Lake City High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Lake City, MI)

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THE GAMES IN BRIEF. With only one week of practice the 1920 team, under Coach H. D. Bottum, opened the season with a victory, The game was with the Independents and quite easily won. The score, 33-11. The following week Mesick high school came to Lake City. The game was a very fast one and gave credit to us, it being only our second game to Mesick's sixth. Lake City lead the score un- til the last quarter, when the Mesick center and forwards revealed some evidently stored up energy and wonthe game, 29-149. But-in our next game we made up entirely for the 'former defeat. January 9 we met the Manton quintette. -The game was intensely interesting and we were able to hold the lead through- out. Lake at center seldom failed to get the tip-of and the guards, Walton and Barner, held their forwards . down to only one field basket. And the forwards, Iverson and Allen, quite easily avoided our guards, thus having unobstructed access 'EJ oglr basket. The score was 32-8 with another victory for. L. C. One very memorable date to the members of the team was Jan. 16. Because of deficient train service our trip to Mesick was a long and tiresome one. We were driven to McBain in a sleigh, every fellow greatly chilled while facing the storm. At Mc- Bain we took the evening train on the Ann Arbor C116 hours latej and went by way of Cadillac to Mesick. We reached -there late in the evening, tired and hungry and in a very 'bad' condition to play basket ball. We put up a stubborn fight, but lost the game, 52-26. CBut the presence of the I Kingsley girls' team brightened things up somewhatj QWe all went to bed early.J January 30, Jennings High came to Lake City. Our team work was not up to standard, but we are justified when the method of playing of the Jennings team is considered. Bottum had coached us basket ball on a basis of good sportsmanship, not rough house on a basis of pugilistic feats. So we lost, 23-13. On February 6, McBain was the visiting team. Due to sev- eral unfortunate mis-haps the victory went to our opponents by a final of 25-15. February 11, the All-Stars were out determined to defeat us. But in a rather rough game in which the speed and team work of the High outmatched the All-Stars they were themselves defeat- ed. But the game was very humorous and no hard feelings en- sued Cunless bodilyj. This added another victory to the list with a score of 34-10.

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The series of games we played February 25-6-7 was one of the most eventful of the season. On Wednesday night we played at McBain. It was one of the fastest games of the season thus far. Lake, the center, was ill, and not able to play. Iverson took his place at center and Jankoski went in forward with Allen. Barnes and Walton showed fine work and J ankoski showed him- self up in the new position. We were 10-11 at the end of the first half and in good condition. It was whispered around that McBain were planning to knock out one of our men the last half. We were on the, guard and led the score until a guard did get me. Chick took my place. He did himself credit but be- ing unfamiliar with the floor was at a disadvantage. McBain won the game by throwing in three field baskets and a foul. The score was 19-13. That night we were kept in cold storage at the Mc- Bain hotel. We took the evening train Thursday to Cadillac and from Cadillac to Tustin. After a few applications of liniment I went back in forward. The game was easily won and the final score showed a large margin, 42-10. The Tustin people treated us fine Cask Newbakerj and we were kept at private homes. Fri- day we went to Cadillac on the noon train. We made the re- mainder of the trip on the Cannon BallFlyer in just four hours and a half. We were a pretty tired bunch when we arrived home but played another game that night. It was another fast and hard 'fought game but we won out again. The score was 31-17. . This game was the last one at the time this book goes to print, However, the reason is not ours. We have yet the trip to the An- nual Basket Ball Tournament at Mount Pleasant. We will be gone perhaps a week and of course expect to make a good record for Lake City High if possible. The Reserves. Just a word for our reserves. They are a fast bunch and have a 100 per cent good record for the season. It is also too early for an account of the baseball and track season but the outlook for baseball is especially encouraging. -54..