Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM. Eleanor Pumphrey, Josephine Anderson, Gretchen Kocher, Dorothy Peterson, Helen Farr, Mable Staley, Catharine Nichols, Miss Sellemeyer, Coach.

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14— DEEDS AND MISDEEDS BASKET BALL BOYS BASKETBALL. The basketball season of the sev¬ enth and eighth grade boys for 1920- ’21 opened October 28th when we played a game at Monroe with their eighth grade team. It proved to be rather a one-sided affair due to the condition of the court and the inex¬ perience of our boys. The Monroe boys had all played together the pre¬ vious year and the final count showed the score to be ten to four in favor of Monroe. The next game was played on the local floor with the Monmouth high school boys in which we came forth with flying colors, winning by the overwhelming score of sixty to five. On December 12th, we were loaded in the big Overland belonging to Mr. Myers and journeyed to Berne where we again met defeat at the hands of the Junior high school team of that place. The game was closer and more interesting than the final score 28 to 14 would indicate. Our boys fought hard, Miller starring for our team with four field goals. Our next encounter occurred on the home floor December 30th with a team from Bluffton, consisting of high school boys, boy scouts and eighth grade lads. Their weight and ac¬ curate goal shooting from near the center of the floor proved our undo¬ ing and we left the floor after a hard fight, defeated twenty-eight to twenty- one The next evening, smarting from our defeat with Bluffton and stiff and sore from such a strenuous game we stocked up against the St. Joe eighth grade boys. The St. Joy boys were fresh and displayed a fast brand of ball, but our boys fought doggedly and only in the last few minutes were overcome by the stellar work of Myers who sent his team into the lead by several accurate throws from near the center of the floor ending the game thirty-seven to twenty-seven. January 7th we again took the floor against the St. Joe boys. This was one of the fastest games of the sea¬ son for both teams were at their best. At no time could anyone have a certain guess as to the outcome. Time and time again our boys nosed ahead only to have the score tied by the op¬ posing team. In the last four minutes however, we took the lead by six points. Our opponents fought des¬ perately but had to be satisfied with twenty points to our twenty-three. The Geneva lads were our next vic¬ tims. They journeyed to our city January 23. Though they displayed spurts at times they failed to ever get in the lead and were sent home with the short end of a seventeen to nine score. The last game for this semester, which was the last game with all the members in the line-up who began the season, was staged with the St. Joe boys. This was the last and de¬ ciding game of a series of three. It was not so full of thrills for the su¬ perior team work and accurate goal throwing of the Central lads soon gave them a lead that put the St. Joe boys out of the running. Kenneth Lake starred for his team with six field goals. When the final whistle sounded we were leading twenty-eight to twenty-two. As this was the last game in which Miller, Swearinger and Lake would appear with our line-up we were tak¬ en to John Joseph’s by Mr. Brown and Mr. Heller and given a treat. The line-up thus far had consisted of Kenneth Lake and Milton Swearinger, forwards; Carl Tucker, center; Walter

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16 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS Miller and Richard Myers, guards, and Clide Cline and Wayne Peterson as substitutes. No more games were played until the night of February 22nd, when the Monroe eighth grade played their re¬ turn game here. The new line-up was Clide Cline and Wayne Peterson, forwards; Carl Tucker, center; Don¬ ald Hunsicker and Walter Baker, guards; Don Grove and George Reyn¬ olds, substitutes. The rush of the Monroe huskies swept our lads off their feet and they went down to a defeat of eleven to four. Our next and last appearance on the local floor occurred at ten o’clock Saturday morning during the County Basketball Tournament held at this place, February 27th, when we were again destined to play the Monroe lads. Though suffering from our over whelming defeat on Monday night before we plung¬ ed into this game with all force and fought the Monroe chaps to a stand-still in the first half. In the last half, however, being unable to get close tries at the basket, the Mon¬ roe boys succeeded in dropping a few well aimed shots in at long range, eliminating us from participating further in the tournament by a count of 19 to 11. Tucker covered himself with laurels by scoring seven foul throws out of seven chances. This ended our season so far as playing in match games was concern¬ ed. Although we suffered defeat a number of times, yet we are proud of our hoys for the good sportsmanship which they displayed at all times in defeat as well as in victory and we hope that the same spirit may con¬ tinue. —Mr. Heller Leah Colter wrote the following wail: “Don Grave acts as if I would bite him. Please tell him I’m not that wild.” GIRLS BASKETBALL. The girls basketball season for the year 1920-’21 has been the most suc¬ cessf ul from all view points. Their aim was to develop a better team than the one of 1918 and 1919. After many weeks of good practice Miss Sellemeyer the coach picked the team. The following girls were selected: Gretchen Kocher, forward; Helen Farr, Forward; Mable S ' aley, center and captain; Eleanor Pumphery, side center; Dorothy Peterson, guard; Josephine Anderson, guard; Katherine Nichols, sub. With the above splendid lineup, the team entered the world of basketball with a determination that meant suc¬ cess (in all but two games). Friday evening, December 19, 1920, the team played their first game and defeated the St. Joseph girls by a score of 27 to 15. It was nip and tuck throughout the whole game; but they fought through like brave warriors. The second game was played Fri¬ day evening, January 7th, when the St. Joseph high school girls defeated them by a score of 15 to 8. On Tuesday evening January 24t,h our girls played their third and last game and were defeated by a score of 4 to 5. In the first half they tied their opponents by a score of 2 to 2. But in the second half they were only able to make one field goal to their opponents one field and one foul goal and were forced to leave the floor by a one point defeat. The following girls have received D monagrains for basketball: Dorothy Peterson, GreAlien Kocher, Mable Staley, Josephine Anderson, Helen Farr, Katherine Nichols and Eleanor Pumphrey. —Mable Staley, 7A Don Hunsicker parsing the verb “come.” “Principal parts are come came, gone.”