouth's team 12-7. A slippery floor played a big part in the defeat. Our teams played well but could not drop the goals. Atwood at Bourbon was the next thing on the program the fol- lowing Friday night, and again the maroon and grey went down to defeat. Our boys fought hard but were badly out-weighed and could not find the basket. Green started the game in Bertsch's place but was soon replaced. Final score 32-7. Delp, one of our forwards, left the team and Stoler took his place. Tippecanoe came to Bourbon the next Friday night and received a trimming at our hands 25-10. Stoler justified Ferguson's choice by dropping seven goals. Vanner and Spencer played remarkable games at guard while Bertsch and Welch showed much speed and ability. Foe was used also in the last few minutes of play. On Nov. 26, our team after a grilling week of practice started out for Etna Green determined to win from our rivals on the east. It was a fight from start to finish but we were beaten 18-12. Many dirty tactics were used by both teams and Yazel of Etna was put off the floor. Much unsportmanlike attitude was shown by some of the spectators by the language used toward the players and referee. Spencer, our running guard, was our mainstay in this game by ef- fectively guarding his man and also making eight of our points. Six of these were made on very long shots. Next Mentone came to Bourbon where they were whalloped to the tune of 47-3. The team played brilliantly, passing all around their opponents. Spencer was not feeling well in this game and Foe took his place for the latter part. Later the entire second team finished the game. At this time Wright and Green had left the squad and L. Welch, Dillingham, Coar and Dulmatch played on the second string. The following Friday night Culver came to Bourbon where they were beaten 11-8. It was one of the closest, fastest and most exciting games ever played on the home fioor. In this game our team showed real class on the foffensivei aggressive and also played an unbeata- ble defensive game. Too much praise cannot be given the team for winning this game for although they were outweighed they made their speed make up for it. A change was made in the line-up which made a great improvement in the team. Welch took Vanners place at back-guard while Vanner moved up to center. Both men were more fitted for their new positions and certainly played them well. Next Plymouth came to Bourbon all ready to repeat the defeat we received there but they were doomed to disappointment for the fast high school quintet went into the game with the old pep and the final score stood 17 for Bourbon and 12 for Plymouth. The Plymouth team was unable to break up our teamwork while Welch simply picked Plymouth's shots out of the air. oanoaoaoooonooooooaooooooooooeq Page Forty-three