Hamilton Rural High School - Tiger Stripe Yearbook (Hamilton, KS)

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L , FooTBALL SEASON 1 4? First row: Sloan, Kerr, Behmer, Barnes, Rinker, Jones, Covert, Cannon, Evans, Sherman. Second Row: Merrick, B. Henry, Stauffer, Bonczkowski, Black, Foster, Sanderson, Cartwright, McMurray. Third Row: Brown, DeBruler, L. Covert, Borsdorf, Wallace, Lewis, Dawson, Bender, Ccoachl. Fourth Row: V. Henry, Long, McClure, Persons, Wiley, Johnson, Martin, L. Evans, Worford. In the football season of l937, forty-five of the schools huskiest, and most outstanding boys, reported for practice. As the practice season pro- gressed the boys showed excellent football ability. The season opened at Eureka with the Crimson Tornadoes. Much to the surprise of the crowd, the Tigers were defeated by a score of 7-O. The next game was with Hartford here. The Tigers came back with a strong defense and showed their football proclivities by defeating them l2-O. The oncoming game was with Gridley. The boys felt they had a score to even with the boys from Gridley for the game the year before. Much to their regret they lost a game 12-6. Their next game was at Florence. According was about 14 points better than our boysg but with hard football the boys lost by only one touchdown. The next here. With all the breaks going the other way the boys very hard fought to dope Florence fighting and clean game was Altoona lost 7-O. The next week they went to Madison. This game seemed as though it was going to be a win for Hamiltong but in the last half the breaks started against us and we lost by two scratched touchdowns. The following game the boys seemed to have regained their old fighting spirit to defeat Leon, a strong Butler County team 54-O. The ensuing week the boys journeyed to Council Grove, leaders in their league. They were doped to win by 20 points at the least, but by running the right plays at the right time and by playing good clean football the boys tied the score 7-7. By this time we felt we were ready for the strong Emporia team but to our surprise we were beaten 26-O--thus ending our football schedule. Seven veterans of the 1956 squad answered the 1937 call to the pigskin, and the remainder of the squad was made up of tenderfoot material. Seven veterans sound like a wealth of material until it is discovered that some fill duplicate positions, and few had experienced such key positions as end and backfield. So Coach Bender commenced the 1937 season. And though our opponents boast the long end cf the score in seven out of nine games, the Black and orange eleven were spoken of as a dangerous foe and were frequent- ly commended for their clean and aggressive fighting. The following men lettered this year: Keith Bonczkowski CCaptainJ: Howard H Black CCaptainJg Earnest Foster, Everett Cannong Richard Merrickg arold Cartwrightg Morris Ratcliffg Elver Staufferg Richard Behmerg LeRoy Covertg Glenn Dawsong Billy Henryg Dallas Sandersong Dale Wallaceg and Don Brown. The following boys made provisional letters this year: James Barnes, George Rinker, Kenneth Bonczkowski, Francis.Evans, Charles Covert, Leond Jones, Raymond Kerr, and Harry Sherman. The season's record: Hamilton O vs. Eureka 7 Hamilton 21 vs. Hartford O Hamilton 6 vs. Gridley l2 Hamilton O vs. Florence 7 Hamilton O vs. Altoona 7 Hamilton O vs. Madison l3 Hamilton 54 vs. Leon O Hamilton 7 vs. Council Grove 7 Hamilton O vs. Emporia 26 if Page 15

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L ,Q I Football Squad Basketball Squad I Girls' Athletic Association -I Page 14

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L After a highly successful season last year when Black basketball squad won both the Class B District B Regional tournaments, Coach Elmer Bender faced the the 1957-58 season with but 2 veterans from the year the material able to form to finish of After a of practice, BASKETBALL the Orange and and the Class beginning of before. From reporting for practice during the season Bender was a team which played exceptionally fast from the start the season. rather poor start in their first game due to their lack the Tigers began to get under way, but for the first few games the followers of the team were constantly kept out of their seats and on their feet by the close games that were played. But as the season grew older, it could be noticed that the new men who had made a first place berth were beginning to function more per- fectly, and with this increased smoothness came a better working team. During the season, however, the Tiger squad encountered many dis- couragements, yet the morale of the team never seemed to waver. The team reached tounament in Bluelbirds. its season's peak during the Toronto Class B Elimination which they won first place by defeating the strong Virgil Bender has had difficulty in keeping the entire squad intact during the season. Some of the members were on the bench at different times for a week or two, either because of scholastic trouble or be- cause of illness. Coach Bender is making no excuses for the team's performance, however, and those who have followed the Tigers through their season's play agree that they need none. Only by the boys stick- ing to a long and hard grind, with much patience and perserverance on the part of Mr. Bender have the results been as favorable as they are. Opening the season, after only about two weeks practice, the Tigers went to Toronto to play their strong team. Playing without the aid of their basket eyes the Tigers were defeated 28 to 9. The second game of the season was with the strong Madison Bulldogs who had defeated the Eureka Crimson Tornadoes two games. The last few minutes of the game saw the score change hands several times, but Ham- ilton finally emerged with a 24 to 22 victory. The third battle, another thriller, was with the Virgil Blue Birds which the Orange and Black won by the close score of 16 to 14. Not being satisfied with two 2-point games in a row, the Tigers played Reece the next encounter, and won by the score of, believe it or not, 26 to 24. Making it four in a row, the Hamiltonians bowled over the lanky Severy team by the margin of 25 to 13. Roosevelt High of Emporia came next and defeated the Tigers by the score of 27 to 19. The remainder of the season showed the results to be: Hamilton 25, Climax 205 Hamilton 20 Madison 21: Hamilton 26, Climax 253 Hamilton 35, Piedmont 243 Hamilton 23, Virgil 303 Hamilton 16, Reece 25g Hamilton 53, Burrton 50. These were the results of the regular season for Hamilton and im- mediately after the Burrton game, the Tigers began preparing for the State Tournaments. Hamilton had won the State Class B Elimination tournament for 5 years in a row, and this year were determined to make it number four. Drawing a bye in the first round, the Tigers drew Climax for their second round game, and defeated them by a 36 to ll margin. In the semi- finals Hamilton defeated Toronto 53 to 27, moving into the finals. In the finals the Orange and Black defeated Virgil after a hectic battle, 24 to22. In the Regional tournament Hamilton won the first game from Severy by a score of 27 to 16, but lost the second game to-Toronto 29 to 26. Squad Picture. First Row: Lewis, Brown, Merrick, F. Dawson, Covert, G. Dawson, Mathews C5 Sanderson, Wallace, V. Henry. ' Jones, and Long. - A 'rNKSJNf22EeEZQiRow: Mr. Bender, C. Covert, B. Henry, Rinker, Barnes, Evans, Page 16