Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Dickinson Newton Miller Korty Hohman GLLQ Paced By jamison . . . a long-distance sharpshooter, Logan got off on the right foot by leading 15-5 at the end of the first quarter, a lead which was decreased to seven points at the half time. The Bronchos were not showing very good team work. McCahan had a battle on his hands at center, with Horstman, who is three inches taller than he. lt was just about an even-Stephen proposition. Newton made his debut into varsity hall, and got three points. Bogan was high point man with nine points. The Anderson Indians . . . visited us at Christmas-tide. They were quite appropriately dressed in green and red suits, with zebra stockings in the same color scheme. Their center, Joe Hallinan, was paged as one of the best centers in the state, and during the game he acted as if he knew this to be a fact. Ruh, a sub, was the best Anderson player, although Childers. a guard, was fine to watch. Newton and Hohman played best for jeff. This game was later forfeited to jeff, because of the ineligibility of the center. Shortridge, One Of The . . . Big 16 at the state this year, was taken on next. Shortridge out-played jeff, but they did not out-fight them. The Bronchos came from way behind to close the gap to 2 points, 22-20, at the end of the third quarter. This last spurt took most of the pep out of jeff, and the Blue Devils forged out a 55-20 triumph. jeff was handi- capped, however, by the absence of Mike Crowe, who had had an operation. His absence was keenly felt. The Tigers Called . . . upon the Bronchos and they brought their basketball suits along, so they had a game. Said game was truly a hne-department game. One side would get the ball, then they would rush down the Hoot and shoot, and then the other side would do likewise. This fast and furious playing made the officials dizzy. The score at the half was low, 11-8 in favor of Lebanon, but they scored 25 points in the third quar- ter, and then went on to win 36-27. After Several Straight Reverses . . . the Bronchos hit the victory trail at the expense of Wfabash. In this game Jeff did verv much as they pleased, as there was no VUabash defense present. ln this game, Bill Devaney, who has starred on the second team all of the season up to that point, made his bow with the varsity. The net result was five baskets. This was not good for high point honors, as the Old Reliable , McCahan, scored four- teen points. The Bronchos Went To Consult . . . the Oracles of Delphi, not in a cavern, as we learned in mythology, but in the armory. This was another fast and furious game, with Jeff missing lots of shots. Patton, Gee, and Smith caused the same trouble as at the first meeting, that is, putting the ball through the hoop, one handed, and divers tricks. Mickey Rauch was high point man for Jefferson with seven points. Morton Had Defeated . . . the New Castle Trojans the night before this game. Because of this the jeffs expected quite a lot of trouble, but this did not put in an appearance, as may be seen by the quarter scores, 19-12 at the half, 29-15 at the end of the third quarter, and of course, 55-24 at the end. Bill Devaney was high point man with four bas- kets and four fouls. I u U P, ,,,,,, , ,.,,,,, ,,,, I A A I t

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Cr me , D yang- Mt-Cahan Bogan 9 R h OA! lv ' Wafofb RWM' p fl . . ,, jefferson Launched . . . the season o b ' tball with a defeat at the hands of Lebanon. Although this game was played during the Thanksgiving season, the only thing that jeff was thankful for was that the defeat was not more decisive. jeff held them to a 9-8 lead at the half. Although McCahan consistently took the tip from XXfilliams, Lebanon pulled away from them in the second half for a 24-16 victory. The Bronchos . . . bumped up against their old rival, Frankfort, and came out on the wrong end of a 19-17 score. jeff was ahead throughout the game, until the Gnal three minutes when the jinx got busy. Bogan, Crowe, McCahan, and Rauch pooled their efforts and jeff led at the half, 10-7. The game went on very spiritedly, until with three minutes to play and with jeff ahead 17-15, Larrick got a sleeper shot to tie the score. Ker- shaw then shot the winning basket. jeff's Next Encounter . . . was with the strong Kokomo team. jeff held the score down during the first half half. While their wide-awake defense held Kokomo to 14 points, they made 11 points of their own. jeff rallied to within 2 points of Kokomo in the third period, 22-20, but the Tigers again pulled away to a 33-25 conquest. The feature of the contest was the great playing of MaCahan. During the course of the game, he scored nve baskets and four free throws. One Nice December Day . . . there blew into town a very confident basketball team, called the Muncie Bearcats . However, remember, the seat of the mighty is insecure. jefferson kept dashing up and down the floor, with the Bearcats always a little behind in the dashes. Muncie thought it was a nice joke when jeff was ahead at the quarter 9-4, but when jeff was ahead at the half 13-S, they couldn't see the point to the bally joke. Vifhen Muncie pulled within three points, Jeff put on a Garrison Hnish for a 29-22 triumph. In A Rather Dull. . . and uninteresting game, Jeff subdued our friends from across the water to the tune of 54-26. Jeff was tired from the Muncie game of the night before, but they exhib- ited flashes of brilliant team work. Abbot was the whole show for the XWorst Side, getting five baskets and three fouls for high point honors for the evening, while Bogan got 10 points to lead the Mastermen. For The First Time . . . of the year, Cy McCahan was out-jumped at center. Lamb, of Delphi, turned the trick. In addition to this, Jeff was not connecting with the basket. This fact may be seen from the fact that McCahan was high point man for jeff, yet he only scored five points. jeff's defense was effective against straight drives under the basket, but they could not guard the one-handed and trick shots of Gee and Smith, who led the Oracles to victory. Although jeff Got Off . . . to a momentary lead of 6-2, Technical of Indianapolis soon overcame this lead, and were leading 24-11 at the half, due mainly to the efforts of Messrs. Townsend and Edwards. The game became a runaway in the third quarter, due in part, to the fact that Hohman went out on personals in this period. The defense could do nothing with Edwards. McCahan was high for jeff with eleven points. I I I

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Bogan, Dickinson. jeff Defeated . . . the smooth passing, fine shooting Connersville five in one of the most thrilling games of the season. The lead had changed hands several times in the evening, but with two minutes to go, the score was 24-18 in favor of Connersville and then Jeff started to rain baskets at the goal and they came out on top, 28-24. There Has Been Some . . . misunderstanding! That game with Wfest Side was supposed to be a basketball game. It looked more like football, though. jeff was better at these tactics than XYforst Side, and won easily to the tune of 25-10. Quite a contrast with the Con- nersville game! The Trojans . . . of New Castle bowed to the Bronchos in an excitingly finished game. The first half was all jeff. They had Thoman tied up, in the first half, but he got loose sev- eral times in the second half rally that was cut short by the timer's gun. Thoman scored thirteen points. McCahan scored nine points. At the foul line, jeff made 10 out of 12 shots. Mr. I. C. U. Jinx . . . is at it again! jeff as per usual, led at the end of the first quarter, then they took the nose-dive and ended up at the half at 17-ll Frankfort. Then the jeffs put on the steam and tied it up at 22-22, due to Bogan and McCahan, Then Cook, who scored 12 points, got busy, and Jeff lost 31-24. In The Most Thrilling . . . game of the season, jeff held the Logan-berries to a one-point victory. Wfith six minutes left to play the score was 28-20, Logansport, and in two minutes jeff tied the score. A free throw was awarded to Logansport and it was the winning margin. It was a heart-breaker to lose. The team deserves all of the credit for such a showing. That Was The Worst . . . drubbing of the year, that Greencastle game. Hammond and McAnally could not miss the basket, so the Tiger Cubs took the jeff Bronchos for a 39-19 ride. It was a rare game, in which McCahan was outjumped at center. Mike Crowe was high scorer for jeff with six points. MacAnally was the best center the opposition furnished this season. The boys that played their last regular game are McCahan, Devaney, Rauch and Hohman. If x Top Row , . Rauch, Hohman, Mc- Cahan, Miller, Newton, Korty . . . Bottom Row . . Devaney, A. Crowe, A