Mendon Union High School - Clipper Yearbook (Mendon, OH)

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First Row--Sally Zellhrrt, Betty Crites, Ilarjorie Fox, Folan, Juanitr Ilroman. Ruth Peniston, Catherine Second. Row--hiss Cur.iins, Cocch, Vivian Hropr.on, Lcnore Roller, Hiriam Xeeliny, Del ova Hare man answer. CIRLS' hA ll Trice your hats off to the Basketball C-irls of -h H. S. for they cane through this year with a renutation for sportsnr.n-shin even though they v ere'nt lucky in winning the trophy. V e presented a -;ood tear: at the beriming of the year but relaxed a little too much toward the last. 3ut just the sane we should be proud of a team who can snile through victory or defeat, hendon will have the sane line up next year r except for one, Farjorie Fox, who graduates ! this spring. V e had a fairly good average I

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tvi...vi.aar,. ------ .— The season opened officialy by the Pirates playing Pleasant Mills, Indiana on the local floor. Mender, won by a score of 14-11. . Then the league games opened. The following are the results: Mendon 21—St. Johns 23 Mend.cn 21—Ccldw ter 29 Mendon 9—Ft. Recovery 42 Mendon 18—Neptune 31 Mendon 13—Rockford 19 Mendon 26—Washington Twp. 13 Hendon 15—3t. Henry 20 Mendon 13—1. C. H. S. 18 Then we went into the tournament, after several players had quit. Washington Twp. defeated us in the first game 34-17. T his was the climax. After one of the most disastrous seasons in the history of M. K. S- two Seniors sadly laid down their basketball harness never to play basketball for dear old Mendon High again. They are Wayne Fox and Gilbert Bardon. Wayne has been with us for four years. There is one thing we can thank Neptune for—Gilbert. Strike up the band ! Another season has ended. Joseph Santa

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-— :—m this vear winning three league games and losin--, three. Nevertheless v e accomplished that one thing we set out for--sportsmanship. S -i o C? J J • u i'-endon 43 Celino City 24 Hendon 12 Ft. Recovery 17 I lend on 16 Heptune 18 I'.endon 17 Rockford 10 Hendon 22 ’. ashington Twr. 14 tendon 14 Neptune 21 Hendon 21 Hendon Alumni 16 Hendon 23 ilockford 18 luendon T72 Opponents T3E •« )r.» •.» vi 'ii A Sportsnari’ s Code of -onor (1) I will keep the rules. (2) I will keep faith with my comrades and play the game for ny side. (3) I will keep myself fit. (4) I will keep ny tenner. ’’ hen you nlay ho fair, hut play hard; and then work hard at your studies. If you get hurt, keep on playing, 'fork with your whole heart in all things. i A good sport will compete for pure love of competition rather than for prizes, pride, or excessive desire to win.