Manchester High School - Manhawk Yearbook (Manchester, IA)

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HHIIIIIIIHIlkllflitiliiliilllllllllitll!!!MHS,IUWIllllllllllllliiwfttlllllHIHIIHHHH! M- H- S- 24 ---- -- --------- tg---Hopkinton 5 M. H. S. 36 .................. Earlville 11 M- H- S- 36 ---- ------------- E arlville 6 M. H. S. 42 ..... - ............ Greeley 7 M. H- S- 41 ---- - ---.......... Independence 13 M. H. S. 37 .................. Maynard 18 M- H- S- 85 ---- - -----..-..... Edgewood 3 M. H. S. 30 .................. Guttenberg 18 M. H- S- 36 ---- . ---....-..... Independence 21 M. H. S. 14 ............. -. .... Oelwein 21 M. H. S. 54 -... . ............. Edgewood 8 M. H. S. 16 .................. Colesburg 28 Season This team will be regarded as one of the most successful ever turned out by Manchester High School. They were unusual athletes and good spo1'ts. After they were sent to Oelwein to the tournament, a letter was received commenting upon the attractiveness, perfect sportsmanship, and fine manners of the team. Such was the team of 1927. The first game of the season ca-me popping upon the horizon all too soon. With our star forward, none other than Gib, repining at home behind an accursed mumps sign, and Jack F'arwell absent because of t-hem, the skies looked rather sinister and grey. '.However, with excellent co-operation in Delva's and Judy's urea, they turned that dark cloud inside out and outshone the Hopkinton girls with a 24-5 score. A capital beginning! Earlville-easily, it was one of the scrappiest games of the season. tNVot say, boys'll June and Jack were sure playing their best, in fact every member of the team was. The score 36-6 listens like the game might have been a bit one-sided. ' Propaganda! The ball was in both territories about an equal length of time, which made the game plenty interesting. Next! On the home floor came Independence which as usual fetched a big crowd. This game was not so much a struggle as a run-away. The ole' ball just seemed to roll right in for Crib, Mary in the center was just like quick silver-everywhere at 01106. As a result of their labo1's, they basked 'in the glory of a 41-13 score. The following game well-nigh exhausted the score keeper and the famous sentence, yelled by Mr. Gross- man, Oh, you brutal girls, puts it all in a nut shell. The way Gib toppled in those baskets and piled up the score, was an insult, yes, a crime! Coach Yeager put in her second team, which made Edgewood wonder how many first teams Manchester had. Lane and White did well at center. The score? Oh yes, now, d0n't let it overwhelm you, 85-3. Perseverance wins! So they say. Anyhow, the Manchester girls, having thus far won, determined to pursue old da-me victory further and capture another laurel at Independence, and they did: in form of a 36-21 score. Smitty and Hooshie played good basketball in this game and stuck to their forwards like cockle-bur1's. This was one of the fastest and best fought games on the schedule. Sh! Don't tell a soul-but 'tis suspected that the girls had a light touch of that disease, known as confidentitis in this next game up at Edgewood. Oh yes, it happens in the best of teams! The pre- scribed cure is-one good defeat- or a big dose of scolding from a thoroughly disgusted coach. The latter remedy proved most successful, as these stricken lassies waded in during the last half and ran the score into the fifties. Lucille Hockaday was the center attraction! playing in that territory and that position. Look at Delva toss in those baskets, yelled the boys from the sidelines. Well, would you ever! The score? 8-54. Ki yil Earlville again! And on our home floor. The M. H. S. team had formed a conspiracy and had it all doped out to give the score keeper cramps in this chevy chase. However, they were foiled. The ref fouled 'em right and left which naturally slowed up the game. A remarkable fact is that Earlville committed 14 personals and 10 technicals to our 4 personals and 8 techs. Some of the seconds were given a try and they helped to freeze Earlville out with a 36-11 score. Alma Smith subbing for Hooshie did a neat bit of guarding--seldom did her forward clamp her hands on the ball. A return game had been scheduled with Hoptown but the roads in that vicinity -were so impassable that not even a tin lizzy could have struggled through them. Of course the game was postponed. To keep the girls busy and in good condition for the tournament, several practice games were arranged. The first one with Colesburg on their iioor proved a sad occasion for the local sextette, as the Colesburg girls administered them a neat trimming. The other practice game with Greeley was more satisfactory, as our gang were again back on their own and kept a grand lead throughout the fracas. The Oelwein Tourney Ah! Now we cl11'onicle the tournament! The crotwning event of the season. The girls' jolly plans and bright hopes took quite a slump, however, when they found they had drawn Maynard. That superior team, about which papers ravedl Oil What a shock they gave the natives at Oelwein when they walloped that highly lauded team 37-8. It was a glorious game. Haeussler out-jumped her center consistently and broke up a good many of their Twenty

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IlllllllllllllllllftiiiillillllllllllllQi?IHIIIVIHE5IllWIIHIllllillllliigilfiilllllHIIHIIIIIlllll Girls' Basketball Top Row: Moody, Ambrose, Luense, A. Smith, Miss Yeager, Yoran, Ludley, Aldrich, Traver. Second Row: Hockaday, Lane, Clemans, Gibson, Haeussler, Farwell, M. Smith, Hooshagen, F0-rwmvl -.. -..--,,. s.,... ,.,-,- --- Forward -M , Side Center Center --- Guard --.. Guard -.- i Barry, White. Line Up First Squad Second Squad ' Gibson Forfward .................... .... B arry W - Clemans F0-rwwrd .... ..... Y oran U.- Farwell Side C'e'ntcr -- Hockaday -- Haeussler Ccnvtc-r ...... ..... W hite -.-...- -- --- Smith, M. Guard ..... .... - - Lane ---.. .-, ,--b-.,.-,..-.,--- Hooshagen Guard .................... ---- Smith, A. Sfubs-Luense, Ludley, Moody, Traver, Ambrose and Aldrich Our Coach Miss Yeager certainly was a capable guiding star for all the stars she had under her supervision. Her sole interests and labo1's were always in their behalfg she gave them numerous plays and signals which were successfully worked in the season 's games. And Oh! Boy! did she make them train? Well-just ask any of the girls-but ask them also if these strict rules and regulations didn 't prove at benefit. She was a good sport and easily entered into their fun, winning the respect of all the girls on the team. N inctcen

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IllllllilllHlllllitiitfiliillllllllllllIPQQIIIIIIMHS,IIIIZYIHIIIilllllliiatifiilllllIIHHIIIIIHill plays. As for her team mate, Jack, it is useless to describe her efforts, however, greased lightning does fairly welll. Gib made the various coaches and the audience sit up and take notice when she juggled. ' This victory brought us up against Guttenburg at 7:30 that evening-Jesup iwas rated as a strong team and when Guttenburg defeated them-everyone was sure that Manchester would meet their doom. It was the fastest and best game of the season, each member was in her best stride and played to win. Keenest of all, there wasn't a solitary personal or technical foul called on any member of our team in this fracas. Judy won a name as being an expert co-operator, and excellent feeder with lots of fight. Little wonder Guttenburg didn't make more baskets with Hooshie and .Smitty constantly in their way. Never before have these two guards been seen to have such perfect team work. They successfully worked their signals and impressed the audience with their out of bounds plays. The final whistle echoed a 30-18 victory in their ears, and they lacked but one thing to cap the climax of their rejo-icing, that was the home gang and Ogg's Coffee Den. The M. H. S. lassies, not being accustomed to such a strenuous schedule, were almost fagged out for the Oelwein game. Mebbe it was too many rides on the elevator at the Mealy, who knows? The Oelwein-Manchester game was said by the two officials to have been the fastest game of the tournament. Gib took a. wicked 'tumble and fell backward, cracking her head, which threw her phenomenal orbs off their focus. Lucille and Virla, when subbed, went into the center with the ole'- battle light gleaming in their eyes, but were hardly given a chance to warm up before the final gong sounded, closing us out in our first defeat-still I2-22 isn't to be scoffed at when we consider that Oelwein beat the much famed XVest Union team by a larger margin. Manchester is truly proud of this team and they cannot be given too much praise. Personnel Jumpin Jehosophatt didn't have anything on June Haeussler, capable cente1'. She very seldom allowed the otl1e1' center to get the tip off. Her passes were accurate and well placed, but best remembe1'ed is her ability to spot the ball and intercept a good share of the opponents' passes. Jack Farwell is one of the firmest bricks in the foundation of the girls' team. 'Without her, some of the successes might have toppled over into belated defeats. Jack be nimble! Jack be quick! Applesaucel Jack VVAS nimble! and Jack WAS quick! Even that is insufficient praise for her. Quick on the passes, and a heady player. That's herl Next? Our Shooting Star. No need for questions, everyone kuolws we mean Gibby, She had a deadly pair of orbs, and arched the prettiest baskets anyone would care to see, from all angles of the floor, too. Her brain moved as fast as did her feet, and she surely was some shark at pivots and juggles. She will always be recalled as one of the best forwards to ever shoot a basket on M. H. S. floor, making 46 points in one game. , , . Speedy team mate of Gib's and also a sure shot was Judy. A gem of a forward who has just this yea.r come into the lime light of basketball glory. It was partly due to Judy's quick and precise feeding that their average points scored ranked so high. Lots of the old Clemans' spunk and pep. On one end of the door, you can behold our Shooting Stars, while on the 'tother, you su1'vey the Guarding Stars. Smitty, dependable and steadfast as Old Faithful, seldom plays a poor game of basketball. Speedy, swift, flashy, brainy, all those apply to her. ' Right this way boysl The human flytrapf' Anyone would be extremely thick between the ears if he couldn't realize they were announcing Hooshie. Even if she did open her mouth when preparing to catch the ball, we observed that she never missed it. Hooshie always tried her level best and when her ole' fight was stirred up, ye forwards beware! She and Smitty, shared this year's captainship. My size? says Delva, Oh don't let that worry you! .She's right at that. This midget forward was quick er'n-a-wink and ran circles around her tail guard from Guttenburg. K She specializes in pivots. With Virla Lane coming back next year to M. H. S. the future need not hold any fear. Although this was he1' first year, she knows the game of basketball and we forecast an exceptional record, for her and Smitty next year. ' Handy Mandy, should have been Lucille's sobriquet. That talented young Miss can play either position in the center and make a go of it. Geel She sure does sling a classy game of basketball. Luci,Ile's one bitter regret was her traveling, which she probably learned from Van Auken. Here is one who has been constant and regularly at basketball practice every night since a. Freshie in High School. Viola, our jumping center, with plenty of spring in her jump, has sure deserved her letter. Viola says little but does much. Twenty-one