Memphis Technical High School - Review Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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fl U by .... ZVLZW of C15 021.4 PINKY BOWERS FOOTBALL After two years of building up teams from scratch, Coach Murel Nemecek came home with the champion- ship in both football and basketball. The blue-clad boys from Tech opened their football season by taking a sound beating from a strong Clarks- dale team, 37 to 13. This defeat seemed to give the Jackets a real fighting spirit because they went unde- feated the rest of the season, with only ties with Central and Humes to mar their record. After the Clarksdale game the boys from Tech came back determined to win over South Side and they came out on the long end of the 24-7 score. The next week the Jackets m-et a tough foe in the Paducah team, but with some good hard football, Tech won 25 to 19. The following week Tech met Treadwell, who had almost beaten Central, everybody thought the game would be close. The Techmen had other ideas because they made a track meet out of the game and won 41 to 0. The next week we met our rivals from Central. The game was the hardest of the year, and with a little more time we would have won, but we had to settle for a 7-7 tie. Four days later, with very little rest, Tech met a strong Mes- sick team who had beaten Central earlier in the year. Tech went into this game as underdogs, but Tech made a runaway with it, 47 to 0. Tech met C. B. C. on Novem- ber 3 in the game that decided the prep championship. That night Tech really went out to win, and with Don Robinson showing the way, Tech won 33 to 13. After this game everybody was feeling pretty good until we got the scare of the season when we barely beat a sur- prisingly strong Whitehaven team 26 to 20. The next week Tech met the luckless Catholic High team and won 33 to 0. The next week Tech ended its foot- ball season, not in glory, but in a very hard-fought bat- tle with Humes that ended in a 6-6tie. Tech finished with a 6-0-2 record in the city and with a 1-1 record for the outside games. After each season the Press-Scimitar and the Com- mercial Appeal pick an All-Memphis eleven. Tech placed Ralph Raney, an end, Ronald Schuler and Jimmie Spick- ard at tackles and Don Robinson at halfback on the Press-Scimitar team. Ronald Shuler, a tackle, James Lee, a guard, Bill Crumby at quarterback, and Don Robinson at halfback won places on the Commercial team. On the coaches' team were Ronald Shuler at tackle, Bill Anderson at the pivot spot, and Don Robin- son at halfback. To go with all this glory Don Robinson was picked on the All-State team and won the Big Ten Award for the best football player in the Prep League. At the annual banquet Coach Nemecek named the following boys as letter men: Lewis Robards, Don Robinson, Billy Cathey, Paul Worthy, Charles Sarver, Nick Nicklas, Bob Crumby, Bill Crumby, Bobby Thomas, Archey For- rester, Henry Cross, John Dugard, Jack Kinard, Charles Brand, Pinhead Carter, Ralph Raney, James Lee, Mur- ray Beeler, Whit Poor, Charles Petty, Rayburn Moore, Jim Crawford, Charles Henry, Loy Cates, Jim Spickard, Ronald Shuler, George Smith, Billy Sawtelle, Prentiss Laster, Bill Jones, Howard Riggins, Jack Caldwell, Bill Anderson, Red Kook, James Stockard, Jim Baskin, Wal- tcr Arquitt, Glen Turpin, and the managers, Joe Kook, Charles Rodgers and Shag Hall. At the football banquet the P.-T. A. gave the Seniors gold footballs. Don Robinson, James Lee, Thomas Nicklas, Bill Jones, John Dugard, Charles Savar, Murray Beelcr and Archey Forrester received these awards. BASKETBALL During' the past basketball season the Tech Jackets came through with one of the best teams in Tech's his- tory. Tech started the season with several boys back from last year's squad. With Leo Woods, Roy Carter, Don Robinson, Bill Anderson, Pinky Bowers, Bill Cathey, Red Kook, Jim Crawford, Glen Turpin forming the squad of leftovers from last year, and with the addition of Ray Saxophone Henderson and Bobby Crumby, Coach Nemecek rounded the boys into a championship team. Tech started off fast by taking two practice games from Second Army just before the holidays. After the holidays Coach Nemecek put his team through some rough practice to get in shape for the opening game of the season with C. B. C. The opening game against C. B. C. was played at Tech. With some hard playing in which our defense stood out, the Techmen stopped the Purple Wave by the score of 35 to 11. The following week the Jackets ran into two undefeated teams in South Side and Central, but the Jackets passed both tests. With a second half surge of power, the Jackets defeated South Side 31 to 14. On Friday of the same week Tech defeated Central 47 to 42. This game was marked by the presence of Leo Woods, who sank 18 points. He was out of the first two games. The next Monday Tech journeyed to Treadwell and the Techmen came out on the long end of the 35 to 28 score. On Wednesday of the same week Tech went to Humes and passed its last major test of the first round by the scor-c of 46 to 39. On Friday, Messick came to Tech. Af.cr a hard game, Tech won, 48 to 24. The next Tues- day Tech ended up the first round with a 54-20 victory over Catholic High. The first game of the new round was won by Tech 43 to 28 over C. B. C. at the Peabody Center. The follow- ing week Tech defeated South Side 50 to 40 at Tech, and on Friday night, at Memphis State, Tech licked Cen- tral for the second time, 37 to 27. The next week Tech got their greatest scare from Treadwell and barely beat them 40 to 32. On Friday Tech clinched the championship with a 60 to 38 victory over Humes. The n-ext week ended the season with the Tech champs taking Messick 55 to 21 at Messick, and handing Catholic High its defeat 61 to 22. - On Feb. 23, the Second District Tournament started at Memphis State. Tech were heavy favorites to take the tournament, but the jinx that says no league cham- pion can win the tournament caught up with Tech, and Humes pulled the biggest upset of the year by handing 'Itch its first defeat, 29 to 27, in the opening game of the tournament. Ray Saxophone Henderson, after trailing Howard Stringfellow of Central all year in the high scoring race. slipped 20 points in on Catholic High to pass and take the high scoring honors 186 to 183. To climax an almost perfect season Tech placed two players on the All-Memphis five in Ray Hcndcrson and Leo Woods. Roy Carter made the second team and Bill Anderson the third team. Leo Woods was the only one from Tech to make All- District.

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