Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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I f 4 -Q .i l A ' 4. .n . In The Past Years . . . jeff has been noted for its individual stars in track, but it has sadly lacked balance in the team as a whole. The Bronchos would score heavily in some events, and lose out completely in other ones. Under the guidance of the modest and retiring track coach, C. S. Webb, this longed-for balance has become more noticeable every year, last year's squad being perhaps the best balanced team that the Bronchos have ever had. A greater interest in this sport in jefferson is seen by the increasing number of boys going out for the team each year. Of course, the more boys going out for the team, the greater the chances that the coach has for getting the best balanced squad that is possible to get from the school that year. The First Event . . . is the fastest one of the day . . . the one hundred yard dash. Jeff has always been strong in this event. Two of jeff's former runners of this distance are on the Purdue track team this season 119351. These boys are jack Swezey and David McQueen. McQueen used his speed to advantage on the football field and the basketball court, but Swezey did not go out for any other sport in high school. The first track event was a hundred yard dash in which Swezey was the winner, while McQueen was third. This was the result in almost all of the meets of that year in this event except what McQueen alternated between second and third places. After Swezey graduated, McQueen started winning and a new dash man was dis- covered in the person of Ernie Deeter. Deeter finished second or third all that year in this run. Deeter uses his speed in the backfleld of the football team. He is the fastest man on the squad. Bob finished first in four of the six meets the track team entered in 1952. Herb McNeil is the only boy coming up to keep up the tradition of first- class dashmen. 7

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W of sports Second Squad . . . Top Row . . Munson, Reser, Kienly, Boone, E. Crowe . . . Second Row . . Weed. Sunkes, Blistain. Apple, Phil- lips . . . Bollom Row . . Read, Van- derwielden, Thoma. 5 Ps Ts SWVKES The Sectional Tournament . . . jeff opened against one of its bitterest county foes, Dayton. They led at the half 15-5 and won 29-12. Battle Ground was met next and they were snowed under 52-16 in a rather unin- teresting game. The Jeff high scorers were McCahan with eleven points, Devaney with nine points and Mike Crowe with six points. In a thrilling battle, jeff beat Buck Creek 38-21. Buck Creek started out strong and had jeff on the run for a while. jeff then started to pull away from them and they were in the lead at half and went on to win. Jeff had a very easy time with West Point in the final game. The boys had great luck at the basket, making 44 per cent of their shots. The final score was 54-25. Devaney led the scoring with seventeen points. The Regional Tournament . . . jeff met up with their old friendly UQ rivals, the Lebanon Tigers , in the first game of Art Trester's regional, which was held in that noble city midway between Lafayette, and the state capital. Practically all of said town being at the aforemen- tioned game, including Coach Butch Newman and his faithful chewing gum. Proceedings started with a rush, Lebanon getting off with a 15-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. During the course of this quarter Mike Crowe became the possessor of three personal fouls, much to his disgust. This, however, did not cause him to be careful not to step on the Tigers toes. He got into the spirit of the occasion and charged up and down the Hoor, fmuch to Lebanon's dismayj passing the ball, shoot- ing, and being a general pest. Because of all of this, jeff was able to cut the margin down to 5 points at the half. After the half, jeff started out strong, but Mike had to leave the game at this point. The team was tired out by this last rally, they weakened, and Lebanon rallied for a 44-34 verdict. The old Maestro P fffril

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As Is The Practice . . . on most track teams, the same men that run the hundred yard dash, also run the two hundred twenty yard dash. Therefore, all the things that were said about the one hundred yard dash apply to the two-twenty yard dash also. The quarter mile run was very nicely handled by Cy McCahan. This veteran football and basketball center was in his Hrst year on the squad, but he ran like he had run all his life. McCahan was first in four out of the six meets the team entered. being defeated one meet by Wfilliams of Lebanon, who was the state champion high school quarter miler. Points were picked up also by XVild Bill I-lohman, Kenneth Andrews, and Bob Pierson in this run. At the state meet Cy McCahan won his heat as did Williams of Lebanon, but Wfilliams' time was faster than that of Cy , so Wfilliams was adjudged the state champion quarter miler. A The Half Mile. . . and mile runs were presided over by that old campaigner, Gilbert Goldsberry. These two events are ones in which Jeff is usually very strong. This last year was no exception. In five out of six meets the team entered, Gil got first place in the mile run, and his record for the half mile was almost as good. This record was made against some of the best competition in the state. Gil', was leading his heat in the second lap of the state meet, when one of the spikes on his shoe pushed thin, causing him to drop out. Everybody was pulling for him to end his career with a victory. Points were picked up in these events by Earl Haley and jesse Hicks. Chink Callison was the whole show for jeff in the hurdles, assisted by johnny Sines. johnny was the general handy man, for he also pole vaulted and put the shot. The high jump was taken care of by Ed Elliot and Brig Young. The mile and half mile relay teams were among the best in the state. Although the combinations changed, those boys that saw the most action were Deeter, Armstrong, McNeil, Callison, Hohman, Goldsberry, and McCahan. 1 S I