Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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won by a score of 19 to 7. Captain Norton, Ross and Boyd were the stars on the offense, while Miller played his usual steady guarding game. The last game of the season was played with East on our own floor. Our team enjoyed a little football and basketball mixed, the play stopping only when Central wanted to shoot a basket. The final score of the game was Central 26 and East 6. Captain Norton. Boyd and Clymer were the stars for Central on the offense, while Karl Miller administered a few football tactics to the smaller East forwards. Central and South had been tied for first honors, but South met her second defeat at the hands of the North quint on the latter’s floor by a score of 11 to 10, which gave Central the 1920 city championship. As Central defeated the Mechanic Arts five in a game on their own floor by a score of 45 to 23, they were conceded the twin city title also, because Mechanic Arts were the champions of St. Paul. However, at the close of the season, the team was invited to represent the twin cities in one of the greatest basketball tournaments that has ever been held in the United States, at the University of Chicago. After a few weeks of discussion, it was decided to send the team to the tournament, and the following men made the trip: Coach Mitchell. Captain Norton, Karl Miller. Theodore Clymer, Ray Ross, Gordon Boyd. Joseph Fleming. Vernon Kyllingstad, Thomas Rivers, and the student manager, John Van Camp. The team left for the windy city without the services of their star center, but Central’s fighting spirit kept them in the running, and they proved themselves to be Xme of the best high school fives in the United States. They played their first round game with Hyde Park, high school champions of the Chicago schools, and emerged the victors by a score of 21 to 19. The next day they met and defeated Ishpeming. Mich., champions of Northern Michigan, by a score of 22 to 16. This left the team as one of the six who were to compete in the third round. Central was scheduled to play Crawfordsvillc Ind., champions of Indiana, for the right to play in the finals, and they lost this game by a score of 21 to 16, but they never lost their fighting spirit. It was decided that Central was to play Boone, Iowa, champions of Iowa, for fourth place, which they did. defeating the Boone team by a score of 12 to 9. It is impossible to tell of the wonderful time that the members of the team had on this trip, but it will never be forgotten by any of them. For winning fourth place. Central was awarded a silver loving cup, and individual silver medals for each member of the team. At the close of the season, the team was entertained at a banquet given by the Boys’ Club, and seven members of the team and Mr. Mitchell received gold basketballs from the club in appreciation of the wonderful work and honors which they had brought to Central High School. The support which the team received from the student body was appreciated, and it helped the fighting spirit of the players. Central can look forward to a very successful year of basketball next year with Captain Norton, Clymer. Edwards, and Fleming back. I is j

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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

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Swimming BARNARD JONES and company brought Central second place in the 1920 Minneapolis aquatic circles. The big meet of the year was the state interscholastic clash in the M. A. C. tank, December 13. Central won fourth place, being pitted against the pick of the state. Barnard Jones placed in the 100-yard swim, 220, and swam on the relay, which copped third. Fred Grose captured a point in the dives and was a link in the relay chain. Frank Bessessen swam second in the 100-yard breast stroke. The West-Central dual was the last meet of the season. Jones and Stahr did the bulk of the Central work, although other Central “fish' won a letter through placing on this date. West, winning the last event on the program, won by only four points. Tom Sands was captain of the 1920 team, Jones having withdrawn in his favor. M. Skobba and W. Roberts, beside those mentioned, were Central’s representatives in the water sport. 11» 1