Butler High School - Butlerite Yearbook (Butler, MO)

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Bugs: Eazkrt Ifiall 1513 Basket ball has in recent years been the chief game of the Butler High School and notwithstanding the poor equipment and many other handicaps it has alwa S Asuc- . . , e Y ceeded in putting out a team of no little strength. This year we were confronted with the same problems but upon Mr. Gorrell's obtaining the financial support of the Com- mercial Club we lost no time in getting started. L Mr. Gorrell our last year's coach, having his hands full of other work, turned the making of the team over to Mr. Craig, himself looking after the matching of the games and the numerous other duties which befall the manager. After two weeks of practice, Mr. Craig felt that we were in shape to play Rich Hill and accordingly we defeated them by a score of 61-20. The'followi'n.g game was with Amoret, on Amoret's court. The score was 44-I8 in our favor, These games afforded excellent practice for the coming Nevada game. Nevada nad always had a strong team a11d we felt that we might have some difficulty in beating them, but when the game was over the score stood 64--22, however not in Nevada's favor. Rich Hill was clamoring for a return game, so on Dec. 21st, we went down and when we started for home they were confide-nt that they were beaten. On Friday, Jan. 4th, we had-a very interesting little game of basket ball with Appleton City. We were all impressed with the playing of that gentle lad, Zink. We have always felt that we treated them too roughly. The score was 48-17. The next game on the schedule was with Nevada, and southward, aye we fled? Did somebody say that gambling on the train was forbidden? Yes, but not until after the 18th of january. For the first time in history Butler beat Nevada on the Nevada court. Never throughout the game was Nevada in the lead and the final score was 1.8---21. No doubt the tide has turned and we will be able to do it again next year. The return game from Amoret was yet to be played. At the end of the first half it was evident that something was wrong with us, A little talk from'our coach, Johnny however took some of the overconfidencc out of us and the final score was 55--9. The following Friday we defeated Archie, 75--14. J One of the hardest fought battles on our court was the game with Pleasant Hill. Vv'e succeeded in defeating them 45--28, but it took hard fighting to do it. This game :losed our season at home and the next two weeks were spent in preparation for the State Tournament at Columbia. i ' I Through a benefit picture show and a donation by the Peoples Bank we raised enough money to defray our traveling expenses and on the night of March 6th we left for Columbia. No team ever received a better send off than we did, but as luck would have, we drew Central High of Kansas City state champs in 1917. Friday afternoon at the thanks of Central High, we met defeat for the first and only time in the season. 'We will not take up space offering excuses for being so badly defeated. They were all sportsmen. and fine fellows and rightly deserve U10 title of State Champions that they are. Our career, however, was not yet ended for before we arrived home from Colum- bia we determined to enter the Second District Tournament at Vtfarrensburg, the fol- lowing Friday. Enough expense money was again raised, this time by subscription from the business men. We were off again with the hearty SUPDON Of the School- Mr, Craig was sick and unable to go with us but we were lucky enough to get MI'- Henderson in his place. ' Fifty-nine

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TNI-5I9'51JIJI SECOND TEAM GIRLS Left to Right-Edith Ellis, Ethel M xjors, Doris Fail, Dorothy Cannon, Grace Erwin, Emma Wix

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I . if Mugs Quaker mall IEIIH--Qlnntinurh I Our first game, was with Lee's Summit, Friday night. At the end of the first f or I quarter the score was 6-4 in their favor, but with a little effort we made the final l ' score 30--I4 in our favor. Our second game was with Independence and it proved to be the closest and hardest fought game of the three. One thing that went not a little lt ' way toward putting spirit into us was the presence of the crowd from home With Mf- ' Craig among its number., It was fight from begin-ning to end. At the end of the first half the score was tied and I Qplease excusel was out on account of personal fouls. But that mattered little as we had Clyde Borland to go to center. In the second half Hensley, one of our guards received a severe gash above his left eye. He received immediate attention from Dr. Allen. He went back for the last quarter and played 1111- til eliminated by personal fouls. Tilsey then went to guard and Board took Tilsey's i place at forward. Fighting like demons the Red and Green finished the game, winning ,I by two points. ' . ll Saturday night we played the finals with Pleasant Hill and although it was a rum-qi ww, ,,3r,'1,, .1 i All I ' hard fought battle, when' the final 'whistle blew we were fourteen points in the lead. However the score might have been somewhat different if Pleasant Hill had played , only one game that day instead of two. Immediately after the game we were pro- llWfl i claimed District Champions and the cup was ours. 1 0 , - ,tsgizi 11,1 3 Q, W' I f ',A third part only of the credit for these successes belongs to the team proper. r,Q'w1l'w v'2 :,i.1l:5l'1,: . I l WWC-' I ' To our coach alone goes one third of the creditg Johnny, who has worked hard and ysrilisifw I I I unceasingly to make us winners. The other third goes to the school, the business men 1' il l W ' ' of Butler and Mr. Gorrell who has matched our games and looked after the finances WVl lgQi i I . I I I , throughout the season. Games won, 125 lost, IQ total points for Butler, 590, opponents, W .w wr ti I 291- - 1513j1lli,3Q:'i E Nil Ji in ' I ilillllllll i 3 - Girlz Banker Ball 1915 tlgtlillllil . , GRAND STAND Gossip. .QIIWPMQN I 1 llitll-lull f 5 . . . Oh boy! Did we win the games this year? Well, I should say so. I Yes, but we never could have done it without Miss Rice. Believe me she was ifillii Some Coach! , And girl didn't Nevada stand back with here mouth open when she saw us rolling up the score? She thought we never could beat her, but we sure did. Milli' Will 1 as n . . , , Yes, you can tell that off smoothly but just think of that Rich Hill game. VVasn.'t it rotten? . That referee made me sore. Too bad he didn't know the rules. fWW MM And kid didnt the girls look simply stunning in their bright red and green I middies? I Wonder if they will have another All-Star team next year? Bet they do be- :ause there are some dandy players left. Do you suppose there will be a tournament for the girls then? Well, if there's not I would like to tell whoever is to blame what I think of them. U n . Opponents - ' Butler IWAII mov. 9. Rich Hill at Butler .. ,,,,,, 7 ,,,,,, II W Butler at Amoret ... ... 12. .. ... 25 lv Dec. 5. Nevada at Butler .. .. ... Io.. . ,,, I4 Dec. 122. Butler at Rich Hill ..... 21... IQ V lim. 5. Appleton City at Butler ,, 5,., Ig I Ian. 18. .Butler at Nevada . ........ 18... , 5 , Ian. 25. Amoret at Butler ...... , 7... 43 Pleasant I-Iill at Butler , 5 26 l 8 6 Won 65 Lost 2, 5 I I Sixty