Crawfordsville High School - Athenian Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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JA1,ATl-ICI'll.Clll Basketball Season Coach Charles Henry served his second year as basketball coach at C. H. S. and faced one of the toughest hardwood schedules that Crawfordsville has ever had. He was handicapped by lack of height all during the season, but in spite of this fact he held many of the stronger teams of the state to three and four points. The team gathered speed during the season and by tournament time Chuck had a hard working bunch of boys. Basketball Schedule 34 Shelbyville Crawfordsville 22 Covington 23 Crawfordsville 33 Veedersburg 32 Crawfordsville 30 Noblesville 23 Crawfordsville 33 Peru 32 Crawfordsville 24 Greencastle 39 Crawfordsville Thorntown 23 Crawfordsville Clinton 24 Crawfordsville Newark, N. J. 23 Crawfordsville Attica 22 Crawfordsville 27 Alexandria 33 Crawfordsville 25 Washington 31 Crawfordsville 24 Tipton 26 Crawfordsville Greencastle 24 Crawfordsville Shortridge 26 Crawfordsville Lebanon 22 Crawfordsville 18 Danville 19 Crawfordsville 24 Clinton 14 Crawfordsville Lebanon 40 Crawfordsville Tournament Sectional The Crawfordsville Athenians', drew a bye in the first round of the tourney because Linden failed to enter a team, but the Midgets faced 0116 of the hardest schedules in the tourney. Their first game was with Ladoga'S Canners . The Athenians' defense was too much for the Cahners and they were defeated by a -score of 24 to 13. The afternoon game featured New Market's Purple Flyers who had shown strength throughout the season, but the Athenians clamped such a defense on the Flyers,' that they were able to get but two baskets. The Athenians crashed through New Marketis defense to gain a most spectacular victory of 39 to 7 from New Market 's favorite sons. The final game brought Crawfordsville against the county champs and Sectional favorites. The New Richmond Cards , who had lost but two season games, were determined to win their first sectional, but the Fighting Midgets said, No! and, led by their big freshman, outclassed the Cards in every way and turned them back by a score of 27 to 13. The Squad POSITION cLAss HEIGHT Albert Canine Center Senior 5'9 Ed Bayless Forward Senior 6' Paul Malaska Guard Senior 5'9 Herbert Dukes Forward Senior 5'10 James Johnson Forward Senior 5'l1 Leo McCarthy Guard Junior 5'9 Wendell Kirk Center Junior 5'11 Harry Rutledge Guard Junior 5'9 Stanley Harshbarger Guard Sophomore 5'8 Donald Kendall Center Freshman 5'11 Page Forty-nine .L

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W fra mucnlnn ar ft Lettermen EDWIN BAYLESS: Ed was a senior playing his second year at forward and center. He was the tallest man on the team, towering six feet, was a good guard and did his part in the scoring. He was known as Big Ed to the'Athenian charges. ALBERT CANINE: Rodney played his second year at center. Although not a regular he was a good basket shot and, although not tall as centers go, he kept his place among them. Rodney will be lost to the squad next year. HERBERT DUKES: Herb served his school for the last time and could handle the ball and make it possible for others to connect with the basket. He was a good guard and always held his man in check. His place will be hard to fill next year. STANLEY IIARSHBARGER.: Stan played his first year at guard and, although he was not very tall, he controlled the ball and make it plenty tough for his opponents. Stan will be right here for the next two years. JAMES JOHNSON: Jimmy played his first year at forward and his height and accurate basket eye enabled him to make it plenty bad for the opponents. He was a good defensive man and, although not a regular, he always could be depended upon to do his share when he was needed. DoN KENDALL: Although only a freshman, Don earned his position on the varsity before the close of the season. His height and basket-eye proved to be a big asset to Coach Henry's aggregation. Don played his best game during the sectional tournament, competing in all three games. LEO NICCARTHY: Dick , a junior, was plenty fast. He did not always break into the scoring list, but seldom was his guarding to be excelled. He was a hard fighter and always did his share. Dick has one more year to go and will be heard from next year. ' PAUL llflALASKA: Pat , playing his last year for C. H. S., was the leading offense threat of the fighting Midgets. He was fast and shifty and gave his opponents plenty of trouble. Pat will be missed greatly next year. WENDELL KIRK: Wendy played his second year at center. He was a good defensive man and scored his share of the points. He was one of the tallest men on the team and could really get that ball off the bankboard. He has one more year to go and will make a strong bid for his position next year. HARRY RUTLEDGE: Harry played his first year on the varsity squad this year. Although not a regular, he held his own whenever his services were needed. Harry often participated in two games during one evening, since he played regular guard on the Bee team and substituted at guard on the first string squad. He is a junior and will be back next year to help make the 1934 season a big success. ' Athenian Bees A new name sprang into the lime-light this year. The Athenian Bees , coached by DeBee , was one of the best B teams in the state. They turned back such teams as Lebanon, Greencastle, Tipton and Washington Cof Indianapolisl. With Robert Stafford at the center berth, Harold Prosser and Harry Rutledge working the guard positions, and Pinkie Edwards and Chink Rice playing forward, the Bees had a keen passing and scoring attack which led them to victory over many of their opponents. Most of the boys have two or three more years to play on the high school basketball teams. With these and also William Groves, Byron Hamm, and Garnet Rice, Crawfordsville will still have plenty of material from which will be built many sturdy and winning teams. Page Fsftu Q

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ffAeATl-ICHIAH A offensive backs. McCullough was the victim of an unavoidable accident the night before our last game with Frankfort making it impossible for him to drcs-s for the game. However he willingly offered his uniform to DeBce for some recruit who would bc future material for the varsity. PAUL lllALASKA: t'Pat'y, as he is usually called, played his third year at halfback. He was one of those who looked for the open spaces and when he found them he was hard to stop. Pat upheld his position exceedingly well. lle converted five times after touchdown by place-kicking, He was Co-captain of this year 's team. JOE lllATR.ICIA: Joe , a senior, played his first year at center having played one year at gua.rd. Although the position was new to him he made it plenty tough for the opponents who tried to gain through the center of the line. Joe had plenty of fight and always stuck when the going was tough. IIAROLD PRossER: l'rossy', was not a regular but he could take care of his wing position in fine shape. Ile was an exceptionally good tackler and seldom did his hands fail to get hold of thosc elusive backs. One more year and Pross will really show his stuff. HARRY RU'rLEDGE: Harry didn't care about taking the hall if he was only allowed to block. Not being as fast as the average backfield man, Harry made up for this by his excellent blocking. This was Harry 's second year as a letterman and he will also be cracking them next year. DAIAE STREIBICII: A senior, Dale played his first year at tackle and he gave as fine a performance at his berth as could be wanted. He always took his share of the tackles and seldom allowed the opponents to march through him. IIARRY STREIBICH: A junior, Harry played his first year at guard. He weighed 210 pounds and gave his opponents all they could handle. He was fast on his feet for his size and he always was fighting for his share of the tackles, He has one more year and will give many a full back a good headache next year. IDONALD THOMPSON: Don played his first year of varsity football this season. Although this was his first year he was one of the toughest tackles in the squad before the close of the season. Don excelled in charging through the line and cracking those passers. Numeral Winners Honor also should be given to those boys who did much to make this year's team a success. although they didn't earn their letters. They are real Athenians and C. H. S. is proud of them. The following received numerals: BYRON STULL DoN KENDALL IIERBERT Rrsiinv ROBERT MICHAEL CARROLL Wn.soN WILLIAM SIDENER ELMER DICKMAN RoBER'r CARVER Recognition As a climax to this year 's successful season Dick Miller, sports editor of The Indianapolis Times, gave Pat Malaska and Herb Dukes honorable mention on his All-State selections. They were well deserving of this honor. Page Forty eight