Mount Pleasant High School - Derrick Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, MI)

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- 'surf -:: A 43: ::,:'ef,QqL9:glgf+nkf '. ' ,. 1 ffawa fs.- . , llvIg,ggi, Y VI- S 5 ' s s so e e Football, 1925 WHEN OUR new coach, Oscar Johnson, issued a call for football, about thirty candi- dates responded. With eight lettermen back, he was confronted with a problem of developing green material. In spite of the fact, the coach developed a team which ranked very high with some of the Class B teams of the state. ALUMNI 0-M. P. H. S. 0 A game was scheduled with the Alumni in order that the coach could get an idea of what each fellow could do in a game. He used a good many combinations, and, al- though the Alumni team was the more experienced, we held them to a scoreless tie. The green material made a showing as well as the veterans. IONIA 6-M. P. H. S. 0 Playing our first game away from home, we fumbled quite a bit, and couldn't get started until the second half. We didn't have the pep, however, to punch the pigskin across Ionia's goal. ST. LOUIS 0-M. P. H. S. 33 We went to St. Louis, expecting a real hard fight, but found they weren't so much, and, after we had run up a big score, a number of subs were used. BIG RAPIDS 13-M. P. H. S. 7 Coming here with a bunch of stars, Big Rapids expected to run away with us, but our team was determined to get revenge for the beating our visitors gave us last year. Big Rapids got the first touch-down. That made the fellows fight harder, and we man- aged to get a touch-down and kick goal. We were ahead until the last three minutes of play. Then Big Rapids got seven more points and we lost. However, Big Rapids realized they were against a real team. ALMA 0-M. P. H. S. 0 Alma came to Mt. Pleasant with about two hundred and fifty rooters, and they were prepared to beat us. But, every fellow was in good condition Qfor coach wanted to put it over Johnnie Gill, a former Western State Normal team-mate of hisj, and gave the coach a promise that he would fight to the finish, and he lived up to it. Although we were out-weighed, we held the Alma crew to a scoreless tie. CADILLAC 0-M. P. H. S. 0 We met a real team when we went to Cadillac, but we held them to a scoreless tie in a real contest. The team fought throughout the game, but lacked the pep to score against Cadillac's defense. INDIAN SCHOOL 0-M. P. H. S. 38 Using our second and third team most of the time, we very easily downed the Redskins. MIDLAND 12-M. P. H. S. 13 Midland came here with an undefeated team, and they claimed the Central Michi- gan Championship, but this didn't make any difference with the wearers of the Yellow and Blue. We defeated them, with every fellow doing his best. REED CITY 7-M. P. H. S. 7 After scoring the first touchdown, the fellows thought they had a snap, and did not play their best. With our Captain Smith, star quarter-back absent, we were un- able to win from them. I'I'HACA 0- M. P. H. S. 0 The next week we journeyed to Ithaca. Their team was considered a first class team and we expected a tough battle. With every fellow playing his hardest on a clay Held, partially covered with water, we held them scoreless. But we could not score. ACADEMY 6-M. P. H. S. 0 We played a poor brand of football for the last game of the season, and we were unable to win from the Academy. -By Maynard Allyn. Page Seventy-one

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'1- ', mu - , .11 , J -35 54 . 1 , s es Basketball, 1925-26 WITH ONLY four veterans back from last year, Coach Johnson developed a real basketball team that was able to take the District Championship at Alma and the Regional Tournament at Mt. Pleasant. ALUMNI 7-M. P. H. S. 12 This being the first game of the season, the team did well considering the time they had practiced. SAGINAW 3-M. P. H. S. 19 Still playing most of the best brand of basketball that had started in the preceding game, we downed the strong Saginaw Class A quintet. INDIANS 3-M. P. H. S. 23 The team defeated the Redskins with little difficulty. ST. LOUIS 9-M. P. H. S. 20 With the reserves playing most of the game, so that the first team would be in good condition for the Alma game the following niht, the reserves were able to defeat St. Louis. ALMA 13-M. P. H. S. 20 Our real strength was not tested until we met the veteran team of Alma. But with each fellow playing his best offensive and defensive game, we won from our old rivals. ST. LOUIS 19-M. P. H. S. 25 The team thought they would have it easy, but it turned out that St. Louis boys were better on their own floor and they surely gave us a real scrap. ALMA 9-M. P. H. S. 18 Alma came to Mt. Pleasant to make up for the trimming we gave them on their own floor, but they were not able to cope with our powerful defense, and were beaten for the second time in the season. REED CITY 18-M. P. H. S. 7 C. M. N. S. RESERVES 17- M. P. H. S. 13 CLARE 9-M. P. H. S. 8 Every basketball team is sometimes struck by a slump and M. P. H. S. certainly had a real one, and lost these three games. INDIANS 10-M. P. H. S. 15 With the Indians playing on their own floor it was a different proposition than when on our own floor, but in spite of this we won from them in a fast game. ACADEMY 10-M. P. H. S. 15 The fellows were out for revenge for the beating the Academy gave us in football, and as each fellow was playing his best defense, the victory was ours. MIDLAND 12-M. P. H. S. 14 We journeyed to Midland to meet the highly praised Class B team, but this didn't affect us any, and we won from them in a very close contest. MIDLAND 12-M. P. H. S. 13 Coach Johnson started the reserves in this game, but they were unable to gain a lead on them, so the first team was put on the floor and we won from them in a very snappy game. By MAYNARD ALLYN, Athletic Editor. Page Seventy-three