Lamar High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Lamar, CO)

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cf' -X f WI, ll miami I 3 . L 15447, is fig 5, -We '15 First Row Kleft to rflghtl: J. Ransdell, K. Dolan, A. McPherson, O. Long, C. Conley, A. C. Hackley, R. Booth, J. Francisco. Sec- ond Row: C. Philpy, K. Bsohman, F. Morris, J. Harmon, K. Bell B. Ransdell, W. Reese. Third Row: D. Guthrie, D. Strain, E. Osborne, D. Moore, R. Hallmark, L. Moore, C. H. Holtcamp, Coach Ritchhart. ogg HERE ul - QQ4 4eAml '-' 191 , Y' , 9' , x Q! f 2' ' Y ' H 1' 1 is - I H ig with several lettermen returning the outlook was bright for a successful 1941 football season for L. U. H. S. However, early in the season the prospect was darkened by the loss of Glen Coats, who was sent with the National Guard to Oklahoma: oscar Long, who suffered a broken arm in our first fame with Pueblo Centralg and Clyde COIIICY. who suffered a recurrence of an old injure in our first league fame with Rocky Ford. In practice games the savages defeated Holly 33-0 and Florence l5-0. but were defeated by a strong Pueblo Central eleven 13-7. In the Pueblo game, Lamar made more first downs and more yard- age than the lildcats, but could put across only one touchdowng although they were inside the Wildcats' ten-yard line on five occasions. In league games, the savages were defeated by Rocky Ford 18-03 by the league champions, Las Animas 39-Og and by La Junta 38-14. La Junta scored 5 touchdowns in the last quarter. In mid-season the team became adjusted to the changes necessitated by the loss of first string men. In a return game with Rocky Ford. the Savages defeated the Meloneers 25-7, completion of 18 passes by Fritz Morris 'ag outstanding feature. On Armistice Day. Las Animas defeated La 28-6. The Trojans intercepted 2 passes just fore the end of the half to score twice. In third period they put over 2 more touchdowms as result of punts fumbled by the Savages. scored after a sustained drive down the field a pass to Francisco. In our last game of the year, we lost to Junta 25-13. ' The seniors who will play no more for L. H. S. are: Jack Francisco. all-conference endg WAce' Hackley. who carried on at center very m ably after Oscar Long was hurtg Keith Bell. A1 McPherson. Fritz Morris, Roscoe Bggth, Cgph B111 Ransdellg and reserves--Sonny Osborne, 1 Strain, Ruben Hallmark. Bob Lubbers, Kenneth D ans Football p ospects for 1941 are fair bright with the following experienced men retu ing: L. Moore, Guthrie, HoltcamP. Harmon, Reese Lenz. Do MOOTG. C. Conley. J. Ransdell. D. Horn. 1, 1. 6 f, li Ill..

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I5liSlQl5'l'l5 aLl. Front Row fleft to right! R Booth. R Moore. L. Rowe, J Ransdelle Back RU' 0 Long. B Qnyder. D Guthrie, B RBnBde11, Hr. Ritchhlrto The 1941 Savage basketball squad, minus three of last year's regulars Penley, Reish, and Denning had a fairly successful season They won 9, lost 7, and missed by one basket the right to enter the district tournament In pr ctice games, the a vages started off with a victory over McClave, 25 16 Won again on the McC1ave floor by a score of 27 20, With Guthrie and Snyder leading the way with 7 and 8 points respectively In the next game, Eads came to Lamar and was sent home on the short end of a 24 16 score The ada and defeated the Bobcats 27 20 In a re turn game with Eads, we barely eked out a 22 20 victory, when Stoubbaugh almost erased our 6 point lead by dropping in 2 baskets in the last minute In our opening league game with Las Ani mas, Caldwell, the TroJan's 6'4' center, tal lied 13 points in the first quarter to give the Trojans a 16-5 lead The Savsges grsdu filly whittled away at the lead, but the Tro jane finally won 37 24 With Bob Snyder scoring 22 points, Lamar defeated the Holly Wildcats 50-20 The Savages were defeated by Granada 28 27 after leading 19 ll at the the ha1f.In our first game with Spring field we were victorious 21 19 after a suirlted battle all the way B111 Ransdell was outstanding playing a smooth floor game and leading the attack with 9 points The entire team played a good game, and the Sav ages were guilty of only 5 fouls In our first meeting with the championship Rocky Ford quintet, we were trounced 46 24 by a rangy bunch of Meloneers In our return game with Las Animas, we set up a defense for Caldwell and held him to 1 basket The long range gunning of J B Dean proved to be our downfall, and we rent down to defeat on the short end of a 25 21 score, The Savages defeated Holly 48 27, but lost to Rocky Ford 45 22 and to La Junta 27 24 on a disputed basket, and ended the season by beating Springfield 24 21 Our starting five was made up of B111 Ransdell and Jack Ransdell, forwards Bob Snyder center and Don Guthrie and Dick Moore, guards We were the smallest team in the league, with not a boy who reached Rowe, Booth and Francisco as first line re placements As we will ret in three regulars, 1942 should be a successful year Jack Ransdell, Dick Moore, and Don Guthrie will form the cleus of next year's team The Savage B squad had a record of ll victories and 5 defeats They defeated Rocky Ford twice, and broke even with La Junta, winning 22 20 and losing 15-10 On the B squad, the main burden was carried by Oscar Long, Alvin Ransdell, Lloyd Moore, Dareld Horn, George Creaghe, and Clarence Philphy, with Freeman Johnson and Clark Harp also see ing action All of these boys will be back except Phllphy and should stage a spirited battle to see who will move into the vacan cies caused by graduation from the A squad ranks Our neu warm up suits were the best looking in the league, and next year we will be sporting similar new game suits With good breaks in eligibility, we should be in the running for the championship in 1942 2 A e e 2 e e L. 0 g V Q . f an k L. - . - . - ' 3 1 D , g - . 5 following week the savages Journeyed to Gran- fggt. We P6C61Ved C8pab18 8BB1Bt8nCe from ' e I - 5 1 , ' ' nu- . , - I , - I - , Q' I 5 . 4 P'