Gas City High School - Epoch Yearbook (Gas City, IN)

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TH E EPOCH, 19 27-1 ----lo o The Team Date Gas City Opponent Where Played Nov. 5 ....... Gas City 26 Sweetser ............ Sweetser Nov. 13 ....... Gas City-- Van Buren ........... Van Buren Nov. 19 ....... Gas City-- Matthews --- Gas City Nov. 26 ....... Gas City-- Bunker Hill --- Gas City Dec. 3 ------- Gas City Converse ---- Gas City Dec. 10 -.----- Gas City Fairmount ---- Fairmount Dec. 17 -.--..- Gas City Summitville -- Gas City Dec. 18 ---.--- Gas City Wabash ------ Gas City Dec. 24 -----.- Gas City Summitville -- Summitville Dec. 31 ------- Gas City Jonesboro --- Jonesboro Jan. 7 ------- Gas City-- Upland L--- Gas City Jan. 14 ------- Gas City Sweetser --.- Gas City Jan. 21 ------- Gas City Jonesboro --- Gas City Jan. 28 ------- Gas City Matthews --- Matthews Feb. 4 ------- Gas City Swayzee ---- Gas City Feb. 5 ------- Gas City Wabash --..-- Wabash Feb. 11 ------- Gas City Van Buren ------ -..- G as City Feb, 18 ------- Gas City Bunker Hill ---- Bunker Hill Feb. 23 ------- Gas City Upland ------- Gas City Feb. 25 ------- Gas City Swayzee ----.- Swayzee Total Points, Gas City---559 Opponents ------.- 635 202 Lawrence Gotchie Gotschall, who coached the team, was largely responsible for the success it made this season. A fighter from the word go - a little dynamo -these words describe Gotschall. He started the season with a new team, a team handicapped by inexperience and size, and made it one of the strongest quintettes in the county. The Tigers were the hardest fighting team in this section and a great share of the credit goes to Gotschall. Willis Heavy', Hutchins. captain and iioorguard, was the key to the offense. We expect a great deal from him next season, a boy who never knows when to stop fighting. He was an important cog in the Tiger ma- chine this season. Robert Bob Frank, center of the team, was the high point man of the season. He bids fair to be one of the greatest athletes in the history of the school. Next year he should completely overshadow the work of his two brothers, who have worn the Maroon and White in previous years. William Bill Dailey, forward, was the only remaining veteran from last season's squad. He played an aggressive style of basket ball and always managed to put pep into the team when it was needed. He has a good eye and lots of iight. Albert Al Wilson, forward, is the only man lost by graduation. Quiet, determined, a hard fighter and a clean sport, he has all of the quali- ties that make up a Tiger. He was a big asset to the team and we will miss him next year. Kenneth Buzz Simmons, forward, made up in fight what he lacked in size. He is only a Freshman and has three more years in which to bring honors to the Maroon and White. He was an important claw in the Tiger machine that tore up many good teams this season. Herbert Curly Walsh, guard, was a stonewall on defense. He stop-

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0----THE EPOCH,1927--l-l--o ped some of the biggest men in the county. Cool, confident, determined, and a scrapper-that's Curly. He will continue to say The bigger they are the harder they fall, next season. . Joseph Derek Miitsch, substitute guard, and big boy of the team, was another stone in Gas City's defense that stopped many of its op- ponents this season. What he lacks in gab he makes up in iight. Harry Kimes, Russel Smithson and Edmund Vironet, the remaining three men on the squad, are hard, clean lighters and good sports. Al- though participating in only a few of the Varsity games they trained faithfully and made the regulars play hard to retain their positions. They will be with us next year. John Wagoner, student manager, has iilled his position better than any one has in previous years. He is the strongest Tiger booster of them all and besides being Gotschall's right hand man was a pal to every man on the team. He will also be with us next year. IO! The Second Team Mr. Routh, Coach Donald Simons, forward Willard Oliver, center Charles Harris, forward Harry Price, guard Charles Ray, forward Ralph Atkinson, guard Darrow Pearson, guard Ernest Gotschall, guard Clarence Graves, guard Marion Teague, forward Although winning only a few games this season, the Second Team played hard and upheld the standards of Tiger sportsmanship. The boys trained faithfully and deserve credit for the spirit they have shown. Mr. Routh, who coached the team, taught them the principles of the game and has made each individual a prospective Big Tiger.