Kansas City Kansas Community College - Owaissa Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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1. l .1 H 'J U I ,I. g , I wing I ll A ll i f in - !: W-. 1 f - 'ii V lj ff . W 1 l 1 s . i t Merfs 6595 ' lm r S fit ' ' r g Ports 1 x ABM r ,vi 5 t g . L FRED POWElQS CLENNELL WILKINSON M - Coach ' Athletic Maffaqer Athletics in Junior College are without doubt on the upgrade, The year just finished has been the greatest in the history of the school, and no other jun- ' ior college in the state conference can boast of better teams. A great deal of the credit for the strong teams can be given without fear ls of contradiction to Coach Fred R. Powers, who took over the Job when Charles l Gustafson left the College last fall to go into business. Nlr. Powers was assist- ant football and basketball coach and head track coach at Wyandotte highschool before he took over Junior College athletics. He still has charge of track at Wyandotte. Aifxotherfacftor in producing good teams at Junior College is that more of the better athletes have come fromy the three local high schools and from towns nearby. And with most of this year's crop of athletes returning in 1980- 31, it will be reasonable to say that sports here next year should be even uetter, D U Page 'Thirty-three I

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IP , . I- -. ii XX QA I Q N N l ! ,Y - -- H 5 L - ,M B V A .. ' I-IAWKINS LAWSON U FQRGIASON IRONS . Football Coach Powers'1929 edition of the Blue Devil football team combined a strong defense with a powerful offensive strength, and that combination proved hard to beat. Led by Captain Nlilfordl Grassl'erger, the Junior College grid- iron aggregation won five and lost two games. The team was so much better than any previous eleven that there is no comparison between them. ln the previous five years of Junior College football, the blue and white clad team had won only three games. . But that's all over now, and, with most of the boys returning to school next year under Captain-elect Steve Hawkins, an even better outfit should be forthcoming. ldawkins and Hardinger, chief scoring powers with the Blue Devils, are aiming at a league championship this year. This year's team looked like a sure championship winner at the start ofthe season, the boys winning their first five games. ln those five games only thirteen points were scored against them. Things were upset in the last two games of the season, when Parsons defeated the Blue Devils, 2 to O, at Heathwood park in a sea of mud. Then Iola trampled over the boys, 32 to O, their only poor Ha earance of the ea . . Q B pp y JE gl ,ill f- A , weft 4..,.4 A. ' , - .,fi'V HARDINGER -f!sSlV!ITI-I CAMPBELL MARKS 'F ' 1 MM f ,. Q Page 'Thirty-four

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fav, 01 ,FT X Q - -ii it HARMAN , 'HARDINGER 'BRIGHT BURNS 0 Basket K 6 The Blue Devil cage team tuned in on a rggkat also was just about the best in the history of Junior College this year. T e Blue and White clad bcys played a hard season, finishing with fourteen games won and six in the L col- umn. After theyended the league season in a tie for third place, they went to Baldwin to participate in the Baker University junior college tournament. They lost their semi-final game to Wentworth.Three of the Kansas City Kansas boys Harman, Hardinger, and Albright were chosen on the Baker all-star team and played with it in the National A. A. U. tourney in Kansas Ci-ty, Missouri. Hylton Harman, one of the three sophomores of the squad aud only letter man back, was selected as honorary captain at the close cf the season. Harman played a forward position all season and vvas one of the high scorers, along with Kermit Harbinger, captain-elect. Of the ten letter men this year, eight are freshmen and are expected back next year, which should mean an even better five in 1930-31. X - AUBUCI-ION DENGLE JENKINS WELLS 5115552- M415 Page Thirty Aszx