Manistique High School - Kidinedamawin Yearbook (Manistique, MI)

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the Soo football game. With the machine well oiled and every cylinder hitting the local boys defeated the much tooted Escanaba team by 17-14. All the rest of the season was forgotten. It was a great game with Capt. Weingartner leading his boys in scoring. An. air tight defense held the Delta county boys to a lone point in the last half. The final re- sult stood 17-14. M. H. S. 28-MUNISING 18 Revenge was sweet when we clashed with Munising on our court, and our boys ran rings around the visitors, defeating them 28-18. Capt. Weingartner starred again with a total of 17 points. Andary was second with 6 and Johnson 4 points. M. H. S. 19-MENOMINEE 20 Revenge should have been sweet again, but the spell the Menom- inee Giants held over the locals lased, and in the closest game of the sea- son Menominee defeated us 20-19. We had several chances to win the the game but the ball just wouldnft go its usual route. Johnson and Capt. Gobbo with three field basket each and Jake with two, were the stars of the offense, while Besner and Gorsche played a great defensive game. M. H. S. 39-RAPID RIVER 2 Next we entertained the boys from Rapid River. The first two minutes of this game were good but after that it was a slaughter, with Gobbo and Jake dropping 'em in from any angle of the court. The result 39-2. M. H. S. 7-ISHPEMING 9 This game would have been more interesting had there been a different referee. The Manistique boys couldn't touch the ball before they would be fouled, and many times he fouled Manistique for advancing when they never had the ball. Had Ishpeming made all the foul throws given them, the score would have been in the twenties. Although handicapped by the referee, Manistique was ahead 4-3 in the rst half and at the end of the game the score was 7-7. But in the five min-utes overtime, the referee came to Ishpeming's rescue and called a few more fouls so that they won by 9-7. iig 1 Qi I 9-:. -' 5 225-il :JSI

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The season of 1921 was one with many ups and downs. At times the team showed a class of basketball that would have made them champions. had they been able to keep up the pace. During this period they defeated some of the best teams in the U. P. The team didn't find their stride until they hit Pellston and they traveled at a fast pace in defeating the Lower Peninsula team. M. H. S. 16-MUNISING 25 Coach Houston and his boys traveled over to Munising and were handed ai trimming to the tune of 25-16. But the boys said, Just wait until we get them on a regular floor. M. H. S. 13-IRON MOUNTAIN 25 Next the team departed for Iron Mountain and were handed the second surprise of the season. This time the score was 25-13. After that trip Coach Houston clamped down on the training rules and Gorsche and John- son were lost to the team for two weeks. M. H. S. 11-IRON MOUNTAIN 15 The following week we had a return game with Iron Mountain. With two veterans missing, the team went down to a defeat of 15-11. Had Coach Houston been able to use Johnson in the last five minutes of the play, he could have pulled the game out of the fir.e. M. H. S. 15-PELLSTON 10 With Johnson and Gonsche back in the game, we saw th epowerful Pellston team go down to defeat to the tune of 15-10. In this fray. Johnson played the game of his life. M. H. S. 8-MENOMINEE 22 The next week the team left for Menominee to invade the city of young giants. But much to our sorrow, the boys couldn't locate the basket. A score of 22-8 does not look as though we had a chance, but the boys missed more than enough easy shots to win the game. ' M. H. S. 17-ESCANABA 14 At this point of the seasonthings didn't look any too rosy. The team seemed to be lost on neutral courts. Everyone but the Coach, had rather lost hopes with the Escanaba team next on the list. He was causing quite a little criticism and his judgment was being ridiculed by all who heard him say that his boys were going to hand Esky a lacing, It was the same kind of a situation that confronted the Coach last fall before

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INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL Coach Houston deserves a great deal of credit for the fine team he developed with only one vet back. ANDARY-Center Jake was sure to get the tip off no matter how tall his opponent was and was sure to drop in a few baskets in each game. His position will be a hard one to Hll. GORSCHE-Guard Gorsche, who played running guard was fast and a bear on defense. He would drop in a basket or make some spectacular throw in each game. He will also be among the missing next year. J 0HNSONf-Forward Johnny made a good running mate for Capt. Weingartner. He was the fastest man on the team and developed into an accurate shooter. He will be with us next year to cage baskets. BESNER-Guard Beans our Young Samson of the Freshies developed into a wonder- ful stationary guard. He was keen on breaking us his opponents' plays, m-uch to their discomfirture. He will be ack playing for the Green and White next year. WEINGARTNER-Forward Capt. Gobbo, though erratic in form, made a good leader and was the scoring star of the season. It was alm-ost impossible to stop him when playing in his best form. He has been one of the .mainstayg of the team for the last two years. We will be fortunate indeed if we have another man next year to fill Gobbo's shoes. BURTON-Sub. Guard Walt was a terror to opposing forwards because they knew there were no baskets to be had while Walt was around. We are fortunate in having him with us next year. STEVENS--Sub. Guard Sid showed up well this year. He was fast and a gairly good shot. He will be back next year and will probably hold down a guard'S position on next year's team. HAYDEN-Sub. Forward Jimmy made a good record for himself in the games in which he played this year. He is fast and has an unusual ability in shooting. He will be back next year caginlg baskets for old M. H. S.