Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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32 MENDOTA HIGH SCHOOL 1911 liaber Putter ,Xlexailclcr Sehililberg Shephr rd lllacli The Basket Ba!! Team XYith the disbandment uf the font ball team all interest centered in basket ball. Although the pupils had never had any experience in the game, there was plenty of material out of which to develop a team. XYith lidwin Schildberg, manager, Clarence l'otter. captain, and Edward Alex- ander, treasurer. a team was organized which immediately set to work practicing, but as it was late when we began work the crmld weather soon set in so that we could not practice on the 5Cl1OfJl gmiiiicls, and having no inside place for that purpose. all further training ceased. XYe had to go into our games with only a half trained team. llad we had a gymnasium in the school the results of our experience would have been better. 3. gymnasium is what we need and what we want, for it helps to pass the recesses and leisure hnurs on disagreeable days when all nutcloor spcmrts are prevented, as well as being a place in which tn train our teams. .Ns it was the players made the best nf the situation and played ten games with varying success, playing some schools much larger than our own. Tlllf TF fl ll Clarence Potter john Faber Iidwin Schildberg Robert lilack fieorge Shepard lidward Alexander R. ll. '11

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MENDOTA HIGH SCHOOL 1911 Florence Denison John NV. Dubbs Mrs. Elsa Freedman Zold Mrs. Helen Rice Foster Florence Allen Mrs. Clara Cavell Grieves James A, Dubbs Mrs. Verna llarman Morrison Leone Meisenbach Antoinette Schmitz Clara Meinzer Mrs. Margaret Retz NVirsche1n Carey Stacy George Whitmore Harold Meisenbach Joseph Allen Oswald G. Kieselbach Maud E. Stewart Charles Hansell Lois E. llrearley Faith G. Denison Otto Proehl lllrs. Josephine Haskell Landgraf Aimee L. Madden Mrs. llelen Smith Black Sina Bailey Dorothy Allen Theodora Proehl Bertha Olson Helen Bailey Marie Wallace Edgar Cook Edith Koropp Clara Kieselbach Alice Davenport Bernice Fernberg Xlieceased Class or 1899 Mrs. May Gardner Ingram Arthur NValdorf Crnxss or 19110 Mrs. Anna Erlenborn Bauer Cora M. Hansell John Stengerik Crnxss or 1901. Emma Bauman Mrs. Florence Crandall Huss Mrs. Mabel Haight McKnight Clarence E. Hawley Fred Scheidenhelm llarry E. Vlfright C1.Ass olf 1902 Tillie Bauer Mrs. Anne Merrifield Walker VVilliam Black Phil Buettner Forrest Dix CLA ss or 19113 .Florence Barber? Albert J. Schuetz Clara Biers Harry Pollard Alwin L. Schaller Clnxss or 1904 Mary M. Black George Fritz Louis M. Munson Cmss or 1905 Morey G. Hawley Frank E. Munson Archibald Auringer Claxss or 19116 Joseph P. Langford VValter J. Black Julius Kliyla Lester B. Wells Harry Reck Wlill Schaller Alma Schuetz Crass or 1907 Hazel E. Hackett Paulina VVeidner C1..xss OF 1908 Marion Black Anna E. Cavell Frank Meisenbach 9

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ll ',,,. -f' lfahler llennln lirausse Ifeik lirlmes Faber Sehaller Miller Potter .Xlexander Keeler The Foot Ball Team The foot ball team of lillil proved somewhat disappointing especially after the grand season of lilllfl, when we played nine games. winning seven and tieing two, and defeating such teams as Dixon llusiness College, Polo. Earlville. and Amlzoy. This year only three of the old warriors returned to school. Schildberg. lfaber and Black. XYith john Faber, captain, Robert lilack. manager, and Forrest Fahler, treasurer, a team of raw recruits was organized. A thorough tryout was given each player, but the line was light and most of the players had never participated in any inter-school games. Hoping the team would develop into form, Manager lllack sched- uled games with l.a Salle. Ottawa, Dixon Business College and Earlville. Only one of these was played, this one being with Earlville. The game covered two hours, delays being caused nearly every down. ln the iirst period of the game Earlville succeeded in scoring one touchdown and in kicking their goal. After this the ball was several times within a few feet of being a touchdown for Mendota. but it never crossed the line. Wvith this game Klendota's hopes of having another such team as their school is famed for. faded away. After a thorough discussion of the matter, it was decided to drop foot ball for basket ball. a game for which the pupils of the school were more suited. Next year everybody hopes to see Mendota have one of the best teams in this part of the state. This year the school loses two of her strongest players in ,lohn Faber and Robert lllack, both of whom have played ou the team for' four years. lfaber during this time held the position of quarterback, while lllack worked his way from guard to tackle. and then to fullback. R. ll. 'll MENDOTA HIGH SCHOOL 1911 33