Eastern State High School - Porthole Yearbook (Charleston, IL)

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jf.. . S ' f ,,,f':1vkff?tfL y ii Vfgjifagj if!-x !ff i ' . .. ,,y I I X 1, -14 f :TJ 1, x 1 . i.-X x f 77711 1391, V ,,4,, ,-If As tackle, John acGregor probably got more tackles than any other man on the team. Enemies just didn't go around his and Day's end of the line. When T. C. made a touch- down, it was up to Bill Finley to make the extra point, and he nearly always came through. Bob Mirus was distinguished by his hard blocking as offen- sive guard and his fine job of returning punts as defensive safety man. Bill Thomas was one of the lightest men on the team, but he had enough fight to more than make up for this lack of weight. Russell Myers was regular right end most of the season, but because of injuries was forced to share the honors with Jack Ingram. Both were out- standing on defense. The right tackle position was capably Hlled by Herman Hutton until his injury just preceding the C. H. S. game. Herman had plenty of good old team spirit. James Swann was used to plug up weak spots in the line since he could play either guard or tackle. Bob Carrell's signal calling for T. C. could hardly have been improved. In no game was he outpunted and his accurate passes to Day led to many a touchdown. Although he was the small- est man on the team, Harold Hayes' play at center was always a credit to the team. Several teams were caught Hat-footed by John Redding's Fine left-handed passes. john's blocking was also outstanding. Harold Piper ended his first season of football as regular right tackle. He should be a star next year. X X C 5 I 5 n FOOTBALL SQUAD First row: Swickard, David. List, King, Rea, Freeland, Closson, Hawkins. Ingram. Second row: Swann, Piper, Mirus, Carroll, Ha s, Endsley. Redding, Moore, Albers. Petty. - Third row: Coach Van Horn, Hall, Thoma, MacGregor, Finley, a Hutton, Myers, Day, Manager toner. ' N PMR . Y !u, ' 1 1.- ' 4 . .f i-,quiz A, K 1+ 'V '27 'A' i ' ',-- 1 ' 2 -, I , ' l by ' I A ' FIRST TEAM First row: Myers. Piper, Mirus, Hayes, Thomas, MacGregor, Day. Second row: Hutton, Ingram, Endsley, Finley, Redding, Carrell, Hall. Swann. Several men who did not get letters deserve a lot of praise. Endsley was kept out of most games by illness and Rennels by injury. Also several Freshmen distinguished themselves as great prospects for next year, among them, Bill Reat, Richard Freeman, Troit Freeland and George David. 26

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In his second year at T. C., Coach Van Horn has made an enviable record. His teams have been well coached and their sportsmanship has not been questioned. The foot- ball team won four out of seven hard games and the basketball te-am climaxed a fine season by winning the District Tournament for the second straight year. But Coach Van Horn is much more than a good coachg he is a real person, liked by everyone who has dealings with him. PARIS J. VAN HORN ,,,f I E j' nu-J H iinnrhall, was When the season opened, Coach Van Horn was facedqwuplih dismal outlook. The men were light and in most cases without previous experience. As the season progressed, these inexperienced players improved rapidly and their fighting spirit more than made up for their lack of weight. They were fast both on the field and at learning new plays on which Coach Van Horn so carefully drilled them. The team got started on the right foot by defeating Lovington thirteen to nothing and Ham- mond by a twenty to six score. Backed by an enthusiastic and large delega- tio? of their schoolmates, T. C. went to Martins- vil e, but they lacked their usual confidence and as a result failed to stop the highly touted Martins- ville passing attack, although they were able to outgain their opponents on the ground. The final score stood at fourteen to nothing. . T. C. made up for this defeat by trimming Marshall for the first time in the history of the two schools. Co-Captain Day led the way, scoring three touchdowns and lateraling to Redding for the other. Paris was the next victim to fall before the spirited T. C. gridders. We gained almost at will and Paris was not able to score until late in the A-J., 'lf 11' game when T. C. weakened because of lack' of '-'fg- reserve strength. . Palestine came to meet T. C. undefeated and classed as the best of Eastern Illinois teams. Our team put up-its bestt game of the season, leading z -'I until late in the game when Palestine scored two touchdowns for a fourteeri to seven victory. It I was, however, a. great moral victory for T. C., 25 fr i S .G . 4. .. N f because they had met and played on even terms one of the best teams of this vicinity. The last game of the season was the one with Charleston High. Thenteam went onto the field with the same old spirit, but four breaks against them in the first quarter, all leading to touchdowns, set up too much of an advantage for the larger northsiders. T. C.'s spirit, how- ever, prevailed throughout. The one bright feature of the game for T. C. was the return of the kickoff late in the quar- ter for a touchdown by Bob Carrell. The final score was fifty-seven to twenty-one. CAPTAINS Co-captain Wilson Day led T. C. scorers with thirty-six points, owing to his speed on old faithful 93 , his pass snagging ability, and his untiring spirit. T. C.'s other Co-Captain was our hard-hitting halfback, Harold Hall. Hally has won four letters in football and will be missed con- siderably next year. Day Hall 65

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Date Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. jan. jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. SCORES SPECIAL THRILLS Score Opponent We They 24 Lerna ..... 27 20 1 Westfield . . . . . 19 21 4 Rardin ... . 29 16 8 Martinsville 16 20 11 Kansas .... 26 18 15 Charleston . 19 24 19 Paris ...... 18 29 6 Ashmore . . . 31 9 13 Toledo .... 42 34 15 Westfield .. 22 17 19 Robinson .. 24 37 26 Brocton . . . 24 33 29 Lerna . . . 52 28 E. I. LEAGUE TOURNEY 4 Palestine .. 21 23 10 Toledo .... 27 16 12 Kansas .... 18 32 16 Charleston . . . Qovertimej 31 32 19 Paris ...... 34 32 DISTRICT STATE TOURNAMENT 24 Newton ........... 18 12 26 Westfield . .. .. 18 16 27 Casey 34 22 SECTIONAL STATE TOURNAMENT Itazkvrhall 1235-37 Certain games during the 1936-1937 season will long be remembered by T. C. fans be- cause of the great number of thrills and fine quality of ball which characterized such con- flicts. At Kansas the T. C. at- tack was not so good in the First half, but the second half was packed with thrills as our team snatched the lead and coasted to a twenty-six to eighteen victory, holding the Kansas team to only four free throws in the second half. The second C. H. S. game was the hardest game of the year for T. C. to lose. We dis- played a line brand of ball which kept us in the lead until late in the game when the taller northsiders tied it up and went on to win by one point in the second overtime. Q13