Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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qootlvailt First row, left to right: Larry Rnrdon. Harold lh-craft. Ln- lylfllggnigl J s N Foster. Robert Long, Vlifford Gerbig. and James Furtis. S1-cond row: Sam Moreland. Homer Gerh George Brannon, Bch Moreland. Luroy Mrllaniel, Tum Ulliur, Huh Snvdakvr, llnvirl Hurt. and P Allison. Third row: Eugene llrzuzxz. George fonner. William Varprnter. Fred Mitchell. Kc-nm-th Bu Jack Johnson, llonald Hancock, Roy Allison, Harold Alzney, and Sylvester Norvell. GREENWOOD 12-MORTON 6 Without previous experience, the Morton Tigers went down to defeat before the Woodmen of Greenwood in their opening game on Greenwood's football field. The Woodmen broke through for a touchdown in the second and third quar- ters, while Snedaker broke away around end with a sixty-five yard run for the Tigers only touchdown. Outstanding players for the Tigers were Snedaker, half-back, and Mitchell, guard. LAWERENCE CENTRAL 46-MORTON 6 The Tigers' second game proved to be one of their rough- est contests of the season. The Bears of Lawerence Central plowed through the Tigers almost at will, scoring twenty-one points the first half and twenty-five the second, and sending several Tigers to the bench wth injuries, but the,'Tigers had their moment of glory in the third quarter, when Snedaker, carrying the ball on an around end play. ran eighty-five yards. for Morton's only touchdown. ARCADIA 26-MORTON 18 The Tigers, playing their first game on the local gridiron since 1943, went down to defeat before the Eagles of Arcadia in a hard fought battle. The Tigers scored once on a line plunge by Gerbig and twice on end runs by Snedaker, while the Eagles collected four touchdowns and two extra points. The outcome of the game was in doubt until almost the last minute of the game. Outstanding was Snedaker, who ran 65 yards for one of his two touchdowns.

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ROY ALLISON BOB MORELAND CLIFFORD GERBIG FRED MITCHELL BOB SNEDAKER BILL CARPENTER JIM l'l'RTIS TOM OLLIER LEE McDANIEL NEAL FOSTER JACK .JOHNSON JIM ' ROVSH Cgfootli-'JCLQQ Since 19453 the High School of Morton Memorial has been With- out a football team. 1948 saw the students' hopes for a team come true, though the boys were Without previous experience. Of the three teams played, only one, the Bears of Lawrence Cen., managed to defeat the Tigers by a large score. The boys played inspired football Linder the new coach, Jim Roush, who graduated from Ball State. We have hopes that in the years to come, Morton's football team will again be as respected as they once were by the large schools of the state, The usual starters for the games were: Backtield, Carpenter, Gerbig, Snedak er and Ollier. Ends, McDaniel and Conner. Tackles, Johnson and Brannon. Guards: Moreland and Mitchell. Center: C'urtis. Other members who saw some action were: Swango, Hart, Kardon, and Moreland in the back- field. Filling in the line were: Tackles: Long, Shields and Allison: Guards: Huff and Hancockg Ends: Foster and McDaniel: with Gerholdt at Center. Wheeler was out because of injuries most of the season. Several boys who were light for varsity competition practiced with the squad and scrimmaged to gain experience.

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Olaf.: lfaetballll I-'irst row. left. In right: Aaron Baker, liill farpvnter, .lark .lohnson. Leroy M1-Daniel, Jim l'urtis, ,ma lgnh Sm-dak.-r. S d T llll' 4 'VI I d I' rl 'Vl't h ll K' L I' R All' llanid Hart. and M r 'econ row: om is-r, .am . on-an . ln- L lc' 1- . -corn' onner, oy lson, lim Roush. he Morton Memorial varsity basketball team opened its practice Monday, October eleventh, under the direction of the new coach, Mr. James Roush. Mr. Roush is a graduate of Rall State Teachers' College. He is also the new football coach at Morton. Mr. Roush announced that practice was being conducted in two sessions or groups. One for the Jrs. and Srs. and one for the Freshmen and Sophomores. After two weeks the squad was cut to 25 members. Five of these were to be from the freshman class which has its own team, and plays scheduled games. Morton Memorial had a tough schedule of seven games in the East Central Conference as well as the usual tough competition in the county and surrounding community. This year the team's height was cut sharply by the graduation of three players last year. Not one of the starting members had a height of six feet. The Mortonites depended upon their speed and endurance most of the time, with some sharp hitting ability from the front line and underneath the basket. The returning lettermen from last year were James Curtis, Robert Snedaker, Jack Johnson, and Bill Carpenter. These four and Aaron Baker composed the usual starting lineup, although Allison. Conner and Hart were in the starting five on several occasions. They were hard pushed by the