New Straitsville High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (New Straitsville, OH)

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RESERVES B. Wade, D. Kemper, D. Lett, B. Wallace, C. Harble, E. Nye, I. Blosser. R.. Bird, D. Burgess B . Spicer, C . Thompson. G. Vickroy I. Roegge, J. Beattie, E. Gx-andy. 1 . BUT-CH SAYRE DONALD P1-'UM1-EY WALTER MOULTON 3 O

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OUR SQUAD The Big Reds made the semi-finals at Zanesville and missed third place by only seven points in the consolation game with Glenford. The following were on the varsity team: Jim Waldie and B ill Rushia, Seniorsg Bill Beck, Frank Donley, Walter Moulton, and Roland Pierce, Juniors, George Hanning, Don Plumley, Richard S ayre, Bob C raig, and Eugene Stephenson, Sophomores. Special note must be made of Jim Waldie's tournament record. Jim scored a total of one hundred and seventeen points in the four games withSomerset, McLuney, Junction C ity, and Glenford. In the Somerset game he rang up the impressive total of forty-six points which broke all previous tournament records. Congratulations to Jim, and to the other varsity players for a good fight. We are proud of you. We should bear in mind that competition is exceptionally tough in Perry County. A glance at the record shows that Perry C ounty has produced the District Champions for the past eleven years. W e feel that New Straitsville High S chool ranks quite favorably with many C ham- pions in counties where the competition is not so tough. Although the county tournament, was the climax of the basketball season, still fresh in our minds are the league games in which the varsity, reserve, and even the up-and coming Junior High showed us their stuff along with a grand display of sports- manship. , In extending our thanks we cannot overestimate the importance of a good coach. This we have in the person of Harry L. Davis, who has spent endless hours of hard, patient work in making possible a record of which we are proud. Our thanks too, go to all the patrons who have attended the games and given freely of that all important moral support. Our special appreciation is to the school itself, and the free educational system which we are privileged to have. In every competitive sport there are winners and losers. The test of good sportsmanship is to accept both victory and defeat graciously- with no malice toward those who defeat us and with no bigoted sense of superiority toward those whom we defeat. We should keep in mind those lines from Kipling- If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same-. p Even though we were not the county basketball champions, we can be champions of good sportsmanship and fair play. Of the two, the latter is the one more worthy of the striving. --Ruth Evelyn Burgess 29

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JUNIOR HIGH TEAM There was only one champion team from our school this season. It was the Junior High team coached by Mr. Nathan Davis. It was Dick Wade with his left-handed hook who made many a bucket. Raymond Hanning, the red-headed wonder forward, did his share of throwing them in too. Bill Thompson, also a forward, opened his mouth and showed his false tooth when a man got too close. Eddie Joe, the ladies' man, slopped them in from all sides. Then the one and only Bob Lloyd, the one with no hair, was as cool as a cucuxnber through all the games of the season. Others, who didn't quite make the team but who are expected to play good ball next year, are: Delmar Plumley, Lincoln Rittgers, Robert Litma.n, Jack Nye, Bob Leadbetter, Bill Peyton, Frank Glennaman, Roy W ooten. This season's scores are as follows: New Straitsville Junior High S chool T hornville 12 here New S traitsville Junior High S chool Hemlock Z0 here New Straitsville Junior High S chool S omerset Z6 here New Straitsville Junior High S chool Hemlock Z5 there New Straitsville Junior High S chool S hawnee ze there 31 - -D on L ett