Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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C. J. FKEW, The Florist, State St. Phone 17 Athletics BASKETBALL SEASON F V YEAR’S OPENING GAME. The basketball five of old C. H. S. opened the season of 1913 at the .high school gym New Year’s evening by taking the fast Ex-High team into camp, in a close game by 25 to 16 score. 1 he high was a little weak in basket shooting, but their team work was good. The first half opened with the high school getting a foul in the first few seconds. Stone followed this by another and then Childs scored a field goal for the Ex-Highs. From this on the game was about a tie until the close of the first half when Leach caged the three in a row, giving the high school the lead, 16 to It). The game was rough and fast, as all the high and ex-high games ore. The large number of fouls called seemed to slow up the game. Nine points were made during the last half. Stone made a good showing in foul shooting by putting six out of nine tries in the basket. It was seen that Stone and Leach were the stars of the game. Pearce, Good an 1 Childs, t)he stars for the ex-highs. Dunn kept close to the instructions given in passing the ball. Evans had a little hard luck in basket shooting. Stines, when put in guard, kept his man covered well and showed good head work. Dawley also showed well at guard. High School. Ex-Highs. N. Dunn R. F L. F Childs Pearce . . . R. G Dawley L. G Neil Goals from field—Dunn 2, Stone 2, Leach 4, Childs, Good, Smith, Laughlin. Goals from foul—Stone 6, Leach, Childs 3, Pearce 4. Referee and umpire, alternating—Hawke and Olson. 1 imekeeper Smith. H. S. VS. HARBOR HI. The C. H. S. basketball team boarded the 5:30 car for Harbor and came back with the best end of the game by a score of 30 to 17. Rut the

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16 THE TATTLER BE ENTHUSIASTIC. Enthusiasm is an element of accomplishment. For what can be realized unless one’s mind and desire are in the work? The half-hearted person never succeeds. How often we hear the complaint of some poor self-pitying member of our ihigh school, Oh, dear, we’ve got the awfullest lessons for tomorrow. I know I never can get them.” The pessimist who always borrows trouble never gets anywhere. A good example of what enthusiasm will do is seen in the recent success of the play given for the High School Gym. Those who were so ardent over its production inspired others with their enthusiasm and the result was—success. Wouldn't it be splendid if all the members of (J. H. S. would be so enthused over the interests that should be common to all—but which, alas, are not—that they would help to ‘‘push things?” For instance, the basketball team is playing some of the best games in the history of C. H. S. but, we always see the same ones at the games. Aren’t you who don’t go interested in the sports of our school? It may seem incredible to seme but there are those in C. H. S. who don’t ever buy a Tattler. We often wonder if they have no interest in school affairs. C. H. S. is a little world in itself and what better preparation can you possibly have for promoting the “big things” which we all plan for some day, than to further the efforts of this glorious old school? Just get into the spirit of enthusiasm for everyday things and you will enjoy life ten times more. WHY THE WHY? Hid Jou e ei stop to think ho Af many times in the course of a week you needlessly use the word “why?” It seems that why is one of the most popular words in our vocabularies. Just notice anyone wfho is beginning to recite. His first word is invariably “why” or “wiby-a, it said, etc.” (‘‘It” referring to the text book.) Think it over. You imagine that you don’t say it but we venture to predict that the next time you are called upon, you will find yourself, unconsciously, introducing your recitation with our old friend “why.” TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. We take this opportunity for thanking our advertisers for their liberal support, of our paper and we urge that the members of the High School patronize the firms who patronize us. The class of ’87 of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N Y has presented it with a new gymnasium at a cost of $150,000. The gymnasium has been built and is now in use. It contains a swimming pool 30 feet by 75 feet in size, bowling alleys, rooms for inside baseball, basketball, boxing, wrestling, a squash court and the main gymnasium for general athletic exercise. The building is equipped throughout with the most approved modern apparatus. It is built of Harvard brick with limestone trmmings and is fire proof throughout.

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IS THE TATTLER girls did not have the good luck that the boys did, being defeated by the score of 2 4-5. The game between the boys was fast and close to the end, but the steady drive of team-work and basket shooting of C. H. S. gave them the game. Stone showed up well at center, while Leach was the point getter. Tommy played well at forward and Dunn showed up well in his passing. It was hard to tell just who the stars were, in the girls’ game, but the star of the game, on the Harbor team, was Miss Dibell, who dropped the ball in the basket seven times. Smith....................R. F................ Horton Dunn.....................L. F................ Poad Stone.....................C................. Burrels Dawley...................R. G.............. Driscoll Leach....................L. G................. Olson Baskets—Smith 2, Stone 3, Leach 8, Poad, Horton, Burrels 2. Fouls —Stone 3, Leach 1, Burrels 9. COXNEAl'T VS. JEFFERSON. The game between Conneaut and Jefferson high schools was fast, close and exciting. Conneaut, handicapped by the smallness of the Jeff lloor. found it hard to play basketball at all, but did manage to beat Jeff by a small margin. The five could not get into their usual stride and did not showr half the basketball they were capable o,f 'producing. The two teams would keep neck and neck all through the game. The score at the end of the first half was 13-9 in favor of Jeff. After having a good look at things, Conneaut decided that it would not do to have the Jeff five beat them, so the second half found Conneaut in a different attitude toward winning and it was not long before they had the lea-4, in the last two minutes of play Jeff took the lead away from Conneaut. A mistake of the score keepers made the score 17-17 and one minute to play. Jeff threw a basket and time was up, the crowd thought the game was over and that Jeff had won. but on comparing notes the scorers decided that the score stood 19-19 an l the players were called back to play off the tie, which was fought for desperately. Referee Calloway called a double foul. Stone dropped his in but Jeff missed. It takes two points to play off a tie, and little Tommy Smith was the fortunate fellow to get the winning basket for Conneaut. It wras hard to tell the stars of the game on Conneaut’s five for team work was impossible. But, however, Leach and Smith made some pretty good shots. For Jeff, Topper was easily the star, getting several pretty shots from the midle of the floor. . Conneaut—22. Jefferson—19. Leach R. F Dunn-Smith 1.. F C. Topper Stone C Dawlev . . . . L. G Spafford Evans R. G Baskets—Smith 3, Leach 2, Stone 2, Ilawdey 1. Baskets—C. Topper 2, Stump 2, S. Topper 1. Fouls—Stone 5, Leach 1. Fouls—Topper 7. ■ 4