Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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1929-1930 The Georgetown Hi-Times Seniors Win as Interclass Champions SENIOR TEAM WINNERS OF 1930 CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Robert Warren, Ivan Williams, Lyle Erickson, Walter Veliki , Dwight Lambert, Dwight Reid, Kenneth Crum. By defeating the junior boys with a score of 15-8, the senior boys won the 1930 interclass basketball tournament. The juniors had been undefeated up to this time. Since a joint girls’ and boys’ tournament was instituted by Mr. Sweeley in 1925, these games have been very popular. At that time one cup was purchased for the boys and another for the girls on which the name of the class winning each year is engraved. The winning teams also receive numerals. The interest shown in these games is really remarkable as a large crowd always attends. It is true that the crowd is mostly students but this adds to the attraction. Everyone always enjoyed the games this year and had a good time in the bargain. It was found last year that the gate proceeds of the class games were more than they needed to be. The receipts arc used to buy “G’s” and numerals, but it was found that more was taken in than was required for this, so the admission this year was cut in half. The games were always hard-fought and enthusiasm ran high. The main idea for promoting the games is to give the boys experience and to look for new material. The seniors had a brilliant team this year. There was Reid at center, who was a second Stretch Murphy and Williams, who could give McCracken of Indiana a nice run for his money. Warren would share honors with Harper of Illinois; Crum would make Mills of Illinois sit up and take notice while Erickson has no one to rival him. Queen of Basketball Elected Helen Niziolldewicz was elected first queen of basketball at Georgetown by the fans attending the regular home games. At the end of the season the vote was as follows: Helen Niziolkiewicz, senior 327; Ives Ward, freshman 259; Katherine Becker, sophomore 188; and Virginia Mackey, junior 163. Officers of Class Teams SENIORS Boys—Ivan Williams, captain. Girls—Ruby Ramsey, captain, Raymond Campbell, manager. JUNIORS Boys—Raymond Campbell, captain; Donald Haney, manager. Girls—Virginia Mackey, captain; Donald Haney, manager. SOPHOMORES Boys—Joe Andruski, captain; Arthur Gorman, manager. Girls—Virginia Edmonds, captain; Santo Paradiso, manager. FRESHMEN Boys—Verlin Carney, captain. Girls—Lena Vettorel, captain; Raymond Campbell, manager. Faculty Defeat Business Men As a finale to the class basketball games, it has become the custom at Georgetown to stage a game between the faculty men and the business men of the town. This is somewhat of a farce in that comedy costumes are generally in vogue and the rewarding of the player most valuable to his team is never taken very seriously but this year during the game the players really meant business. The score at the close was 11-8 in favor of the faculty. Ellsworth and Wood starred for the business men and Burch and Sweeley for the faculty. It was at this game that the “G’s” and numerals were presented as well as the loving cup to the Basketball Queen. A record-breaking crowd attended and enthusiasm ran high. WEATHER FORECAST Fair—Lehusanna Paradiso Gloomy—Miss Frye Dark—“Bob” Keadnour Cloudy—Bernice Houghton Sunshiny—Marvin Moore Class Standings at End of Tournament CLASS WON LOST. PERCENTAGE Seniors 3 0 1.000 luniors 2 1 .500 Freshmen 1 2 .333 Sophomores .. .. 0 3 .000 Page Twenty-one

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Thf. Georgetown Hi-Times 1929-1930 Basketball Squad Puts For k Strongest Effort to 4ie End Good Prospects for Next Year as No Men Are Lost from At the beginning of the basketball season only four letter men from last year reported. These four men were Morris. Sawicki Snook and Henry. These men were later lost to the team from various reasons. Prom the start things didn’t look well for Georgetown but the remaining members of the squad s h o w e d a dauntless courage throughout the whole season. It is true that Georgetown lost a number of games but they also won a few from teams that had a high percentage. The squad consisted mostly of underclassmen and most of them will be back next year. Georgetown was eliminated from the county tournament by Ridge-farm in their first game. In the district tournament, Georgetown took a 1 to 0 game from Homer. They lost the second game to Westville by a score of 21 to 9. The boys who made up the basketball squad have gained a lot of valuable experience and from this alone Georgetown should have a winning basketball team in 1930 and 1931. Games in which Georgetown did especially good work were the Gatlin, Hoopeston and Westville games at home a n d the Sidell game there. Georgetown conducted the South Vermilion County P r e 1 i m i nary Tour n anient thus giving the new gym a work out and allowing Georgetown fans an opportunity to see some of the best teams in the county play. Because of a ragged season in which the eight semesters rule, eligibility rules, training rules and various other obstacles way-la i d different members of the basketball squad, 1930 Team the number of men receiving G’s” in basketball this year was very small. Of the six G” men two are sophomores, three first semester juniors and one a second semester junior. Besides the boys who were awarded ‘'G’s”, others doing nice work were Russell Byerley junior; Felix Gonsowsky, freshman; Raymond Campbell, junior, and Kenneth Clark, freshman. With the advantage of two years of practice in a gym with a ceiling high enough to allow good form in basket shooting these boys should show the community some nice play next year. COACH’S ESTIMATE OF “G” MEN Perry Baldwin: Cool, calm and collected; will make quite a basketball player when and if he grows up. Santo Pakadiso: Basketball is a family trait. Gets letters from the girls who like to see him dribble. Clarence Stasavjch : A hard lighting guard. Has always played thirty-two minutes in every game. Some people play two and loaf the other thirty. Emory : Preven ted from reaching his best form by sickness. A promising player who should be among the best next year. William Parke: A boy who likes the game and plays it hard. He writes poetry on the side. Bernard Thompson : Developed into a good guard during the year. Plays good ball except at butchering time. BASKETBALL SCHEDUEE 1929-1930 Dec. 13—East Lynn—There......11-17 Dec. 17—Fairmount—There......10-22 Jan. 3—Catiin—There ..........13-22 Jan. A—Paris—Here ............. 5-18 Jan. 10—Allerton—Here .......18- 9 Jan. 17—Scotland (Sec.)—Here....17- 5 Jan. 18—Sidell—Here ..........18- 9 Jan. 22—County Tournament Ridgefarm............. 8- 9 Feb. 5—Westville—There ........ 7-32 Feb. 7—Rossville—There....... 8-22 Feb. 11—Catiin—Here .........17-19 Feb. 1-1—Sidell Tournament. Itidianola .... .....11- 8 Westville ........... 5-22 Feb. 21—Hoopeston—Here.........11-19 Feb. 21—Scotland—There.......11-14 Feb. 22—Allerton—There .......11- 3 Feb. 25—Fairmount—Here.......15-10 Feb. 28—Sidell—There...........20-19 Mar. 3—Westville—Here ........10-13 Mar. 5-6-7—District Tournament Homer........1-0 Westville...10-21 THE 1930 BASKETBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Felix Gonsowsky. William Parke, Clarence Stasavich, Perry Baldwin. Wavnc Emory. SECOND ROW: Santo Paradiso, Bernard Thompson. Raymond Campbell. Mr. Swceley, Ken- neth Clark, Russell Byerley. Page Twenty

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T1I K G KORCKTOW N III-TI M ES 1029-1030 Georgetown Wins First in 1929 County Meet and Turns May Fete Into C irrns ABOVE—Sawicki winning first in county. BELOW AH set for the half-mile. Georgetown Successful in Track and Field Events Quite a successful season was enjoyed last year by the track and field men of the Sweelcy crew and their supporters, and it is expected that even greater honors will be the result of this year's work. Material was abundant and it was no stroke of fate that Georgetown copped the county title in the 1929 events. The fine work of the boys was the result of ability, well developed by good coaching and training. Two records fell before the Sweeley men in this meet, Elliott winning in the shot-put and Grubb in the half-mile run. Circus! Circus! Right at Georgetown high school. This was what the 1929 May Fete proved to be. Animals such as the zebra, elephant, donkey, and giraffe were imported from the forests in the south. The wild man from Borneo, at the same time was sent to entertain at Georgetown, although after close investigation he was found to be Larry. We were honored by having the strongest man in the world with us—no one but Ted Elliot. Lebusan 11a Paradiso presided as queen over all this gayety and to maintain the idea and prettiness of the fet . girls dressed in various costumes, stepped to snappy music. Newspaper comics form the theme for the 1930 May rete over which Alma Spicer will preside as queen. Because of their fine showing in this meet, much was expected of the boys in the district preliminaries of t h e state meet, h eld i 11 Georgetown. The result was not disappointing, as Sawicki, Grubb, and Henry went to the state finals in the quarter-mile run, half-mile run, and broad jump, respectively. Grubb was acclaimed third best in Illinois high schools. likis, Morgan, and Sawicki. The men on last year’s squad were: Grubb, Henry, Sawicki, Stark, Morgan, Sprouls, Velikis, Andruski, Maskcl, Elliot, Snook and Galycn. The ones lost to the team this year are Grubb, Morgan, Stark, Galyen, Velikis and Snook. There should be several new athletes from the freshman and sophomore classes. Lebusanna Paradiso Chosen Queen of 1929 May Day Circus In the Millikiu Relay Meet, held at Decatur, Georgetown proved successful by winning third place in the one-mile relay. Those on the team from Georgetown consisted of Grubb, Ve- HEl.OW Maypole, Japanese tiirls. Paye Twenty two AMOVE- The Wild Man. May Queen. The Stronu Man.