Bureau Township High School - Beuro Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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THE BEURo District Tournament BUREAU TOWNSHIP C3213 BUREAU JUNCTION CIOD In the opening game of the District Tournament held at Princeton, Bu- reau Township met Bureau Junction. Bureau Township went into the game with the determination of winning, and they won the game easily. BUREAU TOWNSHIP Cl5Jg MALDEN C285 On Friday evening of the District, Bureau township played their sec- ond game. This was with Malden. The boys held them fairly close the first quarter. At the end of the half they were around eight points ahead of us. ln the third quarter Bureau Township rallied and came through with enough baskets to make them within four points of the opponent's score. In the last quarter Malden received more pep and came out with a victory. THE REGULAR LINE-UP WAS: Holman Johnson .............,,.,.......,. Forward John Eickmeier . ....,,.... Guard Gail May .............. ....... F orward Harold Anderson ..,.. .,..... G uard Orville Ecl-:berg ....... ......, C enter Loyal Meisenheimer ..,,................ Forward THOSE WHO RECEIVED LETTERS WERE: Loyal Meisenheimer Holman johnson Gail May Harold Anderson Orville Eckberg john Eiclcmeier Pg Fft ght

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THE BEURO WYANET C3135 BUREAU TOWNSHIP C203 This game was scheduled to be played at Bureau Township, but to give the boys more practice on a larger floor it was played at Wyanet. At the end of the half the score was Il-I3 in Wyanet's favor. During the second half Wyanet received a new inspiration and walked away from Bureau. The team seemed to be lost without Johnny. . BUDA CI63g BUREAU TOWNSHIP CI83 Bureau Township defeated Buda here in a very exciting gameg the score not varying more than two points during the whole game. At the end ofthe half we were even. TISKILWA Cl23g BUREAU TOWNSHIP CI53 Our boys journeyed to Tiskilwa and came home with a victory of three points. MALDEN C3535 BUREAU TOWNSHIP CI93 During the first half Malden outplayed Bureau Township, but a change took place during the second half. Our boys got to working together and outplayed Malden, but they did not start in time. OHIO C2835 BUREAU TOWNSHIP C223 At the end of the first quarter Bureau Township was leading by 5 points. However Ohio was ahead at the half. At the end of the third quarter Bureau Township and Ohio were tied. During the fourth quarter Ohio had an eye for the basket and won. BUREAU JUNCTION C1635 BUREAU TOWNSHIP C263 By superior passing Bureau Township was able to defeat Bureau junc- tion. By defeating them we proved how much the team had improved since the beginning of the season. It also gave us an idea as to how we would come out in the District Tournament as our First game was with Bureau Junction. PRINCETON C253g BUREAU TOWNSHIP C233 Bureau Township in County Tournament. In the first game of the County Tournament at Wyanet, Princeton de- feated us in an overtime period by two points, making the score 25-23. At the end of the first quarter we were in the lead by one point and at the end of the half we were tied. When the third quarter started both teams were playing with the spirit of winning. The third quarter ended with Princeton a pdint or two ahead. A great deal of excitement was aroused in the last quarter. Both teams played hard. Near the end of the game we were ahead one point but just before the whistle blew Princeton made a basket putting 'them one point ahead. Page Fifi

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THE BEURO Bureau Township Eleventh Annual Tournament On December 3l and January l, Bureau Township held their eleventh annual tournament. The first game of the tournament was Monday evening at 7:00 o'clock between Leepertown and Malden. Malden was the winner. The second game played was between Buda and Bureau Township. This was one of the most exciting games of the tournament. lt was necessary to play overtime, with Buda winning by one point. The last game of the first evening ended with Manlius victor over Tiskilwa. The tournament did not begin again until Tuesday afternoon with the game between Malden and Buda. Malden also won this game. The game following the Malden-Buda game was the Manlius-Sheffield game. Man- lius became the victors ,of this game. On Tuesday evening Buda, the loser of the Malden-Buda game and Sheffield the loser of the Manlius-Sheffield game met. Sheffield won this game, thus giving third place in the tourna- ment to Sheffield. The last game of the tournament was between Malden and Manlius for the Championship. Malden won this game giving them the Championship and Manlius won second place. MALDEN 1331, MANLIUS 126D The last game of our Bureau Township Tournament was between Mal- den and Manlius. This was a close game until the beginning of the third quarter. At the half they were nearly tied. ln the last half Malden walked away with Manlius. Malden received as her reward the tournament cup and also the large silver basketball. Manlius received the small silver basketball. Buda re- ceived the basketball that was used at the tournament. We had very good crowds at our tournament this year. We also started a new plan that was to share our profits with the schools participat- ing in the tournament. The officials of the Tournament were Mr. Graham and Mr. Fellows, of LaSalle. They have been the officials of the past years in the tourna- ments here and everyone seemed to be very well satisfied with them. We did not have an All-Star Team this year, but in the past years everyone was satisfied with the choice these men made. Pg 1 ft