Chestertown High School - Dragon Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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In preparatlon for the basketball season, 111 the Washlrlgton College gymnaslum with the equ pment, the squad have a real chance at th1 The boys have had many obstacles in thelr Boys' BASKETBALL the bo fs :mterested ln the sport have been trainlng nightly help of a full tune coach and an mcrease of the athletic varslty Sport path whlch they had to overcome Amon these were the problems of uniforms, a place to play, and team transportation Washington College has consented for the Hlgh School to use their gym for regular PTHCUCG and for home games Warm up jackets of the school colors cherry and wh1te have been purchased from the sale of sweat shirts sold among the students Buses are used for transportat1on unless the games are out of the state Then cars are used Only +wo games have been played to date, but both of hem have showed what pract1ce and a good coach ull The team as a whole possesses no helght but they are hard, sure players w1th one object to get that ball in the basketl Most of the players are from last year's practice squad, but a few are new comets good w1nn1ng team they signs UP as freshmen, plays as substltutes untll their sen or year then make their debut In th1s way learn from experxences, good guardlng and offenslve plays Then opponents Watch out! Bllly Wheat Right Forward Larry Hadav ay -Center 1lbert Gorsuch Left Forward Tommy Wheat Rlght Guard Jul an Crew left Guard Substitutes Paul Stokes, Paal Starkey, Bobby Starkey, Rlchard forsuch, Tommy Davls, Tommy W1ll1ams, Dav1d Sharretts, Adam Schauber, James Colemen, Ralph -2m1th and Allen Carroll SO . . K ' . . . ,F . . I I , S . 0 U I U I I L . J 4. U do . . . A . . i . - I O . . ., 4 , - ......... .. .... .. , ......... .....-- f' I 11:-can nQcnu-1 .I A ......... ..- .... - i ---.... ......--....- . . I . f, . . . . ,N . . . .

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FILLDBALL The flrst fieldball game of the season was held at Falena on September 26 when our girls tasted their first defeat by a score of 8 to 3 After the flrst few mlnutes of the game the tean s morale u1vered as they saw thelr defense torn dovm, their passes intercepted, and a member of thelr team lngured To the onlookers, Chestertown's team seemed to be the underdog every respect, as they were stopped dead by ualena's eleven With the f1m determm t1on the defeated, the team F1-it this game behlnd them and settled down to tne xmlch needed practice The second game was played on our own fleld nth Sudlersvmlle on October 10 The game the request of Sudlersville, was played after school Our girls seemed to b1de then' tlme Sudlersv1lle stabbed and broke into our goal Qubstitutes seemed to be the order of 'he day as Chestertown tried hard to bu1ld up a stronger defensive Dame Our forwards ran 1nto a wall of Dudlersville players protect1ng the goal even before any of them got time to shoot Chestertown was always a few steps behlnd thelr OPDOHGHTJS in a game of tag rather than field ball The game ended 6 to O with Sudlersville on top The return game between Sudlersvllle and Chestertown was played October 17 with Sudlersville playlng host Revenge seemed almost ours as we tried to creep up on our opponents It seemed only a matter of ti e to vlctory as our girls played the best game of the beginnlng season At :Lng and really trying Chestertown lnvited ualena to play on our field Fveryone who kad 8'0ChSd the girls practice had noted team work takln the place of indiv1dual work Passwng had improved and some plays wereworked out Small cards with a red C and the words Beat ualena prmrted on them were passed amonv the students to stlmulate support of the teams The cards, the students' nterest and pep rallies made the team' morale run hlgh Our defensive playing had remarkably mproved although ended 5 to 2 :Ln favor of Galena The most important game of the season was the v1ctor1ous one w1th Rock 'all on October 29 he tables seemed to be turned as lt was Rock Hall who tried to build up defensive plays and tr1ed to no ava1l to break through to our protected goal The ball seemed to be a fam11iar frlend wandt to go I-here we wanted lt flock 'alall bowed and bowed low to Chestertown with a score ofptol The tournament game between Chestertown and Centrevelle was played at our f1eld on November 12 The f1eld was verv muddy and the teams were handlcapped by a strong w1nd and a drizzhng rain Lany of the passes were caught and spun by the w1nd making high passes imposs1ble The final score was 114 to 1 1n favor of Uentreulle. 9 in 4 . ' ' a ' of 1 ' . ' . . . ,. . , at 0 . . . as ' . ., the end of the game.. the score read 6 to 3. But Chestertovm had the satisfaction of really play- lr

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QILLD DAQKETBALL The U1 ls ol Che te to.-m H1 h school 'zave successfully marufe ted a great 1nte est ln basket oall th1S year Due to lack of a gyvmaslmrn the irls must walk to Nashmbton College every Tuesday and Thur lay to p actlce durrmb act1v1t1es per1od and part of noon hoax' t t d the r1I'St ractl e at the College gyrmaslum Our coach, Ward, was rather surpr1sed when he saw the large number of girls assembl d ln the gm e .4 he bevan to dr11l and teach them the rules and repulat ons of the game After a few practlces about half of tne S1Xt5 1rls becan dlsmterestefi and dropped the sport The ClI'1b of the remainlng g1r1s :Lmproved by 'leaps and bounds bass Cathrlne Newton began coach nb the team about the mlddle of December Under the gu1dance of her the :Lrls began practlclng to play games nth other schools The team for 19148 :Ls as follows Dor1s Schauber Capta1'1 Jean Jogle Patsy Bowes Mabel Holden Doris McMullen Dorothy Groves Doris Lllller Evelyn Trolley Joan Hill Annette Hanson Audrey Dill Madelelne Quesenberry Betty Spencer Ruth Dlcker on ,Wynne ere, Eva Meekms 51 :jr s .r ' . 'gg 1 , ' s L r ' V - ' ' . .. ' g ' '. ' S, T . .A N . . . . , . Over sixty girls par icipa e in l' p 'c H . ' . Mr. ' e ' . N vertheless of ' . -, 1 . h . . , 1. A . . C . . . . Q .- . . . -L ' ' I .II ,. . V i G I , . . g . . -W . , ' s f- v ' ' h h