Irwin High School - Little Hawkeye Yearbook (Irwin, IA)

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BOYS' BASKETBALL The bays' basketball team of lrwin had a pretty good season. The records show that they won nine and lost eleven of their games. As the basketball team of the last school year was composed mainly of graduating seniors, the coach had to start this fall with a complete new team. Again this school year, five of the members on the first team were seniors. They were as follows: James McMahon, forward: Duane Smith, centerg James Swanson, centerg David Piper, forwardg Robert Olson, guard. The rest of the members were Bill Ahrenholtz, Allen Juhl, Ted Axland, Jack Buthman, John Paulsen, Richard McMahon, and Milton Barry. High pointers this year were James McMahon with 112 points, David Piper was next with 89 points, and the Allen Juhl with 74 points. At the County Tournament, the team played Portsmouth the first round. They defeated them and went on to play Westphalia, where they came out on top. Irwin was defeated by Shelby and Kirkman, but they came out with fourth place trophy. INDIVIDUAL RECORD F.G. F.T. F.T.M. T.P. P.F. James McMahon 51 32 12 112 34 Bill Ahrenholtz Z0 45 IZ 62 ZZ Duane Smith 12 Z8 ll 37 47 Allen Juhl 27 47 22 74 42 Robert Olson 1 22 8 9 10 Jack Buthman 28 23 12 50 26 Ted Axland 2 l 1 5 2 James Swanson 15 21 9 41 ' 30 David Piper 34 30 15 89 14 John Paulsen 3 5 3 9 17 Milton Barry 4 . 6 4 13 6 The scores of the games were as follows: Irwin Z0 Viola 17 Irwin 23 Earling 46 Irwin 18 Manning 67 Irwin 32 St. Paul Z4 Irwin 25 Shelby 35 Irwin 30 Charter Oak 38 Irwin- 19 Elk I-lorn 18 Irwin 36 Portsmouth 29 Irwin 30 Panama 35 Irwin 25 Westphalia 2.3 Irwin 24 Gray 18 Irwin 27 Shelby 44 Irwin 28 Kirkrnan 22 Irwin 36 Kirkman 45 Irwin 31 Tennant 20 Irwin 37 Kirkman Z1 Irwin 20 Gray 24 Irwin 28 Manilla 35 Irwin 25 Viola 43 Irwin 16 Elk Horn 32

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BASEBALL Setpember 5, Irwin journeyed to Westphalia for their first defeat. Irwin achieved its only score in the first Westphalia made its wiining score in the first of the seventh inning. Mork was on the mound for Irwin and Allen Juhl was behind the plate. The final score was Westphalia Z, Irwin I. The following Tuesday, Elkhorn defeated Irwin on Irwin's diamond. Irwin was in the lead until the seventh inning, when Elkhorn ran in nine scores to win the game with a score of 13 to 10. Irwin met Westphalia, September 16, on the home diamond. Mork, pitching for Irwin, gave only five hits, while Wageman, Westphalia's pitcher, gave eight hits, but the final score was 9 to 4 in favor of Westphalia. September Z0, the Irwin ball club journeyed to Charter Oak to meet another club of great power, Ute. The opponent started with a bang only to slow down after the first inning. Irwin came back in the last few inn- ings, too late to save the game. Mork struck out twelve men and allowed seven hits. Jim McMahon made the best hit for Irwin with a triple. The last three games of the season were played with Kirkman on our own diamond, Irwin winning the first game 9 to 5 with Mork pitching and Allen J'uhl behind the plate. The second game was on October 3, where Irwin lost to Kirkman 6 to 5. The third game, October 10, was very wild in the first inning, allowing Kirkman a home run. After this, Irwin started some fireworks and made five scores, with Buthman driving in three runs. Mork, of Irwin, pitched a very fine game in which the score was 8 to 5, in favor of Irwin. ' This season Irwin has played seven games, winning only two and losing five Pitcher ---------- Catcher - - First Base - Second Base Short Stop - Third Base - - - Right Field - - - Center Field Left Field - Marland Mork Allen .Tuhl Bob Olson Richard McMahon Teddy Axland Jack Buthman Jim Swanson .Tim McMahon David Piper