Manchester High School - Manhawk Yearbook (Manchester, IA)

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illlllliiilHIliiliiiiiiliillllllllllllll?illilMHS,1liIii!HIliIiliiiliiiiifiilllilllllilllliiIHH Football Top Row: Coach Davis, Zirtzman, Bishop, Tracey, Wenger, Young, Baskerville, Corell. ' Second Row: Fletcher, Hooshagen, Turner, Straub, Durey, Gill, Holscher, Morgan, Hu11t, Cook. Third Row: Coulthard, Dutton, Harris, Blair, Beddow, Burlage, Atwater, Kenyon, MeRoberts, Landis, Skinner, Keiser, Barr. Absent: Wilson, Paisley, Van Auken, Swindle. Our Coach and Captain We get both mental peace and spiritual satisfaction in writing about our coach and captain. Last spring when the members of the schood board were solemnly scraping their skulls in searching through a flock of collegiate aspirants to the coaching throne of M. H. S., they suddenly discovered 21.1111 immediately hired a promising a.thlete of Monmouth College, highly rcconlmended, ililld having an enviable record i11 that school's athletics. He attended the coaching school at Iowa City last summer, and came to us .well fitted to show us that he knew his g1'oceries. A15 Mr. Davis' call, a goodly amount of hard-boiled football material responded which he soon turned into a ha.rd-fighting a.nd smooth-working machine. The fact that Coach Davis did succeed in making a good football team for M. H. S. can be verified by consulting ll-lly of our rivals of the season. Much of the credit for the successful seaso11 is also given to our captain, the Hon. E. Atwater, former football mentor of Sandy Flat. His hair is almost as red as Abe Wenger 's famous sweater, and he surely has proven the red-headed omen. He was a hard-hitting full back and led his teammates to many hard won victories ill true La Follette fashion. Of course we do11't want to be old-fashioned and compare him to the Wheaton flash, but we do wish to describe him as 011e of the best products that the Sandy Flat refineries have ever turned out for the M. H. S. football teams. Fi f teen

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IIHIHUHNllllllfflitillitllllllllllllfllllllllNHS,IUIif1IUHllHll'.?lQQKlllllllllllllllIWN Boys' Glee Club Top Row: Beddow, Morgan, Dyer, Durey. Second Row: Allen, Lane, Byers, Harris, Sinith, Fletcher. Bottom Row: Turner, Shriver, Heiiderson, Miss Lindahl, Kenyon, Bushnell, Blai1'. Absent: .Van Auken, Barry. Personnel First Tenor Second Tensor Baritone Byers Barry Durey Lane Q Allyn Flet eh er C. Smith Beddow Harris Turner Bla ir llenderson Bushnell Kenyon Dyer Morgan Shriver Van Auken Selections Mah Honey Dew -A Power Tinkers Song - 1JoKo1von, Ode To The Flag-Power The Spanish Guitar Massa 's In The Cold, Cold, G1'0l1l1ldlH-1 OSft l' Jungle Land- llfritlsoll Sailors Dream-Leslie Indian Camp l1'ires- T'Ll'l'Ilt'T Loves Old Sweet- Song-.Molloy Due to the change of at few of the nieinbers' voices our glee elub was unable to enter the State Music Contest as Was previously planned. This was indeed unfortunate for the boys, but nevertheless they are worthy of unlimited praise for their excellent ability to aid in all our ext1'a-cu1'1-ieula1' activities. Miss Edna Lindahl has been a most capable and faithful director of the glee elub for the last three years and is efficient in her interpretation of music. May Miss Lindahl be with us next year. 1f'0'lH't0C7b

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lllllllllllHlllllitllililtiflllilllllllQ!Q9QlllIlNH5,IHNZtlIlIllllllllL???EE?IF?ItiQllllllllllllllllllll CAPTAIN ATWATER, the Sandy Flat flash led the team in true chieftan style. Many a player has fea.red the big, tall, red-head of the gridiron. He led the team to many a victory by his excellent playi11g at the fullback position, both 011 defense and offense. BURLAGE, who was put in tl1e backfield to add weight, proved to be a very good halfback. With l1i1n running 111l7G1'fQ1'Gl1CG, off tackle s111ashes were always good for yards. He is a good 11121111 a11d will be missed when practice starts 11ext fall. LANDIS, although la.cking extra pou11da.ge, proved a ve1'y valuable 1115111 at the guard positio11. He always held his ground and in the Anamosa game proved to be tl1e only man that could stand their li11e plays. He graduated with the mid-year class. DUTTON, although the lightest n1a11 011 the team, proved to be a very heady quarterback. His passing ability illlfl educated toe were great factors i11 the successful season of M. H. S. He also left us at the mid-year. SKINNER, another 111id-year graduate, although small, his speed and cu1111i11g ill carrying tl1e ball, especially o11 Qllfl ru11s, made up for his size. His blocking a11d tackling ability was a marked feature of every game. CAPTAIN-ELECT MIKE BARR. Mike came clear up f1'0111 Prairie township to play football for M. H. S. After a ycar's practice 011 the 2nd team, he landed a tackle position 011 this year 's varsity. Spindle-legged, but heavy, he k11ew his Enarco. All these factors were influential, in convincing coach Davis that he was the man to lead 11ext year 's Huskies. WILSON, B2l1'1',S running mate was also a new man on the varsity this year and deserved has p0S1t1Oll because of his shiftiness. He clearly showed i11 the Epworth game that he was a hard-11itting player a11d honestly ear11ed his ' 'M. He will be a valuable n1an next year. BLAIR, 21ll0tll91' Sandy Flat exponent of the gridiron has 110W won his third football letter and will prove even more spectacular next yea1'. Whenever tl1e team was i11 a hard fix they always ca.lled 011 Blair for his long runs, and flO1l 't tl1i11k he didn't make tl1e1n. VAN AUKEN, tall E1,11Cl handsome, a true hero of the gridiron, Van pulled us out of many l1oles by his long pu11ts. He was a stellar player at C8l1t61', never 1naki11g a bad pass, and- we look to him to upl1old l1is share of the battles next year. MOROBERTS, the chief cog of Silver Oreck was agconsistent player at e11d illld he will be a large gC1'l'I1 in tl1e 1928 football epidemic. Wllell our OPPOIICIIIS tried an e11d 1'l1l1 i11 Mc- Robert 's direction tl1ey soon discovered that a change of pla11 was 11ecessary. HARRIS, Pete, tl1e outstanding Sophomore sta.r, was o11e of the fatest and headiest players on tl1e team. H211'1'lS, if called 1.113011 could fill any position in the backfield and M. H. S. is looking forward to tl1e two years more i11 which he will perform. BEDDOW, the old dependable end for two years, very seldom let anything slip by his end of the li11e a.11d will wear the Orange a11d Black for one more year. A scrappy player, he showed l1is skill spearing passes in the Epworth game. . KENYON, Fat, Sophomore 2ltl1lG't8, 111ade a worthy account of l1in1self in l1is guard positio11 011 the team, playi11g like a V6lI61'21l1. He also made a. good sub at center 21.1111 is expected to show up GV811 better in his two more yea1's of football at M. H. S. KEISER, another red-haired gridman, deserves mention for his spectacular e11d 1'Lll1S. He was the hardest 1112111 O11 tl1e squad to tackle because of his run11ing ability a.11d was always ready for either a quarterback or halfback positio11 on tl1e first tea111. Our Second Team . Many of the second team players were carried on the tirst squad but when they got together Hl0118, they sure could fight and we don 't 11108-11 perhaps. O11 October 14, the Independence seconds came over Ollly to be humbled by a score of 18 to 0. Keiser illlfl Ooulthard starred in tl1is game, the former making two touchdowns and the latter, 0116. It was a. good game from our poi11t of view. Two weeks later, fully confident, they we11t to I11depe11de11ce for the 1'Gl2l11'l1 game, which wa.s some game., Our fellows fought like a bunch of Chinese whose pet idol had just been stolen, througl1 the first half, but in vain. In the third quarter Keiser 1nade a dropkick, his first, and the shock was so great that Abe Wenger, subbing at the ti1ne al111ost capsized, and we are sure that was what gave Mutt 's brai11 the i11spiratio11 to leave it 's axis. All tl1e fellows i11 tl1is game dese1've l110lllJl0lllllg'I Gill, Hu11t, Landis, Gearhart, Wilson, Sixteen