Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Weston W. Miteliell MITCH, one of the best prep-school coaches in the Northwest, coached two championship teams at Central this year, an honor which is very seldom achieved by any high school coach in his career. He spent many hours this fall in rounding into shape one of the best football teams that has represented Central in years. He also coached the 1920 basketball squad which established itself as one of the best prep-school fives in the United States by the showing at the Chicago tournament. Mitch is an all-around good fellow, and every fellow who has worked under him gives him the credit of being a wonderful coach. (is)

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H.'iskcthall ENTRAL'S 1920 basketball season has been a very satisfactory one from everyone’s standpoint. Starting the season, the team had veterans in Captain Norton. Miller, Clymer. Ross, and Boyd and also the services of Weston Mitchell as their coach. The additions to this squad were Edwards, Fleming, Kyllingstad. and Rivers, who proved to he a great help to the team. The first round of the high school play began January 9. with Centra! playing .North at North, and East playing W est at W est. Central won 14 to 7. hut team work was lacking, and the quint was worrying whether, under such conditions, they would be able to take the strong South five into camp. However. Coach Mitchell sent his men through a week of intensive practice, and when South stepped out on to Central’s floor the next Friday, January 16. Central appeared as a wholly different organization. Central defeated the 1919 champions 18 to 15 and proved to everyone that they were to he counted on for the 1920 title. This game was witnessed by the largest crowd ever known in high school lxisketball history, over two thousand j eoplc crowding the gymnasium. Captain Martin Norton and Karl Miller stood out as Central’s stars in this contest. Norton made ten out of fourteen free throws and two field goals, having a total of fourteen out of the eighteen points obtained. Miller broke up many South plays and proved himself to be one of the standing guard in the city. W est’s strength was unknown, hut it mattered little, as she received the short end of a 28 to 18 score for Central’s third straight win. Theodore Clymer was injured in a practice game with Dunwoody, and Ray Ross, Central’s little forward. with the help of Captain Marten Norton, Boyd and Edwards, kept the W est guards busy. The East game played at the North gymnasium proved to he easy for Central, as the 27 to 7 score indicates, hut the game was slow and ragged, and rough playing marred the game. At the end of the fir t round of play, Central stood out in front with four victories without a setback. The second round of play began with Central playing North at Central and West meeting East at North. North had improved a great deal since her first game with Central, and a hard tussle followed, but Central won by a score of 15 to 13. Central was in the lead during the whole game, hut the North fellows were game fighters, and the team was not sure of the victory until the final pistol shot was heard. Norton, of course, was the star for Central, hut Mason of North played a great game for the Northsiders. Miller and Boyd both played an exceptionally good game, the latter caging a nice shot from hack of the foul line during the third quarter. At the next game with South on her floor. Central received her first and only defeat of the season. The game was fast and cleanly played, hut a strange floor told the story, and Central tasted defeat in a 19 to 15 score. The following week, the quint journeyed to West High for a little game which Central easily