Mount Cory High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Mount Cory, OH)

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... Thirty-six Standing-B. Carr, Mgr.: A. Denny, C. Alspach, V. Crow, R. Cook, M. Stout, M. Light, E. Cupples, Miss Poole, Coach. Seated-M. Whisler, M. King, R. Krautter, M. Harper, J. Krautter, M. Inbody, L. Reese. A ll Stars Our girls's basketball season of 1935-1936 can be termed as a very successful one. We were under a new guiding hand this year when Miss Poole was appointed as our coach. The girls certainly showed splendid team work and cooperation with each other during the season. We had a fast and hard passing combination with an excellent guarding trio. Betty Jene Carr was our manager and proved to be a capable one through the entire season. At every game she was seen with her medicine kit, going among the girls and helping as much as she could. Her un- tiring services were greatly appreciated. Altogether, our girls were in twelve confiicts, and turned nine of them into victories. We finished second in the county league, our record being marred by a defeat by a single point. We feel that all our victories were earned by the good clean playing our girls displayed as they met each new arrival. For this reason the season was both pleasing and gratifying. For when the one Great Scorer comes To write against our name He writes not that we've won or lost- But how we've played the game. As reserves to our team, we find six very valuable substitutes. At guard there were Maxine Light, Arnetta Denny and Virginia Crow, all seniors. They were excellent defensive workers and could be substituted at any time throughout the game. Leah Mae Rees, Catherine Alspach and Maedonna Stout were held in re- serve for the offensive positions. These three forwards had plenty of scrap and will be valuable to the team next year. For the number of games played and the number of victories that we have turned in, the season may be considered a successful one but a bit disappointing, Out of the twelve on the squad, seven will be lost by graduation. The Seniors are: Maurine King, Mary K. Harper, Maxine Inbody, Mary L. Whisler, Maxine Light, Arnetta Denny and Virginia Crow. To the team of next year, Here's to success for your team. On November 22 we opened our successful season at home, playing a non- conference game with Harrod and we handed in our first victory, 32-11. This was an easy game and a good beginning . We met our first league opponent, Van Buren, on December 6. Our coach grad- Hated from Van Buren and so we had to show up her home town team. We had little trouble in subduing them at 41-28 and showed them Miss Poole really had a team. On December 13, we met once more our old rival Liberty. The Liberty girls had taken the county championship for the past several years and had won over Mount Cory for quite some years. We decided to give them a real Hght and finally gave them their first defeat in five years, on their own floor. The score was an interesting one, 51 to 32. We were all proud of this victory. The next week, December 20, after our great victory over Liberty, we journeyed to Rawson to put up a real struggle. We didn't have such easy going the first half, but came through as a second-half team and won 39 to 23.

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Line-E. Schafer, A. Wagner, R. Crawford. K. Bowersox. Back Field-N. Geren, W. King. from Geren and plunged over for a touchdown. We held a 6 to 0 advantage at halftime. In the second half we scored two more touchdowns. McVey went over for his second score of the afternoon and Geren tallied for the third. We won the game by a score of 19 to 0. The stage was set for the championship battle with Arlington. ARLINGTON The day we had been looking forward to had finally arrived. The Green and White banners waved triumphantly over Mt. Cory, following our team's 6 to 2 victory over Arlington, which gave us the 193.5 Championship of the Hancock County Conference. It was a clean, desperately fought engagement with the out- come uncertain until the final whistle. Mt. Cory played defensive ball most of the game. In the second quarter a well placed pass from Geren to King gave us a lead of six points. No scoring was done in the third quarter altho it was packed with thrills. Several times the Arlingtonians threatened to cross our goal only to be thrown back. The two teams entered the final period, Mt. Cory determined to hold its six point lead and Arlington determined to score. In the closing minutes of the game Arlington cut loose with a run that put them on our 15 yard line. In the next few plays they advanced the ball to our five yard line for a first down and goal to go. The next four plays kept the spectators in a frenzyg in three plays they advanced steadily. On the fourth play they went to the one yard line where they were finally stopped, and we took the ball on downs. Would we be able to kick safely from our own end zone? Or would Arlington block the punt and recover? If they should block it our championship hopes would vanish. Neither of these things happened. We gave them a safety, two points, which allowed us a free kick from our 20 yard line. Arlington took the kick, deep in their own territory, and had time for just one play. The play gained them nothing and the game was over. We were happy because we won and sad because it was the last county game in which the Seniors would ever wear the 'Green and White'. MECHANICSBURG Our last game of the season was played at Mechanicsburg in a sea of mud. It was our first Thanksgiving day game for many years. We met at the beginning of the season and battled to a scoreless tie. We were of the opinion that they were the cleanest bunch of fellows we ever played, and after this game we still main- tained that opinion. We traveled home that night over those 85 miles carrying with us a 12 to 0 victory. This completed our football schedule for 1935. We won the Championship, hung up our suits, and looked back over the season with pride and satisfaction. -Willis King and Robert McVey FOOTBALL SUMMARY Mt vs 0 . Cory Mechanicsburg 0 8 Mt. Cory Van Buren 0 39 Mt. Cory Liberty 6 0 Mt. Cory Rawson 0 7 Mt. Cory Mt. Blanchard 12 13 Mt. Cory Arcadia 0 39 Mt. Cory Vanlue 7 20 Mt. Cory Oak Harbor 7 19 Mt. Cory McComb 0 6 Mt. Cory Arlington 2 12 Mt. Cory Mechanicsburg 0 Total 163 Total 34 Thirty-five

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Combination or no combination, they couldn't keep us from rolling up a victory over them, 39 to 35. Just another victory for the Green and White sefxtet. Vacation and then to return on January 4, to be defeated by the Onion County school, Alger. Their girls really displayed team work and took home with them a 36 to 31 victory. On January 10, Mt. Blanchard came to Mount Cory, only to be defeated 24 to 27. An exciting game and very interesting for the spectators. We journeyed to Arcadia on January 17, and again we were victorious, 51 to 26. An easy game in which the second team dis- played their talents. This added victory gave us hopes for the championship. Vanlue was our guest on January 28, and we came through N with another victory, 29 to 23. The game was scheduled for Janu- . ary 24, but due to snowy and icy roads the game had been , W postponed. We played a combination team on January 31, partly Alumni and part the Triplett team from the Bluffton Readrite Meter Works. Coach On February 7, we weren't building up to an awful let down, but we got it just the same. This was really our first real disappointment of the season. Our first league defeat. Even though we lost we fought to the finish, not giving up until the final whistle blew, 36 to 29, in McComb's favor. Our last league game was at Arlington, scheduled to be played February 14, but postponed because of snow and ice again. We finally went to Arlington Feb- ruary 17, and brought home another high score. We little feared the Red and Black team and easily subdued them 67 to 5, not bad was it? At the tournament we were destined to play Vanlue again and it was very evident that our luck was against us. We tried to put up a stiff fight, but it didn't seem to be stiff enough, for we lost 32 to 24. We still have the honor of beating Vanlue first. Turn about is fair play. This was our last game to be played together as Seniors, but we hope we have given our best to the team during the past year. Miss POOLE -Mary K. Haxrperr GIRLS BASKETBALL 32 Cory Harrod 41 Cory Van Buren 51 Cory Liberty 39 Cory Rawson 31 Cory Alger 27 Cory Mt. Blanchard 51 Cory Arcadia 29 Cory Vanlue 39 Cory Alumni 29 Cory McComb 67 Cory Arlington Tournament 24 Cory Vanlue Total 460 M. Inbody - M. Whislei' M. Harper - J. Kruuttcr M. King - R. Krautter Thirty-seven