McKinley High School - Tiger Yearbook (Marshfield, WI)

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D. REESE, a three year man, played forward and was high scorer of the squad this season. Don was the out- standing man on rebounds this year and gathered some of his 54 points on rebound shots. Bud set the offensive pace in the tournament. E. SCHERR, another junior and first year man played a forward position and was the squads push shot artist. Eddie was a reliable man for either defensive or offensive work. Tournament bound I. SEIDL, a three year man and a for- ward, was considered a clever and fast player. lim was second high scorer on the squad and a fine defensive player. W. GARVUE, probably showed the most improved playing on the squad. After a slow start, he came through in the tournament and was chosen as captain and center of the all-tournament team. Eggs, a senior was a good rebound ITICIH. K. BROWN, a junior and first year man played center and forward positions doing equally well at either. Tall, lanky and rather slow going, Ken was good on rebounds and usually received many free throws in a game.

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8 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE We They 21 Wausau there 32 l9 Nekoosa there 25 Tomahawk here 28 Merrill here 2U Nekoosa here 19 Stevens Point there Covertimel 13 Rhinelander here 21 Wisconsin Rapids there 22 Stevens Point here 24 Rhinelander there 2l Wausau here 33 Tomahawk there 21 Wisconsin Rapids here Coach Murphy Marshfield moved up a few notches in the win and lose column this year. However, only one game was won away from home throughout the conference season. At the close of the season Marshfield totaled five victories and eight defeats. With the will to win, the team traveled to Merrill for the District tourna- ment and returned victorious. The first tournament game was played with Nekoosa. Marshfield started slowly, and at the end of the first half was behind by a 20 to 15 count. Charlie Crocker injured his ankle in the first half and was unable to play the rest of the tournament. The boys came out for the second half looking like a new ball club. Walter Garvue played his best game of the year with his defensive and offensive rebounds. Garvue, Bauer, and Carnahan held the team of- fensively. The final score was 33 to 25. The second tournament game was no snap for Marshfield in its tangle with Tomahawk. However, Marshfield held the lead throughout the game and had a 17 to 12 advantage when the whistle sounded at the half. Seidl played a good defensive game by holding Lefty Nelson down to six points. With a minute left to play, a new Marshfield team was sent into the game with the result that Tomahawk cut the lead to three points but lost by a score of 27 to 24. With this win, Marshfield moved into the finals. The game with Manawa ended with Marshfield's victory at 33 to 16. Marinette was Marshfield's contender in the regional tournament at Stevens Point. ln spite of a decided pick-up in the second half of the game, the Orangemen lost to Marinette by a score of 33 to 29. Top Row: l. Hansen, N, Lupient, M. Rudy I. Le Mahieu, I. Bauer, Ct. Koller. Second Row: D. Reese, C. Crocker, W Garvue, 1. Connaughty, K. Brown. First Row: Cv. Bauer, E. Scherr, B. Carna han, L Seidl, R. Frankwick.

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l. CONNAUGHTY Was one of the clev' erest ball handlers on the squad. lack, tall and a rather slow rnoving player, was right in there all the time. He was a junior and played his first season of high school basketball. P.. FRANKWICK, a senior and a three year man, was probably one of the best set-shot players on the squad. Ray played a guard position offen- sively and defensively. s C. CROCKER a senior and third year man, was the tallest guard on the squad. He was a good rebound man and hard to get around on defense, Charlie was a long shot and collected nany points that Way. f 1 4 Vx A f tw - J, 1 f ,l . wr A lfl! . 1 A,f . ! , U g . ll W tfdv - jf' I 11 I l K . , xflf' ,lvl . f wg' rf!! f 1 IJ ,I , NJ it R. REETHS, W. CHAPEL Managers l63l G. BAUER, guard and one of the smal- lest players on the squad, possessed enough iight and pep to win a letter three years. Gerry was a long shot and played a good game as defensive forward. W. CARNAHAN, a senior and three year rnan, played a defensive forward position. Bill liked to play a fast and sometimes erratic game. He was awarded a guard position on the all- tournament team.