Galion High School - Spy Yearbook (Galion, OH)

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9 1 FOOT BALL It was by the hard and continuous struggle of Capt. I-Iackedorn and several of the remaining players of last yea.r's team, that Galion High suc- ceeded in forming a foot ball team. There were but very few who knew anything about the game, and they went to work with a will and a determination to make the best of it. In time they learned to think and work together and at last the eleven moved as one piece of machinery, every one doing his part in unison with the others. At first we had no fleld to practice on, but we succeeded in getting a field on Gill Ave. The first game we played was a practice one with the East Enders, they were non-experienced players,which made it hard to find out just whrattiour strength really was, but the game was a'v1cWEggfor J G. H. S., the score being.27 to OI ,,, , Our next contest occurred at Shelby .between Shelby High and G. H. S., two well matched teams. Although they had a coach and a good Held to practice on, they could not defeat the old reliable Gr. H. S. The game was called at five o'clock,after a long and hard struggle. The ball was carried in the last half by Galion to Shelby's one yard line, where the game was called on account of darkness. 'The next game was also played at Shelby, and as Galion had had too much hallowelen for the three preceeding nights, we were defeated 20 to 0. 'Then came the flnal game of' the seasongit was played at home and we were full of confldenceg A , had lots of cheering and encouragement to back us A 1 and with one exception it was merely a matter of how many touchdowns we could make before time would be called. We succeeded in making four - touchdowns and kicking three goals, making in all a score of 23 to 0. i g 'V W 1, The season was opened wlth a full schedule,but HOWARD HACKEDORN. five games were cancelled,which was very much re- Captain Foot Ball Team. gl-etted by us, ' The team was given a supper by Prof. T. E. Paulus, which was enjoyed by all, the feature of the eveningbeing the toasts. FOOT BALL. SCORES: 1Fa,rnSW0rth, 1 e, G. H. S- 27, E. E. A. C. 0- ' 'Meuser, lt. G. H. S. 0, S. H. S. 0. 'flgffp 4Mil1er, l g. G. H. S. 0, S, H. S. 20. 'Christman, c. 'G. H. S. 23, S. H. S. 0. 'Green r g. - - Snyder, r t. . 50 20 'Elser, r e. Pitkin, q b. fHackedorn, 1Capt.J 1 h b. 'Diamo11d, r h b. Meuser, f b 'Bair - 'Porter Subs. Hunter 'Awarded G's. ' tl ' l Rx if xr . - H 0 j

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-107' BASKET BALL . - COURTLAND MEUSER Capt. Basket Ball Team The foot ball season having been closed, the next thing which occupied the minds of the G. H. S. athletics, was, whether to have a basket ball team or not. A meeting of the Athletic Association was then called and the question was brought be- fore the association and discussed. It was finally decided to have one, and a captain and manager were elected. Abasket ball was bought and the candidates for the team tried. ,The first game was a practice game with Co. L, 8th 0. N. G. Owing to lack of practice and the game being new to the majority of the players, the High School lost. After this the team played several games with Co. L, but managed to suffer defeat each time. During the Christmas holidays a game was played with a team composed of some of the alumni, and again we went down to defeat. During all this time we were allowed to practice in the Armory, the only suitable place in town, about once a month or whenever Co. L were willing to let us. The first game with an out of town team was with Marion High School, the Marion team proved too much for the G. H. S. team and again we .met defeat by a score of 56 to 5. In this game it was conclusively shown that all the G. H. S. team lacked was prac- tice. We next went to Mansfield and played the High School team of that city. Here we met still greater defeat, the score being 89 to 16. Then Mar- ion came to Gallon, and this time we improved on our playing somewhat and were defeated by a score of 26 to 6. Then Co. L decided that they would no longer allow us to play in the Armory, and we had to cancel the return game with Mansfield. Though we lost every game it was not entirely due to the fault of the players, but our lack of practice. There are probably just as many good basket ball players in the G. H. S. as in other schools but they cannot be developed when there is no place' to practice. It is to be hoped that next year the G. H. S. team will find a place in which to play and redeem itself by defeating all its opponents. BASKET BALL Diamond, L. F. Marsh, R. F. C. Meuser, Capt., C. H. Meuser, R. G. Hackedorn, L. G. SCORES G. H. S. 5-Marion H. S. 36 G. H. S. 17-Mansfield H. S189 G. H. S. 6-Marion H. S. 26 29 151