Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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THE MAGNET 25 3iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii£ | ATHLETICS | | By Coral M. Cunningham. = iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirH BASKETBALL. Of all of Butler High School’s major sports, basketball holds first rank. More interest is taken in this game, probably because of the high order of the teams which are put on the floor and which are always strong contenders for championship honors. During our sojourn of four years in this institution, teams representing the B. H. S. have twice won the W. P. I. A. L. championship, and during an earlier season, while not a member of the big league, our team defeated the best teams in this part of the state without the loss of a game. This is a record of which the student body and the supporters of high school athletics should feel proud.

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24 THE MAGNET Viola Quigley That Viola is backward, none can say, But a lovely maid in every way. She has worked very hard in the commercial line. And as to playing the piano, she does just fine. We wonder why she loves the “Smoky City?” That he doesn’t live in Butler surely is a pity. Georgia Kline Georgia Kline arrives about nine— Then or there abouts. She claims she has no beaux in line, But we all have our doubts. Roxie Smeltzer She works upon her subjects with zeal and energy, And none surpasses Roxie in reading, don’t you see? For it’s her one ambition to be a Reeder fair That causes many long hours spent in the twilight air. A nna Walker Anna Walker is a bashful, shy, little lass, Who for a short time has been in our class. We welcome her just the same—but, ah, me! How well she recites Latin and Astronomy.

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26 THE MAGNET Especially, so, the class the January 1916, because they have done much toward the development of athletes for at least two of these championship teams. However, there is but one varsity representative, Jennings Young, who will graduate with the class of January 1916. The other varsity men who have graced our class have either quit school or have graduated with other classes. When we entered the high school in January 1912 the basketball season of that year was at its height. This team, under the leadership of Carl Cleeland, went through the season without a defeat and won the championship of Western Pennsylvania for the season of 1911-12. This was one of the fastest teams which have ever represented Butler High School, as some of the best teams in Western Pennsylvania, including the strong Central High and Kiski Academy teams fell before their onslaught. The quintette was composed of Cleeland, Bernlohr, Wise, Ketterer and Thompson. Under Captain Fred Bernlohr, the team of 1912-13 played a hard schedule of fourteen games, losing but four of them. Two of these defeats were administered by the strong Kiski Academy team, who completely out-classed every Prep, school team which they met that season. The team which won the championship of 1913-14 was made up of Young and Douthett, forwards; Wright, center ; Lewis, McCandless and Watson, guards. This team, under the captaincy of first Lewis and later Wright, went through the entire schedule with but one defeat. The team ended the season in a blaze of glory by twice defeating Peabody High in post-season games. The class of January 1916 feels especially proud of this team because of the fact that four of the five regular letter men were members of our class at that time. These were Wright Watson, McCandless and Young, of whom Young alone remains to graduate with us. With McCandless, Young and Watson as a neucleus, Coach Price built up another championship team for the season of 1914-15. McCandless was chosen captain. Winters and Byerly were chosen by Coach Price to fill up the gaps which were made in the team of 1913-Y4 by graduation. However, ill-luck seemed to pursue the quintette from the very start, and the first two league games were dropped to our old rivals, Peabody and Central High of Pittsburgh. Right on top of this double defeat, Byerly received a badly sprained ankle and was forced to retire for the rest of the season. Soon after this, Young got his foot hurt and was kept out of several games. But, not daunted by all these misfortunes, Coach Price set about to rebuild the team. The thorough way in which he did it was clearly shown by the wonderful record which the team made during the remainder of the season, and what we didn’t do to Peabody and Central on our home floor isn’t worth mentioning. The team finished the regular season tied with Peabody for first place. The game to decide the championship of Western Pennsylvania was played off in Trees Gymnasium, Pittsburgh, March 20. Two special car loads of rooters accompanied the team to the Smoky City, and the aggregation from Butler completely out-played, out-guessed and out-cheered the Peabody crew, and we were finally returned champions of Western Pennsylvania by a 22 to 20 score. The team which won the second successive championship from Peabody lined up as follows: McCandless and Young, forwards; Watson, center; Winters and Barbary, guards. Because of the fact that different men were placed at the basket guard position at different times during the season, only four regular men earned their “B’s.” Three of these, Young, McCandless and Watson, were members of our class.