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Football-I st Team THE Back row-Wise, Beam, Arnold, Saffel, Curry, Trimble, Drollinger, H. Znd row-Adkins, Linn, Wagner, Drollinger, R., Samaras, Correll, Scullin, McFarland, Martin Cloud, Neathery, Meyers. lst row-Greenberg, Meritt, Kelenhofer, Siville, Holmberg, Coach standing in front. A hard fighting john Greer team, captained by fullback Gene Meyers, compiled a season's record of 7 wins and 2 losses. Coach Astroth used nine returning lettermen as a nucleus for the team that outscored their opponents l7l to lOO, for the total season, john Greer showed excellent offense averaging l9 points per game, while their defense held the opposition to l l per game. SO passes were attempted with 20 being completed, for a net of 349 yards and 5 touchdowns. Although Neathery and Meyers provided most of the scoring punch, without the coopera- tion of every man on the team, the season would have been a failure. A lot is owed to the boys, who put in a lot of time and hard work in order to bring john Greer another winning season. Extra credit goes to l-lerb Neathery who scored 87 points and averaged 8.8 yards each time he carried the ball, and to Gene Meyers who scored 54 points and carried the ball for an aver- age of 6.3 yards. Both were awarded scholarships to the University of Illinois for their out- standing play. Neathery was also voted the most valuable player award. Climaxing a successful season, Ray Eliot, head football coach at the University of Illinois, spoke at the annual Lions Club football banquet and Coach Astroth distributed Z5 football letters to those earning them. Three games were played by the second team, coached by Mr. Campbell, with Hoopeston winning Z and losing l. P:cAYuNE DAG 1:23
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Football-2nd Team 4th row-Brooks, Adkins, Mr. Campbell, Linn. 3rd rowfBrown, Goold, Street, Metz, Gos- sett, L. Carter, Brewington. 2nd row-Davis, McGinley, Sherrill, Smythe. lst row-Dunlap, Burton, D, Carter, Gallo- way, Longfellow, Clyden. A1ki?AXQikNiNf Qfffffffvvffffffffv'Sk?ffffwlNlNk'?fffffffv?fffffffvAv Nf Gene Meyers, our captain, who embodied a clean hard sportsmanlike type of game. fyvAig4vAv4gAvAvAvAvAv59v'SAvAv4vAvAv4v'Nl9 SAvAv4vAvAvAvAvAvAv4vAv'V?vAvAvAvAv5 LAvAvAvAvAvAvAv4vAi?vAvAvAv4vAvAvAvAvAv46 Yea team! say team! These are the girls who led your sup- port. Alice Wood, Betty Hop- kins, Delores Gustine. PAGE 24 THE PICAYUNE
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