McGuffey Foundation High School - Reflector Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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IIASKETIIXI I a minute to play, a McGuffey boy swished a foul shot and put the men in green ahead. It looked for a mo- ment like they might lose this lead, but George Hunsing- er put it on ice when he recovered a wild pass and sank it from the middle of the Hoor. The horn ended the game with the score standing in favor of McGuffey: 21 to 18. The latter was a better game yet. It started with the earmarks of a masscre by McGuffey. The College Corn- er boys recovered in the second half, and were leading during the last five or so minutes by one point. Then, with only seconds remaining, one of McGuffey's guards sank a long one from behind the foul circle. When the horn sounded the end of the game a few seconds later, the spectators went wild and jumped all over the floor. There were several other exciting games, but none of them compared to these two. The chances of the team's going to Columbus in the tournament this year looked fairly good. Chances look- ed better yet when McGuffey landed in the weaker bracket in the district tournament. The first game, against Building Trade School, was a pushover 60 to 6. In the quarter-finals, McGuffey was slated to meet Wy- oming. The world looked pretty rosy because our boys had beaten Wyoming in the regular season 32 to 21. The tournament was a different story, however. Both teams battled like champions with McGuffey trailing until the last moment, the boys then tied the score for the first time in the game. Then Wyoming sank a short shot, and before our team could recover, the game was over, with the score 26 to 24 against us. Stu Magaw and George Hunsinger led the Green Dev- ils' scoring attrack. Bill Pheanis was the most depend- able defensive player while Joe Kirkpatrick, Lyle Davis, and Dick Hunsinger contributed valuable all-around play. Cunningham, Hal Fichter, Richard Heckert, and Bob Cook ably contributed to the season's fine record with steady play at their positions. Each boy received his letter as material evidence of an exceptionally fine season of basketball under the extraordinary supervision of Coach Ewbank. i A.

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BASKE'l'BAI.l. Left to right: First row: Bob Johnson, Paul Hendricks, Malcolm Phipps, John Youn Malcolm Teetzel. 8, Second row: Hal Fichter, Edward Cunningham, George Hunsinger, Bill Pheanis, Dick Hunsinger, Coach Ewbanks. Third row: Bob Cook, Lyle Davis, Richard Heckert, Stewart Magaw, Joe Kirkpatrick. MCGUFFEY BASKETBALL SEASON 1940-41 The regular basketball season was a very successful one in the eyes of the fans. Any team with only three losses to seventeen wins deserves credit. Dur- ing the season, McGuffey lost only to Monroe, Aurora, and Fairfield. The list of wins includes Camden, Celina, Brownsville, Wyoming, Dayton Stivers, Walnut Hills, Liberty, Eaton, College Corner, North College Hill, St. Xavier, Hamilton Catholic, Dayton Wilbur Wright, Springfield, Alumni, and Piqua. Some of these games were rather one- sided, but two of them gave the boys a real tussle. These two were with Day- ton Stivers and College Corner. In the first, the lead see-sawed back and forth throughout the whole game. With only

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BASEBALL BASEBALL 1941 At the time of this writing, the season is too young to see any results from the baseball squad. The season is, however, old enough to see what the prospects are of its being successful. The squad is somewhat riddled since several of last year's regulars are not with us this year, but the coming boys show promise of making up some of the lost strength. The year's schedule includes two games each with several of the neighboring high schools. One game with each team will be played here, and the remaining games will be away. On the whole, McGuffey seems to have a somewhat better than average chance of having a successful season in baseball. Left to right: First row: Ervin Russell, Jim Spenceley, Dick Hun- singer, Donald Doan, -George Hun- singer, Edward Cunningham. Second row: John Fisher, Charles Wehlpton. Herbert Wickenden, Mal- colm Teetzel, Paul Lewis, Kenneth Foster.