Jackson High School - Ecalpinu Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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l-glol pinu 2-19522 FOOTBALL 1 Top Row-G. Craig, Lawrence, Throne, Stith, Strom, Hedges, Lyon. Second Row-Coach Beechner, Amos, Tracy, Culbertson, L. Craig, Hazelrigg, Butler, Kanzler, Davis, Duffy, Hansen, Austin, Wolf, Rock. Bottom Row-Pester, Banks, Erixson, Lindquist, Lowell, Powers, Cheney. Inset-Geraldine Woodford, Honorary Captain. REVIEW OF THE 1931 FOOTBALL SEASON. Because the 1930 Greater Lincoln League championship team was completely riddled by graduation, and because but four lettermen returned to the fold with which to form the team's nucleus, Coach Ralph Beechner, at the beginning of the 1931 football season, had the stupendous task of building a whole new grid machine out of inexperienced material. Even though the Jackson pigskin carriers had to fight the lack of veterans and the lack of experience, the 1931 season was a successful one: the Red and White winning five and tieing one of the nine scheduled contests. The Jackson gridsters met Wymore in the initial tilt of the season, and, an intercepted pass late in the game enabled the Critesmen to score a touchdown, thus making the final count a 6 to 6 tie. The next week, the heavy Bethany eleven, after a sustained goalward drive in the first period, crossed the final marker and kicked goal to emerge victorious by a 7 to 0 score. The Jackson Reserves, played the following week, were the first victims of the Jackson aerial attack. Jackson won 13 to 0. Wahoo was the second team to meet defeat at the hands of the Beechnermen, A hardfrunning at' tack turned the trick to the tune of 25 to 7. ' Jackson was victor in the 'next tilt played, with Cathedral, by a score of 14 to 7. The game was fea' tured by the last period rally staged by the Blue and White which netted them 7 points. Homecoming day at Jackson was somewhat of a jinx for the Jacksonites, as Coach Pop Klein's state champions ran wild in the first three cantos to score a 40 to O win. The Jackson defense tightened in the fourth period and held Crete scoreless. After the Crete disaster, the Beechnerites seemed to come to life, for a flashy passing attack sub' dued College View by a 27 to 7 count. The next Friday, Jackson helped to dedicate the new Platte River bridge by defeating Ashland 8 to 0. The Ashland contest was the only game played out of the city of Lincoln during the 1931 season. The traditional foe, Havelock, on a snowfswept field made their season successful by upsetting the Jacksonites 6 to O on Thanksgiving afternoon. The Havelock tussel was the last game for fourteen players, namely, Harry Kanzler, Amos, Hazelrigg, Duffy, Cheney, Myron Stith, Pester, Tracy, Craig, Wolf, Erixf son, Butler, Lindquist and Culbertson. In terminating this successful season the annual football banquet was held on Friday evening, De- cember 4, at the First M. E. Church. The high spot of the evening was the announcement of Geraldine Woodford as honorary captain of the 1931 football team, and the announcement of Wayne Banks as captainfelect for the coming season. Both announcements were made by Captain Harry Kanzler. Z ockson High School:-.Taco

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. f 9 xii my c l . gl QC lfcoloini C ..lqsz: 7231641-3liBALL N Q .gt ,wot f ,,,,,,.,c.,l fuel M Top Row-Stevens, Coach Beechner, Japs. Second Row-Duffy, Lindquist, Wolf, Culbertson. Hoag, McAfee, T. Lowell. Bottom Row-Morris, L. Amos, Hopt, Harry Kanzler, M. Hazelrigg, Cheney, Elrod. Faithful work on the part ot Coach Ralph W. Beechner, coupled with the strong fighting aggressive- ness of the players, enabled the 1931-'32 basketball team to successfully dispose of one of the most difficult schedules in the history of the school. The team won twelve of the sixteen contests engaged in as well as defeating the alumni for the first time in seven years. Two of the four lettermen who reported to Coach Beechner at the beginning of the season. were vet- erans of last- year's team, and, around these men, the nucleus of the team was built. The remaining play- ers on the first squad had little or no previous experience in the art of tossing goals. As already mentioned, Jackson was victor in the annual game with the alumni. This was the first game of the season, and the final score was 16 to 11. The first scheduled game of the season was with the Kearney qumt. This sharp-shooting team won by a 28 to 18 score. The next opponents to be played were the cagers trom Fairbury. This game ended with Jackson on the long end of a 22 to 15 count. The state champions, the Nebraska School for Deaf, after three even periods of basketball, managed to ring up enough points in the last quarter to down the Red and White quintet by a score of 16 to 13. Again this year as last year, the Jacksonites staged a last stanza rally to defeat Coach Dwight Thomas' Hastings crew, after a hectic first three quarters battle, to the tune of 21 to 17. In the next game played, Coach f'Pop Kline's fine Crete team kept its slate clean by nipping Jackson in a last period spurt by a score of 19 to 9. After the game at Crete, the Jackson cagers seemed to find new life, for Beatrice, College View, Wy- more, Lincoln, and Havelock were defeated by a flashy passing attack that netted manyfset-ups. The high-light of these five games was the annual battle Wlth Lincoln high. This game was attended by one of the season's largest crowds, and be- cause of the equalness of the two teams, the game was a thriller from start to finish, the final count being 20 to 15. Jackson was trying to boost its winning streak to six games at the Bethany tilt, but an early lead built up by the Maroons, managed to 3 . 2 Q subdue the Beechnermen by a score of 17 to 15. Again Jackson went on ., , a rampage, this time winning from Cathedral, 23 to 9 and taking Lincoln my Reserves 16 to 13, also winning a return game with Havelock, 11 to 7. In the second game with Bethany, which counted in the Greater Lincoln , League championship, the final outcome was 17 to 13 in favor of the , . - Sed tandL-White.L This gamei left Jackson the only undefeated team in k. , , -' -' rea er inco n eague s an ings. ,L , lct, , ,I ' ' , The successful record of the 1932 basketball team is attributed to ' .-Qji. ' A the brilliant defense displayed by the whole team. The only team that ,'i31, fAfQ..jLw,, ,K ,V Ylaliyable rtogsgoge over txggnty-points on the Red and White was Kearney. L .. ,V x,f,4 , L 451 ma a 'e o score poln s. is There werenll seniors on the squad who played their last game of J V' rwmiwiiit ..- ff? 1. basketball in high school competition. They were, forwards: Kanzler, Hopt, -Morris and Duffyg centers, Hoag and Culbertson: and guards, C'-was-li Ralph W. Be-cchner. Hazelrigg, Cheney, Amos, Lindquist and VVolf. 1- ockson High School: