Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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I L e turned out for tennis this spring are l.eslie Craig, Nliuard XX'eers, .Xrlo l'e- ters, and Donald Richmond. Some excellent material is in sight for the fu- TRACK Lacon lligh School has a glorious past and a promising' future in track and field sports. XYe look back with pride upon the athletes she has pro- duced. Since 1912 every year we have succeeded in winning the annual ture of this sport. Marshall County Field Meet. XYe have seen our athletes pass quickly through their four years of High School and when they have left us it has seemed for the moment that we were lost. llut always new material has developed to hold aloft the banners of old l.. ll, S. l.acon has always produced runners of note. Of late years Paul Craig has carried off the reeords in the dashes and we believe his record will be long remembered. Shot putters, javelin tlirowers. jumpers and vaulters have not been lacking. We still hear about the campus the names of l'itt Shaw, Charlie Ramp, and George llarvey and other notable athletes too numerous to mention, as well as the more recent graduates mentioned with pride. The undergraduates have a high standard to keep, but we have contidence in them. You of the alumni have set that standard. It is for us to hold it, to forever keep our principles of fair play tultarnished, for the glory and honor of l.acon lligh must live. A TROPHY DISPLAY

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Y 4,1 A oNHIGHScuoo 'flzvy may lie fw'1vfm' in .vili'm' rolled,- 'l'!1ry' are tn im tix flllflilllllll and gold. 0 R SECOND TEAM Hur seeoncl team was emnpfssetl uf .luhn lfisher :mil XYztlter llezicl :is fur- xyzlrils, .Iuhn lielly for center, :incl L'litl'nrcl Luezls zmcl XYzilter Locke as Qll1lI'llS, 'l'heir wzltelixyiml was pluck :tml the way thuse clilninutiye fUI'XY2ll'llS yruye in :mil wut znnimg their lzirger iippunents was Zl sight for sure eyes. The hnys mm frmn 'llHl1lCZ1. l.:1Rnse twice, Sllilfllllltl, :incl East Peoria and lost lu Henry :mil fine ggznne tn llenry :mal l.uRuse. Swine excellent material fur the tirst team will he furtlleiiiniiig' in :mother yezu' ur twin. hlflllll Fisher led all uthers in scoring ztltlmugh :it times -luhn Kelly :mtl XX'z1lter llezul pim- yitlecl vziluzlhle puinters tliruugli snperinr tezun wurk. TENNIS liiir the pzist three yezirs we have eapturecl the Xlzirshzill tpunty tennis trwphy lui' himys tennis, :mtl lin' girls tennis the past two years. Ks at result much interest has been taken in thzit gznne :incl many young players devel- uperl. ,Xlthough there will nut he ll tennis tuurnzunent in the enunty this year, we ure inaking the zittempt tn seheclule gznnes with stnne good teams :mel we will emleziywi' tn keep up our present reeirrcl. .Xiinuig those who have

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L AcoNHrGnScuoon. For the hrst time in years the county track meet has been called Off for this year. However, we are looking' forward to a dual track meet with John Swaney lligh and the coming invitation meet at Henry. About twenty schools from Central Illinois will be present at this meet, where we expect to meet athletes to test our mettle to the utmost. XYe are determined to do our best. DONALD RICHMOND Perhaps one of the most versatile athletes ever turned out by Lacon High is Donald Richmond, popularly known as Skeeter, Donald has for the past three years excelled in various track events. broad jump, pole vault, and particularly the high jump. in which he holds the county record at 5 feet SM inches. The past three years he has been on the tennis teams. which have always brought home the cups. For the past two seasons he has played cen- t ter on the basketball team and has been one of the mainstays of the team. He was elected captain of this year's team, and never has a fairer, cleaner player looped the irons in the history of the school. lle is an accomplished musician at the piano and Xylophone and in 1919 won the piano contest at the county meet. He is an excellent student and has ever upheld the highest scholarship. He is planning to enter the University of Illinois the com- ing year. It is with regret that we see him go, but his record will serve as a future standard for the school. His work will remain as a lasting honor. Success to him wherever he goes.