Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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Cross Country Kneeling: James Bowling, David Bowling, Charles Williams, James Robertson, Charles Cline, Norman Dukes, and Jerry Bumbalough. Standing: Marvin Bowling, Darrell Thornton, Alan Schible, James Cline, Richard Cline, Lyle Lowdermilk, Michael Carmichael, and John Worthington. THE ONES eager and ready for the fall sports program returned to the campus on August 20, to practice and prepare for the first cross country meet. Those who re¬ ported were: James Robertson, David Bowl¬ ing, Charles Williams, Norman Dukes, Jerry Bumbalough, Alan Schible, James Cline, Lyle Lowdermilk, Richard Cline, John Worthing¬ ton, James Bowling, Mike Carmichael, Darrell Thornton, and Marvin Bowling. After two weeks of hard work in prac¬ tice sessions the Tigers showed their strength by defeating Manilla, 19 to 51. Jim Bowling placed first in the meet. In the next meet the Tigers ran away with Centerville 19 to 44. The meet was held at Centerville. James Bowling received the first place ribbon. The next meet was with Spiceland and Carthage. Morton was defeated by Spiceland but gained second place with the scores of : 29-32-84. At Middletown, the Tigers took a bitter defeat with James Bowling 2nd and Charles Williams 7th. The score was 19-24. In the next meet Knightstown defeated Morton, 20 to 42, even though James Bowling continued to hold down first place. A tri-meet saw Morton come out on top with the scores in this order : Morton 28, Ma¬ nilla 43, Arlington 64. Another tri-meet was won by Liberty, Morton second and Whitewater third. Morton also won over Wilkinson and Mil- roy, with the scores as follows: Morton 20, Wilkinson 41, and Milroy 76. Again James Bowling was first place winner for Morton. Morton showed great promise for a Con¬ ference Championship by winning the County meet. Scores were: Morton 30, Manilla 49, Carthage 83, Arlington 95, and Milroy 112. The conference meet was held at Liberty with the host taking first place with 39, while Morton placed second with 52, Spiceland 58, Morristown 66, and Milroy 136. Mr. Eder, the Cross Country Coach, plans to win the Conference next year. All the boys except two will be back and ready to go. The two boys that will be lost through graduation are Charles Cline and Charles Williams.

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Second Team Kneeling: Russell Williams, Student Manager; Michael Carmichael, Jeff Wilbur, William Coleman, Richard Hill, Student Manager. Standing: Richard Wilbur, Darrell Thornton, Richard Cline, James Kincaid, James Cline, Dale Hill, Lyle Lowdermilk, David Bowling, and Mr. Foster, Coach. Cheerblock

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Track Kneeling: Jerry Bumbalough, Jerry Coleman, Jeff Wilbur, Mike Carmichael, David Bowling, James Bowling, and Jerry Elliott. Standing: Charles Cline, James Cline, James Robertson, Charles Williams, Norman Dukes, Lyle Lowdermilk, Richard Cline, Robert Stahl, and Dale Hill. THE FIRST practice for opening the sea¬ son of the Morton Memorial track team was held in the high school gym, March 11. Twenty-two boys reported to Coach Eder, ready and eager to get track practice under way. The team this year consisted of three seniors and nineteen underclassmen. The first track meet was with Mays. The Tigers profited by their hard work in prac¬ tice by defeatng Mays 68 1-7 to 40 6-7, tak¬ ing nine of the thirteen first places. The next meet was a tri-meet with Char¬ lottesville and New Salem. Morton took eight first place ribbons, Charlottesville four and New Salem one. The scores were as follows: Morton 711 4 Charlottesville 51i 2, and New Salem 14. Morton ran away in the next meet, with Carthage and Milroy. Morton runners took all four places in the mile run. The scores were : Morton 80 1-5, Carthage 46 3-5, and Milroy 10 1-5. Victory was hard earned in the meet with Spiceland. The Tigers were behind thirteen points and then pulled through for a 59 to 50 victory over the Stingers. Liberty also fell victim to the Morton team. Although the score was close through¬ out most of the meet, Liberty fell back when Morton took all three places in the pole vault. The final score was 63 to 46. Morton entered the Rush County meet with a 5-0 record for the season. After the County meet, Morton was still undefeated. Morton’s score was 11 41 ?, keeping the record as Rush County Champions. Other schools who participated had the following scores: Carthage 56 5-14, Mays 37 6-7, New Salem 30 6-7, and Milroy 5 3-7. In the East Central Conference meet, Morristown took the first place trophy, Lib¬ erty took second place honors, and Morton placed third. The scores were: Morristown 100l o, Liberty 69 Vs, Morton 50, Spiceland 33, Carthage 23, and Milroy 7.