Mansfield High School - Manhigan Yearbook (Mansfield, OH)

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The Delaware Trip D. H. Miller M ANSFIELD High School basketball team made its third annual trip to Delaware to participate in the high school tournament, held under the auspices of the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Edwards Gymna¬ sium, one of the most spacious and best equipped gyms in the state. The party, composed of two full teams, left Mansfield early on the Fri¬ day afternoon for Gabon, where, after a short wait, they secured a Big Four train to Delaware. Finding the train packed, the bunch were forced to camp on their valises in the rear vestibule of one of the cars, and, while not finding them the most stable of seats, most of them managed to retain their equilibrium during the half hour’s ride to Delaware. Upon arriving at their destination, they proceeded immediately to the gymnasium where they were allotted their quarters, and they put in the re¬ mainder of the afternoon in securing some much needed practice. The preliminaries started that evening, and Mansfield drew Zanesville as a starter. Three separate basketball courts are laid out on the floor, and the two end ones were used in playing off the preliminaries. Mansfield started off in whirlwind fashion and played the much touted Zanesville aggregation off their feet in the first half, rolling up sixteen points to their opponents’ eight. In the second half, however, the Zanes¬ ville bunch wakened up and all but overcame Mansfield’s lead, but two field baskets by Hughes in the last few minutes of play enabled us to come out victors by the score of 23 to 19. While Mansfield was defeating Zanesville, Plain City put Grove City out of the running, swamping them under a large score. The next two games were between Delaware and Marysville, and Chagrin Falls and Cadiz, Delaware and Chagrin Falls coming out easy victors. In the last set of games Delaware met Newark and succeeded in de¬ feating them by a close score in a fast and exciting game, and Plain City overwhelmingly defeated West Milton, last year’s champions, this leaving Plain City, Delaware, Chagrin Falls and Mansfield to fight it out in the semi¬ finals the next morning. After the Mansfield players had dressed they voted to go down to the famous Sulphur Spring on the college campus, and try the much touted water. While imbibing some of the liquid, Thuma was unfortunate enough to allow his tie to get into the water, and, as one of the party remarked he might just as well have reposed himself on a nest of antiquated hen’s fruit, for the result was just the same, and poor Jay was forced to give his tie a page seventeen

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“Impromptu to Critics” ’li I tried as best I could to please in all, Have pictured howling mirth depressing pal I — Have writ the deep religous word for age; For youthful heads I tore the sacred page: Now I repent. In pleasing you with sense In what I wrote, the rabble took offense, And criticised, bewailed, the lifeless style In cold contempt and railery the while. When sad the tone they said the world’s o’er run With grief; write limericks and skits of fun. When poets tell how good the Lord has been To them, then irreligous hosts begin And scoff and say— “a fool” or “hypocrite” (If otherwise he’ll go below for it.) Oh God, e’en he himself could never please His minds that differ in such vast degrees For what you murmer on the people bless, While curses follow close upon caress. This have I reasoned out for me to do Just as suits me, not trying to suit you. If to a taste some preference must be shown ’Tis best to honor first one’s very own.

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thorough scrubbing before all trace of the obnoxious odor was removed. The party then adjourned to an up-town soda fountain where they pro¬ ceeded to quench their thirst with something far more palatable, after which they sought their beds, to obtain a good night ' s rest. But, alas! such was not to be the case, for several of the party, not being able to sleep them¬ selves, seemed intent on preventing the rest from sleeping and kept grind¬ ing out “harmony” a large part of the night, varied now and then with several side-features, chief among which was a ghost dance in favor of Hughes and Brunk, who, after thoroughly awakening to the situation, made a determined assault with pillows and bed clothes and succeeded in expelling the intruders from their room. Finally, however, things quieted down and everybody secured some good sleep, and they arose in the morning feeling fresh and ready to do battle with their opponents in the semi-finals to be played that morning. Delaware and Plain City were to play the first game, and the Mansfield bunch dressed and went on the floor to witness this game, Delaware did not display the form that they did the night previous, and were outclassed from start to finish by the fast Plain City five, who won easily 35 to 22. Chagrin Falls and Mansfield were now to meet in the other game of the semi-finals, and our boys went into the game determined to win, for if they won it would put them in the finals with Plain City, and also assure them one of the cups. For the first ten minutes it seemed as if their hopes were to be blasted, for Chagrin Falls started off in whirlwind fashion, scoring nine points be¬ fore our boys had made any. But Mansfield soon struck their stride and proceeded to even matters up, and when the half ended they were in the lead by several points. The second half was very close and exciting, first one team and then the other taking the lead, but field baskets by Remy and Hughes in the last few minutes of play, gave Mansfield the game, the score standing 33 to 30. This left Plain City and Mansfield to fight it out for the championship in the afternoon, the game being a preliminary to the big game between 0. W. U. and St. Lawrence University of New York. Immediately after dinner our boys took a short nap and then proceeded to the gymnasium where they dressed for the game. A large crowd filled the big gym as the time came for the game, and there was much enthusiasm as the two teams took the floor to start the game which was to settle the championship of central Ohio. But from the very start of the game it could be seen that our boys were outclassed, for they showed the strain of going through two gruelling con¬ tests, while Plain City had only been forced to extend themselves in one game. They had much better team work than Mansfield and time and again they would work the ball up the floor by swift accurate passes, and rarely did they miss the shot for the basket. At the end of the first half they had rolled up 17 points to our 5. In the second half Mansfield made a strong rally and made a much better showing, though the lead of their opponents was too great for them page eighteen