Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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L BASEBALL Our baseball squad turned out in the early fall. .X large number ap- peared and the best were eventually chosen. We retained llunk llollen- beck for backstopg Spec Kelly, having' p1'oved his worth as a pitcher, was permanently installed on the mound. Ray Gibbs was assigned to First, l.eslie tfraig' to short, Raphael Craig' to third and llarold Creabil to second. The field was rather weak at first, but gradually improved. With only slight changes in our line-up we met and defeated llenry, XYashburn. llutnam. Yar- na, and Sparland twice. XX'e lost but three games in the fall, one game to Toluca. Varna, and llenry. This spring the squad has been chasing' the ball a1'ound the field in great shape. Skeeter Richmond, playing' with the team for the first time, is smashing' the ball vicionsly. while XYillie Schwartz promises great things. At this time we have defeated Sparland 9 to 6 and Yarna 8 to 3. XYe are looking forward to the coming' games with Lfhillicothe, which we shall do our utmost to win, The g'lory of old l,acon l'iv'h must be upheld in this sport. W HAT I DISLIKE WORSE Ut all the experiences l dislike, the worst is, l believe. to lose in any game or contest. .Xlthough one may be beaten by a superior opponent. yet there lingers the thought of what might have been. This same feeling' mas- ters one in all sports. but in basketball it is n1o1'e noticeable than in other sports. XX'hen one wins a game, especially a hard-foug'ht battle, there comes over him what l suppose might be called the momentary Hush of victory. lt is an undescribable joy, darkened only by the sympathy and understanding' of how the other fellow feels. Anyone can understand his feelings only after he has had a similar experience. ln fact, one cannot enjoy to the fnll the real joy of winning' unless he has experienced the regrets ofa lose1'. DONALIJ RICTINCJNIJ J