Girard High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Girard, IL)

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FOOTBALL SEASON IN REVEIW This was Coach Bull Lewis fnrst year at G T H S Coach Lewis formerly a Western Illnnoxs State Teachers College athletxc star graduated from Dxvernon l-hgh School where he had also been a star and had recexved a most valuable player award The Redbirds started the season off vlctorxously by defeatlng Greenfleld Hxgh 13 0 jlm Whxtler scored ln the second quarter and Eldred Weddle ln the fourth perxod We journeyed to St james for our second game of the season Weddle scored our fxrst touchdown Ln the first period Whxtler converted Then St james scored Glrard scored agaln ln the flnal minute of play Fxnal score Gxrard 13 St james 7 Carlmvzlles Cavaliers came to Glrard for our thlrd game After losmg jzm Whxtler m the second quarter with a leg mjury the Cavalxers made the only score of the game Due to thxs mjury jun Whitler recelved 1n thls game he was unable to play anymore of the season Lloyd Allen who had been playing end was converted into a fullback to take Whttlers pos :tion On October 3 Nokomls came to GTHS to be defeated They took a quxck lead tn the first period when Shalbat ran forty yards to score The Redbirds came back U1 the thxrd when Eldred Weddle raced saxty two yards to paydlrt Weddle converted Fmal Glrard 7 Nokomis 6 Gxrard was defeated by Waverlys Scottxes for the fxrst tune smce 1929 McMann scored from the one yard lme for the only tally of the game Flnal Waverly 6 Gxrard O A strong and determmed Auburn team defeated the crippled Redblrds by a score of Z0 0 All the scormg came 1n the last half Mann scorxng once in the thlrd and C Leskovmsed twlce ln the fourth Gtrard came up to the game of the year w1th a record of three wlns and three losses On s1x consecutive wms and seekmg an undefeated season carrled away a vlctory but found xt wa tougher defeatmg the Redblrds than they had ant1c1pated Fmal Kmcaxd 26 Gu-ard O For the last game of the season the Redb1rds traveled to Kmcaxd The Pomes broke the 1ce m the fxrst per1od w1th a touchdown pass just before the horn ended the fzrst half George Swxft rxght tackle intercepted a Kmcatd pass and raced forty yards for Gxrards only touchdown Kmca1d scored agam Ill the thxrd and twxce m the fourth Final Kmcatd 26 Guard 6 Letter wmners tn football this year Included Freshmen joe Tosh Sophomore Perry Adcock Karl Ball juniors jxm Whxtler Lloyd Allen George Swxft Orval Neff Bob Anspaugh Don Tucker Bewford Norman There were f1ve Semors who wlll not be back on GTHS next season Eldred Weddle Benny Starks D1ck Whzte Derald W1lson Warren Davus Standouts ln the l1ne for the season mcluded Benny Starks center George Swxft tackle Dick White guard and Bob Anspaugh guard Eldred Weddle was one of the be st backs m the MSM Conference The Girard second team played Dlvernon tw1ce and were defeated Z7 6 the f1rst txme The second game the Dlvernon crew defeated the Redbirds 13 7 The athletic The lllmois KIWBDIS Club gave the football squad a banquet on November 18 Raymond Hanson director of Western Il11no1s State Teachers College was the speaker football squad journeyed to Champa1gn on November 8 to see the Umversxty of defeat Western Mlchlgan 64 14 S October 24, we had our Homecoming game against the Virden Bulldogs. The Bulldogs, with

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Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Girard 30 Girard 40 Gxrard 38 Girard Z8 Gxrard 47 Girard 36 Gnrard 30 BRIEF BITS FROM THE GYM COURTS Mode sto Carlxnvnlle Ball Twp Virden Waverly Auburn Nokomxs Blmd Draw Invxtational Tournament at Nokomls Dec Z9 Guard 48 Nokomis Dec 30 Gxrard 56 Raymond Feb Z4 Z7 Distrxct Tournament an an an an an an Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Girard 30 Girard 37 Girard 38 Girard 38 Girard 32 Girard 50 Girard 44 Girard 47 Girard 39 Girard 33 Girard 44 March Z 5 Regxonal Divernon V1rden Auburn St james Morrisonville 36 Modesto Palmyra Dxvernon Pawnee Palmyra Morrxsonvxlle Z6 Tournament Brxefs of the more important games On October 10 V1rden defeated Girard 34 Z8 Butcher of Virden was high scorer for has team wlth ll pomts jun Whltler was high scroer for the home team wzth 13 poxnts The Redbirds journeyed to Nokomxs for a Blmd Draw lnvxtatxonal Tournament during the Chrlstmas holidays The Girard boys fought their way into the finals by defeating Nokomxs 48 46 Girard defeated Raymond xn the finals to win the first place trophy by a score of 56 39 Eldred V eddle was hmgh scorer agamst Nokomis wlth Z3 pomts Weddle and Donald Fuchs were tied for hxgh ln the second game wlth 15 pomts Coach Lewms Alma Mater Dmvernon clmpped the Redbirds xn a 38 30 decision on january 9 Weddle led the losers w1th 10 points V1rden s Bulldogs vlslted Girard on january 13 The home team was leadmg at the end of every quarter except the last The score by quarters was lst Z0 6 Znd 26 ZZ 3rd 31 Z8 A last minute spurt won the game for V1rden Whxtler was hxgh scorer wxth 17 pomts Lack of reserve power greatly hmdered the Redb1rds The Dxvernon Dragons came to Glrard on February 6 The Redbirds defeated them by a score of 47 Z2 thus gettmg revenge for our prevlous defeat on the Dragons home court Letter wmners LTI basket ball for the season were jun Whxtler Eldred Weddle Donald Fuchs Robert Smith Donald jenkms Don Tucker Rayrnond Foster VARSIT Y KLUB ORGANIZED On january 28 letter winners held thelr first offxcxal meetmg to draw up a const1tut1on by whlch the newly formed organlzatxon known as the Varsity Klub should be governed Officers elected to serve unt1l the end of the school year were Warren Davxs presxdent EldredWeddle vice pres1dent Derald Wxlson sec y treas Orval Neff sgt at arms Lloyd Allen reporter The members felt that by bemg unxted there were many thmgs they could do to help make GTHS a better school They were certaxn that the spxrxt shown by athletes on the fxeld of play could be ut1l1zed to help others enjoy thexr years m hxgh school They felt that the character buildmg aspects as well as the physxcal szde of athletlcs should be real1zed by more boys and xt shflld be one of the Klub s purposes to get more fellows m terested mn sports From txme to tune the Klub plans to sponsor school soclals U1 the hope they wall promote better school sp1r1t It shall be the duty of the Klub to see that all athletic events are properly reported to the newspapers so that people unable to attend the games may keep 1n constant touch with the act1v1t1es of the varzous teams If the enthuslasm of the members at thls tune IS any md1cat1on of future progress Glrard can look forward to better athletics m the years to come . z Z9 J . 9 38 . 5 ' ' 35 J . 13 ' 44 . 9 ' . 55 1 . I6 33 . IZ ' 34 J . Z4 . 30 . 16 ' 39 J . zv ' , 19 38 J . 30 46 . 23 ' ' Z9 . 3 ' 40 ' ' . 6 ' ' zz . l0 ' 36 . ' 46 . 17 35 . ' 43 . zo ' ' '