Enid High School - Quill Yearbook (Enid, OK)

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14 5 Congratulations Seniors! You have earned the honor of being a Sen- ior, and now comes the big iesi . . . that of be- ing a useful American citizen . . . 'ir Remember . . lt Pays to Shop at PENNEY'S We have grown from one store to over 1,600 in 40 years through application of sound, honest principles and the thorough training of young Americans. Penney's celebrate their 25th year in Enid this year... i943 106-8 West Randolph, Enid, Okla. g V 6 0L A llIlIlllllllllllllllllllllllll Illlllll Q OUR STATE Ti-ua Quitt MAGAZINE gootbaff Champions By ALBERT IOHNDROW When the first football practice of the year was called on September l, no one suspected that champions were about to be made, no one even guessed that Enid would this year bring a never-before-held honor to alma mater. Even T. King, amicable mentor, voiced skepticism before the beginning of the season which held a long list of formid- able foes. True, the Plainsmen had some re- inforcements left from last year's fairly suc- cessful eleven such as Simmons, Pritchard, Gildea, Cummings, West, lack Day in the line and Keeton, Leierer, Kelly, Iohndrow, Luther, Sleeper and Burdick in the backfield slots, and also some outstanding new comers in the form of Iuniors Clarence Paine and Bob Buxton, Sophomore Floyd Winfield, and Seniors Bob Miller and Lee Van Pelt, but nobody could forecast a bunch of champs. But let the story explain itself. The Hrst match with a highly-touted Well- ington, Kansas team was played on Saturday afternoon after being rained out the previous night, but the Plainsmen were ready and willing, and so the score read 'iEnid 28-Web lington l2. This game was, now as we look back, handwriting on the wall, since the Enid boys scored three of their four counters by passes from Jim Keeton with either Pritch- ard or Leierer on the receiving end. This combination was later to bring fear to our foes and fame to the Enid eleven as a great passing team. VV. Beckham gave everyone a pleasant surprise by kicking four out of four. Enid took to the road for Norman for a Thursday night game and also with the pur- pose of erasing last year's 0-0 tie, but alasl This yt-ar's team could fare no better. Al- though outgaining the Norman Tigers in yardage and camping continually in their territory, somehow our boys just couldn't find that scoring punch and though coming very close on a field goal try by lim Keeton from the 12 yard line, the papers read Nor- man Ties Enid Againf' 'iPlainsmen Fail to Scoref' At Shawnee the next week Enid and Shawnee fans witnessed something of the spectacular in the hard-fighting game, Shaw- nee having a decided advantage of a more experienced line over our 85-yet-LIIISUYC stal- warts as well as some highly touted backs. Although hampered by injuries, one of these being Millard Cummings, our first string left tackle, the Plainsmen made two heroic stands at her goal, fighting desperately each Shawnee attempt. Enid had a scoring threat of her own when passes by Keeton drove down but failed to materialize when two touch down passes were dropped even, so the headlines said Enid Great in 0-0 Tie with Shawnee. Plainsmen Turn Back Central Cards 33- 7 and Famed Aerial Attack Clicks in Last Half were banners on sports pages after the Oklahoma City Central game and pro- claimed that an Enid team after a sluggish Hrst half which saw Central take a 7 point advantage, could come back like an alto eth- er new team to the wild delight of the Tnid fans and to the chagrin of the Cards. The Plainsmen led by Keeton, ran rough-shod over the City boys and completed 15 passes for a total of 193 yards and 33 points. Those responsible were Iarrin' Iames Leierer and big Stan West who snagged Keeton's accur- ate passes. Beckham made three conversions and missed for the first time of the year. The next contest was with Capitol Hill of Oklahoma City, also. This was the most try- ing game of the season. Scoring on long sustained drives and quick opening tricky plays, Capitol Hill pushed 93 yards in five plays to take a 7-0 lead, but it was short lived as Iim Keeton hurled to big lames Leierer for a counter which incidentally was the combination which scored two more touchdowns, lim Keeton personally account- ing for two others. Although Capitol Hill made things hot with two more scores, they were unable to surpass the better-conditioned Plainsmen. The final score read 26-19. Ponca City presented a looming cloud on the Plainsmen horizon for the next game, especially since lim Keeton was absent. But Enid fans had a surprise as did Ponca when the hometown team led by Floyd Winheld, passed to Kelly and ran for both Enid touch- downs, After Enid's first score the Poncans quickly retaliated with seven points of their own, but the Plainsmen came back to take the game 13-7. Although Classen was reported to have a good team this year, the Plainsmen proved to be too much of a match for the Comets as the papers announced Enid Downs Clas- sen 20-0.', In their last Mid-State Conference game of the year, the boys put on as fine a showing as one could wish with lim Keeton and Winfield going over for two touchdowns and Kelly snagging one of Keeton's aerial bombs for another which together with two perfect placements by Beckham made it read Enid 20-Classen O . 'locals Swamp Maroons 46-14 was the news heralding the drastic defeat of an llll- usually weak Blackwell eleven. Scoring was evenly divided among the Enid backs with Vernon Kelly playing a spectacular game, taking all honors by scoring four rallies, al- though he was given fine assistance by the stalwart Enid forward wall. When the scores were all in, Iohndrow came through with two counters and peppy Calvin Sleeper for one. Blackwell took advantage of the old hidden ball play to score twice in the last period. The Plainsmen during the lweck of pre- paration for the Maroons, had kept an anxi- ous eye on the strong Perry eleven which

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I 6M-56 5 -.- fi Q-. w . . Q-- 1 -', :, auf -. 's . il y- 1- , ,Q. .:y3is, . N235 QE -' The Coke Crowd Okays the Greater Newman's Simply on the beam, they're saying, for the smoothest casuals to the most swish date clothes from the greater Newman's. We have everything that's guaranteed to make your appearance a suc- cess, super-sheer hosiery, chunky and glittery costume jewelry, your favorite stubby sport shoes, and heavenly cosmetics in famous name brands that you demand. And for the important male mem- bers of the crowd, Newman's has thc latest in either Zoot styles or the conservative man-about-town fashions. Make your place in the world you are about to conquer in clothes and accessories styled by Newman's. iimrs was coming up fast as one of the ten top contenders for the State crown. Growing more and more impatient for Perry, the Plainsmen gave a preview of things to come in the game with the Chi- locco Indians and after giving a weak start in the first half allowing themselves to be held to a mere 7 points, came back in the second half to carve 34 more points from Chilocco's scalp and Put on a grand show for the spectators. The fans saw the entire Enid backfield, Winfield, Leierer, Keeton, johndrow and Kelly go wild. Clarence Paine gave an excellent account of himself by re- covering fumbles and blaring in to upset the Chilocco runners. After the smoke of battle cleared away, the score read Enid 41, Chi- locco OU. At last with intense preparation the game with Perry had been reached, The game was played in a stiff wind which held play on both sides from being of the open type. Perry was charging hard and low and got the first break of the game when they block- ed Keeton's kick and scored, getting a tem- porary lead but angered by the breaks the Plainsmen came back to feature Kelly in an off-tackle smash which deadlocked the game seven all. But Kelly scored again to put the game on ice and maintained Enid's Hrst place status in State circles. A new comer, jim Thomas, kicked both extra points. FLASH!!! Enid takes Mid-State Cham- pionship as Central Downs Shawnee. Enid High nearly took a holiday when this news came, and Coaches T. King and Leonard McCoy went around with huge smiles on their countenances. Since Enid had defeated Central and tied Shawnee for first place, Cen- tral's upset of the Shawnee eleven gave the trophy to us on a golden platter. But even so, all waited with but one word on their lips: Tulsa . Both teams being undefeated seemed to draw people like flies to sugar on that memor- able Thanksgiving Day classic, which prom- ised to be and really was, an epic. The day was a perfect one for football, and at 2:30 the teams took the field. The Thanksgiving game has always been the Seniors, crowning glory, and this was no exception. Enid start- ed off quickly with a battering offense fea- turing Winfield and the rest of Enid's back- field and soon bit pay dirt with Winheld carrying. jim Thomas made his only con- version of the afternoon. Tulsa came back hard with passes and quick, deceptive plays. Perry Moss, sensational halfback of Central, scared the Plainsmen time and again with his accurate passes, but Enid made They Shall Not Pass their watchword and dug in and started their own steam roller again, this time with tackle Leon Simmons inter- cepting a fluke pass by Moss and racing 30 yards for the score. The next half, Enid came back with fury and attacked Tulsa savagely, but the Braves were stubborn, and Enid was not able to get a foothold until again when Winfield started things by a punt return, and a long lateral pass play from Keeton to West to Iohndrow took the ball down farther. Then with quick smashes the Hnal talley was made by Winheld off tackle. The game ended, Enid triumphing 19-0 and also winning the THE QUIL1. MAGAZINE Mythical State Championship. Thus the season was officially ended, and everything was over but the shouting and a few more honors which had to be bestowed. The Enid Quarterback Club gave a cham- pionship dinner in the Youngblood Ballroom in honor of the Plainsmen and made the trophy awards and read the individual honors. Leierer, most valuable, trophy, Simmons, most valuable, Blanket, Gildea, outstanding lineman, Keeton, outstanding back, Kelly, best running back, Leierer, best blocking back, Gildea, best blocking lineman, Sim- mons, best defensive lineman, Sleeper, best tackler, Keeton, best passer, Keeton, best kicker, Luther, best team man, Pritchard, best pass receiver, These were honors bestow- ed upon outstanding players by their team- mates at the end of the year in the annual squad elections. These honors were disclosed at the huge banquet held in honor of the team at the end of the season. Sideligbts on Seniors: Remember the Clas- sen game-Harold Burdick's passing was really accurate and filled up admirably after Keeton was hurt-Sleeper didnit do badly either in the Chilocco game, Calvin drove clear down the field and didn't stop until he had scored a touchdown-johndrow, Hll- ing in as signal caller in Keeton's place in the Ponca game, quarterbacked the team to victory-Pritchard stretched his frame in the Chilocco game to snag three touchdown passes-Gildea played an outstanding game in . . . can't mention any special one. Bert played 'em all good.-Back Earl Luther kept the spirit high in every game, lots of pepper -Cummings went in, although injured, in the Shawnee game to help with a magnih- cent goal-line stand-Simmons at Shawnee rushed in and threw them for a four yard loss on the first play-Day, fighting guard, played his heart out in the Tulsa game, play- ing without replacement the whole time- Yes, we really had some outstanding Seniors in ,43. Enid High had a new addition to her faculty this year in Mr. Dale Holt. Dale was here in the capacity of Bee Team Coach, and he really had a tough job ahead, but coming through at the end of the season with a fine record for his first year. The 'iBees,' are vitally important to the football system and to the HA team especially be- cause of the preparation and experience that it gives the boys perhaps just playing their first game of football or developing new material for the Plainsmen squad. The Bees and Mr. Holt deserve a hand of con- gratulation for work well done. Later news came through that three Enid boys had been selected for All-State honors. Those being: Millard Cummings, tackle, james Leierer, blocking back, and Leon Sim- mons, tackle, All of these boys were three year lettermen. So there you have the story of the '42-'43 season complete with Mid-State Championship, State Championship, and an undefeated season. Credit goes to Enid's two great, inspiring coaches, Mr. T. King and Mr. Leonard McCoy and the squad of hard Hghting never-say-die boys. Truly this season will go down as one of the most suc- cessful in the history of Enid High School.