Florida High School - Floridian Yearbook (Florida, OH)

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Ha ELXTER PHYSKAL V100 :W lfffll' I 1 105 QQ Qs

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I.If Q A. . ' Q Fveryone who watches or partxclpates 1n athletlcs gets a thrlll when a basket IS scored or when someone hlts a home run Sport enthuslasm IS world wlde even though color of the skln or the types of government of the people are different Why IS athletics an essentlal part of our world today? One who partxclpates 1n sports gets the very much needed rec reatlon and pure enj oyment of belng of part of some game We stress athlet1cs because lt helps to develop a good mmd Through athletlcs one can release h1S pent up emotions perhaps through hrs abxlrty to play some game When one plays any game he has a sense of freedom wh1ch overtakes any klnd of nervous stra1n Sportsmanshlp fa1r play and the conslderatxon of those who play wxth you make the true Sportsman One who strlves for the good performance IH whatever game he plays creates a never say die attltude whxch IS valuable ln every undertaklng ln llfe Sports are as old as th1s world ltself the games that we play may need new rules and faster compet1t1on but the age old deslre for recreation and fun remalns Through the Olympxc games we may draw curselves closer to other countrles People may talk of de emphasl IHQ sports today but tnat yy ould do no one any good and lt would do wrong to mllllons of people Sports wlll contlnue to grow ln popularlty as long as the vt orld 15 a place Where one can choose hrs own wants and enjoyments for all those vsno take part and wholesome recreatlon for those who only look on A ch1ld plays not because he IS young But he IS young oecause he plays MTM D 74 K m . if f - - V I . 'I ,' ,' - v. 1 c 1 Jig? b'? :N T 5 J f y . -f-i - N 'pm--- ' f n I th ff ' Y , K -'H -W I Y, . . . . , , , Y . u . - U . . ,. . . . . . . , . 1 , , l . . 7 . 4 .Z. V 5 s I , I . , . . V. . . .. . . Y I . . V .- ' 1 - - .

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his Shootin' and Hittin' The following is the totals and averages of the Bluejayl for 51-52, When this annual went to press the Bluejays had completed only 14 of their I6 games, We have used the following abbreviations: G-games played ing FG-field goalsg FTA-free throws attemptedg FTM-free throws madeg Per,-percentageg PF-personal foulsg TP-total points: Ave,-average, PLAYER Nlarv Miller Shorty Ricica jerry Pontius Ken Armbruster jim Shiarla jim Armbruster Larry Durham Dick Miller Vic Guerrero Bud Dunbar Marv Rabe Team T otals Opponents coacu KDLLMAN FTA FTM PER, PF , TP AVE, 110, 67 ,609 34 253 18,08 63 35 ,556 37 113 9,42 52 Z7 ,519 35 111 7,93 20 IZ ,600 33 78 6,00 Z8 15 ,536 Z9 45 3,29 Z7 lZ ,444 Z3 28 2,56 16 10 ,625 20 18 2,57 5 3 ,600 IZ ll 1,38 6 4 ,667 1 10 1,11 5 3 ,600 8 1 1,00 3 2 ,667 1 2 1,00 335 186 ,556 252 676 I 46,86 215 141 ,513 298 703 50,22 The basketball squad was composed of Z1 boys this year, There were nine lettermen, sixvof which were Seniors, These Senior boys will be very much missed next year, The boys that are left have seen action this year during the reserve games and part time on the varsity, They have shown by their spirit that they can play good ball, too, Our team has shown all the qualities that make good basketball players, One of them is sportsmanship in which our team ranks A-1, We also have to give a lot of credit to the coach, who in his first year of coaching has done a splendid job, The boys practiced four and sometimes five days a week, since the first of October, Some of the various drills we had during practice were dribbling, screening, play-making foul shooting and scrimmaging, We Senior boys wish the basketball teams of the future the Best of Luck, Larry Durham, Kenny Clady, Marv Rabe, Kenny Armbruster, jim Shiarla, jerry Pontius Marcel us Ricicia, Marv Miller, Melv Rohrs, Nlarwood Rettig, Dick Miller, Gary Bechtel, Vic Guerrero Dale Gerken, Bud Dunbar, judge Drewes, Basketeers