Indianola Junior High School - Echo Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Himdliaimolla Day One of the most beautiful and impressive occasions of the school year is Indianola Day which occurs every spring. The crowning of Indianola's May Queen and the pageant for her pleasure take place in the beautiful hollow at the east end of the school grounds. A pro- cessional including' the queen and her court, and the dances begin the ceremony. The queen is crowned by either a Hower girl or one of her attendants. This act signifies that this girl has been chosen by the student body of Indianola as the most representative 9-A girl. This year the queen and her court consisted of Anna Jane Bier- stedt, Jane Ann DeLong, Janice Rosalind Merrill, Eleanor Jeanne Tracy, and Mary Virginia White. After the crowning of the queen, came the dances. One of the most lovely was a solo scarf dance given by Arwilla Crawford. As you remember, this dance was used as a special feature in the class play. But-did you know that the dance was not only supervised but created by Miss Schmidt? Among the other dances which were supervised by Miss Schmidt, were the Balloon Dance, Dixie Dance, Maypole Dance, and the Highland Fling. When the outdoor procedures were over, the spectators returned to the building to view the exhibits. patronize the sales and movies, and to dance in the cafeteria. Thus ended the most significant and the most anticipated event of the whole year. It was, I believe, a bit sad for the 9-A's because it marked their exit from Indianola-an exit by no means happy. Al- though we have great aspirations and ambitions for the future, we shall always look back on Indianola as the treasure-house of our hap- piest memories. -Helen Louise Jenkins, 9-A.

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INDIANS DBFIEATED 5-2 A KFranklin administered the first defeat of the season to Indianola by the score of 6 to 2. In the first inning Reedy of Franklin with two men on, hit the first ball pitched over the left field fence, but fate intervened and the ball curved foul. In the last of the seventh Indianola had the bases loaded with but o'ne out. It ended with two more strikeouts credited to the Franklin pitcher, thus ending the ball game. I...- Paul Elleman who plays shortstop for In- dianola was out of the last two games due to an infected thumb. Indianola placed third in the city-wide gym meet with Pilgrim and Crestview fin- ishing ahead. ' 1, Indianola was victorious over Champion in the first game of the season, handing them a 14 to 2 setback. Brown, pitcher for Indianola, was in rare form allowing three scattered hits and strik- ing out 7 batters, Williams, rival pitcher, sent 9 men back to the bench via the strike out route but walked 8 batters to Brown's four. Another feature of the game was the hitting of Paul Elleman, stellar short stop who hit the pellet for a triple, double and two singles in five times at bat. A box score of the game follows: Indianola. Player AB. R. H. Merritt ..... ....... 4 3 2 Wilson ....... ....... 4 2 1 Elleman ..... ....... 5 4 4 Walker ..... ....... 4 3 1 Clifford- ....... ....... 2 2 1 Phipps ....... ....... ....... 3 0 0 Paxton ....... .,.,......... ....... 5 0 2 Owen ..... - ........ ....... 3 0 0 Brown .......,.. ....... 4 0 1 Pritchard ...... ....... 0 0 0 Herd ........... ....... 1 0 0 Total ......... Q ..................... ......, 3 4 14 12 Champion. Player AB. R. H. Hendrick ...... ............... ....... 4 - 1 0 Sarckwell .... ....... 4 0 2 Davis ............ ...,.,. 3 0 0 Mattison ......... ..L .... 3 0 0 Richardson ..... ....... 3 0 0 Benton .......... ..,,,.. 3 0 0 Carter ...... P 0 0 Wilson .... ,.. ,.,,,,, 3 0 0 Williams ...... .....,,.,, 3 1 1 Total ...... ....... 2 9 2 3 INDIANS DEFEAT MOUND Indianola defeated 'Moundby the score of 12 to 10. This .was a free walking game as each pitcher issued 11, free trips to first which figured greatly in the scoring. Jim- my -Wilson, catcher for Indianola, led both teams in hitting by getting 3 singles out oflfour trips to the plate. Editor's Note: Although baseball is played, today. by practically every red blooded boy in Amer- ica, very few of its participants know any- thing of its origin. It is for the purpose of acquainting our .readers with the interesting history of our national sport that this ar- ticle is printed. Q The origin, of. baseball is generally cred- ited to one ofhtwo sources. Number one is a game of : rounders , played by our col- onial forefathers. -Source number two is a certain Abner Doubleday who in 1839 formedvthe .first rules. The-first' town ball club to be organized was the Olympic Town Ball Club of Phila- delphia organized ini 1833. However -this team played a game which little resembled our scientific game of today.. Clubs of New York and Brooklyn, who played in 1843, are considered to have met in the first matches between organized teams. These teams played with a ball much larger than the modern one and the pitchers pitched with an underhand move- ment. In spite of the fact that baseball or at least versions of it, had been played for many years, it was not until after the Civil War that the game really became popular. During this war the game was taught to thous-ands of boy soldiers, who played dur- ing their leisurei time. In this way' baseball was introduced to many communities all over the country. The old Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first team to have a complete profes- sional roster. The team was organized in 1868. Eight years later the National League came into existence with a club membership of eight teams. In 1882 the American Association was formed and these leagues were rivals for many years. It was not until 1900, however, that the present big leagues, the American, and Na- tional, were placed on their present basis. Since the existence of baseball it has spread considerably. It is played in Can- ada, Cuba andwas introduced in the Phil- ippines by William H. Taft. Several South American cities have teams and since the world tour of baseball stars the game is very popular in Japan. It has been predicted, that barring swim- ming. it will probably become the world's most extensively played game.