Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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 p0MMM HANEY CRUM SNOOK 1930 Captain Sportsmanship Trophy Winner 1931 Captain D. Hanky—“Alabam”—Center—This boy was captain of one of the best fightin’ teams which ever played under Georgetown colors. Won a place on the All-State selection of centers which is certainly a tribute to his ability. A great strength on defense and a boy who likes the game. His loss to next year’s team will leave a great gap and all will miss his oratory. K. Crum—“Red”—Tackle—Another boy who will be missed from next year's line-up. Crum played guard for two years and this year moved over to left tackle, the toughest assignment on a ball club, and played it with the same success. A hard, fast charging lineman with the ability to block punts with pleasing regularity. Won the sportsmanship trophy which speaks for his personality. E. Snook—“Pinochle”—Back—This boy is next year’s captain. He s big, fast, throws passes with the speed and accuracy of bullets, and has the fighting spirit so necessary in a ball game. He carried the brunt of this year s offense, carrying the ball about seven out of even- ten plays. Besides outplaying the great Rex of Decatur, it is rumored that he holds some swell hands at pinochle, and is quite an after dinner speaker. THE COACHES Coach Sweeley has this year completed his seventh year as coach at Georgetown. He is a graduate of Susquehanna university. Since he has had the actual experience of college football, he knows the hard knocks of the game and the preparation a boy needs for playing. When it comes to making blockers and tacklers, Sweeley will always stand out. Assistant Coach Burch has attended the Indiana university coaching school under Pat Page. He helps to build good quarterbacks along with his coaching of the second team. Page Twenty-seven

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 Hr LA CAJA DEL ORO 1930— G” Men—1930 J. Gorman—“Joe”—Back—A senior who staged a comeback after seeing America first. Joe was at his best when the going was toughest. This boy is the fellow who changed tackling from “silents” to “talkies.” L. Erickson—“Lief”—Back—Always outweighed but seldom outplayed. Lightest back in the county, but any one who saw him in there would tell you that a small man can play great ball. F. Maskkl—“Awky”—Back—A junior in classes but plays ball like a post-graduate. He would be a wonder if he were not so bashful that he hates to score touchdowns for fear of being called on for a speech. D. Mahoney-—“Danny”—Back—The “crooning” halfback—has another vear to play. here the going got tough Danny started to croon an old Irish ballad which upset the harmony among opponents. T. Hubbard—“lhubbard”—Center—A sophomore boy with the old fighting spirit. as “sub” center only because he was trying to fill the shoes of an all state man. J. Cebui.sky—“Johnny”—End—The midget end of the county. Digs coal and spoils interference with the same zest. We hope he grows. T. Stropus— I ony”—1 ackle—One more year to go and much is expected of him in that year. It is our belief that when better “blocks” are made, Tony will make them. A. Klink— Heinie”—Guard—This boy is only a sophomore and he’s big and has a fine spirit. With two more years to go, we predict that fans will have seen few better linemen. W. Velikis—“Eat”—Guard—Another senior and it will take a big boy to fill this fellow’s suit. Whenever opponents went through “Fat's” side of the line, it was their last conscious public appearance. C. Stasavich—“Stassy”—End—“Stassy” played guard, then tackle, and this year was moved out to end where he played his greatest game. Was at his best at Hoopeston where he “took off” on several occasions to pull in a few passes just as a matter of illustration, to the John Greer boys, as to how the position of end should be played. J. Andruski I’uzzey End— I’uzzey played left end and when opponents came his way, they soon realized they had called the wrong signal. Often late to practice but seldom late telling his mates where the ball was. B. I,EW man Bob Guard—A big, lean, lanky corn-fed boy who has one more year to go and is expected to play a lot of ball next year. Page Tivcr.ty-six

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 Dear Chari.es: la caja del oro ' Um Letters From a Sweeley-Made Athlete to His Chum Well, old fellow, I’m back in school again and everything is going fine. Of course I am on the football team again this year. However, I’m afraid we can’t duplicate our success of last season, in having an unbeaten team, because we were defeated 7-6 by Decatur the first game. If it hadn’t been for Snook’s legs having a very bad charley horse, surely we would have beaten Decatur. Hoy, but it was one tough encounter. Pooshie was knocked nutty in the second quarter and Stassy and Snook had Milo, the black boy of Decatur’s team, scared or laughing all the time. Write soon, I gotta quit. So long, Speck.’’ How Are Y’a Chill: Thanks for your letter. Received it on the day of the Jasonville game and it helped sooth my nerves some. We were expecting a tough game and naturally a guy gets excited. All the worrying was for nothing though for we walloped ’em 25-0. Boy, it was so hot and dusty that day that the referee had to call time out after a tackle so that the dust could settle enough to see where the ball was. I tasted mud for days afterwards. So long, Chuck, gotta go practice F. B. Speck.” Dear Chl'ck: I’m not feeling so well now, this is Wednesday and yesterday we played Hoopeston. A great big tackle smacked me one in the bread-basket and as a result I stayed home from school today. 1 believe that that game was the hardest T ever played in. John Greer’s boys were all about evenly matched. They worked together well and altogether they were one sweet ball-club. We put the blocks to them with a 13-6 defeat, and boy, what I mean that mellie will go down in history with Gettysburg and a few other famous encounters. Ole Haney, Stas, Snook, Klink, Erickson, and, well, practically all the boys, played a bang-up game of football. They “covered themselves with glory,” so to speak. Till better football games are played, So and So. CHARLES A. DAVIS, WEST HEATON, ILL.: WESTVILLE GAME PLAYED SATURDAY STOP FIELD SLIPPERY STOP NOT ENOUGH PUNCH STOP SCORE 0-0 STOP Speck. Charlie Old Boy: Well, football’s done for another year, and last night they gave us the annual feed. Pat Page, coach at Indiana U., was the principal speaker. He seemed to know his subject, football, pretty well, even if he wasn’t any golden voiced orator. Sweeley presented the letters and gave a short talk extolling the virtues of each player. Haney gave a speech. Elmo, next year’s captain, gave a speech upon the teams possibilities in ’31, and that talk will go down in history along with Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. Crum was presented with the Sportsmanship trophy. The food was very good with the exception of the beans and everyone went home satisfied. Write you again some other football season. So and So. Page Twenty-eight