Kenmore High School - Kenmore Eighty Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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1 I MI US U llllm Ath l eti es Athleties! The spirit in the sehool which tends toward the promoting of hetter health. elean playing in the game and good fellowship. Athletics has taken on a new lease of life in K. ll. S. and luis held its own during the 1917-18 season. Sueeess or failure in haskethall does not depend upon the number of points scored for or against a team. hut rather upon the quality aml fairness of players and playing. Tllli 'l'l'LXBt llroses, who played right forward and was manager of the team. never left a ehance go by to lnake a basket. The hall in her possession meant a hasket. Dingers was there with team work. and she eould make haskets too. if Anne eouldn't he there. lloyd, who 1-entered for us was always wherc she was most needed. She lost no time in getting the hall across to her forwards, Metzger was a hard worker. Playing right guard. she seldom allowed her opponent to make a basket. - Cranz, as left guard. played a fast elear game. The sueeess of a team depends to a great extent on the eoaeh. Bliss Shook stayed with the girls all season, encouraged them when defeated, rejoieed with them. when victorious. The feeling that she depended upon them. always made them work the lll1l'ClBl'. Our seeonsl team also deserves great eredit. for no team 1-an make progress without strong opposition. The line-up is as follows: Gladys ltraueher. Mary Dean lloyd. Dorothy Senllen, lilizahetli llieker. and Bessie Hause. Our Basketllall this year shows what may he expected in years to eome. Interest and enthusiasm has been increasing-has not only improved the girls physir-ally, but has aroused more interest in sehool activities. and more sehool spirit. Not all the exeiting games of the season were furnished hy the Varsity Team. . V' . - - - . lt was plainly shownrthat it was not the visiting team that aroused the enthusiasm. ll'e had some very elose inter-elass games. f All hut the dignified seniors claim a elass team. These games were well attended and eaeh class showed the proper spirit hy doing their hit in supporting their team. 44

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a1i !.ilH53 it Greensburg High School brought two teams to Kenmore. neither of which gave the Kenmore teams any trouble. This was Kenn1ore's first Athletic relations with Greensburg High School. It will be many days before the Kenmore boys and girls will forget the trip to Rittman, February 8. 1918. Manager Deselms made arrangements for the teams to be hauled from Wadsworth to Rittman in School wagons. You can imagine the surprise of the Kenmore delegation when they filed out of the street. ear at Wadsworth and were met by a horseless-we were going to say earriage- but it happened to be bob sleds drawn by four large mules. After a few minutes of discussion and hesitation, the teams and routers decided to embark. A short distance out of Wadsworth it got dark: it began to pour down rain: the iee on the road became thinner and thinner and the Ike spots more frequent. The drivers furnished a good supply of blankets which were spread like umbrellas over the heads of as many as they would cover. After a time the blankets became soaked and began to leak. The players sang all the songs they knew and yelled ixll tlic yells they knew over and over. The drivers said that they were a plueky anne 1. A few minutes before eight o'eloek they arrived in sight of the lights of Ritt- man, About this time the sled slid into a large ditch at the side of the road and all passengers were compelled to get out. The boys stayed out and walked into town. In a few minutes all arrived wet and hungry. The teams hastened to a restaurant- where they warmed up, filled up, and dried out. Ask Mr. YVeaver for details, The next game was with Cuyahoga Falls on the home fioor. This was the first visit of Cuyahoga Falls to Kenmore and we hope that they will feel like coming again. Visitors said that it was worth the price of admission to see their center play. Look for l1is pieture in the Annual. One of the fastest games of the season was with Richfield at Kenmore. The game finally resolved itself into a battle between Richfield's red-headed forward and Spike Kenmore girls won with a large score. the Richfield team going home with a c-lean sheet. Hudson next eame to Kenmore and received a double defeat from the Ken- more boys and girls. - The Kenmore boys got vengeance on Newton Falls when they defeated them with a good margin in the next game. Both teams sojourned to Uniontown and closed the season with a double victory in what were fast exciting games. There is no question but that Athletics does much to keep up the spirit of a sehool. lt also gives the very best opportunity to tcaeh rules of playing a square game. May Kenmore always stand for clean square Athletics. JXN Eve Wrrzmss. 43

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nlt1lt !f H51 tlir Kelley with u rt-gnhir furwiml on thc Ki-unsure ts-:un last year nntl in his work this year hr slum-eil that he luul nut lust any of his skill nt the gnnue. A hit of lnul lurk. liuwever, threw him nut fur several games when he wus nt his In-sl. thus vuttiug clown the uunilxer of points thut he luis to his ercflit. Kelley nuule GH points. llis presence un the flour was nlu-nys nn inspiration to lmlh players und runt--rs, XllCl lKEll Merkur x-mile to Kenmore Iligh just in time fur the lmsketlmll season. mul hc pruvctl to he u vnlunhle zidrlitiun to the tenni. He was elected fnptnin :intl haul thc support of the' teruu :luring the entire season. Met-lwr pluyewl in nll nt' the thirtm-n rt-gulnr games und sum-rl tttrt ptvints. Ile played ii html, clcnn, vnnsistent giune mul tleservex mm-lx t-rmlit fur the suit-tx-ssfiil seimm. llESliI.MS As manager fur three yvurs mul ns it plnyer un the team. l7eSi-tins tlitl nun-h tn put Kenmore High Srllool nn the nntp in the lulslcvtlmll line. :ts ai pluycr Dr'5clnN wus fusl uncl clean, llc nln-nys hurt the respt-vt uf hix opponents. lin- will he lunch niiwwal in athletir-Q in Keuiuuri- High. KIBIE Kenumre haul the mek ut ielevting ii new renter this year. 'l'lu- tugn fell upon Kinw. The rt-cult ul' the sensun Slnnva tlmt tht' 1-nnvli tlitl nut :nuke it mistake in svlvvtilig u nmu for this pusitinn. Venter is n tlillit-ult pnsitinn to play ai it rvquirm-Q at plnyt-r to lu' both it gunrcl uuil forwnrtl nntl the eenter must always play ugninst thi- largest num un the leum. Kimi- kept iinpmviug during the entire sn-aisuii, Ile nuule HS points in ull llltttlllfl Hwry stir-te-,tint hnsketlmll trnm luis un all-xirounrl num. During the lint rieanun llrmle at-i't'vrl this position fur Kenmore. Sulnetinws during tlu' svnsnix he plxlyn-tl with crm-tlil us guurtl, Ocntvr untl urwnrrl. llrinlv hiul lots of pep unit wus nlwuys un the juli. Ile -mn-tl 47 points fur Kenmore this season. Sl'II'l'lll ' Spies-r plnyeil u sph-nrlitl gznue ut gunrtl-ii sul: tirst :intl it regular player thc latter part ut the smisnn. Spirer couhl allways hc- uulutccl upon to plny his nmn anti keep xlown thc score, It wus his juli to tnke enrc of particularly ditlieult furwnrtls. lh- has only 4 points lu his 1-rerlit whim-h shows that he luis lu-vn plnyiug the rt-nl grime nt guurtl. , t'.tMl' Many times the SIICHESS nf un :muy dept-urls upon its reserve nniterinl, unit it is much thc sunn- in lmskcthnll. Crimp was nur reliable suh this seusnn. He enultt he th-pentlefl upnn to play ii fast gunn- whencver uxtllcd upon. As this is hiw first your in high sm-ltool, we predict in silt-reswthil lfnsketlmll career fur hun. Y 45 X --sf-