Parker Rural High School - Panther Yearbook (Parker, KS)

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KINCAID The first game of the season proved to be a costly one for the Panthers, as they lost the game 13-6 and also the services of Jim Logan for a large part of the season. In this game Kincaid displayed a heavy and powerful team which proved its capabilities by pushing the Panthers down in defeat. OLATHE (DEAF) A completely demoralized Panther eleven never got into the ball game as the Olathe School for the Deaf romped all over them at Olathe. Minus the services of Logan and playing half-heartedly Parker went down by the score of lj2-6. They appeared to be anything but championship caliber as they blundered and errored repeatedly to throw away all chances early in the game. MOUND CITY Parker flew to a II4.-O win over Mound City on the strong passing arm of Jim Logan and beautiful catches by Earl Richardson. Earl made all fourteen points on reception of Logan's passes. The revamped Panther line proved its merits by holding M. C. scoreless. PLEASANTON On a sunny afternoon in early October the Panthers steam rolled over Pleas- anton by a score of 18-6 with power again telling the story. Once again Logan showed ability as he slanted off tackle for repeated long gains and to score. Parker's line proved to be the back-breaker of Pleasanton as it refused time and time again to permit Pleasanton's backfield men to get underway. BLUE MOUND Blue Mound slashed to a 12-7 win over the Panthers on a cold, sloppy, rain- soaked field. The Panthers played in spurts and failed to come through with the winning touchdown and numerous opportunities. BRONSON Parker trampled a fighting Bronson eleven at home on a crisp, cold evening in late October to the tune of 32-6. This game was high-lighted by the vicious blocking and tackling of Wayne Crlsler and hard charging of Jimmy Logan. LA CYGNE The La Cygne game was played in a snowstorm which caused footing to be un- sure and ball handling hazardous. The game was delayed 1 5 minutes due to a high- way accident delaying the officials. Sheer power decided the game with Parker coming out on the long end of the score. Surprisingly enough there were few miscues in the snowy game. Parker put the game on ice late in the lj.th period. GRIDLEY On a beautiful summer afternoon early in November the Panthers Journeyed to Gridley to be defeated 13-6. The Gridley team was much heavier and displayed speed and rugged ability as well. Wright and Crisler were sidelined with injur- ies as the powerful Gridley tackles ruled the line. WELLSVILLE Wellsville edged by Parker 13-6 here at Parker on a cold, snowy, windy nite late in November. A speedy halfback coupled with good blocking gave Wellsville its two touchdowns while Parker scored one on hard-plunging line play witdi Carrol Ball scooping up a fumble and running lj.0 yards for a touchdown. This climaxed a season of ups and downs with the Panthers winning four and losing five, scoring 108 points to 111 for their opponents. Considering everything Coach Grindol and his squad had a fair season.

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Parker had a rather disasterous basketball season winning but two In regular season play and one In the Linn County tournament. Pleasanton and Kincaid were the season's victims, while Mound City, twlce-beaters of Parker fell In the tournament before the Panthers. During the entire season Parker scored 688 points while all opponents scored 1036. Listing only the games each was high point man In, the high scorers for the year were:Henry Diehm-93; Albert Wilcox-73, Jim Logan-70; Ivan Ross-53i Dale Mahan-39; and Carl Hard- esty-32. The season's floor game by the Panthers was erratic. Sometimes they ap- peared unbeatable and other times spectators wondered if they knew what the ball was. Late in the season the team became much more prolific as a scoring unit. In beating Mound City and Kincaid at tue last proved that they were rounding out Into a fair team. The second team scored 399 points to 525 for their opposition; winning three and losing several others by very narrow margins. The Panthers used a fast break brand of ball with a minimum of dribbling and a great deal of passing and running. Each player seemed to have his night and seldom did any two hit the same evening. Albert Wilcox was high point man on a one game basis, scoring 27 against Mound City in the County Tournament. Henry Dlehm and Dale Mahan supplied the speed, while Carl Hardesty and Jim Logan had the height. Season's play included; Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Linn County Tournament: Parker Parker Parker District Tournament; Parker 21 Blue Mound 35 Pleasanton 1+9 Mound City 31+ Greeley 33 Prescott 36 LaCygne 1+5 Blue Mound 1+3 Pleasanton 31 Mound City 31 LaCygne 39 Prescott 1+8 Greeley 63 Kincaid 57 Mound City 37 Pleasanton 50 Blue Mound 36 Greeley 61+ 27 61 65 61 75 50 51+ 1+7 90 77 91+ 1+7 50 62 65 1+7