DES MOINES, IOWA 0 JUNE, l935 A The Senior Railsplitter tion the second time, the Lynx came hack strong to defeat the Tigers .ZS to 19. The Railsplitters downed Knoxville Z9 to 15 on the Knox- ville court. ln the second game Lincoln downed Knoxville Z9 to 15 on the Knoxville courts. ln the second round of the city series affair, liast came back strong to down the Railsplitters by a margin of Z-I to 16. MeClain's boys came out of the Roughrider game with the top side of a score ot' 35 to 23. ln the second game with North the Railsplitters were downed by the llolar liears with a margin of I8 to 16. The Lynx then traveled to Oskaloosa to be downed by a margin of 24 to l6. This was the first time that the Railsplitters were defeated hy an out-of-town school in two years. In the sectional tournament Lincoln won from Mitchellville and Ankeny, losing to North High by a margin of 14 to ll. Lincoln finished the season by downing Guthrie Center, twfceg Knoxville, twice: Valley junction, twice: Iiast, onceg Roose- velt, twice, Oskaloosa, once: Mitchellville, ouceg and losing to North, three times, and to liast and Oskaloosa, once each. TENNIS During the past season the tennis team, under the direction of Aaron C. llutchens, showed good form. XVith the invita- tional meet at Oskaloosa on April Ztl, the tennis season was on its way. At this meet Lincoln placed second out of five schools, winning a third and fourth place in the singles. Bill Bowman, number one man, won third place and Roland Stebbins won fourth. The following week Oskaloosa came to Lincoln for a dual meet. ln this meet Lincoln downed Oskaloosa 4 to 2, winning two singles and two doubles matches, losing their number three and four singles matches. Bill Rowman and Clluck Parker, mnnber one and two men. won their singles matches and paired up with liugene Crook and NYilliam Gooding to win the doubles matches. Roosevelt took Lincoln to town the next week on April 30, hy a score of 5 to l, liugene Crook being the only Lincoln man to win. At the invitational meet held at Ames on May ll, the Lincoln team came through to place third out of 14 schools, in this way heating out all tllree of the other city schools. During the latter part of the season the team went against some stiff opposition, losing to llerry, May l7, by the score of 4 to 0 and to Fort Dodge, May 18, 5 to l, Chuck Parker being the only player to win from his man. SWIMMING The swimming team, while having an unsuccessfulseason, mainly through ineligihilities, managed to get two city champ- ionships at mid-season. Max Shelton, through a disqualifica- tion, won the -I0-yd. free style in 21.5. ,lack Mains took the second championship in the l00syd. hack stroke in the time of l.l6. The second city meet was held at the end of the season in which Max Shelton won a second in the llltl-yd. free style and VVilliam Downey won a second in the 200-yd. free style. A relay team composed of Bowman, Downey, Mains, and Shelton, took a third. Coach Graaff expects a most successful season next year as he loses but one letterman, Downey. Dan Harlow, Jim Kolls, and .lack Mains will hold up the hackstroke end: David Emery, VVayne lilerryman, Charles Mortale, Max Shelton, and Art VVilson will bear the brunt of the crawl: Clifford Fisher, VVayne Merryman, and lidward Tarr will do the breaststrok- higgl the diving will be handled by Tony Renzo and Walter irten. 21 FOOTBALL james Sterrett, present principal of VVarren Harding junior High, states that football men turned out well for prac- tice in Lincoln's early days. VVe went over the hill, which was unimproved for practice, as well, as on the campus . . . Today's football field numbers 50 Lincoln men practicing. The l934 football season opened with 60 boys reporting for the fall sport, including five lettermen of the past season who were: Don Davis, halfhackg Robert Keefer, quarterbackg Dick Locke, tackle, Robert Scharnweber, guard, Corwin Venn, half- hack. Coach McClain hurriedly rounded his team into shape for the opening game with Perry High, September 15, 1934. The game ended in a scoreless tie. The next game scheduled was at NVinterset, September 29, l934, a night game. After a hard-fought battle the Railsplitters brought home the bacon with the final score of 6 to 0. On the night of October 6, l934, Lincoln met North High in Drake stadium for the start of the city series races. The smaller Lynx team stavcd off their heavier opponents for two grueling quarters but the weight and power of North finally proved superior and the game ended with Lincoln on the short end of the Z5-0 count. Lincoln's second city series clash was with Roosevelt in a night game on Drake's field on October IZ, W3-I. Lincoln wore itself out in the first half and again weakened in the last two frames, consequently losing the contest I4 to tl. A second open date followed, after which Lincoln and liast battled it out in Drake stadium on the evening of October 26, l934. Once more, superior weight and power proved supreme, and the eighth Railsplitter lost the battle by a score of I9 to 0. The next week Lincoln traveled to Newton and because of the muddy gridiron and a streak of ill luck, dropped that game 12 to 6. The Railsplitters, not in very good humor after that string of defeats, and seeking revenge for the year before, visited Valley junction High on the suburban field and came from behind to win the closing game of the season I3 to 6. The sound of the final gun marked the end of the prep foot- ball careers of Burton Crawford, Russel Gibbel, Robert Keefer, Dick Locke, Ralph Nelson. Corwin Venn, of the class of january, l935. and Nile Oldham and Robert Scharnweher of the june, l935, class. GOLF On a windy afternoon this spring, the Lincoln High golf team started its campaign to gain another high ranking in the city round-robin, Nine boys reported to A. C. Hutchens, Lincoln golf mentor. Days went hy and they played in their first dual meet of the season, losing to Fort Dodge 7M to -IMQ they played Roosevelt in their sec- ond dual meet and came out on the short end of a ll to l score: North was next anil Lincoln was victorious by the margin of OM to ZH: the next Saturday Fort Dodge again downed the Lincoln Sod Cutters to the count of 0 to 3. The Railsplitters have three more meets left. a dual meet with liast High. the city and state medal tournaments, as this magazine goes to press. COACH HUTCH ENS, Golfer
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