Knox High School - Sandbur Yearbook (Knox, IN)

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L W BAK H LL 5 HE basketball season of 1932-33 proved to be a rather disastrous one for the gg, records of K. H. S. For the first time since Mr. Henry has been coaching lfkiiflsxq basketball at Knox High School the squad did not win sixty per cent of the games. At the end of the season they were cfhalked up with eleven games lost and eight games won, which is the lowest percentage of wins recorded for twelve years. I The entire team of 1932 graduated last spring, and an enltirely new one had to be built. Keen at center and Welkie at forward were the only boys left from laslt year's squad :around which to build a new five. By the time the season was in mid-swing the following boys had made the first squad and had become regular players: Keen, Wel- kie, Moroni, Loudermilk, Wheeler, Good, DeMont, Walters, Baldwin, and Moreland. Several casualties were suffered during the year which severely handicapped the squad. Joseph DeMont was the greatest loss to the team, having suffered the amplutatibn of his leg and being lost permanently as :Ear as basketball was concerned. Joe would have been one of the main stays of the team had he not suffered his misfortune. Clar- ence Walters accildentally fell in the gymnasium and lost several teeth in making a ten point landing. This kept Clarence out off practice for some time and sllowed him up for the rest of the season. The entire squad at one time or another suffered an attack of the flu, and all in all the team was sorely handicapped. The team for the coming year should be much stronger, and an interestiqng sched- ule has been contracted for. As the boys line up this spring, the following players appear to have good ehannes of making next year's first string squad: Wheeler, Shaw, Casper, Walters, Mike Gurrado, Frank Gurrado, Downs, Beauchamp, Ewing, Harold Daly, Smith, Rosemnan, 'Charles Moroni. and Fred Moroni. All of this year's squad except Moroni and Wheeler will be lost through graduation. Girls' Indoor Baseball E 51 UR bonafide championship team made a home run with the pennant April 6. Q25 It hangs, fthe pennant, not the teamj, on the north wall of the gym, hung there by a team of b3S6'b3.ll-'JIS who believe games are played to be won 643 3 and will break a neck to prove it. Early in the year the team was organiaerldla Fllnora hS.cli1Jult: lwas choseln captalig and Mrs. Abner at reed to act as manager. en, as t e i us eagfue pitc er wou say, the girls weie about to get their speed up, and entered the pennant race with Eleanor and Elizabeth as the two leading hurlers. With Mary at the keystone sack and any one of a half dozen competent players' at the hot corners, outfield and short- stop, they clicked off homers, bunched hits for runs, caught flies off ceilings or back boards, slid and hooked bases all winter. When they could hit and hurl, too, they challenged the boys' team and the faculty. These were good practice games and helped iron out the rough spots in the team's rformance. pe Then, in a fit of overconfidence, the business men were challenged, and a chicken dinner was promised if they did not double the score on them. But- Twenlty lassies, dressed in blue, Just watched the ball as it fiew Far and wide and over the plate, While the score went up at a terrible rate! The dinner was cooked and served by the girls. The county tournament schedule paired Knox with Hamlet in the semi-finals. It fContinued on opposite pagej

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an - Q- THE REDSKIN P 1 I I l'w, .w -4l v7n Hyll U!i 'llfl 'vwx ' . I AQ L , Mm' K if! i w it f 1 ?f It I .4 f Z f f i fl E I ' . I Q-5 I. HE dramatic talent in has been plentiful this year, and we may de- Lggi Ea velop several great actors and actresses yet. ,KHFJLJB Interest in this field has been incited by the organization of the Dramatic and Music C-lub under the management of Miss Nees and Miss Winshipi. The three upper classes are eligible to join, and the members are selected according to their ability. Myron Bleam was chosen for president. The members of this club have performed for the Chamber of Commerce, the California Township P.-T.A., and even did original work by writing a play which they produced at the Woman's Club County Convention. The seniors scored again for dramatics when they presented their play, The De- pression Blues. This play was a modern comedy in touch with the times. The part of the extnavagant, socially inclined mother who refused to worry about the depression was played by Rosemary Thurrnon. The romance was furnished by her children, played by Myron Bleam. Linus Loudermilk, and Marjorie Smith and their respective sweethearts, played by Hazel Rogens, Anna Mae Cox, and John Moreland. The comedy was furnished mainly by Marie Ferretti and'Kenneth Keen. The cast, under the able direction ov? Miss Nees, was well repaid for its work by the enthusiastic audience. The Juniors have gained recognition of their dramatic ability by giving their play, A Husband for Sale. The fortune hunter, played by Mike Gurrado, planned to marry Margaret Schricker, a wealthy srpinster, who married Mike's valet, by mistake. Plenty of love interest was furnished by Ethelmae Falkergthal, who is in love with Mike, and Candace Raschka, who played opposite Percy Little. Jeannette Bleam and George Johnson were two humorous negroesg Sidney Fout was a minister and Elnora Schulltz a firm manhater. This also, was directed by Miss Nessg and the Juniors are elated very much over their success. Spring Contests X LONG with spring came the contests which we had in almost every depart- ment this year. In ovur local Latin contest for the beginning year Lyyli 'vggg Ervo won first place, and Dean Wright second. Harriet Johns-on was the winner in the second year. At the county contest they again proved their ability, and the first year contest was won by Lyyli and Harriet Johnson took first place in the second year. The mathematicians, 'Dean Wright and John Whitson, won first and second places respectively in the local algebra 1 contest. The stenography students were given state tests also. In the beginning shorthand the two highest scores were made by Kathryn Wiedergott and Ruby Fechmerg Rwby Fechner and Ruth Cihak were winners in first year typing. For the advanced short- hand class Myron Bleam and Rosemary Thurmon made the two highest scores, and in typing Myron and Vera Susdorf ranked first and second. We even had a county spelling contest, and the three Knox contestants were among the last five in the match.

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,,, THE REDsKlN , W o ' ,JE fi TARKE County Track and Field Meet was held in North Judson on April 22. The team was fairly inexperienced and showed to a disadvantage when in competition. The team will have Lazar, Kaiser, and Walters as a nucleus for next yearis teamg they lose -McGovern, Clark, Croy, Kafka and Keenby graduation. The possibilities for a strong team next year look very dark unless some strong candidates should turn out among nexit year's sophomores and the incoming freshmen. The places made this year by the High School contestants are as follows: High School Boys One Mile Shot Put Pole Vault High Jump 220 yd. Low Hurdles Running Broad Jump Half Mile Run 220 yd. Dash 440 yd. Dash High School Girls 100 Yard Dash 50 Yard Dash 431 C11 133 C29 433 Q39 C21 129 429 Ball Throw Relay C25 C21 133 133 fl? Bernard Kaiser Steve Kafka Clarence Walters Clarence Walters Isaac Lazar Isaac Lazar Bernard Kaiser James Clark John Croy Frances Mlekodaj Frances Mlekodaj Annabelle Marks Elnora Schultz Frances Mlekodaj Anita Yanutin Violet Leonard Annabelle Marks Boys' Volley Ball , T the close of the basketball season at K.H.S. this year, about thirty boys began to practice for the County Volley Ball Tournament. The squad, EYE which was soon considerably decreased in number, was divided into two ' groups by the coach, Mr. Hellman, and some interesting practice-sessions were held. Kenneth Keen was elected captain, and much enthusiasm was shown. At the County Tournament at Center on March 24, -our boys failed to show the needed pep and spirit and were defeated by Grovertown in their first match. Members of the team who are not graduating have resolved to avenge the defeat by capturing the championship next year. fContinued from opposite pagej was a perfect day at bat for Knox, and the ofiicial scorer had a greaxt work-out before the game was over. 'Dhe score-49 to 5-put us in the finals with Judson. The invincibility of the Judson ten turned out to be only an idle rumor. Knox girls can be depended upon to win ball games. And when the cow bell rang, the score stood 15 to 11. K.H.S.. girls were county champions! ln recognition of the honor the business men entertained the team: amd its coacih with a sumptuous dinner at the Travelers Hotel-a grand finale to a successful season.