Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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LACON HIGH BASKETBALL QUINTET 5 .- :- Q, Q 1 C A V 52' ... .Ci .2 D4

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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

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L Y. Qi' f - X X fwl sq P Hur has-kethall squad began the season with four new men. yet it is not an exaggeration to say that wonderful development was made hy the end uf tlle season. l.eslie Craig, who proved a great asset to last year's second team, proved our fastest forward. ln despite of his size, which he seemed to use to good advantage, he undoubtedly accomplished more than anyone else on the ottensive side. llarold Ql'CZllJll and lohn lxellv changed oll at right forward and hoth accomplished some good work. Richmond held down lns Joh at center, wlnle Ray tiihlws and t ecil llollenheck constituted our de- fense. It is a credit to them to state that none of the enemies' scores mounted very high. though they met some mighty fast forwards in Page, of .Xveryvillel .'Xmsler, of liast l'eoria, and lloswell, of 'l'oluca. The most notahle develop- ment on the team was that shown hy Ray tiihlms, for, altlioug-11 much unfa- voralmle comment was heard of lns work at hrst, he proved one ot the lmest guards we have ever had and one of the lmest in Nlarshall t'onnty. XX'e played out a still' schedule and a long one. lt is a credit tu the team that they held an average ot lmetter than .ntlll at the close ot the season. .Xl- thongh we have no room here for the scores and notes of each game, hrielly the results were as follows: XX'e started oft' hv winning from Rutland hy a large margin. Xve defeated Yarna twice and served Sparland and l.owpoint likewise. XYe defeated llenry on their own Iloor, although they won their gatne here at an earlier date. Swaney laced ns twice. as did .Xvervville and liast l'eoria. XYe split even with XYetherstield. of Kewanee. Nlarseilles soiled our slate slightly. Nlinonlc also won a victory at our expense. XX'e trinnned 'l'oluca in a close game in the presence of seven hnndred people. and this was perhaps our greatest victory. Xve played the l.acon town team twice and snc- ceeded in splitting' even. 'l'he tournament tales are tales of woe and we will not repeat the diss graceful outcome of the ganie hetween llenry and 'l'oluca. Unr second team won the Second llanner after a hard and close light with llenry. Hur First team won the Second llanner tll1'Ollg'll 'l'oluea's forfeit. Taking it all in all. the success we had was all that could he expected and now the joy uf it all is that four men are left to huild the foundation for next year's team. Vraig. Kelly. llollenheck and tlibhs.