Mediapolis High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mediapolis, IA)

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ORANGI1 AND BI ACK TI-ILETICS 4n.l.lD.l1l.J.1- ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIUN 'I he Athletic As cc11t1on w1s org1n1Led in Septcmher 1915 however Athletics Ind not heen whollx neglected prior to th1t t11ne For the p1st five ye1rs we have maintained ont of the hest lW'1bC l1ll te1ms Ill the southeast qu1rter of the state We won the ch11np OI1Slllp of SOLlfl1L1SlLI'1 Iow1 1n 1915 'lI1Cl l1clced hut 1 single g1me 1111914 'llld igilll II1 1916 of winning the s1me honor Our prospects 1re oood 1ga1n this ye1r 1s we have won everv g1me so far Mr Simpson is doing the C01Cl1ll1g 1l1Cl ln helitvcs 111 CO1Cl1lI1U in h1se l1ll 1s he tmches physics overlooking nothing leaving nothing undone The e 1re 1hout hfry persons enrolled in the ASSOCl1IlOH each P'lVlIlg fifty cents lor membership per semest r lhzs fee entitles the memher to attend all games 'lI1Cl 1lso 1llows the prixilege ol voting in the ASSOCVIIIOII meetings During the hrst ye1r the Assoc11t1on succeeded in p1y1ng all exp nses lncured for the purpose of t1rt1ng track w nrlc 1s well 1s furnished the expense for the purpose Ofillilxlllg 1nd equipping two ofthe lv st tennis 1nd volley hall courts to he found 'IDX where The courts 1rt thrown op n for the use of the puhllc except dL1I'lI1g school hour Much CI'lfl'1L1Sl'lSI11 has been shown the past tw 1 years in foot hall In the f1ll of 1915 we had 1 winning t 1m under ch d1rect1on of Mr Pettit 1111916 we played some good g1mes under Mr Tuft s co1ch1ng and we now have m1ter11l out of which we expect to develop 1 QFCII te1m next fall ml he fin1nc11l end of our athletics has always heen 1 hurden We found it necessary the p1st year to equip the foot l1ll fC'IIU with suitahle P'lf'lPl1CI'I13ll3 which we did at an expense of 80 This together with other expenses wh1ch were necessary to c1rry on athletics lWl0L1gl1f us to the close of the se1son with a deht hanging over us But we still had the 1thler1e spirit, so to pay off our II dehtedness aided hy the High S haol Orchestra we successsully put on the play entitled An Infallil le Re nedy followed hy a hox supper This emhled us t pay ofl' our mdehtedness and had some money left over, which w1s used to pureh1se a snare drum for the High School Crchestra No meetings ofthe school 1re more enjoyed flTlIl the pep SESSIONS held before entering the games They are re1lly pep meetings 1s the name 1mpl1es FI he officers of the Association 1re President Morrell Seeds Vlce President Alhert Fifer, Secret1ry Mae Martin Tre1surer, H1rold Nelson 1 x ' V X i 1 i . 4 1 'xr 1' x g ' 1 . 'X Q . I 4 n . l x x 1. 1 xl l u x -1 x Q K A . . . . 1 . g K S l V :C n ci x -. L . . L . . . D , 4 Q . . A . . K 1 .K I lf . V' - I . :Q -K I ' n lvy holding games with other high schools, hought a small amount of equipment 1 1 ' . 5 . 1 1 e . ' 5 . C :.K .A 5 1. v q . lx Sq . w C , . ' ' 3. e ' ' . ' , A I I xx . is- K ' C I -K 4 Y X V C ti K K s X K Il . ' .1 s V K u D x 1 4 1 . f. ' f Q .Q '- ':, ' 1 ' c 1 . ' . s ' ' re - aa Q 'i 1 1 . , , . . . o --L - V ' S l s 5 - K' . ec 19 ' ' er 77 ' i ' ' . L . . I I . 3 I . . . ' ' . , ' 3 . . .

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ORANGE AND BLACK

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ORANGE AND BLACK The Illustnous Base Ball Tearn of 1916 1917 to Right Top Row Harold Nelson Shortstop Burns McNe1l Center Flelder Leo Blake FIFSY Base Second Row Raymon Shutt Pltcher Eldrecl Orr Thlrd Base Roy Fleenor Left Flelcler Morrell Seeds R1ghrF1elder Third Row Everett Logan Second Base Roy Hultburg Catcher Clio Qx 1 2 ZCl'1-F5 k ' o ,. . .ex , I il 4 1 I 1 . les, Q6 , 'S , 1 . . , , R , ' 4 Left : - , 3 , 5 9 ' ' ' 9 1 3 9 9 ' '- a S 1 - 9 I Z ZGQEQS fm