New Marion High School - High School Daze Yearbook (New Marion, IN)

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Intramural League Top Row l-'ixm-l, Mr'Dunuu1:h liottom Row lleelt, llmlgr-. l t':tst'i'. Ullzist-y N order to stimulate interest in basketball and prepare under classmen for com- petition. Coach Thomas organized an lntramural League. Any team of high school students could enter. The league was divided into four divisions and V. V. Smith was placed in charge of it. ln division one were the Hot Shots. Wolverines. Scrappy Five and Slty- rockets. ln division two the Nighthawks. Hi-Y Cardinals. Acme and Wonder Five. ln division three were the Ramblers. All Stars, Wamptis Kittens and Doo Dads. Division four consisted of the Galloping Ghosts. Hardwood Snails. Blue Devils and Bearcats. After a schedule of games the Vwfolverines won in division one. the Night- hawks in division two. Ramblers in division three and the Galloping Ghosts in division four. A tournament was held to decide the champion of the league. After a bitter struggle the Wolverines defeated the Nighthawks in a close game and the Galloping Ghosts won the right to play in the finals by defeating the Ramblers. ln the final game the Wolverines consisting of Heck. Chasey. Hodge. Fraser McDonough and Pixel easily defeated the Galloping Ghosts and won the lntra- mural Championship for 1927.

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1927 Little Giants Top Row Yunker, Shearer, Nall, Roberts, Keese Bottom Rowf-Kiprhtlinger, Carl, Miller, Knimxlt-, Wilkinson THIS years Little Ciiants were composed of fellows in their Hrst two years of high school. Coach Thomas is using the bringing up system so as to give his men as many years of training as possible and also give him experienced players to build up a team each succeeding year. December December December December December January January January January January January February February February February l9am 3. 1927 IL 1927 23,1926 28, 1926 31, 1926 7, 1927 13, 1927 14. 1927 21, 1927 22,1927 28,1927 4, 1927 11, 1927 12, 1927 26, 1927 SECOND TEAM SCHEDULE Place Team Marion Opponent Here Jonesboro 1 1 14 Here Matthews 16 14 There Anderson 6 19 Here Lagro fvar.J 20 26 There Kokomo 17 64 Here Anderson 13 24 There Jonesboro 24 32 Here Kokomo 13 28 Here Lincolnville lvar.J 21 9 Here Wabash 31 19 Here Butler Twp. fvarj 15 35 There Muncie 8 20 There Butler Twp. tvarj 15 43 There Gas City 17 10 Here Jackson Twp. Cvarj 24 23

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Track Season Q .. 4... L.n ,Aka Top Row' Moore, Cates, Harreld, Bullet, Chasey, Kilprore, Boller, Aldrich, Parker, Harreld Second Row -Prilxble, Knipple, Reeder, Hedrick, Hale, Price, Paullus, Vlfalton, Weikal, Coleman, Kight- linger, Duke Third Row--fC:1rl, Usher, Finland, Miller, Davidson, Snyder, Dickens, Crandall, Anthony, Johnson, Issel- hardt HE Cinder Giants of l927 opened their season at Memorial Field with a dual track and field meet with Peru. Marion won easily scoring 63 points against Peru's 36 points. Marion again emerged the victor in a triangular meet with Westfield and Elwood, Marion scored 63 points, Westfield 2l points and Elwood 15 points. x A trip to Ft. Vv'ayne gave the track team another victory. Central easily fell before the Cviants who scored 6255 points to their 36M points. Then came the county track meet at Memorial Field. Amid flurries of snow Marion tied Fairmount for first honors, each scoring 32 points. The two teams tossed a coin to decide who should receive the cup, and Fairmount won the toss. Five county records were broken by the contending teams, Marion breaking three of them. Davidson shattered the century run. Stickann broke the 220 dash record and the Marion half-mile relay team broke the county record by 2X5 of a second. Davidson, Stickann and Chasey led the team in scoring. Among the track men who graduate this years are Davidson, Chasey and Usher, whose