Crooksville High School - Crux Hi Skan Yearbook (Crooksville, OH)

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IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS bring home the Muskingum Valley Cup. Robert Bauman, our little center, will be back to fill his hole in the line—and he fills a lot of hole. Jack Rinehart, Bill Lcmcrt, and Bob Wilson will come back and come back big if we're not mistaken. Paddy Hannum had better come back or else; or else what? Or else we will see just how g xxl Junior Denny can be when he wants to try for us. The following boys will be back without a doubt, and all feel the cup will be theirs: Kenny, Neff, Watts, Poling, Guinsler, Harbaugh, Maxwell, Riggle, Bailey, France, and a boy who last year couldn't play but still did his part as man' ager, Bob Cope. Here's luck, Bob, for a big year and a better year than we've seen for a long time. 1939 Box Scores C H S. Op Sept. 15, Coshocton, there ............ 0 51 Sept. 22, Dresden, there ..............12 0 Oct. 5, Roseville, here ............... 0 13 Oct. 12, Philo, here ..................31 0 Oct. 20, New Concord, there ...........38 13 Oct. 26, M. V M., here ................13 0 Nov. 2, Clous ter, there .............. 7 6 Nov. 11, New Lexington, here .......... 6 0 THE TEAM 1ST ROW Lcmcrt, Kenny, Bauman, Denny, Locke, Yoder, Hannum, Rinehart, Eveland. 2ND ROW—Maxwell, Karr, Neff, E. Watts, Crooks, C. Watts, Guinsler. France, Bailey, H. Wilson 3RD ROW—Poling, Stevenson, Harbaugh, Hott, Abrams, Gorby, Deavers, Riggle. 4TH ROW—Barker, Papritan, Heath, Robinson, Driggs, Baughman, Allen, Cope.

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CAMERA HIGHLIGHTS ■ Cleats Along Jonathan Creek Just about twenty-two boys went to Coshocton one night last fall. No, it wasn't a mass emigration for dates; the boys went to play a game with a pig, I mean pig skin. We lost by a disastrous score of 51 to 0, but then, Coshocton isn't in our class school anyway, so it didn't hurt (much). Dresden hasn't any particular lure, but we did journey there the next week to see what a new team could do—they couldn’t. We beat them 12 to 0. That little item picked us up considerably, and how; because next week —home at last--we showed splendidly against a team slated to become later in the season one of the toughest. Caldwell whipped us, but not bad, my friends, not bad at all—only 26 to 13. Now football isn’t all games. The boys did manage to sneak in a practice session now and then, and when they did, Mike Bailey got in Pap’s hair—or so the boys tell me. Paddy Hannum romped around the field several times, then tore down the dummy with a lunging drive. What’s the big idea, Paddy?” Practice was over; the boys hit the trail again but not far, because we played at home that week. Philo thought she could blast us off this little pedestal; but all she did was put in a little nick—31 to 0. If we didn't win every game it wasn't because the boys hadn’t been taught how it was done. Pap spent evening after evening getting the slightest thing across that might help them in any way. Incidentally most of the boys will be back next year, and although I don’t like the weight of a prognostication on my shoulders, I don't see how we can help but Poling and Rinehart, defense. Homecoming Queen, Jean Holcomb. Watts and Wilson Warm Up. Hannum Heaves One. Spirit of the Team—June, Betty, Joyce, Lois. Denny Makes for a Long Pass. Watch out! Bob's Ready to Tackle. Kenny Goes Across. Neff and Lemcrt Show Us How It's Done. Parker Occupies Space—and They Didn't Move Him Either. Yoder Charge! Bauman, the Big Middle Man.

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CAMERA HIGHLIGHTS The Ceramic football season is hardly decently laid to rest before the red and black hardwood ball tossers go into action. This meant a very short rest for most of this year's squad, as all but Bob Cope had been battered by the final pigskin tussle with New Lex. As the Script Man followed the Basketballers The first call for volunteers brought out the usual large number of hopefuls and careful elimination was needed to preserve the best timber. From then on until March it was practice, practice and more of the same. The first game was the first win and (whisper it) the last. The boys looked fine against what must have been a weak Corning five. The really heavy part of the schedule broke early and saw our Red and Black repeatedly on the short end of the score. To the ever-lasting credit of our Sophomore and Junior squad they never admitted that they were down. They charged into each game and each practice like a squad of winners and always did their best to turn the tide. McLuney, New Lexington, McConnellsville and Roseville (all old rivals) swatted the Ceramics in turn. With New Concord our team set a record of sorts. Twice the Little Muskies triumphed by one lone point over a Ceramic squad that was really playing good ball. Personalities weren't lacking on the floor with Pat Hannum, Porky” Bauman, Talkie” Eveland, Red Cope, Locke, ' Battle” Poling, Denny and Kenny. Little Doug Talbot made the tall boys look silly when he took the floor for the reserves. An interesting sidelight on the New Lex game here was the fact that Kenny Walters, the New Lex hero, was in the process of winning high point honors of the Muskingum Valley League from Stewart of M. and M. Much as the home fans hated to see the score pile up, they were all for the New Lex boy and he received a big hand when he pulled ahead. Crooksville met Racine in the opening game of the Class B District Tournament at Logan and lost. The bright side of this disastrous season is the number of letter men left for next year. All but Locke and Eveland will be eligible for what should be a fine team. Hannum and Bauman were both rated as rapidly developing players this year. Cope played some very good games and should be more consistent next year. Kenny, Wilson and Denny can all be rated as veterans for 1940-41. Ceramic spirit should do the rest.