Grant High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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V. 8. Grant MEMOIRS Page 31 Stblftifg Football Letters ARANT HIGH SCHOOL Issued the first group of athletic letters in its history to seventeen players of the football squad at a special recognition assembly upon the closing of the first term of school. Service on the squad during the past season has been rewarded by a letter to any player engaging in one-fourth of the quarters and maintaining his scholarship to a passing mark. The following boys have secured letters for service : Capt. Walker Anstey Gleason Backstrom Ivison Boone Lillie Caldwell McCall Charlton Rummell Clough Saxon Daugherty Tarbell Dunham Schmitt A Token of Esteem Mr. Wharfield, our successful coach in football, was presented in assembly with a token of appreciation for his faithful work. This token was in the form of a fountain pen and a pencil set which was given by the members of the football squad. Mr. Wharfield accomplished wonderful results with the inexperienced team that he had. Captain-elect Backstrom made the presentation, and also thanked Assistant Coaches Eilertsen and Runquist for their work and interest in the team.

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Page 30 MEMOIRS U. S. Ciant ..................................................................MiiiiiiiHitiiHiMiimiitiiiiiiiMiMiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiMiimtitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuti....... % Popular Boy------------Tom Handley Popular Girl-----------Emery Miller Studious Boy Albert Arnst Fashion Plate---------------Margaret Hall Ten-o’Clock Scholar Ted Leiter School Jester----------Dick Harper Excellent Musician.Margaret Paladeaux Loud Speaker-----------Tom Dunham Sunshine Girl------------------Betty Scott Jack-the-Bean-Pole Edgar Rutan Covered-Wagon Girl Dora Platt Calorie Kid--------------------Nolan Holt Athletic Star------------------Lloyd Backstrom Song Bird-----------------------Ruth Shoemaker Noted Actor Otto Walker Blue-Letter Boy--------John Skinner Sweet Tooth------------Mr. Runquist Library Ghost----------Gwen Panton Information Bureau-----Orrin Scovill Flaming Locks----------Betty Woerner Modest Violet----------Garner Talboy Midget-------------------------Alice Morrow Handsome Lad---------------------Ian Mackay Sleepy Head--------------------Cyrus Blair Teachers’ Pet------------------Helen Hurd Teachers' Pest Frank Bliss Friendly Helper--------Mr. Fletcher Marcelled Locks Maynird Thompson Shy Lass..-------------Peggy Hallam Country Kid William McClung School Enthusiast Josephine Olsson Strollers--------------Helen Pearson Jack Winters 4

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Page 32 MEMOIRS U. 8. Grant Grant Starts Basketball Although this is Grant’s first attempt at basketball, she has made a brilliant showing. This team is full of pep and eager to go. We have played to date eight games, winning six. This is a remarkable feat for the first squad Grant has produced. Our first game was with Gresham. In this game we were defeated by a narrow margin. The Gresham quintet seemed more experienced and was just a little the better team. The outcome of the game was always in doubt, however. The Generals put up a good struggle from the start to finish. Our next games were with Parkrose, Oregon Institute of Technology, and Franklin Aces. Grant came into her own and had little trouble in putting to rest these teams. Grant played better ball and showed more form from time to time. McMinnville was our next opponent. This team is made up of good players who shoot well and have wonderful team-work. We are sorry to have to say it, but we were defeated. We are not sorry, however, for the defeat as far as spirit was concerned. If ever Grant fought it was in this game. The game was interesting from start to finish. Time and again the Generals took the ball down the floor only to be stooped by the McMinnville defense. We then met Gresham again on our floor. This game was won by the Generals. Grant played in the last part of the game as they never have played before. Pep and fight was exhibited by both teams. The Independence game was an easy contest for Grant. Independence was thought to be a hard opponent but was easily outplayed by the passing and shooting of Lillie and Jaloff of our fighting squad. Every man on Grant’s team is to be commended for the pep he exhibited. The Milwaukie quintet was our next defeated opponent. She was defeated bv the brililant teamwork of our squad. This game wras not so very fast. GRANT LOSES INITIAL GAME In a fast and furious game January 9 Gresham Hisrh nosed our team out of a victory which they fought hard enough to deserve. The final score was twenty-one to twenty. This game was Grant’s first attempt at basketball and the team showed remarkably well. The Generals, although lacking in team play, gave the fast Gresham quintet a real scare. Lillie and Jaloff starred for the Generals vvhile Nelson and Keenan were in the limelight for Gresham. The line-ups: Grant (20) Gresham (21) Jaloff (8)--------F (5) Keenan Simpson (6)-------F (4) Wadworth Lillie (5)--------C (6) Nelson Walker (1)--------G (4) Dowsett Backstrom ------ G (2) Mattson Payne S GRANT WINS EXCITING GAME The Generals, coming into their own, defeated Gresham at the Grant Gym in their second game with this school. After the first half in which Gresham outplayed us, our fighting team came back and snatched victory from their hands. At the end of the first half the Gresham quintet had a seventeen to nine lead. Grant being unable to get well started. In the second half Grant, gathering speed like an engine, started a phenomenal spurt. The last three minutes of the game was a whirlwind finish in which the Generals looped five goals to Gresham’s one. Lillie was high point man for Grant with fourteen tallies. Nelson, high point man for Gresham, made eleven points. Horse-feldt. Walker and Jaloff played a spectacular floor game. The line-ups were: Grant (30) Gresham (25) Jaloff (6)-------F- (10) Wadworth Horsefeldt (4)----F------(4) Keenan Lillie (14) C (11) Nelson Walker (3)--------G-------- Dawsett Backstrom S Mattson Charlton (3)------G-------Glenfield McCall S GENERALS BOW TO McMinnville In our third game of the season the Generals met defeat in the hands of the powerful McMinnville quintet. Our team put up their best fight, but their best was not quite good enough. The game was fiercely fought; the Generals never gave up. Lillie lived up to his reputation as high point man. He was responsble for most of Grant’s score. Backstrom and Walker featured by their close guarding. The Grant squad passed well and used this, to great advantage. The line-ups: Grant (18) McMinnville (24) Simpson ----------F------(7) Green McCall------------F (5) Miller Lillie (12)-------C---(4) Wakeman Walker (1)-------G------(5) Trawin Backstrom (1)----G----(6) Laughin Horsefeldt (4)---S Warren Charlton ---------S Referee, Fernley.