Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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THE TATTLER OUR FIRST IS EASY In a practice game with Kingsville, our team decidedly proved to all doubting minds that it was an organization not to be overlooked in the coming race for county honors. The final score was (il to 3, which however in no sense tells of the game fight given by Kingsville even to tin last whistle. A large crowd was on hand for the first game ot the year, which of course did much to urge our team on to victory. Cowden led the attack for Conneaut, securing nearly one-half ot our total score. Kurtz, Benson, Beaseley and Rubenstein played well for ( onneaut. Splan, a new player, looked favorable to critics and his excellent guarding was one factor of Kingsville’s low score. The team was without the services of Smith and Whitney of last year s squad, but they both will be out soon. CONCERNING A COACH What our team needs the most is a good coach. A man who can win the admiration and respect of the players as Mr. Williamson did. A man who can keep the fellows in a condition that will not allow them to slump in mid-season. A man of good habits and of some experience either as a player or as a coach. Until a man of this kind is found, our team will never reach the highest stage of their ability. The Captain can work hard but when he plays he is unable to see the faults of his men as an impartial coach does. The players are working faithfully both at practice and to find a coach, but as yet none has appeared. We are in hopes that a man will be found in the near future who will be able to coach our team iu a victorious basketball season. TWO OUR WAY. Iu a fast and very exciting game, the high school vanquished the Ex-Highs in their annual game New Year’s night. This game brought out to the best advantage the ability of all our players. In every department of the game, tin high school players Avere superior to their elders. As the game started, one of the Ex-IIighs gave warning to Kurtz that they were going to rough it up. How they succeeded no one knows better than each of the Ex-Highs players himself, for our team certainly mixed things up for them. Playing an entirely different game than at ( onneautville, again we are in high hopes of a victorious team, and far away in the distance, the outlines of a banner can be plainly seen, approaching nearer and nearer our way. There can Page Sixteen

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 t FOOTBALL, 1918

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THE TATTLER be no doubt that a team must have a fair 1 now ledge of the game to win from a combination made up of Eades ’18, Hubbard 17, and Jacobs ’lb, each captain of the basketball team in his senior year. These with the addition of Cox and Zack, the latter all comity guard last year, looked favorable to critics before the game. The rooters of the Ex-Highs were given a severe set-hack soon after the game started, for the high school boys started oft with a rush and after the first minute or two were never in the least danger. Cowden starred for Conneaut. His individual work was clever. Kurtz and Smith played their usual steady and never tiring games Ruby and Whitney played unusually well at guards and made the Ex-Ilighs work mighty hard to even get a shot at the basket. The loss of Kurtz will he felt as this combination looked like a winner. C. II. S. 54 G. E. Pt. Cowden, 1. f........................12 0 24 Kurtz, r. f......................... b 0 12 Smith, c............................ b 2 14 Whitney 1. g........................ 2 0 4 Rubenstein, r. g. (captain)......... 0 0 0 Ex-Highs 20 G. F. Pt. Jacobs, 1. f........................ 2 0 4 Eades, r. f......................... 4 0 8 Hubbard, c......................... 3 2 8 Cox, 1. g........................... 0 0 0 Zack, r. g......................... 0 0 0 Substitutions—Halliday for Cox; Loomis for Jacobs; Cox for Zack. Referee—Sajito Leach. Time of Quarters—First half 20 minutes; and two 12 minute quarters. Score at End of First Half—C. II. S. 20; Ex-Highs 10. Timekeeper—Professor Gruey. L. M. R. OUR ATHLETIC EDITOR LEAVES. Our athletic editor, Francis M. Sweet, having moved to Buffalo, left the high school up against a hard proposition to find another member from the student body of equal ability to take his place on the Tattler Board. As athlete editor, lie had a natural ability to portray in words the important events of each contest in which our teams entered. Having been on the Tattler Board for two years, his experience was invaluable to the success of our Tattler this year, inasmuch as the work was entirely new to a majority of the staff. Page Seventeen