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

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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

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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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- f A , Top Row: John Taber, manager, Max Jones, Charles Hall, Othel Honn, Harold Evans, Guy Swinford, Mr. Roberts, coach. i f Second Row: Lemuel Cooper, Paul Myers, Lyman Furnish, Orvill Turner, Stephen Wright, captain, Willard Montgomery, James Clapp, J W2-alder, Frank Myers. .- Not in Picture: John David Winship, Albert Childress. BASKETBALL -The basketball season started with a large group of eager boys, ready to work hard for positions on the team. With the exception of Wright, Montgomery, and Myers, the only letter men left from last year's squad, these boys had very little experience, but their eagerness enabled them to learn the game and made lively competitors for places on the team. Another great help to the team was the coming of Lyman Furnish from Longview which brightened our prospects, considerably. After the defeat by Rardin we got our team lined up again in earnest to make bas' ketball history. We did play basketball in our estimation, even if old Dame Luck was against us, such as injuries at the most critical time. Q , We ended the schedule season with eight victories and nine losses, which means a lot more if you look at the schedule and notice the close scores. W .r A, 'Q p To end the season we handily won third place in the district tournament Humbolt out of that position. g Q ,W gg - Page Sixty-seven