Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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held weekly during the fall. Members of the Senior class hold the championship for these games. ‘“Jakey” a Senior whom we are proud of became very efficient at the game. He had a special which he call- ed a “‘cincher.” But alas! it was often ‘cinched.’ A short time ago the boys scraped and rolled the court for playing this spring. The membership of the club is now about twenty-five. The Sen- ior class hopes to see the interest in tennis and athletics in general grow. ’09 it is up to you to see that it does. Can you do it? Baseball. The baseball team organized on the 2nd of March. The games in view for the season are: Edgerton, Auburn, Hicksville and Bryan with a return game for each one. The team is as follows: Pitcher - Floyd Elliott Short stop - Millard Stone Catcher y Ernest Hose Left field : Vern Pifer First baseman - Cleve Grube Center field = - Guy Cosper Second baseman Harmon Parker Right field - Coy Pifer Third baseman - Ross Firestone . Subs. =? - Hubert Farnsworth and Rollo Wiley Success to the B. H. S. in athletics! Del

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| ATHLETICS Ce |) | fe | Le | Th | NE | FO | [Le Ee et mt chem Athletics is and should be one of the prime interests of a school. It is sanctioned by all the leading colleges of today and considered a necessity for maintaining the life of the institution. It isa generally acknowledged fact that the strongest minds and intellects are found with strong, healthy bodies. In school life the physical must be devel- oped enough to keep pace with the mental, and such is the purpose of athleties. ‘Tennis. A year ago last fall a dozen or so of the students organized a ten- nis club, the initiation fee being seventy-five cents. A court was con- structed on the school ground and during the year, whenever conditions allowed, it was the centre of athletic interest. This year still more in- terest was taken in it. One of the attractions was the contest games

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F ootball. The Butler High School experienced great and stirring events in athletics this year. It was somewhat eclipsed by the interest taken in debating, at which the school has made no mean record so far. A football team organized early in the year, Millard Stone being elected captain. lor various reasons they joined the city boys. Several games were played. The game with Bryan on Thanksgiving day was a hard battle. It ended with a score 0 to 0. At the games with Hicksville and Montpelier our boys were beaten but considering the practice they had had they made a very creditable showing. One game was played with Fremont with a score 6 to 0 in our favor.