Canton Williams High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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was fl af A ,.., 1 I A J , 3 1 FOOTBALL The Canton High School football season for 1931 was one of the most successful the school has experienced in its history. The season was started with a team of new men, few o-f them had any experience, but under the leadership of Coach Oliver, and Captain Rex Crump, this same team of greenhorns played like veterans. The first league game of the season ended in a stinging defeat. This merely served as a whip does to a lagging horse, for the next week Po,tsdam's mighty team was held to a scoreless tie. After this small taste of victory, Canton struck her stride. Gouverneur was beaten by a decisive score. However, the best game of the season was the Malone game. Canton's small team went down to Malone, played a larger and more experienced team off their feet to earn the right to play in the championship the following week. The championship, played at Weeks Athletic Field before a record crowd, was a battle royal. It was not until the final whistle that Ogdensburg was sure of their victory. The best play of the game was Captain Crump's run of fifty-five yards through the entire Ogdensburg team for a touchdown. In honor of the team, three very delicious banquets were given, one by Frank Sanford, the freshman tackleg one by Rex Crump, ex-captaing and one by the Canton Advertising Club. At the Hrst banquet, the captain for next season was elected. Th-e Class of 1932 wishes Canton teams, and Captain Wilmer Thomas another successful season.

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ores l xfl 1 M ALGONQUIN STAFF Editor ......................................... Rudolf Meng Business Manager ........... ...... R ex Crump Assistant Business Manager .,.. Arloeen Howard Art Editor ................. ..... B eitty Ashley Literary Editor .............. .. Annette Reb-ert Circulation Manager ........... ........ M arie Place Assistant Circulation Manager .... Walter Howard Joke Editor ................... ...... E verett Clark Photograph Editor .. .... Marion Burrowes Athletic Editor ............................... .C .... Clarence Conant REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANIZATIONS Dramaitics .. . O. A. P. .............. . X. Y. Z. ..... . Hi-Y Club .... French Club Orchestra .... Freshman .... Sophomore .. . Junior ...... Senior .... Alumni . . . Wash . . . . . .. Irene Given . . . Robert Flynn Robert Healy Robert Heffernan Jean Tait . Richard Gaines .. . . Helen Wires Paul Warner Katherine Benton .. Doreen Taylor . . .. William Cornell . .. Doris Taylor

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was 32 BASKETBALL Canton High Schoolls basketball team experienced a season of ups and downs. The team showed possibilities, but for some reason, they did not work right at the right time. The brilliant part of the season was the defeat of Malone, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, and Watertown. At the end of the season, they were tied with Malone. It was necessary to play the deciding game at Potsdam. Canton lost the game by the score of 19 to 16, and the right to play in the tournament the following week, slipped through her Hngers. The team was made up of: Captain Rex D. Crump, left guard, Wilmer Thomas, right guardg Kenneth Nipe, centerg Glenn Wright, right forward, Lysle Snyder, left forward. The following substitutes made their blocks: Alfred Walters, Robert Coakley, Frank Sanford, Carl Barbour, and Charles Kahala. Donald Crary was manager. Wit-h Glenn Wright elected as Captain for next year, and the return of such men as Thomas, Coakley, and Sanford, the prospect is quite good. Mr. Oliver will again re-turn as Coach, and will probably develop a smooth-working aggregation, in spite of the loss of Nipe and Crump, two old veterans, and one of the most well- known pair of players in Northern New York.