Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE BOOSTER the girls of the school for military training, but because of inadequate space in the building or on the grounds, this has been postponed un- til the spring term. It is hard to tell whether it is be- cause many of our best athletes are on the first floor or whether the Eagle House has an unusually fine athletic spirit. At any rate, some athletic songs have appeared which prove that the girls are very much alive to the opportunities and possibilities of a real athletic spirit. The Sassiety notes of the January 1st issue of the Booster also leads us to believe that things are didding. So much for what has already been accomplished. The plans for the rest of the term include the annual bas- ket ball tournament, spring tennis, and a military pageant. Columbus, 22 Manual, 26. Alumni, 30 Manual, 56. Rochester, 9 Manual, 18. Huntington, 24 Manual, 22. Castleton, 26 Manual, 19. Tomorrow we journey to Anderson to take their measure. On February 7th Pendleton will lose their scalp to us at Pendleton. Then on the 15th Bedford meets us at the Y. M. C. A. On the 21st we will tarry long enough at Richmond to take them down a notch. On March 1st we have our last game before the sectional. This happens when we try Thorntown ' s metal at the Y. M. C. A. On March 7th and 8th comes the sectional tournament. It will be held at Tomlinson hall, and every loyal Manualite should turn out. Then a week later comes the final tournament at Bloomington. There is nothing that inspires and pushes a team on to victory as does a good backing. Everyone out to see these games! This means you, January, ' 19, seniors, and you, June, ' 18, grads, and all the alumni We want to and will make this our greatest basket ball year. Yea, Manual! Let ' s go! Recently Major Glossbrenner, in speaking to Company I, quoted John L. Sullivan. The quotation not only applies to military training, but to life: Keep your head cool, your feet warm, your eyes open and your mouth shut and you ' ll get along all right. THE TEAM Coach Morrison. Every day we hear words of praise for this player or that, but it is sel- dom that the coach comes in for his share of the credit. The explanation is simple. Ask any of the average basket ball fans who is the best man on the team, and almost invariably he will tell you, the man who scores the most points. The ave rage spec- tator sees only what occurs on the surface. When a clever play is well executed, he applauds the man who scores the goal and never stops to give credit to the master mind that devised that play and taught it to the team. All Manual ' s victories this year have been won on brains, and those brains are Coach Morrison ' s. At the games he is an inconspicuous fig- ure, standing in some obscure place on the side line. But the success or failure of the team upon the floor de- pends far more upon him than upon any other one individual. The Colum- bus game of January 21st is an inci- dent to prove the point. According to all the dope, Columbus was a mucn better team as far as fighting ability and endurance went. But Coach Mor- rison matched brains with brawn — and won. He studied the plays and players of the team and knew exact- ly where their vulnerable spot was, and how to reach it. He shifted our players into new positions to enable our best guard to stop the fast Co- lumbus floor guard. He put a man at center who could best stop the team wcrk of the opposing center, and the point-getting floor guard. In addition several brand new formations were used with telling effect. So — while we ' re passing around the plaudits, let ' s have nine for Shorty, and make ' em BIG. Captain Secrest. Brooks Secrest, June, ' 19, has been playing basket ball at Manual ever since he entered school here. He was prominent in league games during the earlier part of his high school career and last year was a regular on the state team. Owing to injuries received while playing baseball last summer, and illness this fall, Zeke got too late a start, but now that he is in condi- tion, is going like a whirlwind. There is probably no other man on the team who has mastered the essentials of

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THE BOOSTER THIXTIC D.C lJ.DERW ' tfOO MARTIN NESS, ATHLETIC EDITOR Boys ' Athletics. Athletics at E. M. T. H. S. started out at a rather slow pace this year. We had no athletic association, as we usually have, and many of the stud ent body lost interest. But that old, old adage about a poor beginning making a good ending seems to be coming true. There was an attempt to have a tennis tournament, to be conducted by Mr. Edward Holloway. Only a few players reported, however, and when the Spanish influenza began its inquisition, coupled with some bad weather, all the plans were aband- oned. Then our attention was called to the all-powerful subject of basket ball. This promised to be a banner year, because we had five of the old team with us. This year Coach Mor- rison organized a league of three teams to a division, one team from each floor. There were five divisions, namely: Majors, Sub-Majors, Minors, Midgets and Freshmen. The schedule was carried out for a while, and some very fast games were played. Then the state team candidates were withdrawn, and the league was never finished. Of the can- didates, five were old men — Jamison, Bybee, Conn, Cox, ex-Captain Rice and Captain Zeke Secrest. The team finally picked to represent our school is composed of Morris Conn, Charles Bybee, Frank Cox, Albert Jamison, George Keckler, Robert O ' Connor, John Rice, and Captain Brooks Se- crest. Coach Morrison has worked this bunch of huskies into a formid- able scoring machine, with an im- pregnable defense, as the scores of the games already played indicate. We have made 252 points to our op- ponents ' 187. The following is a list of games and the results: Broad Ripple, 2 Manual, 40 Shelbyville, 17 Manual, 32 Tipton, 43 Manual, 18 Crawfordsville, 14 Manual, 21 Girls ' Athletics. The athletic girls have a confession to make. For the first time since their organization they are guilty of having started something they could not finish. But you should not be too quick to condemn them, for the re- sponsibility for this failure rests upon one who has been guilty of many mis- demeanors. He is best known by his nickname, Flu, and as yet we have been unable to discover his real iden- tity. He put a stop to the tennis tournament, which was well organ- ized under the direction of Miss Herzsh. Next came the question of basket ball. The boys ' department in this field had expanded so greatly under Mr. Morrison ' s leadership that they had five divisions in the league. So, in order to promote the school ' s best interests, the girls ' league was con- densed, one evening a week being used, shorter games were played, and three games were played at a time instead of two. The major players were bunched on the first floor; this made the House plan for a tournament impracticable. So the girls were chosen into three groups and captains elected. Eliza- beth Mueller, Muriel Oliver and Frances McAlpin were given this hon- or and responsibility of managing three teams each. In choosing team colors, crimson was noticeably in dis- favor. The girls declare it has proved to be a hoodoo for several seasons. Elizabeth Mueller ' s team chose white for their color, Muriel Oliver ' s, blue, and Frances McAlpin ' s, green. Just now the tournament is at its height. In addition to the regular tourna- ment, Miss Smith organized a tourna- ment in the Gym. II class of the sev- enth and eighth hours. There are nine teams and each plays eight games. Kathryn Fisk ' s team leads, with Elizabeth Mueller ' s a close sec- ond. Many requests have been made by

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THE BOOSTER OF E.M.TH.S. team playing so thoroughly as Secrest — a quick thinker and a master of inside basket ball. He also holds down the third sack on the baseball team, and is well known in local in- dependent baseball and football cir- cles. ing to run the affairs of the June class and singing tenor in the Vic- trola Quartet. John Rice. Johnny Rice, June, ' 19, better known to the owners of classbooks as Just Plain Johnny, has been prominent in Manual athletics ever since he came here four years ago. During his freshman year he was a star in the Major league. In 1916-17 he was a substitute on the first team, and last year he captained the team. Johnny counts that game lost whose final whistle blows before he counts a couple from the far end of the court. He has been the mainstay of the attack all through the present season. On the side Johnny manages the famous Victrola Foursome. Albert Jamison. Albert Jamison, June, ' 21, came to Manual last winter, from the West Side High School, of Lafayette. He played on the second team last year and was a member of the track squad in the spring. Jimmy is a fast for- ward and a sure shot. He shines par- ticularly at the long range work, but can also connect from under the bas- ket when necessary. He has devel- oped wonderfully under Coach Mor- rison ' s tutelage, and will be a valu- able man next year. Jimmy is immensely popular with the ladies, and is said to be an un- usually graceful performer at the higher form of athletics. Frank Cox. Burr Top Cox, June, ' 19, back guard, and political boss, skyrocketed his way from the Midget League in less than a year. Cox is a tower of strength on attack, and a stone wall in defense. He is always there in a pinch and he always packs with him the punch necessary to put the play across. While basket ball is his principal pastime, he is also said to be quite an accurate pool player, but he does not indulge in this sport frequently be- cause of the intense physical strain. He spends most of his spare time try- Robert O ' Connor. The most versatile athlete in the collection is our esteemed friend, Tub- by O ' Connor, June, ' 19. Bob is a member of the track, baseball and basket ball teams, and, in his frivo- lous youth, used to play a pretty good game of tennis. At the Tri-State Track and Field games at Miami, O., last spring, Tubby carried off first honors in the shot put, and he dupli- cated his performance in the Sec- tional Tourney at the fair grounds. He placed third in the State Meet at Lafayette the following Saturday. This year, to use his own expression, he is gona bust the state record or bust in the attempt. Tubby plays at floor guard, and handles his position to the satisfac- tion of everyone concerned but the opposing players. Charles Bybee. Although still an underclassman, Charlie Bybee, June, ' 20, has made an enviable record in Manual athletics. He first entered the calcium back in 1917, his freshman year, when he walked away with the half-mile run in the annual track meet with the local Y. M. C. A. His time was 2 : 10 2-5, only two-fifths of a second slower than the track record. Two weeks later, in the inter-class meet, he negotiated the distance on the same track in 2:09, hanging up a rec- ord which still stands. The last two years he has won the half-mile event in the sectional meet with ease, and this year hopes to capture premier honors in that event. Charlie plays floor guard on the basket ball team, and is probably the fastest man on the squad. Morris Conn. Handsome Mac Conn, January, ' 19, star forward and fancy shot ex- pert, dropped in from Columbus in the fall of 1917. His first question was, Ya gotta basket ball team? When assured that we had, he hung up his hat and decided to stay. Mac drops ' em in from any angle, but prefers to be under the basket when he shoots, probably because they look prettier from that position. He was our best player at the sec-