Elizabethton High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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PAGE 51 BOYS' BASKETBALL SQUAD

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1 - l l ,T c-I1 A -W H Z - Sigh . u ,x.f I -0 U. Q, C, , --.qp p by I 4, as mouumussn 3 rp q v, n 0 o ' ' Y 1 I i ' V ' ' V 1 .. a .vt- 52 A Review of the Football Season, 1929 154' If 1 I ' The Cyclones opened the season with Crossnore, here October 4, they suc- i , . ceeded in defeating this North Carolina team 38-0. Many substitutes were used. . 4 as It was a warm and sunny afternoon, October 11, at Elizabethton that Erwin 929. ' ' , journeyed forth to defeat us 7-6. An intercepted pass that resulted in a touch- . 1 f 1 down for Erwin proved to be our sorrow. Erwin was outplayed. . V' 'Qi On October 18, the Cyclones brought back a victory from Greeneville, a score '74 . X' of 13-0. ' Y... At Banners Elk, October 25, the Cyclones were defeated 7-6. Three of our . . , ,L regular men were out of this game. Our boys were probably afflicted by the at- mosphere, which was very cold. ,' A scoreless tie 0-0 was the result of the Cyclone-Tennessee High game '. QM November, 1, on the home field. The greater part of the game was played in the it 1 middle of the field. We were at their twelve yard line once but they were never p . 'P 2 I that close. It was an exciting game and the teams were evenly matched. 9 5 0 - ' 11' November 8, 1929, was the red-letter day on the Cyclones Calendar. On the C' . ji muddy and slick Keystone Field at Johnson City the Cyclones battled their way . . to victor for the -first time in our football career. A ain, as in previous years an - - Y 8 interce ted pass ave them their oints. Coach Brown's C clones roved too 1 ' , V P 8 P Y P - tricky for their opponents, for at this time they began to use their trick plays. Q' Fumbling and incomplete passes were plentiful. A touchdown and a safety gave .5 A . J' I us an S-6 victory. C- 1' i Another mudd field reeted our bo s at Kin sport, November 15. Man ' A , . Y 8' Y S 5 fumbles and incomplete passes were made. A safety C25 gave us our only score, 'U while Kingsport had only 6. A 4' .- ii The last game November 22, played at home with the Emory-Henry Fresh- I - - men. The field was covered with a thin skim of snow which after being played , ' upon became muddy and slick. They passed .for their touchdown while an inter- ' .1 cepted pass by Toncray gave us our only marker. The game ended 6-6. ' ei ' The season ended with three victories, two ties and three defeats. Our great- ' est defeat was only four points, this team was the strongest' in the history of the 'M school especially on defense since no team scored more than one touchdown on us. I V. - t 0 - J 1 ogy' il? N' .. . ' . PAGE 50 aa'-. -t r sal. - 1 . wa- . t . 1- 1 l l

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nib 0 1 . .t V1 'r' ,,. .+R 1 fy. . UD points' winning a silver loving cup PAGE 52 .T as , a a it ' ms. , . ' r -' . - ' V ' - - . ' caf e It' - MER- 0 t 's N E 45 . , gt '9 MUUNTA 3 Q, Wt,-- at . 1 l H H Y H17 YF Y Y W t . 'K .X . , 3, Review of Season, Boys Basketball If ,, ' The Cyclones opened their basketball season in December under the supervision of Ez: . . Q Coach Brown. Having lost only one man from last year's lme-up, four of the regular men '3 . ' replolited for psjctice. also, there were several reserves of last year that soon fell in line J V an ooked go from t e start. it At the beginning of the season the men who had seen service the previous year met and ix L elected Maynard Ryan, Captaing and Frank Grindstaff, Manager. , Our irst game was played with Jacksboro, a strong club, before Christmas. As Eliza- A bethton belongs to the big live athletic conference most of our games were in it. NVe won-every 5 ' 1 game played in the regular season except one to Kingsport and two to Tennessee High. The t other games played were with Virginia High. , , . ' E ' In the Sectional Tournament at Johnson City were beaten by Washington College in our first game, there died our hopes of winning the Tournament. iv' -Q On February 26th, by mutual agreement of the Big Five met at Johnson City and played a Lombard tournament. A Silver Loving Cup was given as a trophy to the winning team. : Eligabethton had a score of 14 and Kingsport a score of 7, thus we won the trophy by a score of . ' o la The starting line-up of this year was generally-Ryan, ,Hart at Guard, Bowling at Center, Q ' ' and Shotm and Edens at Forward as substitution was frequently made by Grindstaif, Hathaway, Sf '- ' Meredith saw service in a majority of the games. - . 0 J Coach Brown's system is absolutely against 'any one man starring and he succeeded in that .P this year. What he desires is a smooth working machine of live men. ' X -' The support from the school and town this year was the best so far. We expect it to be H better in the future as basketball has just started to develop in this section. ' f ' H ll..etters were awarded the following men: Ryan, Shoun, Edens, Grindstaff, Bowling, Hart, . , at away. 41. J Basketball prospects for next year are equally as good as they were for the past year. Q. Three letter men will be lost, but there are others to take their place. ' .L BOYS' SCHEDULE I Jacksboro - ' - - 28 Betsy l Kingsport ' - 14 Betsy . ' Bristol, Va. - - 17 Betsy ' Johnson City - - - 14 Betsy 5 .V Tennessee High - - 19 Betsy j Erwin e - - - 19 Betsy . Kingsport - 26 Betsy Yu' ,Qt Erwin - - - - 9 Betsy ' C Tennessee High - - 27 Betsy ' Q Johnson City - - - 16 Betsy Bristol Va. ----- 11 Betsy 1 1 Lombard Tournament at Johnson City, Feb. 26-Betsy won lirst place by margin of seven betta' f ri' . as