Oakland Township High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakland, IL)

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HAROLD EVANS-Guard Harold has good prospects for next year. He is a well built man for guard, being rangy and fast. Evans'l was a good blocker and the one that can be relied upon for plenf ty of interference. He has one year left. LEMUEL COOPER-Fullback This was Lem's first year of football. He was small but had a lot of drive for his 105' lbs. He was also a good defensive man. He tried the best he could to fill Dub's place and was fairly successful. He is a Sophomore. JOHN TABER-End John is light but he makes this up in hav' ing the scrap and fight for the end position. He has been out two years. The first year out Mike turned his ankle which caused him to lose his letter. He made part of this up this year and hopes to settle the 'account in his next and last year. ORVILL TURNER-Center Orvill has been out three years. During the three years he never missed a night of practice which showed that he worked hard. Woody was small the first year but by his Senior year he had grown into a pretty hus- ky fellow. ACIL GALBREATH-Guard .Acil is another of our Sophomore boys this being his first year out for' football. Ace had the iire and drive that is needed in a good guard. He is small but a very ag' gressive man. Page Sixty-five

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CARLOS BUCKLER-Halfback Carlos has been out for football three years. Carly was a good open field runner and when once open he made himself hard to catch. He was also a good defensive man and whenever a stray got through the line Carly was ready to stop him. He will grad' uate this year. WILLARD MONTGOMERY-Fullback Willard has been with the Pinhookers for two years. He is of good build and is fast. Dub proved to be handy in inter' cepting passes and backing up the line. His place was hard to fill when he fractured his collar bone early in the season. This is his last year. I JAMES CLAPP-End Happy has been out for football four years. He was small his first year out. After a threefyears' growth he was able to Hll the man's sized position at end. He was a good defensive man and played his most outstandf ing game at Charleston T. C. this year. MAX JONES-Halfback Max is a small but mighty Freshman. He was a good open field runner which was a menace for the opposing teams. Stub was a good blocker and played safety on the de- fense. Although small, Max played the game of a larger fellow. LYMAN FURNISH-Halfback Lyman was transferred to Oakland High from Longview this year. This was his Hrst year out which ended very successfully. He showed a natural ability for playing and al- though handicapped by inexperience he made the team. He has one year left. ' Page Sixty-foufr

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-OTIHEL HONN-Tackle A' l This was Othel's first year out for football. Hegis of rangy build and when he ills in, together with his Hghting spirit he has fine hopes of being a Hcrackin' good ,tackle. Oats will try Vito do his part on next year's teamQ He is a Junior. ' JOHN D. WINSHIP-Fullback p John is the fastest man on-the squad which makes him a good' open field runner. Bates was a good forward passer and should be valuable material for next year. He is a So' phomore. A FRED HACKETT-Tackle Fred is a junior and has been out all three years of his high school career. Patsy had a strong desire to play and was willing to try hard enough but he was slightlylacking in speed. He has-a good build for tackle. VAN PARKER-Halfback Van is a Sophomore this year and has been with the team both years. Pie Pan was a bit small but for all of that he was a good defensive man which is needed in the back' held as well as the line. Van was handicapped with an injured knee. FLOYD -DORRIS-End Floyd showed some more of the Freshman skill although he did not play much. He is husky for a Freshman and worked hard for his position. He can be used as valuable ma' terial in the future. . Page Sixty-six