Monroe High School - Senior Issue Yearbook (Monroe, MI)

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BASKETBALL When the call for basketball candidates was issued a goodly number responded, including the three veterans from last year's team: Capt. Kress- bach, Navarre and Behm. The squad put in several weeks of hard practice before their first game. The opening game of the season was-with Petersburg, X hom we easily defeated, 44-8. Y Our next game was with St. John's Hi of Toledo, and, altho our lads were detemined to win and wipe out last year's defeat, they were unable to get going and lost a fast and close game, 26-21. The following week, the team made the trip to Highland Park, and. mostly because ot the large floor, which they weren't used to, were beaten 30-IO. Orr the next Friday, we had as our guests and opponents, Ypsi Cenrtal, a very strong team. The game was fast and close, the final result be- ing 33-24, in Ypsilanti's favor. The next week was an open date and the team rested, but made up for this by playing two games cn the week following. On Friday they journeyed to Detroit, and played N:fdQtrum, los- ing by the score of I9-l4. On Saturday even- ing, at home, We played Commerce Hi of De- troit. This game was one of the closest ever seen on a basketball court and also a very long cne, it being necessary to play 4 overtime periods to decide the win-ner, Monroe was victorious 38-35. The following week Birmingharr. came to 'CARL KRESSBACH. town, with a carload of rooters. determined to Basket Ba Captain 1921 win. But our boy-s completely played them off their feet, and won by a score of 32-13. The next game was at Mt. Clemens and was a hard game all the way through, but this time Monroe was nosed out by an I8-I5 score. The week following, we had the Ypsi Normal Hi boys as our oppon- ents and our boys, displaying a superior brand of basketball, defeated them 3l-20. This was one of the best played games of the season from the standpoint of team work on lVlonroe's part. The week after the Ypsi Normal game, the team made the trip to Adrian, which is always our hardest game of the season, and this was no

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exception. Our boys even though they fought valiantly, were defeated 40-5. The next game was with Assumption l-li, Sandwich, Ontario, and although the Canadians put up a game fight, they were defeated by the score of 22-l 7. The last game of the season was with the Alumni and although the old-timers had a reputable list of stars in their lineup, they were decidedly beaten by our boys. Score 42-23. Thus ended our basketball season, which was fairly successful, the team winning six and losing the same number. The team was handicapped by the small floor, and, if the same team had had a larger Hoor to play and prctice on, it would have won a greater percentage of its games. Coach Parker and Captain Kressbach certainly gave all they had for the hest interests of the team. The line-up and summary of the season's games follow: Right forward ....... ..... B umlpus-Yost Left Forward .. . ........... Behm Center ........ .... N avarre-Kettner Right Guard . . . ........ Kressbach Left Guard . . . . . . . . . .Marx Date. Opponents. Place Scores. Monroe. Opp lan. l--Petersburg. . . . Monroe ......... .44 8 Jan. I4-St. Johns ...... Monroe. . . ..... 21 26 ,lan. 2l--Highland Park. Highland Park. . . .IO 30 Jan. 28--Ypsi. Central. . . Monroe .......... 24 33 F eb. l l-Nordstrum, . . . Deroit ........... I4 I9 Feb. l2-Commerce Hi. . . .... Monroe .... .... 3 8 35 F eb. l 8-Birmingham . . . Monroe .... .... 3 2 l 3 Feb. 25-Mt. Clemens. Mt. Clemens .... . . I5 I8 Mar. 4-Ypsi. Normal Hi. . ...... Monroe. . .... 31 20 Mar. l l-Adrian ........ Adrian. . .. 5 40 Mar. l 8-Assumption ..... Monroe. .... 22 l 7 Mar, 28-Alumiii. . , , , , ...... Monroe. . . . . .42 23 BASEBALL. For the first time in some years Monroe High School has this spring a baseball team. Since we have to go to press so early it is impossible for us to give an account of the season's games in this issue of the Annual. How- ever, the l922 Bugle will undoubtedly be able to report an enthusiastic and uccessful season of baseball for l92l.